Grunting in pain, Sergeant Ledoyen struggled to climb out of the freezer.

Taking her hand to help her out, Pampaa said, "What do you mean, there's a spawner onboard?"

She took a strained breath between each short burst of words. "During the attack. He snuck away. I tracked him back. Back here. I think he killed someone and took their clothes. Disguised himself."

"That is alarming." Pampaa ran a seemingly casual glance around the compartment. ...