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"Siphon" Sara said, looking out the window


"Hold on!" Seth told us and increased the speed, knocking the Siphon clean out


"Got him!" Jack yelled, causing them to sigh in relief


The siblings piloted the ship through the tunnels of the mountain, occasionally bumping into something


"Watch out!" Jack cried


"Follow the tunnels. There you go!" Alex instructed


Suddenly, a truck came out from another tunnel and the ship missed it by a hair,


"Anxiety!" Charlotte-Mae commented


Another car appeared from another tunnel, causing them to brace themselves once more,


"Watch out!" Jack said again, Seth bumped into it, knocking it to the side


The ship barreled down the tunnels while the PA suddenly began to count down.


"Gates closing in ten, nine, eight, seven . . .


"Watch out!" Alex, this time exclaimed as a line of trucks and cars came into view in front of them


"Six, five, four . . .


"The door, the door!" Alex cried out


"Three, two, one." 


Just before the doors closed, Seth turned the ship on its side and it slipped through the opening into the night sky, causing Jack to let out a sigh in relief, a smile forming on his lips as Charlotte-Mae threw her hands in the air and cheered,


"Whooo!" Alex yelled


Sara and Seth laughed with relief, deciding to take a small victory lap around the mountain before flying away from it,


"You did it!" Charlotte-Mae called out, reaching forward and kissing Seth on the cheek


"We did it" Sara replied, just as happy "we did it"


Suddenly, the ship bumped and rumbled and tipped,


"Whoa!" Alex exclaimed "what was that?" gripping her seat.


"The airlock's jammed" Seth replied "I need to manually override the system" looking up at the holograms


"You two fly" Jack said "just tell me what to do"



"Something's wrong" Charlotte-Mae said ". . . it's Jack"


"Mae, it takes two to fly the ship" He said, "I need you to take the controls" getting up and turning to her


"I've never flown this model" she replied  


"Sara will help you" he assured


Charlotte-Mae looked at him, giving him a small nod as she unbuckled herself and got up, only to sit in his seat, smiling when Seth quickly placed a kiss to her cheek, then ran to the back of the ship to help Jack. She placed her hands on the spheres as Sara explained how to operate the ship, which sounded easy enough. The bumping and jerking increased within the ship, Charlotte-Mae's eyebrows furrowing slightly as a far away look formed in her eyes. She veered to the left, staying that way for a split second before straightening,


"Good!" Sara praised, causing her to smile softly


They flew the ship for a little while longer before the commotion stopped, causing them to let out sighs in relief once more, Sara and Charlotte-Mae smiling at one another as Alex rested her head back against her seat. Seth and Jack returned, but Charlotte-Mae stayed in the pilots seat, causing a proud smile to form on his lips, leaning down and placing another kiss to her cheek, her smile growing, happy that he was okay. The ship flew for a few more minutes in comfortable silence, slowly landed in a secluded bush area by the RV.



"You must hurry" Sara said, looking at Jack and Alex "it's only a matter of time before they get here" 


"Don't worry about us" Jack said


"Sara and I want you to have this" Seth said and gave his device to Jack


"As long as it's in your possession, we'll always be able to find you" Sara said, waving her hand over it and making it light up


Jack took it and looked at it,


"Thanks" He said and turned and walked away


Alex and Charlotte-Mae exchanged looks, the teen giving her a small nod, walking past her and over to Jack, placing a hand on his shoulder, causing him to look at her,


". . I have to go" she said softly "I've been missing for ten years, most of them think I'm dead"


"I know" he replied, giving her a small nod


"I'll visit" she said, ducking her head slightly to catch his gaze "I promise"


Charlotte-Mae looked at the floor, picking up a good size of rock, one that would fit in his palm, crushing it in her hands, shaking off the excess rock before handing it over to him. Jack looked at it, a smile forming on his lips when he saw that it was a small violin with a bow crossing it, forming the shape of an X, letting her place it in his hand. Their arms wrapped around one another, his hand tangling in her curly hair,


"Thank you" she said softly "for everything"


He gave her frame a soft squeeze in return, slowly letting go, allowing her to walk to the RV, grabbing her backpack and violin case, walking back over to Seth and Sara, giving them a small nod. Seth walked over to Jack,


"I once said that we could never count on humans to help us" He began, "especially you. I was wrong. Charlotte-Mae helped us from the beginning, and so did you. For that I am sorry" 


"You take care of yourself and Mae" Jack said, seriously and looked over at Sara who was looking over at us with Alex, "and your sister too. Do you understand?" 


Seth gave him a small nod, walking over to his sister and Charlotte-Mae, taking her hand in his, Sara walking over to Jack as Alex walked over to the other two, 


"Jack?" Sara said softly, running up to Jack, hugging him tightly


"You guys remember that, me and Alex," Jack said to her tearfully, "we're only a-a wormhole away. Okay?" 


"I want you to promise me something" Sara said, earning a small nod, "take care of Junkyard for me" 


"Anything you want" Jack replied


Sara placed her fingers to Jack's temple and closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath as he felt an energy surround him,


"Make sure he stays out of trouble" Charlotte-Mae said softly, jerking her chin slightly to Jack


"I'll try" Alex chuckled, pulling her in for a hug, "take care of each other"


Charlotte-Mae nodded slightly, Alex releasing her, Seth giving his One's hand a gentle squeeze, causing her to look at him,


"It's time" He said, looking at Sara and Jack


Sara turned and nodded, walking to the ship with, the three of them walking up the light platform, turning back around to look at Jack and Alex, who raised their hands in a small wave, causing the three to do the same. The doors closed as the light began to disappear, Seth and Sara sitting in the pilots seat as Charlotte-Mae sat in one of the others, setting her things in her lap as they all buckled in. The ship into the air while Charlotte-Mae looked out the window, watching as Jack and Alex slowly grew smaller as they lifted further from the ground. Charlotte-Mae sat back in her seat as Seth and Sara sorted through the holograms, letting each other know what the ship was doing, the rings on the outside of the ship beginning to rotate faster and faster, the ship suddenly zooming into the light sky.


Away from Earth.


To home.

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