There wasn't much that Heloise could do. She was nimble, a wicked shot with a dagger and good at hiding. This wasn't something she could do, unless she had high powered weapons, and she wasn't ready to risk anymore daggers in trying to stop the sand snakes. 

So she watched, she studied and watched to see if there was anything she could do, or to tell others that something was up. Even then the others seemed to know what was what before she did. 

Even in escaping she wasn't required, except to get into the vehicle and escape with them all. She climbed in, and curled up, annoyed at herself and how useless she had been. As they travelled, she looked out the window, the sights so familiar to traveling with her father that it put an ache in her heart at the memory of him. 

As they stopped, and everyone climbed out, she did too, staring at the sky. As Xerox spoke, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. As Trabia was mentioned, everything seemed to fade. Her home. She might not call it home anymore, but that had been the first place she knew, jt had been where she had trained and it had been where she saw her father last. 

Her resolve strengthened. [color=f6989d]"in other words the place is gone. In other words, they want us to back down. 

I'm not going to"[/color]