The Reformation

In, out. In, out.
He tried to breath but it was proving harder than usual.
Amid abated breath, he peered from behind the cover of the dense foliage... looking...but it was impossible in the moonless night.
The night was quiet, too quiet. Or rather it seemed so after the unbearable screams and cries earlier.

There was no one around the dig site. It was deserted. Ryan turned and signalled to Josh to search the area. Josh creep forward and methodically combed the area with his crude staff. He could find no one; except for dried stains of blood and the dug-up holes, there was nothing.

Satisfied that no one was left behind, the two men walked along the fringes of Luther forest, hoping to come across any colonist that were living in the vicinity before daylight.