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research facilities on the far side of the planet. It was something that not many people would know about. Well it was a place that not many people knew about two years ago. Now it had turned into one of the largest barracks that Mallory has.
    People keep pouring out of the main gates near where the landing pad is. Whisper had turned into a long barrel and sight for Fury, and attached onto the end of him, effectively making him a sniper rifle. Gravan was loaded with the single automatic blaster and shotgun blaster Kat took him in with. Felicity had been loaded with blaster ammunition to the gills but didn’t have a single extra gun on board.
    Felicity’s weapons would have made a hostile take over of the place a cinch. Had they not been disabled when they got close to the planet. It was their attempt at having a stealthy entrance. Everything was going to plan until they landed at this depot, and found that it was a new barracks instead of the empty supply stop. Kat can’t wait to hear the lecture that Whisper is going to give her after all this. If they live.
    Kat yells angrily at Gravan. “Whatever, just shoot them so we can get out of here.”
    “You got it beautiful.”
    Kat pulls back behind cover, and gives him a look. “No, just… no.”
    Gravan looks over to her and gives her a smirk. “This is going to be the start of a great relationship.”

    …

    “Whew. I didn’t think we were going to make it out of that one.” Kat says while whipping off her forehead. “Nice job Fury.”
    “Nice job. For what?” Fury says confused.
    “For working correctly, I guess.”
    He yawns, “That really took it out of me. I’m going to go to sleep now. It’ll take another thirty minutes till the new bullet core is ready anyway.”
    “Alright, have a good rest. You deserve it.”
    Gravan walks out of the barracks, back toward Kat, and waves. Butterflies fill her stomach at the simple gesture. He says, “Looks like there is enough supplies here to last us for the next six months, if we’re lucky. There’s munitions too, if you want to load those.”
    “Yea, I think we should. We don’t know what we are going to run up against out there. It takes Fury about an hour to convert shells for Felicity.”
    “I’ll go round up some small arms for myself then. It doesn’t look like you’ll need those, since you have those two with you.”
    She looks down at Fury and Whisper, and can feel a sense of happiness creep back in for the first time in seven months. “We do make a good team don’t we.”
    “ We do.” Gravan says with a smile.
    Whisper says, “For an ape, I would say this is as good as it could be.”
    Gravan asks, “What about me?”
    “You are just a meaty lifting device for all I’m concerned with. Now get back to it.”
    “I’ll win you over one of these days Whisper, you’ll see.” He points toward her, walking back into the barracks. Kat watches him turn, smile still plastered across his face. The butterflies in her stomach turn into a warmth over her body, a feeling of home. Something she had not expected to feel out in the stars.
    Kat says, “Just be careful, there may still be a few stragglers, and I don’t want to drag your sorry ass back to the ship again.”
    He raises his hand up high, waving it back and forth. Beneath his feet a light starts to expand, like a spotlight slowly turning on. She raises her head to look up at what is causing the light, and her jaw drops. Before she has a chance to speak it’s already too late, and the force of the impact drives her to the ground.

    White hot flames. That is all Kat sees as she sits back up. Gravan was right in the middle of where the fire now is, and can see a figure walking around the edge of the blaze. She can make out it’s a woman, with a long staff in hand. The feeling of home shatters, as she stares at the mage.
    “There was a second one after all. I guess the reports were accurate.” The mage says, and takes a few steps toward Kat.