Black Seven: Legend of Venetta Excerpt

"I fear there is no one left alive there.  My father isn't one of them.  We must find him."  She said as she turned back toward the door.  
"Come on then" he said as he took her hand and opened the door.  "Ronnel, you come with us in case we need some help.  
Ronnel nodded and the three of them left the building.  They ran around to the side nearest the hangar. She heard a loud moan and stopped.
"Did you hear that?" She asked.

"Yeah, I heard it.  It sounds like it is coming from just around this corner."  He said and the three of them ran toward the sound as fast as they could with the ground shaking so badly.
"FATHER!" Mak yelled and they heard another moan.  As they turned the corner, she saw her father lying on the ground with Dr. Bralt beside him.  She ran to him and stooped down to see if he was hurt.   "Father, are you alright?  Are you hurt anywhere?"  She asked feeling his arms for any breaks.  As her hand skimmed over his forearm just below the elbow, he winced.  
"That's it, Mak."  He said as he tried to sit.  "I think my arm is broken.  Check Dr. Bralt and make sure that he is still alive."  
Rej knelt beside the doctor and found that he was still breathing but unconscious.  "He is still with us, but I don't know the extent of his injuries.  We have no choice but to move him.  We have to get out of here and back to the hangar."
The others nodded and Mak helped her father to stand.  "Can you walk?"  She asked him and he indicated that he could. 
"Ronnel, you can help me with Dr. Bralt.  Go ahead and pick up his legs while I grab his arms."  Rej said.

The two men picked up the doctor and they all started to the hangar with Dr. Bralt swaying between them.  "Where is everyone else?"  Rej asked as they went on their way.
"I don't know.  Some of the men are in the ship from getting it ready to launch, but I don't know how many are there.  We'll have to take a head-count when we get inside."  Ronnel answered.  
"After we make sure that Dr. Bralt is comfortable, we will have to go and see if we can find any of the crew that is left."  Rej told Ronnel.
When they arrived at the ship, the little group went inside and Dr. Bralt was placed on a medical bed in the infirmary and strapped down.  "Mak, you need to stay here with the others.  I will go with Ronnel to look for anyone else that is left.  I don't expect there to be too many."  Rej said sadly. 
"I will go with you.  The medic can see to my father and Dr. Bralt."  She said as she hugged him to her in gratitude for his help. 
Rej tightened his arms around her and said, "I won't be able to talk you out of this, will I?"  They smiled at each other and then the three of them hurried to the door.

Malen found it more difficult to keep Barro under control as the ground began to shake more violently.  He and his army were still three by three, but he was wondering if they should pick up the pace a little.  Just as he was about to give the order, the trees a few feet away from the wide trail started to disappear in holes caused by the giant crack that ran up the mountain.  
"RUN, men RUN!"  Malen shouted and they kicked their beasts into a full gallop.  Flying down into the foothills, Malen headed for the area that held the Complex gates.  It would take a little while to get there with their mounts stumbling from the shaking ground.  They had to slow down when they neared the bottom to circumvent the large potholes that appeared in their path.  Malen looked back as several of his men tumbled into the holes after their beasts had reared and thrown them.  
"We have to get off this path!"  He yelled over the noise of the quake to his second in command.  
"Lead the way; we're right behind you!"  The man yelled back as he turned to follow Malen.  Veering his mount to the side of the path opposite the potholes, Malen continued down the hill.  He wasn't sure that he and his men would make it all the way down without being swallowed into the earth.  That thought quickened his resolve.

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