Lightning bolts

Khan and George moved through the forest without showing any hesitation. Sonia and Glenn couldn't help but notice how confident of their abilities they appeared when they walked toward their dangerous target.

George instinctively let Khan go first. He had developed those habits on Istorne, and he had never regretted them. Khan was the strongest recruit he had ever seen. The others in the training camp might have only heard rumors about his feats, but George had seen them with his own eyes.

Sonia and Glenn could only silently accept the gestures and whispered orders that the two boys threw at them. Khan and George were only newbies on Nitis, but they had survived Istrone's crisis. Their simple steps carried a confidence that the other recruits didn't have.

"Tainted animal ahead," Khan suddenly announced as he spread his arm to make the group stop. "Seven meters in that direction. I'll handle it."