She stopped screaming but did not relax in my hold, even as I pulled her close and inspected her wounds. The sonic boom of the departing ship’s rapid exit from Viken atmosphere assured me the Cerberus soldiers were gone. As for Clive, with the knife buried low in his back, he wouldn’t be going anywhere unless Doctor Helion decided to take mercy on him once the I.C. team arrived.
I wouldn’t make any bets in Clive’s favor on that account. He was responsible for the deaths of many innocent civilians. As much of a hard bastard as Helion was, he did have a code of honor, and the mass killing of innocents broke that code. Besides, a ReGen pod could fix some things, but not everything. Especially not evil.
“Get this thing off my eyes,” Whitney demanded, twisting her head about to try to get it
