Return(2)

Daneel ran forward, his heart thundering in his chest as all sorts of horrific images fought to the fore of his mind, each one worse than the one before.

Grim forebodings sprung up at such dizzying intervals that they transformed into a river ready to inundate him, but just barely, by keeping his eyes on the horizon and his heart set on holding onto a bit of hope, he clung on. The closer he got, the worse it seemed, though, so soon, he was panting, his breath wheezing out as his whole body shuddered at intervals, unable to hold in the emotions that wracked his entire being.

Topping a rise, he got his first glimpse of the town. He screeched to a halt there, his eyes riveted on the destruction strewn all over the place he had come to call his home away from home.