[Five Days Later - The Chase]
Marcus, Isaac, and Thomas had found Major Ryan and what remained of his group three days ago.
The reunion had been brief and horrifying.
Ryan's defensive strategy had failed catastrophically when two full Giant teams, two hundred warriors total, had converged on their position simultaneously.
The Giants had simply surrounded them and attacked from all sides, their overwhelming numbers and strength making defense impossible.
Many humans had been slaughtered in that single engagement!
Ryan had managed to lead them in a desperate retreat, fighting a running battle that left some of them dead before they could break contact.
Now forty humans total remained alive in this portal world. Forty out of the original seventy-four who'd been pulled through.
And for five days, they'd been running.
