New book I'm wrighting a quick snipet.

Tom was cornered, and Sallouhs knew that he had him at last. Sallouhs took aim and pulled the trigger and missed. The wall behind Tom exploded just to the right of him, sending huge chunks rock and Tom slamming to the mine floor. Sallouhs knew his weapon well, and knew that he shouldn't have missed. Taking a step closer he aimed again and squeezed the trigger. This time the floor right where Tom laid just a second ago burst into a million fragments of shrapnel, sending a cloud of dust into the air making it nearly impossible to see or breath. Sallouhs had no problem breathing though. It was like the ash fields where he grew up on Daphon, however back then he had his goggles to help him see threw the thick clouds. He also didn't need to see Tom, when he could hear Tom's labored breathing and movement. Taking a steady aim at the point he heard the heartbeat and pulled the trigger again. This time, the wall right next to Tom flung itself outward toward both men. Pieces of which hit Tom from all directions disorientating him. Tom did not know which way to go the echos grew larger and the small space seemed even larger now. The sounds echoing back and forth with the rock and dust coming from every angle in the tunnel. Tom fell to a knee, tightly clasping his right hand over his ear trying to stop the deafening roar that he now heard. That sound, however, was just his own body repairing itself. Through the dust he could see Sallouhs, but not hear him anymore. He recognized the weapon that Sallouhs held in his hand, Tom knew from experience that Sallouhs was stronger than he, although not quite as fast. The roar was now just a smattering of white noise that was more bearable and less pain full than a few seconds ago. He could make out Sallouhs calling out “Tom, are you there I know I got you that time. Are you dead or just playing at it again? I can smell the blood Tom!” Tom felt a small amount of blood in his right hand ( from his burst ear drum) and a rock near his left hand on the floor. Tom thought of several things that he could do. Quickly running through the scenarios in his mind; throw the rock at Sallouhs's head, it wouldn't kill him, Tom even doubted that it would hurt him, so he threw out that one and the next two ideas. Consequently, Tom picked up the rock and threw it over his left shoulder just as he rolled to the right. Sallouhs fell for the feint. He raised the weapon and started moving towards the sound. Tom could feel a slight breeze coming from the collapsed wall and sensed that there was a chamber just beyond. He waited for Sallouhs to approach. When he become even with him, Tom caught the weapon in his right hand and hit the release button for the energy pack. The pack disengaged and flew off into the dust cloud, slightly distracting Sallouhs, allowing Tom the split second of time he needed to throw his entire body weight onto Sallouhs's supportive leg. With his free arm, Sallouhs caught Tom square in the right ear instantly bringing back the deafening noise again. Tom rolled back into the wild, whirling dust storm, shouting out to Sallouhs, “Don't fire again! Do you know the one flaw that weapon has?” Ignoring Tom's warning Sallouhs pulled the trigger on the weapon, however, the energy didn't go the way Sallouhs wanted it to go. Instead the last charge made the weapon explode in his hand, shear pain ripped through Sallouhs as the shock-wave hit. With the realization that his weapon blew up taking his right hand and most of his forearm in the blast. Sallouhs's shoulder and the right side of his body took the rest of the concussive force. His battered body fell to the floor. Tom could sense that Sallouhs was close to dying as he walked over to him. Sallouhs looked up at Tom, and in the strongest voice he could muster, which was barely a whisper, he asked “You're not human - what are you?” Tom said “I am human, well half human - half Altearian!” “What are you doing here?” Came the next question. “Protecting the future, from you!”, replied Tom Sallouhs said “I'm dying!” with a sadistic grin on his face. Please let me know what you think.