Ryder and Hay both looked at the flare with curious looks. Ryder for the fact that fire is flying through the sky. Hay because a green flare is the military equivalent of "regroup" or "safe zone." It's strange that it would be coming from the colony considering Tearys had not taken any flares with her.

"Guys, I don't know." Hay started uneasy, "A green flare is the signal to regroup, but Tearys didn't take any. Something else may be there and regrouping. It may not be safe there."

Still both Hay and Ryder continued to follow Jack, Hay trying to be as stealthy as he could with one leg, and Ryder, who could not be stealthy, just kept lumbering after them.

The man next to Tearys turned to her with a solemn look, "We didn't know it when we got here, and things were ok for awhile. But something is out there. I've never seen anything like it. They just want to kill anything living. We've tried to hold out and signal for help, but the White Ones began to kill our power and block our radios."