Another Beam

In fact it wasn't the space station firing at them, but the leader of the monster army from earlier.

Aroon didn't want to look suspicious or speak about things others wouldn't comprehend or understand. Besides he just wanted to secure himself for such a strong reason if anyone suspected what happened.

"We need to take cover," Christy looked around and at the shining dot of beam that kept enlarging with each passing second, "is it the one that attacked us before?"

"Yeah," Aroon lied.

"Then we should get inside, all of us!" Christy was about to jump off the platform and scream at all. However Aroon moved and held her body with his metallic hand.

"…"

Despite wearing thick metallic netvor, Christy could feel the heat coming from his hand on her waist. She didn't know what to say or why he did it. All she could feel was surprise and paralysis.

"I can defend it," Aroon simply said, "but the planes will be your responsibility."