The excavation team guided the specialized military medical crew down into the deep, cleared pit.
Working quickly, the medics carefully moved aside the mangled, crushed remains that formed the outer pile.
Beneath that grim shield of dead soldiers and enemies, they uncovered two unconscious bodies.
It was Axel and Jayvaughn.
Marlon stood at the edge of the pit above, leaning forward and shining his high-powered flashlight straight down into the hole.
The moment the bright light illuminated the two bodies, his heart gave a violent, painful lurch.
Both men were completely soaked in crimson blood from head to toe.
Although the logical part of Marlon's brain tried to reassure him that most of the heavy blood likely belonged to the crushed corpses stacked above them, his overwhelming worry made him fear the worst.
He terrified himself with the thought that every drop of blood belonged exclusively to Axel and Jayvaughn.
