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"Fowler?" I shouted

I heard him draw in a breath "I’ on?" I roared

He cleared his throat "Let me speak to Officer Thornton"

I shoved the phone into Thornton’s hands Thornton raised it to his ear "Yes Hm Of course I understand Yes" Then he passed the phone back to me, his face still punchably calm

"I’ve spoken to Thornton," Fowler said "He will not interrupt a rowled "You’ll just forget about them? Brush them under the carpet?"

There was a pause on the other end, and then I felt the chill run down my spine as he repeated the sa up the phone before recasting lare on Thornton

The basic problem was that the IBSI--which, in my opinion, should have just been shortened to "BS"--was overnanization If the IBSI withdrew, the govern, they had created a monster

Technically, they still had to obey the laws, but what Thornton had just done should have been cause to i with all of his men They would’ve withdrawn their sanction of us if we’d done the sa, but it was different rules for different people The hunters outnumbered us astronomically, and, unlike us, they were not disposable

The IBSI had always taken advantage of this fact, but this was the first time I’d ever seen it so blatantly displayed

There was nothingwithback, Thornton and the two azed up at the helicopter I was expecting therip back onto the ropes so they could be pulled up Instead, to s, they leapt about ten feet in the air Grabbing hold of the runners beneath the open door, they swung the out of sight and the helicopter fleay

It was Sofia who finally voiced ere all thinking: "That was an awfully high ju aircraft So on with these hunters

Victoria

This otten eventful quickly

After the bo to steady the sube by hi at three hunters

Once they left in their chopper, the rest of us retreated into the sub We headed toward the chamber of the submarine we kept especially reserved for injured humans found on excursions I wasn’t sure when the tradition had begun, but whenever we found wounded humans we tended to take the them to their oorld