[ WP ] Tell me the middle of a sci-fi epic . No beginning or introduction to the setting or characters , nor any context to what 's going on , and no resolution of any kind .

I threw myself to the ground, hoping that none of them had seen me. From the corner of my eye I saw Isaac, still standing, completely oblivious to what was going on. 
 
 `` Get down!'' I whispered. He ducked down, his head just below the tops of the corn. 
 
 `` Who are they?'' He whispered back as he began to realise our predicament. He shifted, trying to get closer to the ground without touching the mirey soil. 
 
 `` I'm not sure,'' I admitted. `` But we were n't told to expect anyone.'' I strained my neck, trying to glimpse between the wavering plants to see any sign of them. `` I need to go closer.'' I said. `` Stay here.'' 
 
 Isaac began to protest, but I motioned him to be quiet. `` You'll be safer here'' I said as I swam deeper into the crop. 
 
 My boots squelched quietly as I made my slow and cautious journey towards the landing site. Now and then I heard their rough yelling and wondered if they had finally spotted my path through the field. There was no gunfire, and nobody appeared in my vision. My fingers still gripped tightly around my gun, my eyes scanning for the second of movement that might warn me I was about to be discovered. 
 
 Ahead, I saw the light breaking through the corn; it must be the clearing. I eased myself closer, sliding my boots through the muck to try and stay quiet. 
 
 Grey jackets with red eagles on the shoulders. Silver helmets. I grimaced. 
 
 Slowly I slid my way back through the swampy turf, carefully maneuvering and trying not to move the corn above me. My trousers sucked up the dampness of the ground, making every step more difficult. Finally I found Isaac crouched where I had left them. 
 
 `` Reds.'' I said, `` At least a dozen. They must have sent a landing team to look for the supplies.'' 
 
 Isaac nodded. `` What do we do?'' 
 
 I thought for a moment. There was no way we could take them on, not without Spike and Tem and not by daylight. But we could n't just leave the dump there. 
 
 `` Tonight.'' I whispered. `` We'll come back tonight. For now we find the others.'' I pointed away from the clearing. `` They need to know what we've found.'' 
 
 Isaac nodded and began to crawl away, still squatting down beneath the corn.
