The Optic

"Rick!" exclaims Zirocco, disoriented and a little dazed. " Zirocco, here I am, we're fine. I managed to keep the panther form and thanks to it I was able to swim to this area. They think they finished us off, so I didn't have to deal with the fear of them finding us." Rick said, gathering wood at one point to light a fire. Leonard gets up as best he can, recovering from the daze, and goes to tend the fire while asking his niece to sit down and rest. "This isn't right, love. CROWN is looking for both of us, not just me, but you too. We must think hard about what we do next." " Zirocco, why does this have to happen to me?" as Leonard fanned the flame of the bonfire, Rick wept, and the flame in her heart was imminently extinguished. "Easy, love, don't cry, we'll get the cure." Said Leonard, who had come to offer support to his niece.

He was the only thing she had at that difficult time. "Roxy, when you freed me from CROWN's handcuffs and when you stood in front of me seeking to