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"Oy, you el He and Ran are huddled in between so spot The British kid is pale, the wounds he suffered against Phiri Dun-Ra still bleeding heavily

I nod, feeling guilty, like I let them down Too much death here Too et the hell out of here"

Patience Creek has gone quiet Without anything chasing or shooting at us, our ragtag group h we have to spend so out a couple of bodies There are a lot of those And not enough survivors

We head to the lower with a few scientists, Agent Noto and the five Chi with nothing worse than soled tail Everyone, huht exhausted

After that, we start to search the other floors We don’t encounter anything but death until we reach the uppermost level, the one where Lawson previously kept his control center There, we’re drawn to the sound of televisions tuned to what sound like a dozen terrified newscasts

Five stands in Lawson’s office, his back to the door, watching the news on the wall of screens He extends his blade when he hears us co but quickly sheathes it once he realizes that we aren’t Mogs

"She got away," Five says si area a few miles south of here in the forest Took off when they realized the tide was turning I kno they operate They’ll be back soon with reinforcements"

Sam and I enter the roo outside Five wears a set of fatigues that he either found lying around Patience Creek or stripped off a dead soldier I guess the latter is e

"You going to try lockingat me over his shoulder

"No," I reply

"Good"

Sa at theat footage fro slowly erased by warship fire My eyes bounce fro on the Arc de Trio apart against each other