Chapter Five

"... this is it, boys, this is war..." Taryn, humming an old
song, slapped a new power pack into her blaster, took a deep
breath and smiled. She was definitely going to enjoy this.

She left the ship and quickly slipped into the cool jungle.
It was oddly quiet; just the soft rustle of some purple-hued
ferns broke the eerie silence.

"Tira, report." Taryn's comlink was dialed so far down she
barely make out her ship's voice.

"I've lost the signal. It's just not there anymore." Tira
paused, then "Taryn, be careful. I think he may be luring
you into a trap."

"Thanks. I've got the coordinates. Taryn out." Trap or not,
I'd been waiting for a long time for this chance and I wasn't
about to waste it.