"Casey," a voice whispered urgently into my ear. "Casey, wake up! They found us!"
It was Derek. I was instantly awake.
"What's going on?" I asked in a low voice, sitting up.
"I don't know, but Trevor heard voices outside," Derek began, helping me to my feet. "He and Scott took a look outside the cave and he saw them."
"Who? The insurgents?" I whispered, instantly on alert.
Derek just nodded, holding a finger to his lips. "Go with the others to the back caves, and I'll come and get you after they're gone."
"I'm not leaving you," I said, clutching his sleeve. When we went to sleep just a few hours before, everything seemed, well, not great, but close to it. And now, everything was upside down again.
"Go, Casey!" Derek pushed me toward the cave hallway, where Markesha and Brittany were
