The sun was rising. The ocean had calmed down and the group hadn’t moved for what felt like hours, but time was meaningless to them right now.
Jessica still hadn’t moved, either and none of them wanted to check to see if she was still alive. Will was doing his best to keep from breaking down and the others knew it. “That plan with the water was really smart,” Judy said.
Dave nodded. “Thanks. I knew our powers were useless so I had to use something natural and overwhelming, it was the only thing I could think of that would do the job the first time,” he replied.
“I wish I could have just teleported far away or something, but while it was alive, it was just too much, no promise it would have worked either,” Judy said.
“We solved the problem. Didn’t even need to summon Xans this time to d
