"Follow the plan, Abeiron." Simonides tightened his hand around the metal. "Initiate beta-four contingency. You're in command now! Don't let any of them escape! Do whatever you must to keep Atlantis—" Abeiron fumbled with the device hearing Simonides suddenly cutoff. "Captain! Captain!" He could not hear anything more. The last sound he was left with echoing in his ears was the deadly cough of his Captain. His face turned blue and then white almost instantly. Blood sprayed out of the wound in his chest where the sword poked through. Simonides' eyes drew wide while his pupils shrank. The pain of the blade yanked out of him made him cough in pain. All of the strength in his body suddenly fled him. He fell to the ground. Standing over him, Chiharu's face dripped loosely with blood and the

