“Well, it sounds as if the matter's been taken care of then,” said Finch, feeling relieved. “We have time to plan before they can send any more craft.” Buer shook his head, “No, Robert, it's not taken care of at all. You see, one escaped the crash site. Thankfully the other two on board were already dead. There's no way anyone should have survived it. I've seen some of the satellite images of the area, and it's one hell of a mess. I don't need to tell you how someone might have survived, do I?” Finch didn't need telling, he had just experienced the magical healing powers he now possessed first hand. “It's not hard to do the math here, Robert,” Buer continued. “It's just over two weeks since Malaysia. We know any communication takes a little over seven days to reach them from Earth, then a

