When she arrived, the space was silent, and slumped in the pilot’s seat, Margo was motionless.
Delia was calling, “Mom!Wake up.”
Margo’s bloody eyes cracked open.“Delia.Don’t cry, baby.I just have a headache.”
Geri walked in, picked Margo up, and walked her toward the med deck.
Chloe said, “Where are the guys?”
Margo muttered, “They need to eat.Guys like that, you gotta feed every day.”
Chloe looked at her, and blood was coming out of her eyes, ears, and nose.She took her hand, but her senses told her there wasn’t anything wrong.
Geri got her to the med unit and settled her, fixing the settings.“Well, that would explain that.Margo, you are going in under a fusion setting.You good with that?”
“All systems are go.So go.”Margo chuckled weakly.
Geri smiled and closed the unit, hitting the start button.
Geri sighed.“Right, so someone put her in there on the wrong setting.It was set for Zowoth.It tried to play the match game with similar organs.The result was not good.”
“But she feels right.”
“Because she’s fine, if she’s a Zowoth, and she’s fine if she’s a Terran.You were looking at her system as a whole, not two parts.I was spliced in the same way.Good call, Delia.”
Delia was trembling.“All of a sudden, our connection went weak.She felt like this right after the firefight.”
Chloe went to a terminal, and she checked the display.“Aken-Var took her and put her in the unit.I am fairly sure he wasn’t thinking clearly.Baket’s expression looks terrified.”
“How did you know it was Aken-Var?”
Delia looked.“He smoothed the hair away from her forehead and lifted her like she didn’t weigh anything.Plus, he looks like he wants to cry or punch something.”She looked at the unit.“What’s the machine doing?”
“It is taking the Zowoth genes that it has on record and fusing them to Terran.She’s going to be in here for a few days.”
Chloe looked at Geri.“How long did we want to stay at Sanctuary?”
“A week?”
Chloe grinned.“Fine, let’s see if there is a place on the surface to park this beast, and the guys can have some recreation, and we can push this unit into the base and keep Margo healing.”
Delia put her hand on the unit.“I am staying with you, Mom.You aren’t going to shake me that easily.”
Chloe smiled.“Stay with her.I will make sure Skylar keeps you going.”
Delia nodded, and Chloe went to talk to Birun.When she explained things, he contacted Boss, and the ship would fit.Boss just had to have an hour to move the other ships around.
Chloe headed to the command deck and explained what had happened.
Baket asked, “Will she be all right?”
Chloe asked, “Does he call you, or do you just jump in, Aken-Var?”
“I have been watching through his eyes.Will she be all right?”
“Yes, we have a unit designed to fuse two species together.Since her transformation was halted due to the machine thinking it was finished, she has to go back for another round.”
“But she will be all right.”
