“Gael is capable of porting himself,”Kaelen announced.
Jake blew out a breath of relief.“Does he need the coordinates?”
“Zarek has given them to him,”Kaelen replied.
Frowning, Dad threw his hands up in the air. “Hello? Did you forget I’m not psychic?”
“Sorry, Dad.” I quickly filled him in.
A brilliant orange glow popped into existence and spun rapidly. I shielded my eyes. “What in the hell is that?”
“Gael is opening a teleportation portal,”Zarek answered.
Uncle Ben needed to see this. I raised my satellite phone and started filming.
The spinning light accelerated until a vortex formed. Bolts of green lightning crackled wildly around the growing opening. The tiger walked into it and with a snapping crack it vanished.
“How long will it take him to eat all the Tai-Kok?”Call me curious.
A touch of unease in his mind, Kaelen answered,“Not long.”
“Not long? Does that mean an hour or two?”
Zarek interjected,“Twenty of your minutes.”
“What? That’s not possible. There must be at least three hundred soldiers on that battle cruiser.”
“One thousand two hundred soldiers to be exact,”Kaelen replied.
“Holy shit!”
Dad grabbed my shoulder. “What’s going on?”
“They said it’ll take Gael twenty minutes to eat all one thousand two hundred Tai-Kok soldiers.”
Complete surprise on his face, Dad repeated, “One thousand two hundred soldiers? How can they all fit in his stomach?”
“Katanic shapeshifters can eat three times that amount. How? We are not sure,”Zarek said.
Jake whistled.“I take it no one has ever dissected a Katanic.”
“Never in all recorded history,”Kaelen said.
Zarek added,“An En-do warlord tried. They exterminated his entire race.”
“We should contact Qa’a and let him know Gael lives, before he does something we all regret,”Kaelen said.
“I agree.”They vanished from my mind.
My stomach rumbled. “Anyone hungry?”
Jake and my dad stared at me like I had lost my mind.
“What? Breakfast was five hours ago. It’s Monday, right?”
Dad rolled his eyes. “Yes.”
“It’s all-you-can-eat fajitas at Hilberto’s,” I exclaimed.
