Chapter 26IN THE FIELD, IN the operations room, and at Toucan, the interference crackled in their headsets. Realizing they were without communication, Jim looked at Brush, ‘Grab some warm bodies, and make sure the cave entrance is secure.’ ‘I’ll go,’ said Cherry. ‘Fleur, are the girls okay to move?’ ‘The one that was whipped is bleeding, but she will be okay, physically at least. JP talked to the others. It seems that the bearded freak tore off their clothes just to look at them and then started to whip this one.’ Jim looked at the dead man with the dark hole in his massive forehead, and wished he could bring him back to make him die a more painful death. ‘JP, tell them they are safe, and we are going to take them out of here and get them back to their village.’ *** Just off the Rua

