Editing The Sevant Murders (section)

===Sevant & Nishi Depart for Base Camp===

(Planet's surface - The Woods - Lt Cmdr Sevant - 17:15) 
 
Sevant fell to his knees and leaned on the phaser, the scream that had
ripped at his throat died off and he clenched his eyes tight closed.
Endlessly, Vanyssa's message ran through his mind. Each time it did so,
the grip on his heart tightened and the feral emotion his people had
worked so hard to contain threatened to break free. The emptiness, the
incredible void left in his mind with the breaking of the link,
threatened to consume him as he spiraled ever further and ever faster
into despair. 

"Commander? Sevant, what is it?"
 
Sevant didn't answer, not for many moments as rocks flew around them and
the howl of the wind picked up through the trees. Sevant continued
leaning against the phaser rifle, mumbling the words, "dead, all
dead..." very quietly, almost like a chant. 

"We can't stay here. C'mon, the camp is that way" 

Sevant paid scant attention, he was completely uncaring of their
situation at the moment. Deeper into darkness he fell as he felt Nishi
tugging at him to get him up. Blindly he stood, not bothering to hunch
or dodge the natural weapons that were being flung at them. One caught
his arm, slicing through the uniform and ripping into his arm. 

Suddenly, his despair turned into righteous anger, and he howled as he
ripped away from Nishi and turned back to face the forest. His thumb
kicked the power setting on his phaser up to full 16, and he let out a
long stream of fire that chopped into trees and completely neutralized
many smaller items that chanced into the path. Dozens of trees fell, but
still he continued firing, slicing and disintegrating anything in his
field of vision without heed to anything else going on. 

After a few more moments, his finger slipped from the trigger, and his
scream of rage died into a choking sputter that was quickly covered by
absolute silence. 

(reply Nishi, if desired)

Sevant, his every move jerky, slung the phaser over his shoulder as he
contemplated the large area of destruction he had just wrought. He
turned away without a word, and looked back the way they had come. His
family was dead, his primary reason for living was gone. But, he had to
get back to the ship. He had to see them one more time, no matter what
else happened. He scanned the area with his eyes, hardly paying
attention but keeping track of the terrain by instinct. 

In a hoarse voice, he said "Move."