"Gone"

Chapter 49

"Responsibility"

STANDARD DISCLAIMER: See: Chapter 1

The students whispered nervously amongst themselves.

With their planet destroyed and their Houses gone, Zeta had become the stabilizing force in their lives. Was he asking them to give up what little security they had managed to find?

"If you choose to remain on Earth," Zeta continued, "I've purchased a plot of land up the road. We'll relocate there."

"But we like living with the Bensons," Warin protested.

"That's unfortunate. You're all my responsibility, not theirs," Zeta told her firmly.

"I'm not your responsibility," Nikki said.

"I'd like you to be," he said.

"Let's go have that talk," she replied.

CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 50, "You Don't Love Me!"