The first thing Noel asked Trevor and Niki once they were inside the van was, "Okay, so what's going on out there?"

​     "That was my mission," Trevor replied. "That's why I was sent here by the Azure, to act as bait for Silveria. She's been lying to people. She's been saying that another portal's been built pumping domitikan energy into this universe for the last year. That's a lie. There's plenty of domitikan energy still here, though, and that's why Silveria still exists. The energy's also being used to continue an operation The Fours began five years ago when it first became aware that this universe existed. By the way, does anybody have anything I could...uh...wear?"

​     "Here." Niki stripped off her coat so that Trevor could wrap it around his middle.

​     "We'd better get out of here," Trevor said. "That micro-unit I slipped into Silveria when she kissed me? It's designed to, first, draw all the domitikan evergy still left in this universe, and that's all supposed to happen really, really fast, like in a couple minutes fast."

     "All the domitikan energy in this universe?" Noel asked.

     "Yeah." 

     "And now Silveria's soaking up all that energy into her..."

     "Right."

​     "And you're figuring it should only take a couple of..."

     "Right."

     "That is fast."

​     "Exactly. Then, after all that energy is concentrated, the device I implanted is going to convert it all to energy more compatible with this universe."

     "You're saying..."

​     "Explosion. Big explosion."

​     "We'd better get out of here."

​     "That's what I've been trying to say. I should have been giving the explanation while we were moving." 


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