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“We’re already taking what we want,” the Changeling said.
“I’ve got an idea,” the other one said. “How about we say they ran and we failed to catch them? I don’t much want to show them mercy.”
“Sounds good to me,” the other Changeling said.
Their rifles whirred and glowed as they charged.
I’d seen what a charged plasma weapon could do. It would tear through us like a knife through potatoes.
There was no escape for us now.
We were going to die.
I was numb and struggled to compute what was about to happen to us.
Fiath wrapped me in his arms and took my face in his hands. He kissed me on the lips. He must have tasted the tears rolling down my cheeks.
If this was the end, so be it. I was in his arms. I wouldn’t have wanted it to end any other way.
Well, except to finish what we started in the barn.
I shut my eyes as the plasma rifles glowed so bright, they turned white and lit this corner of the forest.
Any second now, they would tear through us.
Thump.
Thump.
Something fell to the ground and the plasma rifles’ glow died.
Were the soldiers playing with us? Making us hope we might get out of here with our lives?
I turned and opened my eyes slowly.
I was surprised to find the Changelings lying sprawled across the ground, their green alien blood splattered over the damp leaves.
I shared a look with Fiath. What’s going on?
Half a dozen figures stepped from the brush surrounding us. The Titan at the front was squat, with a nasty scar across one eye.
He said, “Welcome to the resistance.”
When the Titans first announced who they were, I burst into tears. I was so resigned to my fate that it was a shock when it didn’t materialize.
Fiath hugged me so tight he squeezed the air from my lungs.
The Titans led us through the forest, their eyes sharp on our surroundings. Their leader was the Titan with the scar across one eye. His name was A’nshon.
“Are you from one of the tribes?” A’nshon said.
“From the Urcim tribe,” I said.
“Funny,” A’nshon said, “you don’t look like a Titan.”
“I’m not. I’m human. I was abducted by the Changelings and ended up here. The Titan tribe was good to me. Then the Changelings attacked and destroyed the entire tribe.”
“Not the entire tribe,” A’nshon said. “Some have already arrived.”
