“You can lower your weapon. It’s me, Nel.” Rudderwick breaks through the smoke. He gets a glimpse of Helena and turns to you snarling like a rabid dog.
“What the f**k happened!?” He demands.
“Sorn, that’s what happened. He came back and shot Helena and killed Kaltia.” Rudderwicks face went through a myriad of emotions; Confusion, disbelief, sadness, then it morphed into anger and finally acceptance.
“I’m going to kill that son of a b***h!” You snort.
“Good, get in line. I’ve got my first go around. After what he did to Hel? I can’t let it go.”
“And we won’t let it. He just pissed off the wrong group.” He looked down at Helena with concern. “We need to hurry and get her a doctor. I’ll carry her if you could watch Minka.”
“Minka?” Looking around you don’t see anyone else and you saw no
