"NO!" I shouted again. I couldn't believe my eyes – she was dead! Dying, falling – right in front of me – and – and –
I couldn't do a damn thing about it!
I beat at the godforsaken force shield, tears welling up in my eyes. "No, no, no, no, no!" I roared.
A blast went off in the distance and a rolling, thunderous quake swept me off my feet. I looked up to see the shield going down.
YES! I screamed inwardly, the human in me jumping in the air, punching the air, chanting "we're free, we're free".
I scrambled to Carter's side and desperately felt for a pulse.
Please…
…Please…
YES!
So weak, so faint, but it was there. A pulse. She was alive.
There was no time to waste. I threw her over my shoulders and sprinted out of the mountain.