Chapter 6
Captain Suze returned with two transport crates sitting side by side on some sort of floating cart. Scout was torn between the urge to remain unseen and the urge to get a closer look at that cart. How could it float like that, and without making a sound?
Captain Suze stopped at the bottom of the ramp and hoisted the first of the two crates. They were quite roomy, either one large enough to comfortably hold both dogs together. There were lots of openings for ventilation or to let the animal inside look out at the world. Ensign Malini came halfway down the ramp to take the crate from Captain Suze, then passed it up to Scout.
“I have a few other fires to put out, if you can take this from here?” Captain Suze said to Ensign Malini.
“Yes, sir,” the ensign promised her, taking the
