Yuri staggered uncontrollably, collapsing into Tuss's arms. They tumbled together into a nearby chair.
"What's happening out there?" Tuss asked, knowing Yuri must have used her psychic powers to scope out the situation.
"There might be a level four insectoid outside," Yuri grimly reported.
Tuss paled. How can a level four insectoid appear? Has the insect swarm broken through the Alliance's defense lines?
Without a second to spare, they sprang up from the chair and, hand in hand, raced towards the exit.
The cacophony of gunshots, cannon blasts, and terrified screams mingled together, only to be drowned out by earth-shaking roars, one after the other.
If one could describe the situation as earth-shaking, it wouldn't be an exaggeration.
