She glanced over and saw Melody’s panicked face staring back at her. “What happened?”
“I-I don’t know! You…you came back.”
“What do you mean?” Kat shook her head. “How many hours has it been?”
“Maybe four?” Melody said. “I wasn’t keeping close time, but it’s definitely earlier than I had expected.”
“You didn’t try to pull me back?”
“No, Kat. No. I had the LyfeModulator even set up to a timer. You weren’t supposed to come back.” Melody could feel a chill creep through her body. “I…I don’t know what happened.”
“Did the machine malfunction?”
“No. No, if it was malfunctioning, it would let me know.”
“Maybe it’s malfunctioning so badly it won’t tell you?”
“That’s…really not possible,” Melody said, shaking her head. She gently began to remove the wires from Kat’s body. “I think you some
