"Aeryn?"
Her voice had died away into the void.
And so had mine.
My breath grows weaker, but is still so very loud.
And are those my eyes reflected in my visor?
But as my eyes refocus I look upon the Luxan, drifting beside me through the darkness.
"D'Argo?" I sigh, knowing fully well that he had lost consciousness microts ago.
I know he's there. I know I'm holding his hand, but I can't feel him anymore.
Not D'Argo, not my hand.
It's so cold.
So very cold.
"Aeryn? Are you out there?"
My words echo through my mind.
The light is hurting my eyes.
So bright.
Oh damn, who's frelling idea was this in the first place?
Oh, yeah, frell...it was mine.
"Aeryn?"
She probably still can't get to me.
If I squint my eyes I can almost see the Peacekeeper Prowlers flying through space, hunting, searching as the bright orange light of the burnt moon reflects on their metallic shielding.
My eyes grow heavy as my body grows weaker.
The sensation of zero-gravity is not unfamiliar to me, but to hang here, like a puppet on a string.
Helpless.
I don't like it.
I paddle with my feet, but nothing happens.
I drift through the soundless void of outer space, looking down on the orange inferno below.
The one I created.
But it didn't matter.
Moya has already gone away in StarBurst, D'Argo is unconscious, and Scorpius was still looking for me.
And Aeryn couldn't get to me.
But tt all didn't matter anymore.
Because soon my oxygen will run out, and I will be just an echo, as my body will drift though outer space till the end of time.
Unseen, unheard, and never to be found again.
"At least Scorpy will never get me." I say to myself smiling, although I don't like the prospect of death.
At least, not like this.
"Aeryn…" I say. "I told you I wanted to go down swinging, but…"
I gaze upon the darkness around me again.
Slowly I see my dad's puzzle ring disappear into the distance and the void.
"…I lied."
