The crew searched the ship for any survivors. Dead bodies lined the corridors. Most were humans but a few were Nietzscheans hired for security. A small noise came from down one of the passages and Tyr went to see who or what it was. He cautiously stalked towards where the sound was coming from. What he saw made him stop in his tracks. A girl lay next to a computer in a puddle of blood with injuries that should have been deadly.
"Beka! Trance! This one's alive!" he called in as flat a tone as he could manage. He didn't know how she'd survived this when Nietzscheans had not. Beka and Trance hurried into the room and Trance immediately began to stabilize the girl.
"We have to get her back to the Andromeda," Trance told them looking worriedly at the girl who had her brilliant green eyes open and focused on them. She licked her lips and spoke in a strained voice.
"I will be okay. It is not as bad as it looks."
"If it were you would be dead," Beka commented, "Tyr, you carry her. I'll cover you in case whoever did this is still here."
"They aren't," the girl said but they just ignored her and began making their way back to the Maru. The girl's eyes closed as she tried to keep from crying out in pain as the Nietzschean's steps made her injuries bleed again. She let herself drift into a light sleep.