Promises Were Kept

The price was high, but promises were kept. As smoke from the flair floated through the air Nathan couldn't help but smile. Help would be coming soon. If not for him, then for those he left back in the cave. Even if he wouldn't make it, they would.

The bullet wound he received earlier had reopened. The suit's system kept him high enough that he couldn't feel it; but as he glanced at the path he had taken he could see that he had lost too much blood. Adin had always felt he'd go out fighting but in that moment he accepted death without a fight. It was a warm welcome. A gentle greeting from an old friend he had never met.