BETHESDA ,

Central District,

2420AA,

"Connors? Gabriel!" The Captain called out. His summons went unanswered and he sped up after the junior lieutenant worried that something had happened to him.

"Connors!" he shouted as he went round the same corner only to come to a same sudden stop just as his befuddled soldier earlier had. "Oh my..." his voice trailed off as his own jaw slacked down in shock.

"What? What is it?" A curious Calla called out through the central ...