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Danielle was being held by her mother, Jenna, sitting inside a shuttle.
Darren was sitting to the left of them and looking straight ahead. “Where are you...? Yes, we heard the transmission from Bryn... we were on our way to the Loron observatory. But, did you know he sent another transmission saying it was a trap...? Understood.”
Darren looked at Jenna. “Change of plans. We’re supposed to get the MSIs and the decoder now and then take them to Dreggan at the alternate rendezvous point. Dreggan told me that once we get all three children together, we’ll do the implantation. And, once that’s complete, we’ll immediately upload Dreggan’s new programming and enable the new systems. Then, Dreggan will take over.”
Jenna said, “Alright. Sounds good.”
The older Danielle didn’t want to believe it, but she had learned the horrible truth about her parents—they were helping Dreggan!