'Oops,' groaned Ace. Lucky the Doctor wasn't here to lecture her on safety measures. Stupid timer.

She crawled across the shuddering floor into the escape pod that looked least damaged, ears still ringing, breathing rough, and smacked the button to launch herself at the planet below. The station lurched and there was a loud crack of sound. And christ, was that hissing?.

He'd be looking upward, watching for the flash as the reactor went up. The streak of light she'd leave on the sky wouldn't be much next to that, but Ace hoped somebody was making a wish on her.

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