They took cover behind a boulder, still their survival would depend as much on their suits, which shielded them from the great heat. They looked down at the ground. Suddenly, they could hear the roar of the Danu’s powerful laser beam as it thrashed and obliterated any droid or dreadnought in the in the vicinity.
When the ground finally stopped vibrating they peered over the boulder at a thoroughly devastated moonscape with clouds of ash rising up through the air. They looked at each other relieved as they saw a lander flying in their direction. It’s hatch opened to roars for them to get inside.
They were already on their way when Herbert stopped in astonishment. Missiles were being launched in the distance, not at them but into space ostensibly towards the Danu.
“How?” he heard Candace ask.
“I fear this civilization was more advanced than what we had envisaged. We better go.”
There was a crew of three with the lander and they gave the duo a heroes welcome.
“You were the only ones to retrieve any Negativum. You have saved us,” the pilot explained.
The lander engine ignited and they hurtled towards the upper atmosphere.
Soon they were receiving reports of the Danu sustaining heavy damage and they were informed that they would be hyper traveling upon docking.
Herbert took one last look at the world below and wondered if this would be last they’d see of this civilization.
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