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So far, so good. I hadn’t triggered any tripwires. If I had, the lights on the holographic generators would have flicked off already.
I needed to make sure I said what I needed to say before they cut me off.
I needed to say it but the words lodged in my throat.
There was movement in the otherwise still crowd. It caught my attention. My eyes flicked over to it.
And that’s when I saw her.
The most beautiful vision possible.
“She will return to you,” Qale had said.
I never believed him. I thought I would never see her again. During my lowest ebb in the holding cell, I’d even tried to convince myself I never wanted to see her again.
Now I realized the absurdity of attempting such a thing.
There was no forgetting this woman.
She was part of me now. We had joined and would be together forever.
She wore a small smile on her face, peering out from beneath a wide hood to disguise her features.
That’s when I realized how I could say everything I needed without any risk they might cut me off before I finished, how I could tell every Titan from here to the distant asteroid of Wythnos what to do, and take any Changeling around them by surprise.
I raised my hand and peered at it. I clenched the fingers into a fist and then, eyes flicking up to the nearest holographic generator, slammed it to my chest.
A thousand thumps followed my own as the Titans present mirrored the action.
You are part of me, as I am part of you.
Peering into one of the tiny cameras, I imagined a hundred billion Titans repeating the gesture back to me.
“Listen to your heart,” I said. “You know what to do.”
And there, high on the mountainside, the beacon burst into flames and a bright blast of light speared the sky.
It must have been Emana or Qale who lit it. I could make out a small figure waving but it was impossible to make out who it was.
And there, in the far distance, barely visible behind the huge war frigate, another column of light burst into the sky, tearing through the clouds.
“What’s going on here? What’s happening?” S’lec-Quos said.
“It’s the beacon!” Zes said. “Someone has lit it! Your outposts will be under siege! You must issue the order to attack!”
The Titans tore their cloaks aside, revealing a miasma of weapons and twisted blades. They roared as they launched themselves at the surrounding guards.
The frigate immediately opened fire, burning the local Titans from existence with a single touch of its powerful death ray.
But we weren’t defenseless.
“They are ready,” Qale had said.
The roofs of two dozen townhouses shifted back and aside as huge cannons concealed inside opened fire, blasting at the frigate’s undercarriage and tearing holes in it.
I seriously needed to alter my town model, I thought.
“Look out!”
