LianneWhen she stepped off the ramp, her thick synthetic fiber boots crunched the gravel underneath. It sounded like the crunching of bones and she shivered, despite the warm, New Mexico air. She placed a hand over her eyes and surveyed the surroundings. The sun settled upon the horizon. In the distance along the highway she spied a small building. Further up the highway was a corpse. Due to the distance it looked like nothing more than the carcass of a large animal, perhaps killed by one of the fast moving metal conveyances the humans used to move about.
“Are you sure they were here?” She turned to Embeth.
“Captain Muriel assured me that Gard's emergency beacon leads to this region,” Embeth replied grimly.
“It still pings here.” Muriel confirmed as he emerged from the ship and wiped at
