Odin didn't hesitate. "I'll find a way."
The comms clicked as Odin signed off.
Kira activated her link with Elena. "Head for theWanderer. Odin will rendezvous with you."
"Auntie," Elena protested.
"This is how you help me," Kira interrupted. "It's more important than anything. Odin will use MinMin to find Jin, and then I will go get him."
Kira took Elena's silence as agreement.
"Wren, I’m trusting you to protect them," Kira said, knowing herseon’yerwould hear.
Wren didn’t hesitate. “With my life.”
Kira felt relief at that promise.
“What will you do?” Wren asked.
“What’s necessary.”
TWENTY-FOUR
KIRA AND THE rest leftthe warren of hallways behind, bursting onto the level of the main station. Signs that a battle had recently taken place lay all around them. In the distance, they could hear a fight still in process.
"A few androids wouldn't have been enough to do all this," Raider said, studying the blackened marks on the floor and wall.
"The soul bound are different. Besides, I don't think it's just a few," Finn said. "They had help—a lot of it."
If the Tsavitee had made it onto the station, it could explain the difficulties the Haldeel were having. She didn’t know what had possessed them to make this move.
Even with the blows struck to Almaluk, it was only a matter of time before the Haldeel took control again.
Finn pointed to their right. "The map says to go this way."
Kira hesitated, torn between continuing to follow the map and waiting for word from Odin.
