[Present Time]
THUD!
Rus quietly dragged a person behind one of the containers and looked around. He had been dealing with as many enemy soldiers as possible — and as quietly as possible.
That was what Ashley told him to do, after all.
"Fuck." He slumped onto the floor, resting his arms on his knees.
He glanced at the person lying motionless beside him, closing his eyes and cocking his head back. A long exhale escaped him as he recalled his conversation with Ashley.
He should've stopped helping her the moment he realized that once this was over, she would shift her focus to them: him, Khan, Warriyo, and Nelek. Just thinking about it made his head throb.
"Why… did we even listen to her in the first place?" he wondered, knowing they normally would've never done something this reckless.
But the answer wasn't much of a mystery.
