The SlipGate bubble came to a stop, and Anna struggled to contain her impatience. She was in the Scrappy’s Gate room. She had received the update from Jack’s team while she was still coordinating the Ragnosian exodus. Colonel Lombar – the man who had taken over for Carmylo – had given her permission to go check on her boyfriend. After that, it was a hasty ride to the Hub.
Anna shuddered when she remembered the c*****e she had seen there. So many bodies! The plaza was littered with them. She wasn’t sure why a squadron of Ragnosians had fought so hard to set off the nuke, but she suspected they were loyal to Aladric.
The bubble popped.
Wasting no time, Anna strode across the room, nodding to the Gate technician. She went out the door, into a long, white hallway that ran the length of the
