"They're at the camp perimeter. Now!" Lt Aluri said as a force of Datelli anthros and freed slaves began firing on the male and pregnant female soldiers. It was a blood bath and a feast. The guards sent to greet Nikolai and Christy began running for a dropship, begging Nikolai and Christy to follow them.<br/><br/>Admiral Kaine smiled and kissed Sally as they boarded the dropship. All the Kaeli survivors from the Waterloo had been put on dropships and transports and were being brought to the Shanxi, the former Datelli cruiser Kaeli's Tears, a military base Kaine had had established near the dreadnaught and a human city that had been built a mile to the west for civilians. Have all the screens tuned in to my feed once I prepare to eat the Empress and bring me her bodyguard if she survived. I want her to watch me feast." He said, adjusting his cap as he sat down.