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Samh 1.18.1345 19:00
Talrederick’s men had done a quick scan of the area to make sure there were no other enemies lurking or dead or injured bodies. Two of them climbed into the landcraft. Although outside it looked extremely crumbled, the innermost area was almost unscathed.
“It doesn’t look like anyone else is in here.”
“Don’t these fancy things have some sort of escape pod? We should see if someone used it.”
* * * * * *
Inside the escape pod, Jurita slept while Osarina stared at the clock. She could hear movement outside the pod, and she was sweating profusely. Her hand hovered over the “Initiate Program” button.
The clock flicked to 19:15.
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“It should be somewhere over here under this debris.” The soldier smiled at his buddy. “Looks like this stuff was placed here.”
“Please stand clear. Pod will launch in 5 seconds.” A calm female voice stated loudly throughout the landcraft.
“What the kelpft was that?” the first soldier asked.
“Oh, cru—” but a loud explosion cut off the other soldier’s response.
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Outside, the three soldiers stared up in amazement as the center of the landcraft exploded and an escape pod went hurtling out of it.
“Follow them, make sure they make it to town!”
The fifth soldier was already running to his ultra-helio.
“What about Mardezz and Poirek?” asked the remaining soldier.
“Let’s go see if we’ll be taking them in injured or dead. Looks like the General is going to have to make it through tonight on his own.”
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