ASTRO Panic freezes my blood, this is it, the time has come, and we are all going to die. My ears buzz, like a thousand bees buzzing around my head. Ash is gently shaking me, his hands on my shoulders. I could see his mouth move, but I heard no sound. He shook me harder, panic in his eyes, but I cannot comfort him. "Starlight" My mother's voice pushed through the haze in my mind. "Mama? I can't do this, I am not strong enough, I am going to get everyone killed." The link is quite for a moment, but when I heard her voice again, I knew I was in deep trouble. "STARLIGHT AMARA QUINN, I did not raise a quitter, you know who you are, you know the destiny you have been given. Now pull on your big girl pants and suck it up, or so help me goddess, I will march up there, put you over my knee and

