Kelta>>Local: get inside! It’s a rough ride through! Portal’s destabilizing.
A hatch opens in the Ravenger, and Craze helps Esthi inside. Evo picks me up and jumps in.
The moment we’re through, Craze closes the hatch. “Now, Navi!”
The ship surges forward. My vision warps, but I swear I see a woman standing at the front of the ship, lights blinking around her head, the ship tilting with her movement. Blue light of the old humans’ portal gates flashes over the nearby window. The ship slows.
“Welcome to the other side, Omega and Titan forces,” a feminine voice says. “One more jump. We’re just waiting on our last member.”
Come on, Kelta.
A port in the side of the BlazeStar opens, and a gold rocket arcs out of it, back through the portal.
Thruster…
I ping my brother. He pings back.
Rebel has worked magic again. I think he may have once been a Creator, himself.
Seconds later, Thruster returns atop Kelta’s ship, powering it through the portal. He fires at the portal as they pass, and it shuts down.
Commander Savage>>Local: Prepare for final jump. Portal engaging. Be quick. We want to be sure no one gets separated again. We will regroup on the other side.
Esthi braces me. When I look down at her, I see my interstitial fluid has spilled onto the floor in pale blues and violets.
“We need a medical bay,” Esthi tells Craze.
He sees me, and his eyes fill with magenta light. All the other Titans reach down and pick me up, carting me down the hallway and through a series of smaller passages to a medical wing.
Lights blur overhead.
Esthi says something, but I can’t decipher it. I look at the scanner’s reports but can’t read anything on the screen.
“Craze?”
A Brother takes my hand. Magenta light moves overhead. “Armor, you came to our rescue right when we needed you. Thank you.”
I want to thank him but can’t get my voice to work.
“I know, Brother. Hang on. You’re in the best possible ship for repairs, trust me.”
Bright, lightless blue eyes hover close. Warm hands brace my body near my wound. I see a smile and remember the taste of her lips. “Es…”
“I’ve got you, Armor.”
