Kaira wanted to stay and help. Many of those across the platform were down, groaning in some cases, horribly still in others. They needed help!
But Tarkus guided her away, heading rapidly for the emergency exit. They were far from the only ones. Well over half of those still on their feet were doing the same. A few of the rest were moving to help those who were down. The rest were just standing there, stunned.
“We can’t go!” Kaira insisted. “We have to help them!”
“I want to,” replied Tarkus. “But the authorities will be here in no time. If we’re still here then we’ll be interviewed closely and they might think we were involved. After all, we were on the transit but then we got off again.”
Kaira stumbled as that sank in. It certainly didn’t look good. But still… all the inj
