LAIS
I run as fast as I can, my mind running faster than my feet. Deimos, missing miners, Sgt. Maraya…do all these puzzle pieces connect in a way? Because everything is too convenient to be a coincidence.
My footsteps echo against the emptiness of the tunnel, my shadow a mere whirl of the wind behind me. We need to regroup immediately.
If Elen can't find Sgt. Maraya even when using her vien mal che, then where are we supposed to find him? Where has he gone off to? Elen's sight isn't a joke, but if even that can't detect him, then how can we?
"Major, come in, major," I hear Kenko calls in.
"Nearly there, kid. What's wrong?" I reply.
"I can't locate Sgt. Maraya using our beacon. He's off the radar," says the kid, panic obvious in his voice.
"How's that even possible. Are you saying he's not inside the cave anymore?" Poe says.
"I'm saying he's not anywhere in a 5 kilometer radius, sir," replies Kenko.
