Waking Gods (Themis Files #2)(90)

{Because Dr. Franklin sprayed them with some goddamn goo!}

[General, maybe you should try some of Eva’s juice.]

It’s apple juice.

{Shut up, Couture! That’s an order!}

Seriously, Rose. Why else would they leave?

<Your father can guess. Ask him!> Vincent?

[I don’t know! I think, maybe, they could have been scared by the bacteria. What if all their robots, their ships, maybe their homes, are made using the same technology. Imagine for a second what would happen if some of that bacteria made it to their world.]

…

What was that?

[I can’t remember what I was saying. Did the light just get brighter?]

Maybe.

[I think Themis just powered up.]

<Without any of the helmets on?> Can she do that?

{I don’t know! I’ve never been in this damn robot of yours.}

Vincent?

[The console is lit up. Eva, get up there and put your helmet on.]

Sure. But we’re in a garage! What do you expect me to see?

[I don’t know, Eva. It’s just a hunch.]

I’m putting it on. I … I don’t think— [What is it, Eva?]

<Eva?>

{Goddammit, kid! What do you see?}

Guys? I don’t think we’re on Earth anymore …