Ella paused as she heard the mutter of voices. Human voices. She ducked behind a tree but did so too late. The voices called out to her, and she slowly poked her nose out from behind the tree. She could see three older men, each armed with a heavy shotgun. She knew she couldn't fight. She should have objected as to patroling alone. Most who did that, well, they never returned the same- if they returned at all...