Book 6. Chapter 8: Interlude Abraxas
It was all over. They’d found her.
It had been safe here before, but the machines had finally found this little city. And within it, the target they had been hunting down all these years. The last of her kind left operational.
Abraxas watched from his hovering boat, drifting lightly above the long river, as the human city burned. It looked like a small glowing light in the distance. He’d seen it happen, gotten here only to see the killing blow delivered.
Her steady IFF tag had gone offline.
“It’s over.” Tsuya had told him, as he felt her disconnect from the local network. “I’ll draw Relinquished away from you. Go hide, return to Sanctuary. You will be safe there.”
“What will you do?” He asked back.
“What I’ve always done.” Tsuya answered. “Survive. Live to fight again. You must too.”
The last connection died off. He’d need to go to the surface to find her again. He didn't know where exactly, in the same way that she didn't know where Sanctuary was. Secrets kept them both safe should the other be finally caught.
The boat drifted off the waters, following the current just under him. Completely alone now. He turned, guiding his boat across the river.