There was zero movement in the enclave.Any survivors had already abandoned the settlement—or they were dead.
“I want a closer look,” Bez announced.
He slid down the steep embankment before racing across the valley toward the settlement.
Az dropped down after him.Pye following a second later.
“Yeah.Okay.Let’s just run straight into a potentially hostile situation without forming any kind of plan.It’s not like I’m the boss or anything,” Kira snarked.
Raider stared at the hill at the back of the structure.“Does anything about this scene strike you as strange?”
“Everything about this is strange,” Kira said grumpily.
From the method of attack, to why Caius was on this planet in the first place.
“We shouldn’t let them get too far ahead of us,” Finn observed.
“You go ahead,” Raider said, tapping Kira’s shoulder with his fist.“There are a few things I want to check out.”
Kira looked at Finn, wishing she could send him with Raider.
His flat expression said that wasn’t an option.
“I’ll go with him,” Roderick offered.
“Thanks.”
The two walked away, sticking to the shadows as they flitted from tree to tree.
“Jin, are you able to monitor comms?”Kira asked.
“I could block them too if you wanted.”
“Just monitor them for now.I want to know if our friends down there try to talk to anyone.”
“You think they could be a problem?”Finn asked.
“I think,” Kira said, choosing her words carefully, “that we should be careful.”
Right now, the only people she trusted were on this hill.
“Let’s move out,” Kira ordered.
Jin waved away Dylan’s assistance when the oshota went to pick him up.“I can do it myself.”
That assertion proved false a couple moments later when he found the hill’s slope too steep for someone of his size.
Still, Jin stubbornly persisted, dropping to his butt and scooting down a foot at a time.A torrent of loose dirt and leaves were dislodged in the process.
Feeling eyes on her, Kira looked up to find Dylan watching her.Speculation on his face.
Even caught staring, he showed no trace of guilt or chagrin.He treated it as if his actions were natural, sending her a cordial nod before following Jin.
“Be careful, Kira.That one is dangerous,” Finn warned.
“That’s the thing, Finn.I’m always careful.”
It just never seemed to matter.
