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Niobe, Transport Room, Latiri 4
Surrounded by twenty Atlan warriors, half of them partially transformed into their beasts, I couldn’t see over the closest set of shoulders as the first round of fighting took place. I lifted my hand instinctively and tried to shove the giant warrior aside.
That accomplished nothing. He turned and growled down at me. He wasn’t in beast mode, but his eyes were too bright. He was holding on by a thread… to protect me. So all of his angst and beast rage wasn’t directed at me.
“Do not move, Vice Admiral. Warlord Zan will signal when it is safe for you.” The Atlan speaking was one I did not know, not that it mattered. They were here to rescue their Atlan brethren along with the rest of the prisoners still alive on this base. Most of the prisoners here, acco
