Chapter 57: Attack Part 2

The left side of my face looks fine but the right side is a different story. My throbbing eye sits swelled shut, the sensitive skin around it plumping into a dark red. Soft spots of green and purple sprout over my cheek and a dried blood trail stains the skin from my right nostril down the side of my mouth. My bottom lip is split near the right corner, another bloodstain down my chin and onto my shirt.

"Wow..." I mutter to myself, trying to keep the shock from my voice, "...not pretty."

"Yeah..." Able paces behind me, "and Reid saw. He'll be down there for a while," he chuckles nervously.

"What happened to Mantis? Did Chief get him?" I return to the bed. "Or Jace?"

"I'm not sure," Able shakes his head. "I saw you on the ground and knew I had to get you out of there fast."

"But two against five?"

"And now Reid," Pratt adds, taking another bite. "I don't know - did you see that look in his eye? He might make this quick."