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They struggled in the cabin of the spaceship for what seemed like decades. Except for the sound of the machinery clicking and humming, there was no other sound in the dark that was recognizable. Lorcan knew that in a few seconds, their enemies—whoever or whatever they were— would break in, and that might be the end of them. He concentrated. Where did he go wrong? They were on Earth, they were being attacked, he had opened the portal so that they could travel to the transitional zone in between the universes. Lorcan braced his hands against the control panel in the dark and probed for the buttons. The lights had been cut off as well as the energy. The air would be the next thing to run out. Lorcan raked his hands through his hair, retracing every step again from the beginning, from when
