Lucifer drew back.
"Where? Why?"
"I don't like to do this, Doc. But I don't like the way you sound, either. We can't take any chances."
"You don't think ..."
"I don't know. I'm sorry, but I don't know enough about your kind. Hurry up, now."
Lucifer still held back, but Nina stood up and moved wordlessly toward the window. Fetzer's voice toughened.
"Make it easy on yourself, Doc. You're coming along, one way or the other."
His legs shaking, Lucifer followed Nina through the window.
The warp in the force field was at the far corner of the enclosure. At a command from Fetzer, they dropped to their knees and crawled through. A voice whispered a challenge. Fetzer answered, and they proceeded, single file, deeper into the forest. The leader guided them with a pinpoint of light escaping from his cupped hand.