The Mech troopers were not interested in a group of Brothers clad in any color or a heretical Haven for women. Their sights were on the retreating Green Marauders. Their dust swirled over the landscape and then they were gone.
The Teacher and Brother Philip hurried over to Jack"s body. Most of the Brothers followed them. Once he was beside Jack, the Teacher knelt down. He noted that three bullets had torn through Jack"s body, the back of the head blown upward and disintegrated. Blood stained the ground. He was about to turn the body, when Brother Philip stopped him.
“Let me and the other Brothers attend to your friend. We will make the coffin and you can conduct the service for his final Pathway.”
Teacher looked up. “He was my friend and he was still trying to protect Venta and his daug
