Chapter 52

Relda stooped low, and Bria clung to her mother. Relda steadied Bria upright, but Bria collapsed in her arms again.

"It hurts," she said.

Relda shifted. She placed her arm around Bria's shoulders. Bria leaned against Relda.

"To the carrier," she said, tugging Bria to move that direction.

"I've got the map," Ozla announced.

Elsewhere, Klea, Tayla, Asia, Noah, and Shilah gunned down Dialorian patrol guards and shoved the bodies out of the way. Klea jogged to Hunley's cell. She stumbled forward, and her weight against the cell door made a thud. She moved her body until alertness returned.

She tapped in the combination with anxious anticipation. She could only hope the master code would unlock the cell.

N377A.

It flashed green, and notified her that access had been granted. The egg-shaped door made its normal hissing sound and unsealed.

"Come on," she urged. "Ozla has a map accessed. I think so anyway."