“There are no pilots. Those fighter drones are automated, but I'm sensing a kind of urgency from…” Abruptly, she stood and pointed a finger into the sky. “There!”
A Ragnosian drop-ship descended from the open sky, flying low over the rooftops of skyscrapers. It slowed to stop above an intersecting street, hovering silently for a few seconds. “Oh, no…”
A hatch opened in the troop carrier's underbelly, and a large, metal triangle fell out. Thruster packs on the SlipGate slowed its descent until it dropped out of view behind one very tall building.
Turning away from the barricade, Anna loped up the empty street like a lioness on the hunt. “Let's move!” she bellowed. “Cass, Rajel, Keli, Corovin!”
The other two Keepers fell in beside her while Keli and Corovin struggled to keep up. Which wo
