Drake nodded at Abel. "Thanks, Abe," he said. Being one of the Forgotten's leaders, it was still hard on him to see his friends and comrades hurt, let alone killed. "They'll be missed. Wherever they are now, it's better than this place."

He took a breath. "I wish there was a way to get back at those bastards. Nobody messes with us and gets away with it. Banning them from our area ain't good enough, let alone setting up a shoot-on-sight policy."