---- L cant, Commander, she whispered, barely audible over the snarls.


    Islice my w through the creatures body and it whines to drop down dead.


    My eyes snap up to Ben and Summer to find them fighting back-to-back, their synchronized movements a testament to years of training together.


    But even their bond couldn''t hold against the horde for long.


    Minutester Ben let out a guttural roar and I looked back to find that he had taken a w to the chest, his knees buckling beneath him.


    Summer tried to shield him, her defiance zing, but the creatures massive hand caught her and threw her across the room like a ragdoll.


    Fuck! I growled, slicing through another creature as I tried to reach them.


    But I couldn''t.


    They were all falling.


    Jason, Lilly, Ben, Summer.


    The special Seven.


    And me? I was still standing.


    ---- T was still fighting.


    I was theirmander.


    Their backbone.


    How could I fall? My ws tore through flesh after flesh, my muscles burned, my lungs screamed for air, but I wouldn''t stop.


    I couldn''t stop My legs wavered, exhaustion threatened to pull me down, but I kept going.


    Those brown eyes wouldn''t let me stop till I have seen them again.


    T was drenched in their blood, my vision blurred with sweat and blood slipping down from my brow,but T refused to fall Not until everyst one of those bastards was dead.


    I don''t remember how long I continue to ughter those creatures mercilessly.


    My ws hung at my sides, dripping ck blood.


    The chamber grew quiet, eerily so, as thest carrier fell at my feet.


    ---- T was still fighting.


    I was theirmander.


    Their backbone.


    How could I fall? My ws tore through flesh after flesh, my muscles burned, my lungs screamed for air, but I wouldn''t stop.


    I couldn''t stop My legs wavered, exhaustion threatened to pull me down, but I kept going.


    Those brown eyes wouldn''t let me stop till I have seen them again.


    T was drenched in their blood, my vision blurred with sweat and blood slipping down from my brow,but T refused to fall Not until everyst one of those bastards was dead.


    I don''t remember how long I continue to ughter those creatures mercilessly.


    My ws hung at my sides, dripping ck blood.


    The chamber grew quiet, eerily so, as thest carrier fell at my feet.


    ---- My team was down, scattered around me, barely breathing.


    My chest heaved as I forced myself to stand straight.


    Everyone fucking get up dammit! We can''t lose here! Their pained gasps echo around me and the sharp scent of blood and sweat mingled with the weight of despair pressing down on me.


    They were all down.


    Every one of them.


    Their bodies broken but still fighting to live.


    And I could again feel hurried footsteps approaching.


    They areing...


    More areing.


    And I really don''t know how long my body is going to support me in holding them back.


    A dozen of creatures entered and turned its deadened gaze toward me, stalking closer, I realised they had formed a circle around me.


    Damn it.