Flash Bang Boom

[Ona]

The fighting has stopped. We are vastly outnumbered. Thankfully, the Imperium soldiers on board were given orders to stun and contain us, not shoot to kill. Even so, we lost more than a handful of sun dragons to the battle that ensued. Including Daax and myself, the number of resistance fighters on the boat is down to 36.

Four days ago, at the start of this adventure, we had more than 60.

By the time we reached the end of the tunnel, we numbered 42.

I try not to think of all the bodies we lost during the evacuation of Segundus’ lab. So many had never awakened when released from the pods--and there had been hundreds of them. Drakes, drakaina, and some little more than hatchlings. Watching them die as they took their first free breaths in decades is a memory I will torment me for all the remaining moments of my life.

There were more bodies on the ground than walked out of that room.

I have been fighting this battle against the Imperium for the last four decades but on