"It's a relief we spent that time laying down those outposts."
Elena said, her eyes scanning the reinforced structures they had left in their wake. "Now we have a hardened line to fall back on if things turn ugly. We aren't just standing in an open field anymore."
"Let's move," John commanded, resuming the march. This time, he didn't just walk; he broke into a high-speed sprint.
"The new group is closing the gap with the three hundred; they are now running to match our speed. Yet they are way slower than us. We need to intercept them before they merge. If they merge, our window for a peaceful resolution vanishes. And perhaps something even worse will happen."
With the enhanced Speed attributes, the distance that would have taken a normal human an hour to trek was swallowed in less than fifteen minutes. During the sprint, John's eyes remained locked on the map.
