"Aw, come on! I like a little fire!" Jenkins laughed.

"Get some rest, Private," Drake ordered, smirking. He moved over to one of the consoles. "Get some shut-eye before your shifts, ladies. Last thing I want is one of those bugs tonguing me."

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Wyvern found his brother's corpse. He'd been torn apart by a serpent, with a hole in his forehead from a headbite. He took his brother's equipment before setting the self-destruct device. The blast would vaporize everything within a ten meter radius, so he began heading for the human settlement.