1 KILIThree men were dead, but there was no time to say the last rites. The female’s life was close to expiring and I needed to act. Kion was going to kill me for shooting her. Technically, I was in charge, but that didn’t matter much to Kion. The only reason he’d not risen as fast in the ranks as I, was his inability to stick to rules. I hurried over to our ship, careful not to shake the female too much. Blood was pouring over my hands, leaving red stains on the asteroid’s rocky surface. I needed to get her to our med bay. I just hoped it hadn’t been destroyed during the crash. Kion met me at the entrance of our crashed craft. He stared at the unconscious female in my arms. “What happened?” “No time. She needs help.” “I can see that. I just ran diagnostics; the med bay should be fun

