Alec's Dream
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“We can’t fight them.” Leland said dejectedly. “And we can’t give up either.”
“They’re shutting down the portal!” Phyllis said pointing at one of the ships monitors showing a view of the control room above them… now filled with Kan-ji soldiers.
“We can’t just leave her here!” Sofie grabbed Leland’s arm, sobbing. Jade and Phyllis pulled her back as Leland, grim faced, worked the controls and flew through the shrinking portal.
“Don’t worry; we’ll get back to her.” Leland said with determination, though he didn’t have a clue how. “If she can create another portal, we can come back to pick her up.”
“Jessieeeee!” Sofie wailed… and in a blink of an eye, they found themselves floating in space… with the Seeker ship two hundred miles behind them. Jade put her arms around Sofie and soon felt the warmth of tears running down her own face too.
“Sofie?” Dolores looked at her from the main view screen.
“Mom!” She looked up from her crying. “Jessie’s still on the ship!”
“I know, Leland told us… we’re going to do whatever it takes to get her back. Joshua’s sending reinforcements.”
“How’s her mom?” Sofie asked as Jodi’s face showed up next to Dolores.
“Hi Sofie… I’m OK. How was Jessie when you last saw her?” Her eyes were red-rimmed letting Sofie know she really wasn’t.
“There they are.” Phyllis interrupted pointing out the window to a ship moving in their direction. It was smaller than the ALEC’S DREAM and boxy but had the same shimmering skin. It came to rest with its nose pointed at them… letting them see each other through their windows.
“We’re going to need to find out everything you know about that ship.” Sheldon’s image cut into the screen. “If we want to carry out a rescue, we’re going to need a plan and we’ll need all the information we can get…” Soon, they were all in a deep conversation discussing every detail of their adventures.