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Or the time he . . .
Summer’s whimpers beat through my memories, dragging me back to the present. She lay on the floor of the craft while it soared through outer space. The mechanical limbs holding her head released, as did the ones grinding into her shoulders. They returned to the ceiling, and the panel shut, but she lay still, sobbing.
“I am so sorry,” I said, hauling on the unmovable bars surrounding me. “I wish I could’ve protected you.”
She looked up at me through shimmering, pain-filled blue eyes. I’d do anything to keep her from harm.
Before she could speak, ducts opened in the ceiling, and gas erupted.
Her body jerked, and her hand strained toward me.
I reached through the bars and grabbed her fingers. There wasn’t anything else I could do but give her the strength of my touch.
As the world started spinning, and my mind slipped away, she spoke.
“Help me, Adone. Please.”
