Eclipse of the Soul: The Interdimensional Saga, Book 2 by J.L. Hendricks Page B

the knife he threw, and
swiftly cut off the ripper’s head.
    I
switched over to Lancer’s pocket cam and saw him fighting with another ripper.
He was holding his own but couldn’t seem to get the upper hand. The ripper
carried two swords similar to the ones I used to get away from the master the
other day. Lancer only had his sword that looked like a Katana. It wasn’t a
Katana as the warriors told me earlier that all of their weapons came from
home. They never used any of our swords or knifes. They believed their master
craftsmen to be much more talented than those on Earth. They did however,
appreciate our guns.
    From
Lancer’s camera I could see that one of the rippers was ushering some of the
women down into the sewer. Two of them had run off somewhere so he only had two
women to force down the manhole. Lancer ran after that ripper and went down
into the sewer after them. Ash followed.
    It was
too dark for me to see what was happening down in the sewer but I couldn’t seem
to take my eyes off of his screen. Finally someone was going after the girls! I
was going to kiss Lancer and Ash both when they came back! I couldn’t believe
they were doing that.
    On
another screen was Toren’s pocket cam. He looked around and I could see that
most of the rippers were lying dead on the ground. There were two that were
already beheaded. And three that still had their heads intact. Toren went
around and was taking care of those three.
    But I
noticed that there were only a few fae left once all of the rippers were dead
or had run away. Toren sent the rest of the warriors down in the tunnels after
Lancer called and requested backup.
    I kept
going back to Lancer’s pocket cam but couldn’t see anything as it was too dark.
So I looked for Coven’s pocket cam and noticed it was giving a view of the
ground. I tried looking at some more of the cameras to see if I could see
Coven. I regretted looking for him as I found another camera on the ground with
a view of Coven’s face. I could tell he was dead from the vacant stare in his
eyes.
    Coven
had a total of six warriors on his squad. And with the absence of Mason, Lancer
had only four. It looked like we lost almost half of our warriors out there
tonight. I really hoped that Lancer would find those girls quick and get back
here safely with Ash and the rest of the guys.
    I realized
I was chewing on my fingernails as I switched between all of the pocket cam
views we had. I confirmed that Toren and Cash were still alive. And one more
guy on their team. I couldn’t remember his name. I decided right then that if
he made it back I was going to learn his name and get to know him. In fact, I
was going to spend more time with all of the warriors, getting to know them
before they went out in the field again. The guilty feelings I had of not
remembering the names of our fallen was going to eat me up for a long time to
come. I just knew it.
    Right at
that point, I heard an explosion come over the radio. And the only video feeds
we had were those of Toren and Cash. I frantically kept going back and forth
between the rest of the pocket cam feeds looking to see if I could find anything.
The Commander was calling Lancer and Ash on the radio. None of them were
answering.
    I was
frozen in front of the screens with tears running down my face. It was as if
time was on a loop and I could not get it to restart. I kept reliving the
sounds of the explosion in my head and watched as all of the video feeds
continued to go to static.
    I wasn’t
sure how long I sat there silently crying and reliving the experience over and
over in my head. But finally I heard Lancer coughing on the radio asking for
extraction.
    The
entrance to the sewer in that alley was destroyed. Toren and Cash tried to go
down and see if they could find out what was happening, but there was no way to
go down. The manhole was filled with debris from the sewer.
    Lancer
and Ash had made it out of another manhole a couple blocks down and were