[142040A MAY 13] [Singularity North] Tumbling from a Height (... Signal Fires or ... Funeral Pyres)

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Title: Tumbling from a Height (... Signal Fires or ... Funeral Pyres)
Day/Theme: 14. Were They Building Signal Fires or Building Funeral Pyres
Fandom: Singularity North
Character/Pairing: Fiona "Fee" Black
Rating: PG-13

The flames lit up the night sky as a low, deep thud echoed in their bones and she tumbles, yelping commands off her nap-perch. She manages to land in a crouch, rather than an inelegant sprawl. The potential seriousness of the situation has saved her from any of her soldiers laughing at their lieutenant's dismount - most are more interested in making sure their weapons and kit are to hand.

It's just as well, given what she finds out when she gets through to command. Poor bastards; she hopes there is something left for them to recover. And that whoever had missed the device was among the dead or she'd send him there herself. An IED that big and that messy ... the gods keep and comfort those already gone, and they'd get the rest - and they do have that fire to guide them. Even if it is going to bring every Talib for miles in, damn it, she doesn't leave anyone behind.