Among the crowd crying about the cold water, Sunny takes the shower head next to me. She shudders at the cold, I quickly look away. Just go, leave me. I don't want to keep hurting you, disappointing you.

She tugs my arm and I turn, I see red in one eye, she gasps and points, "Y-Your eye." I look down and the blood clears, "Sorry." She lifts my head with a bar of soap, I grab the bar and she turns around. Black dots scatter across her back. "Hurry up. It burns." "Uhh-sorry." The black spots start rolling down her back with just a little soap. "Dallon?" "Yeah?" She turns around and hugs me, "I-" "Just leave me." She squeezes harder, "No." I try to make her let go, "I'll just end up hurting you." She jumps in pain and I see her blood, I dug into her?! "I don't want to live without you." I look around as blood fills my eyes, they all watch me. An older woman stares with a glowing thumb. I shut my eyes and face away from her, she finally lets go.

LASAL

Lasal slaps some headphones on as the men guarding him poke fun at his stench. "Lasal to Lady Liberty! Come in!" Commander Kaylin. "Sir, what deal has been struck?" Are you on speaker? "No, sir." I will be forced to bomb the camp they're in. He looks back and the guards try to kill each other with smiles, testing their powers. "These are people down here!" Yes, it would be a shame if they were to clear out, Martus is a big place. "Sir, there is nowhere else." I know. Supplies will be dropped in by someone I met. Don't trust anyone unless it's Markus Klein. What?

MARKUS

Do not fuck up, Markus. I smile, switch channels and punch the push to talk, "This is Markus Klein. Coming in with supplies." This is Lasal! At the army's evac point! "I know! We're-" I grab onto something as the ship dives downward, "Careful!" It evens out as the pilot shouts, *Markus, sir! We can't drop supplies in!- The rain!* I shake my head, "We'll just have to stop in!-" I push to talk, "Lasal, I need volunteers!" They'll be there! Land in front of the garage!

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I grab my head- *Who opened the ramp!?* I run down to the cargo bay, the door's open and a man cuts at the straps with a knife. Cargo containers slide out the plane as I run up, he cuts me. I back up and the guy smiles wide, "Aw come on, don't run!" He runs forward and swipes as I back away, but the man doesn't let up, slicing wildly with extreme precision. I kick forward and he grabs my leg, he raises it and I land on my back. He slices the back of my leg and I shout in pain, then he growls, "Cowardly angels." The ship tilts and a jeep slams the man against the wall, I slide towards him. *Even the load! Somethin's loose!* I spring towards him slam my fist into his skull, the man's blood spatters across the wall. Men rush down to the us, the man pushes the jeep off him with ease. He smirks with bloody eyes. Bullets fly at him, but he simply runs to the ramp and whooshes out the ship. The soldiers run up to me, "You okay!?" I take a breath, "Just some scratches!" They pull me up, "Goddamn-" I shake my head as the word comes to me, "Saboteurs!" They sit me down as the plane levels again, *Sir! We're landing in five!*

LASAL

I look outside and watch as our supplies fall fast, the parachutes get holes in them from the rain, "Hey! That's too far!" Markus exhales, Sorry, there was a Saboteur! "What's left?" There's enough to keep you going for a while.

MARKUS

The transport begins it's descent. I limp to the cargo bay as my men open the doors. We touch down and I wince at the pain in my leg. Dallon stretches his arm to cover the workers. I limp off and shake Sunny's hand, "Are you Sunny?" "How'd you know?" I smile, "I'm putting together a team and I need your help." "Wait, what?" Dallon walks to the two, "What team?" "It's to fight the real demons." Sunny tilts her head, "Real demons?" "These soldiers here don't think you're demons, but the rest do."

Dallon shrugs, "What about me?" "I need you to lead these people." "And what, she just goes off world?" Dallon's body grows a spike, "Over my dead body, she goes where I can't protect her!?" Lasal stops and salutes to me, "Lasal, sir!" I put my hand out, "Markus- Come aboard." Lasal grabs my arm, shakes it, then jumps on board. "What do you say, Sunny?" Sunny nudges Dallon, "I only have one person I can trust." I sigh, "Ok, good luck to you guys." I shout, "Ok! We're rolling out!"