Tai: Arweinydd… you have to keep your eye on them. Just be careful.

NaTu: Omakyn helped us.

Zeb: Arweinydd! What about you!? Are you going to explain that Zot getup and hairdo!?

Tai: No.

Zeb: Figures.

OK: *eyes start to flutter as he wakes up*

*Kip and NaTu are fine, but the strange thing is that OK lays sleeping in a bed, having taken on the form of OK-quasi-NaTu, more pink tinted with pinkish-purple, but still could pass as Lunar*

Zeb: Ohh…

Junior: It’s weird! He just erupted into light! *trying to explain to NaTu* And then… woof! I mean look at him! He hasn’t turned back into an orb! He almost looks like a person!

Zeb: *pauses at the door* Wait… I thought I’d be lost to the darkness. But then, I felt as if…

KY: The bonds between parent and child are strong, Zebah. *just smiles as he goes back to working with the crystal*

Zeb: *gives a little smile* Heh. *and then slams his head against the doorframe as he turns* SHAK!

Tai: *snorts from his chair in the corner*

KY: *gives Zeb a look* You could have all died. Such a human thing to do to go in without a plan.

Zeb: What was I supposed to do? The Lunarian way is too slow sometimes. I know it doesn’t always pay to rush in. But sometimes it does.

KY: You are lucky I suspected something was up when you didn’t return at an expected time for “getting some air.”

Zeb: *gets out of bed* Are they okay… Kip? NaTu? And the Dorq?

KY: *nods over to the other room* See for yourself.

Zeb: *opens his eyes – in the infirmary now, too*

KY: *sitting, fiddling with the Tai crystal*

Zeb: Dad?

KY: That was a reckless thing to do. Luckily, not unexpected. But reckless, as usual.

Zeb: I didn’t think Kip’s brain was so dangerous! How was I supposed to know it wasn’t just insanity… but programmed insanity?

Tai: Move! Move! *begins to rush Kip over the bridge*

OK: NaTu! I can’t…. *struggles* I can’t keep it open for long!

NaTu: We’re coming as fast as we can!

*everyone runs*

Zeb: *last one out – darkness is catching up with him as he looks behind in fear*

~Goooooolllllbeeeeeeezzz~

Zeb: *reaching out, trying to escape* Nooooooo!!!!! *suddenly, he feels something lifting him up as he goes into the light*

*just as they are getting to the top of the path, the giant fist crashes down a big section of the path, leaving them trapped*

Zeb: Shak!

NaTu: Where do we go now?

*just above NaTu, there is a little pinpoint, a little swirl of light in the clouds*

OKvoice: NaTu!

*little rays of light start to burst, creating a stream of light*

Tai: What’s that?

OK: NaTu! I’m coming!

NaTu: Omakyn?

*light bridge creating an alternative path*

Zeb: Come on!

Tai: *grabs Kip’s other arm* Go! Go! Don’t think about it!

NaTu: *helps Kip along, moving as fast as he can*

Zeb: *throws up a giant ice shield as a hand comes and crashes down, protecting the group as they run up the tiny, fragile path, which is disappearing in the darkness bleeding away everything behind them*

*the long path to the hole outside*

OMEGA voice: NOOOOO!!!

*path crumbles behind them*

NaTu: *grabs Kip’s hand and pulls him* Dad! Come with me!

Zeb: Run!!!

Kip: *stumbles and coughs* I can’t… I… *threads of darkness, holding him, trying to pull him back*

Zeb: NaTu! Kip!

Zeb: He… just… *looks at Kip in surprise*

Tai: Not asking. *jumps in*

*everyone follows, which drops them back on the path*