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The red eyes of the Planet Eaters blinked in the sky. As the ship neared, Eddie noticed them in greater detail. Their insides swirled like a thunderstorm, and their eyes flashed like lightning. They covered the sky like a disease.
“My God,” Eddie said, crossing himself.
“See what we’re talking about?” Devika asked.
Devika turned the ship and steered for browner sky. But the Planet Eaters buzzed and crowded closer together, shrinking the clear pathway into space.
“I’m increasing speed,” Devika said. “Grayson, be ready.”
“On it,” Grayson said. On a screen in front of him, he trained a crosshair in the center of the black mass.
“Keltie, what are we looking at?” Devika asked.
Keltie pointed to a screen of the wireframe moon. “We have authorities approximately five hundred miles away
