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But that was nothing compared to the devastation I saw ahead.
The shuttlecraft sliced a thick blast of plasma through the other boats ahead. I couldn’t make out other survivors.
The injured patients didn’t stand a chance.
And the nurses…
The nurses.
They wouldn’t leave their patients behind.
If I needed more evidence the Changelings were merciless demonic creatures, this was it. These things needed to be taken down. They needed to be punished for what they were doing to an innocent species.
They needed to be destroyed.
“Over here!” Fiath yelled.
He lay sprawled across the muddy embankment of the river. I swam over to him, my clothes suddenly soaked and heavy. When I drew close to Fiath, he grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and dragged me onto shore beside him.
Impressive, considering the extent of his injuries.
A thick bough of leaves hung overhead and hid us from view.
The shuttlecraft passed by, looking for survivors. Every few moments, it unloaded into the river.
The Titans didn’t stand a chance.
“Can you walk?” Fiath said.
It should have been me asking that question.
“Yes,” I said.
“Then let’s get out of here,” he said.
Together, we struggled up onto our feet. I supported him as much as he supported me.
We traipsed into the forest, into a dark and unknown new world.
3
FIATH
“I can’t keep going!” Hazel said.
Her legs shook and she fell to the ground on her hands and knees.
I checked over my shoulder. The riverbank was less than five hundred yards away. The water’s surface flashed as a Changeling ship passed a spotlight over it.
“We’re too close to the river,” I said. “It’s too easy for them to find us here.”
Hazel’s body shook.
I was pushing her too hard. She was human. She wasn’t used to these surroundings, and—
Her body shuddered and she began to weep. She wasn’t weary from the physical exertion, I realized. She was weary because of the things she’d seen.
She sat back on her ass in a pile of damp leaves and pressed her hands to her face. She wept, too loud for my liking, but I would not quieten her. We had a little time before the Changelings combed the area. Not much time, but some.
