Chapter 159

How did I end up here?

Laura and Rosalind had been only moments from taking a cab to a farmer's field outside of town where they were supposed to get picked up by their ride, a ride that would take them off planet and out of this galaxy.

They missed their connection. Probably because, as they were slinging bags over their shoulders, readying to leave, the military had busted in and taken them into custody.

Or at least had taken Laura. She wasn't quite sure what happened to Rosalind. Things got kind of chaotic what with all the troops who crashed in, screaming at them to hit the floor with their hands laced over their head.

Given the odds, Laura hastened to comply, but Rosalind, she uttered something in Spanish, lobbed something at the soldiers, which exploded in a cloud of smoke, and, in the turmoil that ensued, disappeared.