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The four of us stand in a clearing about a ara Falls Our stolen warship is parked a few hundred yards away, dwarfing the sparse trees nearby, its tank-sized exit ralimpses of the monstrous ship out of the corner of e to run for cover Hard to believe that’s ours now

Marina runs two hands through her hair "I talked to hier"

Nine chuckles "Was that before or after you tried to stab Five in the face with an icicle? Again?"

"After, actually," Marina replies stiffly "I thought he wasoff alone to do battle with another warship My God, Six, it’s suicide"

"I don’t know," I reply "You didn’t see him up there He was prettyher head emphatically

"Part of him truly believes he can do this himself," Ella puts in "And another part of hiet hurt He’s convinced it will be better for everyone if he does this alone"

We all fall silent for aElla’s words It’s pretty obvious to ht out of John’s brain No way did he confide that in her

"Aw, hell with that nobility shit," Nine says "This is our war too I’ to beat his ass when he comes back"

"You realize what he’s left us with is a pretty big deal, too, right?" I ask, looking around at the others I don’t want to spend anydevices is going to save a lot of lives potentially It’s the key to hu able to win the war"

Nine scoffs and walks away Marina sighs and folds her araze out over the river Ella just stands there, still holding on to the satellite phone that John gave her I glance down at avedevice’s frequency

Seventeen percent battery life When that runs out, according to Saet the instructions he gave it We better hurry up with this test

No sooner do I start to worry that we’re running out of tiine A jeep drives into view, bouncing over the rough terrain of the clearing, Lexa at the wheel