Dredges and Praetorians carried equipment off the mining and transport ships. Lord Hector and Lord Cornelius directed their workers. On entering the docking bay, Lady Nemesis noticed the two lords helping. She motioned to her brother Kain to follow her, and the two began wading through the dense crowd waiting to board the ships.
Helena, trying to find Angelica in the massive crowd in the docking bay, began pushing her way through the crowd. People were surging towards the troopers, who were directing them to the waiting ships. It was like swimming upstream in a waterfall, but she managed to make her way through the crowd.
“Nemesis, have you seen Angelica?” Helena asked worriedly.
“Mother!” Nemesis raced to embrace Helena. “It’s been pure chaos since
