They came by the hundreds not thousands or millions for millions had been vanquished they came seeking some glimpse of hope here at the shoreline driven from their homes by the fires that raged seen even by those banished to Moon's Sector 9 airtight tears for those left to face certain genocide; the cleansing the great winged beast carried the Surveyor to cross the Sea of Shadows how many are left he was to determine how long before Earth is ours? He delighted in their suffering as he now hovered above them just off the ocean's edge 'You can perish here or be taken to Sector 9 it is your choice you are familiar with slavery are you not? So you shall adapt' and with that he snorted and his beast whinnied maliciously like some monstrous, hulking mule while rearing it's hideous head some tree limbs were moved where the beach front gave way to a patch of woods revealing a crude catapult contraption constructed of wood planks, rope and a leather pouch it stood upon a wheeled platform with a handful of men surrounding it one man held an ax it had been adjusted and was now aligned with the beast the Surveyor, upon seeing the weapon snorted louder in defiance just as the ax came down to cut the rope the boulder struck the beast just below it's long neck it reared back violently, throwing the Surveyor into the Sea then flailing and kicking as it screamed in agony falling to it's death One man stepped forward and pointed to the Surveyor as he gasped for air, bobbing in and out of the waves 'This is our home and we will be staying' spoke Jodehon a glimpse of hope