.. as you humans put it,” Birry gave a very satisfied nod.“Let us hope so, sir,” she nodded slightly nervously.“Re-arm the drones. The last th...ng we need is for the Vultoqi to think we’re trapping them.”Yessir.”“They have taken the bait and we now have them trapped,” the senior adelshaut reported to the caveatra.“Build up our forces carefully. We do not wish them to escape and a mass inbound portal may make them try to flee,” the senior patripure advised.“It shall be as you command, my. Alexander reeled in shock and looked around again, calling out to his companions, "Yumi!? Xavier!? Helena!?!" But there were no replies, as he looked he recognized pieces of his friends scattered around the dark throne room. Every last one of them too damaged for even resurrection to be possible.Tears streamed down his face, Alexander had been so focused on the fight that he'd failed to notice his friends falling. So absorbed with his desperation and the promise of personal glory if he managed. Naan veguliyaaga mugathai vaithu kondu irupathaal, avargal sari ulle vaa endru ule azaithu idavu unavu undu vitaya endru ketargal?Naan sapitu vitten aunty endru sonnen, sari naan innum sapida villai athu varaiyum intha paalai kudi endru oru glass paal koduthargal. Athai naan vaagi aunty mulayai paarthu kondu sappi sappi kudithen, aunty innum entha kaama aasaiyum ilamal irunthaargal. Naan ena seivathu endru theriyaamal irunthen, en sunni viraithe irunthathu.Aunty naadagam paarthu konde iravu. “She drove herself to the brink of exhaustion!” the tawny-haired medic exclaimed in alarm. “Her heartbeat is very weak!”“How badly hurt is she?” John asked with concern as he knelt beside them.Rachel’s eyes began to glow as she poured healing energies into her unresponsive patient. “I’ve stabilised her ... but Helene pushed herself much too far. She needs complete bedrest for a few days to give her body a chance to recover.”“This is all my fault!” Alyssa cried out, her eyes filling with tears..