Looking past Sasha, Dan gasped in shock, "You're alive!"
Everyone turned to see who Dan was looking at. Hope stood beside a medic; he was in the process of scanning her as well.
Seeing Dan, Hope carefully rushed to him and threw her arms around him, sobbing. He couldn't return the gesture; his hands were still bound with wrist cuffs as he waited to be checked by the medic.
Hope let go of Dan, stepping back to scan him. "Why are you bound? What did you do?" she asked him, her hands pressed on her overly thin hips. Her voice was still scratchy and weak from her ordeal.
Dan smiled. "Hi, Hope. I'm so glad you're alive. I'm bound because I was at the battle yesterday. Your brother is leading the Militia against the aliens and anyone protecting them," he told her gently. He was a big believer in speaking the truth, no matter how bad it was, and Hope deserved to know what her brother was doing.
