It felt like she was stuck in the middle of a horrible dream. Energy blasts fired widely around them, the cave was too dark for their would-be murderers to shoot at them accurately. But that didn’t stop blasts from coming all together too close to killing her, just like they had murdered John a few minutes ago. “There are more men at the mouth of the cave,” Fai said. Her voice lacked any of the breathlessness that a human being would have at this point. Instead it sounded calm and calculated. Kari didn’t have the time to decide whether that was a good thing or not. “How many?” Kari asked between gasps for air. “Around ten, from my readings,” Fai said. “But there could be more.” “Have they noticed us yet?” “I don’t believe so, the cave bends enough that they can’t see us yet. If we hurry we might make it to them before they can see us coming.”
