Editing The Sevant Murders (section)

===The First Bit of Madness, Kestra Informs Caladryll===

(Planet's surface - The Woods - Lt Cmdr Sevant - 1640)

Sevant suddenly stopped in his tracks, and shook his head. He took a couple deep breaths, and uselessly shook his head again. It felt as though he had had a piece of himself cut off, his bond with Vicki had just faded out suddenly. Alarm rose in the back of his mind, but he threw himself into a mind-calming exorcize. This whole planet was screwed up, it was not unconceivable that mental powers and links were being affected as well. This wasn't the first time that distance or extraneous events had cut his Vulcan meld with his wife. 

Still, it wasn't a desirable effect. The sooner he was off this planet, the better.

(reply Nishi, if desired)

(Planet's surface - The Woods - Lt Cmdr Sevant - 1712)

Sevant hissed as he shot his phaser off at one of the rocks shooting for his head, vaporizing it. Something *defiantly* did not want them to pass a certain point, no matter how often or where the two tried to penetrate, it seemed the very forest itself sought to block their passage. He backed up several steps, still scanning for flying rocks.
"This is getting us no-where." he said in a quiet tone, once he had put himself behind a tree. 

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He turned his head to look for an even more round-about path, then suddenly stiffened with the beginnings of a powerful telepathic message.

::Kestra, Sevant, I still don't know if you can hear me, but Caladryll.... Vicki and your children are dead.  The terrorists executed
them.::

Sevant did nothing, his eyes still unfocused with the pain of the transfer, not yet interpreting what was just said to him. 

::Cal, I'm so sorry...::

His hands clenched the phaser-rifle, tightly, as he continued staring ahead blankly. 

~Dead, executed?~

~Executed?~

~DEAD!?~

Sevant's eyes slowly came into focus, his thoughts racing along many illogical paths as he considered the words. They were so monumental that he could hardly comprehend their meaning. His wife, his two children...
His *four* children, two unborn. All dead? All... Executed? He frowned and looked down, heedless to the world around him, and stared at the phaser as he ran Vanessa's message through his mind a few more times. 

Then, without any warning, it struck him. He screamed; heavy, long and filled with despair.