Before the wail even had time to finish Nathan had twisted from Davids' grip, leveled the hunting rifle, and was searching for the source through the scope, forgetting for the third time that this was a jungle planet. 

Keeping his voice barely above a whisper Nathan half turned to David. "I can't see anything, and our soldier boy is sedated. A shot of adrenaline could fix that but he really shouldn't move. What do we do?"