“Gotcha,” Scorpio said back into the radio. “We’re on our way.”<br/><br/>--------------------------<br/><br/>The blue glow spread quickly to engulf the truck. There was only one explanation – Mare had to be inside. Cam’s spirit’s soared. Flying high, he was completely blindsided by what came next.<br/><br/>Balls of lightning rolled off the back of the vehicle directly into Cam’s path. The shock they caused woke him up but didn’t hurt all that bad. The bike, though, didn’t fare as well. The old chopper’s electrical system simply wasn’t robust enough to survive the contact. In an instant the engine cut out, his lights turned off, and Cam found himself rolling to a stop in complete darkness.<br/><br/>He was stranded in the middle of nowhere without transport. He desperately tried to restart the bike but it was hopeless. He ripped out his radio from his backpack but it, too, was shorted. He kicked the useless item into the desert in frustration.<br/><br/>He was now completely screwed.<br/><br/>As his eyes adjusted to the dark it seemed the moon was mocking him, hanging low in the sky like a giant weight that was about to fall and crush him.