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all very small children. Suddenly, the
Aldacyians appeared. But they were not alone. The Commander was
with them and another man. The events swirled by so quickly, even
faster than the loop that spun around her.
    Eventually she became aware of the slight
whirring sound of the loop again, and the change of rhythm as it
slowed and eventually stopped. Opening her eyes, she found that Kyr
was still beside her and that Amri was there to remove all the
electrodes from her. “I remember everything,” she said.
    “I know, my dear,” Amri said. “I have copied
all the recovered images onto a VID file for you. You must take it
with you when you leave here and get it to the proper authorities.
Now, you must leave quickly. It is too dangerous for you to stay
here. F9 is called a neutral zone, but it is not, truly. Many
people disappear from here, and I do not wish to count you amongst
them.”
    Wren rose to her feet. She was slightly
dizzy, but otherwise felt fine. “I don’t know how that thing
worked, and I’m not sure I want to.”
    Amri chuckled, “It is a simple process
really. Mild electrical currents are targeted to activate specific
areas of the brain, in this case, the hippocampus, which is the
memory center. It is not harmful, and the current is mild enough
that I doubt you even felt it.”
    She hadn’t, and she knew enough about
electric shock to be glad of it. Wren accepted the small object
that he handed her. It looked similar to a computer flash drive
though the shape was slightly different. A noise in the corridor
set her heart to pounding. “That is not good.”
    Amri ushered them to a small panel at the far
side of the room, “This takes you out through the air ducts. If you
follow it all the way to the end, there will be an access panel
that leads out to the main corridor near the shuttle dock.”
    “Come with us,” Kyr said. “We will get Nura
and take you both with us.”
    Amri shook his head, “Nura is not well, Kyr.
We are both very old and very ready to leave here and take our
place in the heavens. But you and your mate are just beginning your
lives... I look forward to guarding your children from the skies.
Go, my friend.”
    They ducked into the access panel and
listened as Amri fastened it behind them. They had gone only a few
yards when they heard the sound of shouts, followed by the
unmistakable sound of weapons being fired.
    “Oh, god! We have to go back,” Wren said.
    “We can’t, Wren. I don’t think they will kill
Amri. As a doctor he is too valuable, but they will try to frighten
him, and us. If we go back and place ourselves in their grasp, it
will all be for naught.”
    “But we can’t just leave him.”
    “If they’ve shot him, it’s already too late.
If they imprison him, which I suspect they will, getting ourselves
caught will not help him at all. Getting this information to the
Council and seeing the Commander removed from power is our best
chance at helping him.”
    Wren knew that he was right, but her heart
was heavy as they made their way through the air ducts. When the
tunnel dead ended, Kyr opened the panel and climbed out into the
corridor. He held his hand out for her, and helped her to climb out
as well. They moved silently towards the shuttle dock.
    “We cannot afford to look suspicious. Stare
straight ahead. Do not duck your head or try to hide your face. It
will only make others curious. Act as if you have every right to be
strolling out here with others,” he admonished.
    Wren didn’t tell him that she knew that.
She’d walked out of a mental hospital that way. At sixteen, her
parents had committed her for the last time. At seventeen, she had
left and never looked back. Her thoughts must have transmitted to
him in some way, because his hold on her hand tightened for a split
second. Pushing away thoughts of her parents and the misery of
everything she’d gone through, she allowed Kyr to lead her into the
throng of traffic that was the main thoroughfare for