“I do as well. Melody believes they are basically good people,” Quinn added.
Kendall was glancing between them. “I get the impression you have other ways to communicate.”
Jake looked at him, and Kane shrugged. “Go ahead.” They were done hiding what they were.
“We’re telepaths,” Jake said.
“Interesting.”
“So why do you need to leave now?” Kaitlin asked. “Why not stay and see if youcanmake a home here?”
“Because we fear that we will lead the Bhaxians to your planet. That they will destroy it in their need to destroy us. Your actions today have already shown us that they will stop at nothing if they discover our whereabouts, and they will likely be scanning the systems to pick up our trail again.”
“Maybe you could unload what you need, and then send the ship away,” Kaitlin suggested.
“That is one idea that had not occurred to us. I will take it to my people and see what they think. Can you speak for your people? Would they welcome us to this planet?”
Would they?
Who knew? Maybe they’d see the Krellians as a threat. Or maybe they’d lock them up and study them. You never could tell with the human race.
“What do you need?” he asked.
“Your atmosphere is compatible with our species,” Kendall said. “We can live on your planet’s surface. All we need is some space. As I told you, we have the means to replicate our planet’s flora and fauna. They will provide us with everything we need.”
“How many of you are there?”
“There are three hundred awake on the ship. A further six thousand are contained in the DNA database. They will be restored when we have found a home.”
“So you can actually restore people from their DNA—like clones?”
Kendall frowned. “Not quite the same. Your clones do not carry memories. Our process can reproduce an individual to the exact same status as when the DNA was taken.”
“Impressive,” Jake said.
It was, and an idea was stirring in the back of his mind. He wasn’t sure it was a good idea, and part of him wanted to shut it down tight before it got out and couldn’t be put back away. But beside him, Kaitlin had gone completely still. He turned so he could see her face. Her eyes were wide. Then she blinked.
In fact, on second thought, it was a super bad idea. Really,reallybad.
“It’s the best idea you’ve ever had. Do you think it could work?”
“No.”
“You wouldn’t have thought of it if you didn’t think there was a chance.”
“There are too many things that could go wrong. And maybe it wouldn’t work on humans. And we don’t even know if the time machine will function. And...”
“And we should try,” she said out loud.
Jake was looking at the two of them. “What’s going on? What should we try?”
“Kane thinks we should go back in time, get some of Sam’s DNA, and reproduce him.”
“Actually, no I don’t think that. In fact, I think it’s a really bad idea.” But he knew it was too late.
He was fucked.
And it looked like he was going back in time.
