In the jungle not far from the Bus, the last Ra on Earth climbed down from his observation tree and was soon swiftly working his way away from the impact point. He moved steadily through the jungle; his infrared vision and ultrasonic soundings were effective even on this dark, moonless night. Melberg wasn't a Ca'Ra, but he was still a Ra, and the dangers and hardships of the jungle were merely a minor inconvenience to him.
He estimated that he would be back to the jamming pod by morning. Then, if his suspicions were right and Twig was still hanging around to see how things turned out, he would be able to use the pod radio to contact her. With his ultra-sensitive senses Melberg had seen and heard enough to be of great value to her: information that could perhaps buy his way off this planet and out of trouble with at least the Na'Ra Hierarchy. If he could get Twig and the Warren ship involved, they could together also foil the crazy plan being put into place by the humans and their friends. Humans with psychic powers would be ten times as dangerous to the Ra if they joined the Galactic League. They had to be wiped out now!
All he and Twig had to do was disrupt the precarious plans of the Bus Team and Dannos would do its job on the humans. They would have to be careful though; he had seen the powers that this odd group had, and how they had defeated even the mighty Ca'Ra.
If he infiltrated their camp to disrupt them while Twig attacked with the Ship, the mission might yet be salvaged. It would be dangerous and timing had to be perfect, but it was probably his only chance to get off Earth alive. He and Twig could satisfy most mission goals, at least the ones that he knew about.
Besides his plan being a long-shot there was another serious concern. Not long after Ren'Ca was defeated the absurdly huge dragon appeared! A real live dragon, like in the Ca' Ra legends! This one was mostly green, not black. So it was not the right color, but it was a dragon none the less. He could hardly believe it! Try as he might, he couldn't figure out the implications of the existence of this dragon. Did Ren'Ca know about the dragon? He must have! What did it all mean? He wasn't certain, but perhaps his knowledge of the dragon would give him even more leverage with Twig.