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I wondered what he was waiting for.
Surely now was the time we ought to run?
Now, while the drone was distracted by something else?
Or was the drone attempting to flush us out?
Suddenly, there was another rushing sound high above us.
I couldn’t see it without moving my head.
But the whine of its miniature engines was enough to let me know what it was.
Another drone.
It sailed overhead and descended so close it made my clothes flap.
The sand it kicked up stung my skin.
And still, Egara did not move a muscle.
I wondered what he was thinking.
Couldn’t he see the drone had spotted us?
“Halt!” the drone directly above us snapped in a hostile tone.
Halt? I thought. We weren’t even moving!
Another prisoner came bolting up from between the huge sand dunes, a terrified expression on his face.
He glanced over his shoulders at something on his tail.
A red light blinked on the second drone’s underside.
The prisoner ran as fast as his legs could carry him, his feet churning up the stream’s pebbles.
He tripped and fell to his knees.
He crawled on his belly until he regained his feet.
Panting and exhausted, he returned to running.
He saw the drone ahead, the one directly above us, and his eyes widened.
“Halt or we will be forced to fire!” the drone said, so loud it was deafening.
The prisoner heard the warning but he didn’t slow, never mind halt.
He bolted to one side in an attempt to avoid the drone but it was no use.
Zaaap!
A flicker of blue struck the prisoner full in the chest.
He collapsed immediately, landing face-first in the cool polluted spring water.
His eyes rolled into the back of his head and his body shuddered with the shock fire.
