Chapter 7: Alone

         I haven’t heard from G’reth or Jake for about a week and it’s getting me worried. I pace when I am not sleeping, which is most of the time; I sleep just enough to keep me functioning properly. I get fed twice a day �" they don’t give me enough calories to hold me for a two-hour flight, but it’s not like I am going to be flying for two hours any time soon.

To make it so I can’t ambush them, they feed me at random times and in random areas of the habitat I am in. This quiet, deathly still habitat. I still hate how unnatural it feels. I am almost fully recovered from the fight; my wounds are all mostly healed.

I feel myself being watched all the time. I can’t see anyone, but I know they are there. I took out all the cameras that were placed everywhere and now I have to deal with the everlasting presence of hunters.

For the millionth time, I reach out with the link between G’reth and I and say into it, ‘G’reth?’

Nothing. I fall deeper into my pit of sadness and dread.