The Pathless on Paths---------Chapter VII part 2(34)

Just then, as he was staring at halved hill, movement caught his eyes there. Large movement, not just the nearly insensible ones made by hidden creatures. Some of the bushes were thrust aside, and a white object, suspended low in the air, was revealed. It looked vaguely familiar.
Of course...just another thing he had forgotten about.
A Giavoni drone. Yes, maybe most of mankind was gone, but they were not. They were prepared.
“Drone on northern bank! Find cover!” He shouted, and jumped behind a large rock, lying prostrate. His companions were discussing to the side, and nine noticed it saved him. Upon hearing this, the little group they had formed dispersed at once, and all scattered around, searching for cover behind boulders on the narrow beach.

Karrson found the drone with the cross-hairs through the scope, shifting his head slightly out of the cover of the rock. Similar to the one they had encountered before their entering of the underground facility it was, only no machine gun hung from its belly, instead it was replaced by a large camera. It hovered there noiselessly, supported by its suspenders. Were they found? He did not know. The drone had all the configurations of a reconnaissance model, but that did mean it was harmless.