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When the ship took off, Darek felt this feeling for the first time in recent times.

The fear that in your absence, your loved ones will suffer.

The ship is shaking like a soda can caught in a zone of turbulence.

An inhuman headache has already appeared in space.

— Enrique… Is it because we're in outer space? I can't think correctly from the pain!—Darek said, clutching his temples.

Her eyes turned red and tears came out.

Darek is used to pain, he has been used to pain for a very long time, but now…

In comparison, he had never experienced real pain before.

Blood trickled from his eyes.

— Be patient, Darek...—The Indian's calm eyes looked at him.— I have no way to make it easier. So you'll have to put up with it... I promise, when it's over, I'll pick you up...—

Dariusz felt the sparks of mind through the pain that something was wrong…

— Enrique… Why are you in a rescue suit?—Kaminski Jr. asks, startled.

—It's just going to be you and this car from now on...— Enrique's eyes turned sad —-I sincerely hope that everything will be fine...—

Darek panics when Enrique goes into the boat.

He was left alone.

His own words slip through his mind: "The ghost must be alone."

No. He doesn't want that right now.

Now he is most afraid of being alone…

The device searching for these strange stars was now making such a loud noise, resembling an air raid alarm.

It is unclear where he is now and what will happen next…

Darek tried to look up, but it made his head spin.

It was the first time in his entire life that he was so scared. Such fear cannot be measured on an ordinary human scale.

The ship was moving so fast that the seconds stretched out like centuries.

The explosion flashed so brightly that it blinded…

***

—... And what happened then?—Mikel interrupts him.

A slightly insane smile appears on Darek's face.

— You're interested, aren't you? I died.— He said.

Dariusz noticed Captain Torres reaching for his weapon.

— But you don't have to do that...—He said, frowning.

The walls, which were still intact, were covered with frost.

— Will you finish listening to my story or will you kill me right away? —

***

When Darek began to recover, he still felt the heavy cold of weightlessness on his skin.

— Dariusz, open your eyes!—Enrique was shaking him by the shoulder. They were back on the ship, although the last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was the Hurricane explode.— Darek, don't try to pass out again!—

Dariusz tries to turn on his brain for at least a second, but he is shaking from the very intense cold. He tries to figure out why he's shivering, but when he tries to put his thoughts together, they fall apart.

— Let me take care of him.—Dariusz hears someone else's voice. The voice is incredibly familiar.

A hand touches my forehead, such an incredibly pleasant and hot hand.

— His body and the nebula are fighting. Enrique, don't take off your suit yet. If Dariusz explodes, you will die without a suit. And I don't really need air. More precisely, I don't need it at all...—The calm voice continues to explain.

When the owner of this familiar voice lies down next to him, Darek sees Adrian Prior in front of him.

Bruises under the eyes from severe lack of sleep, unshaven, eerie pallor — this guy has not changed a day since their last meeting.

— Dariusz, can you at least see me?—Adrian asked.— Well, okay… You'll feel a little better now...—

Hot hands hug and cuddle. A bright green flame bursts out and Dariusz reaches for this flame. It seems to complement it, removes the pain of this cold.

— Do you know that I've already got three bruises? Tighten your grip!— Dariusz's mind returns to him and he feels that Adrian is angry.

— I'm cold...—Dariusz whispers through pale lips.

Adrian gently stroked his back. It seems he did it to check his temperature.

— He started talking... He seems to be getting better soon... And I hope it will be soon, my hand will soon go numb!—Adrian finished the sentence with annoyance.

— Where did you get such power?—Dariusz asked, feeling the cold recede.

He sat down on the cold metal floor and felt his legs go numb.

— My sister and I have this power from our father. And if you think about how long you've been unconscious, that's about three hours. You've woken up a couple of times in the last hour, but you don't seem to have regained consciousness...—Adrian stood up, grimacing in pain.— Now I'll help you get up when I can stand straight myself. —

— Why do you have such strange eyes now?—Darek asked, stretching his cramped legs.

— Look at yours!—Adrian said irritably.

Dariusz walked over to the mirror that hung not far from the captain's chair.

Yes, his eyes have changed.

There is no more gray or blue color. Now his eyes were the color of molten silver.

Darek ran a hand through his hair. He didn't like what happened to them.

There was a small gray streak on his temple. The gray hair was saturated, it was not the light gray color of ashes, it was an eye-cutting white color.

— What is it?—Darek asked, pointing to the gray hair.

— You should know better. But... I think it will stay with you forever.—Adrian ruffled his hair above his clipped temple.— Do you see? My hair turned gray, but that was when I was very young.—

—Are we on your ship?—Dariusz asks, looking at his renewed self in the mirror.

Adrian laughed.

— I'd like to see you fly away on your own! If only you would sit on the fuel tank and gallop to the Earth.. In a hundred years, they would have definitely made it...—He chuckled again.

— I called Adrian before we left... Adrian was a little late, but... As you can see, everything ended well! So why think about the bad... —

***

The detainee's eyes shone with a bright silver light in the almost tangible darkness.

The "Among Us" T-shirt, splattered with blood, didn't seem so frivolous right now.

Darek watched with a grin as the policemen stepped aside, trying not even to touch the ice that radiated from him with the edge of his shoe.

Super-strong handcuffs did not become an obstacle for him, steel does not resist for a long time, the cold coming from Darek breaks steel like plastic.

— He's already here...— Darek listens to the noise in the street.— Try not to die, then I'll tell you everything ... —

***

The impact on the hull of the ship was so strong that the ship went off course and began to sway violently.

— Did you run into an iceberg?—Darek tried to joke.

Enrique turned back, but at the same time held Darek's head so that he would not turn around in any case.

— Adrian! You have the opportunity to speed up! You don't want to know what's chasing us right now!—He suddenly screamed in panic.

The ship was shaken up again. Enrique fell on Darek, many pieces of furniture fell from their places.

Darek bled his head on the metal floor.

Trying hard to get up, he looked out the opposite window.

A huge robot, seemingly assembled from pieces of barbed wire, grabbed the hull of the ship with fingers woven from thousands of thick needles...

Adrian flew out of the captain's chair, the seat belts cracked loudly and the ship spun like a madman.

Something from the device fell and hit Darek in the temple before severe bleeding.

One eye immediately stopped seeing and consciousness left him when the burning ship, pierced in three places, entered the atmosphere of planet Earth...