Devon comes across a young child.

Rhade, Beka, and Harper all gathered inside the Maru as it headed for the ship. "I have a bad feeling about this, Boss," Harper said, causing Rhade and Beka to turn to look at him. "Magog are never a good thing."

"Harper, for the last time, we have to see if there are survivors," Beka said, as they pulled into the ship's small docking bay. "Okay, let's go see who's home."

"Yeah, let's go see." Harper followed Rhade and Beka to the air lock. "Rommie said that there were only three life forms."

"And that they were small," a soft voice called out from behind them, and they turned to see Devon. "Hi."

"Devon, what are you doing here?" Beka asked her, as she looked at Devon. "Does Dylan and Trance know that you are here?"

"Not really." Devon shifted on her feet. "I wanted to come along to see what happened for myself."

"We can't go back now. There is not enough breathable air left for them for a few hours." Beka then grabbed Devon's arm and pulled her over to Harper's side. "Harper, you watch her like a hawk. If anything happens to her, you'll have to answer to Trance."

"Yes, Ma'am," Harper replied, as he gave her a small salute. "I shall take care of the wee one."

"You better," Rhade answered, as they entered the ship. The air on the other side was hard to breath. "It smells of death."

"Oh, that's what that is," Harper remarked and got a look from both Rhade and Beka. "Sorry, just trying to break the ice."

"What is that?" Devon asked Harper, as she moved over to the video screen. A scene of five Magog looking around flashed for a second, followed by one of three small children hiding from the Magog. "Is that happening now?"

"Only one way to know for sure." Beka and Rhade took off in one direction leaving Harper and Devon to locate the command deck. "We should try to find out what happened to the people of this ship."

"They all died." Devon froze in her tracks causing Harper to slam into her. He grabbed her arm to keep her from falling to the floor and shot a glance ahead to see why she had stopped. There in front of her, the corridor was lined with dead bodies. "I think the Magog killed them."

"Bad news for us."

"How is that bad news for us?" Devon turned to face him with tears in her eyes.

"Because the command deck is through that corridor."

"Oh, that is bad news." Devon then turned to face the corridor. "How are we supposed to do that?"

"We have to simply step around or over the bodies." Her face dropped and she bit down on her lower lip. "It's the only way."

"Okay, since it's the only way." Devon then followed Harper as they slowly made their way down the corridor stepping over and around the dead bodies. "This is not cool."

"No, it's not." They finally made their way to the end of the corridor and stood outside the door to the command deck. "Okay, let's see what damage we have inside." He punched a few buttons on the panel next to the door and it slowly opened to a Magog. "Oops."

The Magog then lunged at Devon only to have her jump out of the way and it hit the wall. "Shoot it."

"Right." Harper shot the Magog before it took a step and it fell back against he wall dead. "Okay, let's hope for no more surprises." Devon grabbed his arm. "What?" Harper turned to see the female child. She had to be no more than three years of age. "Aw, man." The child had curly blonde hair and blue eyes, and wore a worn, dirty dress and no shoes.

"Mama," the child cried out, as she looked around. "Mama!"

"Your mama's not here, little one," Devon said to her, as she dropped down in front of the child. "I'm Devon." The child looked at Devon and tears rushed down her face as she flung herself at Devon. "What did I do wrong?"

"Nothing," Harper said, as Devon wrapped her arms around the child. "The little one's scared that's all." Harper then looked around the command deck and whistled. "Man, they put up one hell of a fight." Harper then indicated to Devon the blaster marks in the walls. "They didn't want the Magog to get to the children."

"Sounds like a noble idea." Devon picked up the child and followed Harper more into the command deck. "Where are the other children?"

"I don't have any idea."

TBC