If you like music while you read try "The Dark of You" by Breaking Benjamin. It's what I listened to while writing this scene!
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RIKA
Rika dry-heaved into the metal pail that the nurse held for her as the vehicle wobbled and rumbled forward. The lights of the little cars, trucks, whatever they were, were beginning to seem dimmer as the morning light began to crawl into the sky.
Between bouts of nausea, Rika's heart fluttered with nerves. The Portals would be closing within an hour and she still hadn't made any progress with the tech. Were Reth and Elia going to give themselves up, only to have their family slaughtered anyway?
At least the humans would be trapped here, she thought fatalistically as her body cramped and she heaved again. At least if they destroyed everything, they'd destroy themselves too.
