7
WRENBang. Bang.
I was pressed against a hard, warm wall. It pulled me closer with every banging sound.
Despite the noise, I felt safe. I yawned and blinked open my eyes. The wall was wearing a shirt.
"Zut, they woke her."
Not a wall. Vuk.
I yawned again, my mind slowly clearing.
"What's going on?" I muttered. Drool was running down my chin and onto Vuk's shirt. Oops. I'd drooled on an alien. Not my finest moment.
"Don't worry, they won't get in. I've turned their own ship against them." Raf appeared in my line of vision, grinning happily. I returned his smile and his eyes lit up even more.
"What did you do?" I asked, nudging Vuk to let me turn around. Grudgingly, he let me move until I was sitting on the mattress with him curled around my lower back.
Raf shrugged. "Hacked their
