[center][h2]Plains of Ire[/h2]
[sub]Around the Z-ATV[/sub][/center]

	Haley looked over the scene before her in horror. The ATV was flipped onto its back, and through the front window, she could see the driver through a slurry of red specks that coated the inside of his windshield. He wasn't moving, and his head looked contorted to one side. It'd been broken, and with the driver's life, Haley's hope had left this world. "Orders?" Haley murmured, searching for Buttercup. "Orders..." She turned to Jager and offered him a fake smile and a nod, but turned back towards the wreckage eagerly hoping for a figure to reveal itself. But when she noticed the golem's bottom half near the edge of the toppled ATV, sliced clean from the rest of his body, her hope for his survival disappeared. Regardless, she remained standing at attention. Half of their platoon was wiped out in an instant, but they still had their ally ATV's at their backs... Or did they? they should've caught up by now! Where the hell were they? Were there more giant lizards? Damn it all! Haley spun towards Jager and pointed back towards Arcadia. "Scout the ATV's wreckage. Check if Dan is alive. If he can pilot the ATV, we'll flip the vehicle and search for our comrades. If we can't make contact with them by sunset... We'll return to Arcadia in the morning," Haley ordered, eyeing Zay. "Zay, scout the environment, please. Make sure no more of those, Things... Attack us."

	Zay shook the thought of his own demise and glance back up at Haley, after mulling over Jager's words. That was quite some gratitude. "Yea, on it," Zay blurted, jogging over to the highest dune in sight, not too far away from the site of the incident. 

	Haley looked at Jager with a reaffirming smile and nodded again. "Good work with the lizard, Jager."