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“You pathetic piece of scum Do not touch them” Sloan had whipped back her arround, and Sloan gave him a stun blast as he crumpled

“Give , then pointed her blaster directly at his face He raised the girl, who couldn’t have been more than three, and used her to hide behind Her parents shrieked behind Sloan

“Please! Please don’t hurt her,” the mother screamed as the dad held her back

“Dev, get them in the transport,” Sloan had called out to Dev, and she heard him run down the shuttle ra the children

The captain held the girl up over his face

“We will not let you leave with them”

“I’iven hiroin The little girl was so sh his head was covered, the rest of his body was vulnerable “Release her now, and we can end this without anyhis nuts blasted”

“Overout fro

“Suit yourself,” Sloan said, shooting hiroin He had iirl on the floor, and Sloan had blasted hirab himself

Sloan had scooped up the little girl from the floor and run with her into the shuttle She sainst the shuttle door close control, and the little girl’s parents embraced her as they sank to the floor Another faht of her family and how they would never have that kind of reunion A blast to the back of the shuttle had snapped Sloan out of her thoughts

“Dev, hit it We need to get out of here now,” Sloan had shouted, then held on as the shuttle pitched and rocked while they beat a hasty retreat Sloan settled the humans and headed up to the copilot’s chair next to Dev

“You know I hate it when you take these males on all by yourself” Dev said

“Ah, quit co, Dev I wanted to keep your beautiful face protected froe” She smirked

“Do you have a death wish?” Dev said Sloan had never seen hiry before

“Dev, what’s gotten into you? It was fine We’re all fine”