A Long Way Home

Risa slid into the helicopter right behind the extraction team.
Do what they do. Sit down, buckle up, take headphones.
The heli lifted off in a heartbeat.
Then she finally looked around, and saw Thorne. Beaten up, bleeding, looking terrible.
„I‘m sorry... I couldn’t get you out sooner,“ she said.
„Don’t be stupid,“ he growled.
„Is... Lioness alright?“
A hard stare that almost made her flinch. Then he took his headphones off.
„It still could be worse, ye know?“ Tiger said. „They could have gotten you both.“
Oh, could they?
She shivered deep inside.
She was done with this business.