There was an audible collective in-take of breath when the guard's voice came over the military channel.
"Base, we have..." Then the line was full of static. Something had stopped him but it would only be minutes before someone would go to investigate.
The ringing of the phone made them jump. Bling got to it first.
"Yeah...Good...Okay...We just heard something on the channel. You need to get out fast. Okay, I'll tell them."
"They are on their way home." Bling said to the other two.
"All of them?" Amaliya asked.
"Yes," Bling replied. "All five of them."
"Five?" Logan asked.
"Yes. Greg, Max, Miranda, her baby, and Cassi."
"Oh God." Amaliya said and collapsed into her chair. She put her head in her hands and let the mixture of emotion flow out of her body through her tears."
Logan felt Bling's hand on his arm.
"Logan, there's something else."
Logan just looked at him.
"Cassi is suffering from some kind of fatigue and..."
"And?"
"Max is hurt, maybe not bad...but she passed out."
"What can we do?" Logan asked.
"I'll set up the beds and the couch. It sounds like we will have our hands full when they arrive."
