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“Babies!” she said, “In your dreams buddy!”

He could not help it he laughed because she looked so shocked. She glared at him and tried to keep a frown on her face but she could not do it and a smile broke through. They were holding each other and laughing when they heard it.

A helicopter. The sound was coming from the east, the direction they were planning to go.

“We should find cover,” he said.

They took what they could carry and headed for the treeline to the south stopping on a ridge that offered good cover and overlooked the escape pod. The helicopter was big and fast and before it touched the ground six people wearing breathing masks and full bio gear jumped out and ran to the downed Soyuz. They all carried guns.

“We need to go,” Jack said.

He took Sara’s hand and they turned and hurried deep into the rainforest.

The end