Maybe, some rest

"Nova..."

"What the...?" Command appeared as shocked as I was. "Vega? Are you there?"

"Yeah, but Nova..."

"You're alive!"

"Please tell me you can see something?"

,..He's gone... The shadow disappeared when I blinked twice.

"I'm working on it. But your oxygen is running out. We should get you back to--"

"Command." I took a very slow breath. The thinner oxygen made me sleepy. The various pains throughout my body weren't helping. I've been through enough fights to know when a blackout was imminent.

But I had to know.

"Tell me."

"There... isn't anything to tell. I can see Seir's corpse but nothing from Valoel. I'm not picking up a signal from his black box. Theoretically, that shouldn't be possible. I've never seen a complete loss of signal like this before. The only way that could be possible is if he simply isn't here."

Say hi to the unicorn for me. Seir's last words echoed in my mind. "Do you think... Seir teleported him away?"

"That would be my guess. Some of the engineers are reviewing the footage. We'll hopefully know more soon. Meanwhile, adjusting the wide beam scanners to scan for his signal. It will take some time. If Seir did teleport him away, then he could be anywhere."

"I... I see..." The hitch in my breathing was becoming more noticeable by the second. "Thank... thank you..."

Everything turned back in an instant.