"Ok Julia, Danziger is about to sc... what the hell are you taking? Are you ill?" Morgan asked as he burst into the Med-tent and saw Julia holding a hypo-spray to her neck.

"Morgan, it is just a stimulant." Julia replied wearily.

"Should you be taking it? I mean is it safe?"

"It is fine, I am keeping well within the recommended dose." The doctor replied, dismissing his concern.

"Ok, well Danziger said he would be ready to do the scan in an hour."

"Good." Julia replied distractedly as she looked through her microscope. "Morgan wait." She called as Morgan began to retreat.

"Yes." He said nervously.

"I need your blood."

"Yale." Danziger called when he saw the tutor cross the camp.

"Danziger. What can I do for you?"

"You have a minute?"

"Of course." Yale replied interested in what was on Danziger's mind."

"How's Uly?"

"He has eaten something but is still not talking. Alonzo is attempting to reach him on the dream plane." The tutor replied, his concern causing his normally deep voice to sound even deeper.

"I'm sorry." Danziger said.

"You are following Devon's wishes. If she woke up now she would give us an earful for wasting the last few days." Yale tried to comfort the mechanic, although he did not want to abandon Devon.

"That she would." Danziger agreed.

"Uly is strong, he will understand. It will just take time. But that is not what you want to talk about." Yale said.

"No. Look there may be nothing in this." Danziger said, scanning the area, ensuring no one was listening. "But, Morgan thinks he may have found something that could shed light on what's wrong with Devon."

"What does Julia say?" Yale asked, sitting down next to John as a wave of hope washed over him.

"She seems to be backing the idea, but I'm not sure how objective she's being at the moment."

"What is the idea?" Yale questioned.

"It has to do with the fact that Morgan is confident that Devon does not have an implant."

"No implant? How?...Why? Is he sure? How does he know?" Yale asked, shocked at the revelation.

"I'm not sure of all the details, but they've asked me to rig up a scanner to test the theory. It's pretty much done." He explained waving a small device in front of Yale. "But in case this is nothing I don't want to tell the others."

"Understandable. Why are you telling me?"

"Firstly, I'd like you to confirm the results I get from the scan. Secondly, if Morgan is onto something, to keep an eye on Julia."

"Julia?"

"Yeah, she's been working too hard to find a cure and I'm worried she's going to push herself too far and if it does come to nothing she'll start chasing leads that don't exist."

"Of course. But I am not sure how much use I'll be. Julia's knowledge is far more extensive than what I have access to. Plus she is able to see things that I would never be able to. I believe that we should have faith in her abilities."

"I have faith in her abilities. I'm just worried she's going to push herself too far." Danziger said. "May be I'm just being paranoid, but this group is feeling like it is falling apart and the only thing that is holding us together is something thinner than air in a vacuum. If Julia does burn out I think it will destroy the group."

"I will do whatever I can to prevent that eventuality." Yale assured the mechanic.

"Thank you. So you ready to check this out?" Danziger asked standing.

"As ready as I will ever be to have the last throw of the dice." The tutor agreed as he followed the mechanic to the old ship.

Once Danziger had climbed down the old ladder he looked around at the dead vessel before approaching the lonely, lifeless figure of Devon, suspended in a pod. Placing a hand on the mechanic's shoulder Yale said.

"She is too stubborn not to pull through." Danziger silently nodded his acknowledgement of the statement before taking a deep breath and holding the scanner in front of Devon.

"Son of a..." Danziger said, running the scanner of Devon's pod.

"What is it?" Yale enquired.

"Have a look at this." The mechanic said passing the scanner to Yale.

"There's nothing on it."

"Precisely. Morgan was right. Devon doesn't have an implant." Danziger said shaking his head.

"Are you sure this works?" The tutor questioned.

"Yep, look at this." Danziger said, running the scanner over himself. This time the screen flashed red.

"What now?" Yale questioned.

"Now we tell Julia." The mechanic said as he continued to look at the scanner in disbelief.