“Loch?” she called out. Something metal clanged on the floor and she lifted her pistol. It had come from behind the engines. Her heart was hammering in her chest now. It was probably nothing, but given everything that had happened, there was no guarantee of that. She kept the gun up as she walked quickly to the engines and paused at the corner of the giant casing that covered the engines. One, two, three. Jayde stepped around the corner and smacked Loch in the face with the tip of her gun. Loch cried out in surprise. Jayde’s finger slipped off the trigger with ease and she lowered the gun. “You scared the hell out of me,” Loch complained. “I called your name,” Jayde said. “Well, we’re working over here so I didn’t hear you.” “You, working? That’s laughable.” Loch rolled his eyes at

