They would be here...
Harbin leaped out.
The first one held out his own blaster.
And both men stopped.
"Harbin?"
"Wrathin?"
The men lowered their weapons. Harbin's entire posture shifted, and the man smiled at the other.
Behind Wrathin was another figure, and when the figure came into view, Bianca considered throwing her rock anyway, just because she could. But, instead, she started to cross to the entrance and saw the woman coming inside.
A figure she'd know almost anywhere. Well, when she was awake, in any case.
"Veta! You scared us to death!"
"Pleasure to see you too, Bianca," Veta said, brushing off some snow and stomping in the entrance to get the snow off her shoes. "Next time, would you pick a more temperate place to hide out?"
"Next time I have a chance," Bianca said and rolled her eyes. Though truly, she was thrilled to see the bodyguard.
"Are you ready to get out of here?" Veta asked.
"Absolutely," Bianca replied.
* * *
"We camein from the far side," Wrathin said he led the way to their ship. "When we did, scanners picked up three more units of Terrans and their hired help on Sol-1."
"Crazy that they're bringing in mercs," Veta said. "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it when we found Freya." The wind flew around them, and Veta's braids were turning white as the snow fell on them all.
Bianca nodded, pulling her red hood tighter. She would be thrilled if she never saw a bit of snow ever again. Her hands trembled, and she tucked them in the robe for some relief from the cold.
It seemed like she was the only one so affected by the cold. Harbin had not once said anything about the chilly temperature unless it regarded her. Neither Wrathin nor Veta looked bothered either. She wanted to think Wrathin was fine because he wore the same body-suit thing Harbin wore, so they must have controlled their body temperatures.
Veta wore layers, but they weren't as heavy. At least it didn't seem so.
Perhaps Bianca was just extra sensitive to the cold.
"What about the girls?" Bianca asked, her words trembling from the cold.
"We are still looking for them. There is still Sol-2. We were heading there next to see if we can find them," Veta said.
And it sounded like her voice trembled from the cold as well.
"I am glad I'm not the only one who is not used to this," Bianca muttered.
"Next time, hide on a tropical planet."
"That is where you hid," Wrathin said.
"And we never once were cold, were we?"
"No. Just hot."
Veta giggled.
