Trance shook her head in confusion, 'Move the remote terminus?' she thought to herself, 'but why? how do I know that?" She shook her head again as the realization came to her. It was Tyr again; Tyr, who's fear was as palpable as the last time she had experienced it. But this time the fear wasn't for himself, it was for, the children, of course the children. She had listened to him so often, yet had she ever really listened? His survival was in the children. But all four of the children had to survive, she'd known that before, but hadn't really understood. Did Tyr? He thought he did, but no, so this was why she was really here.

"Andromeda" Trance spoke urgently. The hologram materialized before her. "We have to get Harper to move the remote terminus, they'll never make it across the central chamber this time!"

"Central chamber?" the hologram frowned at her.

"Trust me."

Andromeda quirked her eyebrows at her.

"You have to help m..them."

Andromeda sighed and made her decision. "How far?"

Trance closed her eyes and concentrated on Tyr for several moments. When she opened them again she was certain. "200 meters, 5 degrees"

Andromeda nodded and took her consciousness to join Harper.

Harper's virtual image stood tensly within her matrix, endeavouring to remain calm as the colors swirled about him, threatening to assault him still.

"Harper?" Andromeda said it gently, it wouldn't do to startle him. Harper opened his eyes. Anromeda was shocked momentarily by the look of deep pain in his eyes. She hadn't realized how painful this was for him, none of them had. "Trance says you need to move the remote terminus 200 meters, 5 degrees."

Harper squeezed his eyes shut and seemed to stagger for a moment. If Trance had said it was necessary. In many ways he still didn't trust her, but he had no choice, she obviously knew things when none of the others did. He could do it gently, slowly and it wouldn't hurt as much, but he knew if Trance had sent the message gently and slowly might not be fast enough. He gathered his strength and reached out with his mind, only to be blown back, his virtual image hitting the *wall* of the matrix with a crash as he collapsed and slid down it.

Trance jumped as the colors in the terminus before her changed their aspect from a lazy swirl to an agitated whirlwind, reminiscent of the flashes of lightening at the height of a violent storm. She turned as Harper's body beside her snapped back and he let out a scream of pain.

At the other end of the canal the rest of the crew and the babies had reached the entrance to the chamber, pressing themselves along the wall to avoid detection as long as possible. Tyr peered out carefully, desperately wondering if his thoughts...he shook his head. 'What am I thinking? Focus!' He looked up again, to see the end of the canal, it's interior the aspect of a maelstorm, dancing about the confines of the chamber like the striking head of an angry snake. 'Now what?' he thought worriedly as he sank down to the floor.