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Chapter 4
Ashley opened her eyes, wondering where she was. This wasn't the Megaship, this wasn't her house . . . No, it was her house. Sort of. She sat up, remembering everything that had happened the day before. The space mirror . . . Ash . . . Dros. . .
She glanced over at the other bed. Andros was still asleep. Ashley watched him for awhile, entranced by the expression on his face. He seemed so calm, so peaceful, and so vulnerable. He'd never looked that way when he was awake. He was always so cold, and his eyes were so hard.
She sighed. Ash and Dros had ended up together, and everything that she had seen so far told her that they were in the future. That meant that someday she and Andros . . .
Andros woke up suddenly, unable to shake the feeling that he was being watched. His surroundings were unfamiliar, but then he saw Ashley, and everything came back.
"Morning," Ashley said. "Sleep well?"
"I slept," Andros said. "That's what counts."
"Could you leave while I get dressed?" Ashley asked, sounding almost shy. "Or do you want me to?"
"I want you to leave," Andros said.
"Fine."
Ashley snatched up the clothes that she had worn the day before and left quickly. Andros waited a moment before getting up. He pulled on his boots, and stood up, more than ready to leave.
A few hours later
Andros stood anxiously as Dros checked the readings on the Megaship. If he was stuck here, he was going to kill Ashley.
"There is a mirror back into your time," Dros announced. "Deca, set coordinates."
He turned to Andros. "When you get there, you and Ashley will be transported back to the exact second that you left."
"So we still have to deal with the Velocifighters?" Andros asked. "Your escape plan didn't work so well," he added, glaring at Ashley.
Dros shook his head. "The scanners detect nothing on the other side of the mirror."
"So they just decided to chase us for fun?" Ashley asked skeptically.
Dros shrugged. "If you'd rather stay here . . . "
"They might think you're serious," Ash said, coming up behind them. "But as much as we'd like to get to know you, you belong in your own time, in your own dimension."
"Well, bye," Ashley said awkwardly. "This has been . . . interesting. We win in the end, right?"
"Can't tell you," Ash said, amused.
"But never give up," Dros said.
Dros and Ash teleported off the Megaship. It was too big to pass through the mirror, so only Andros and Ashley would be transported. Andros didn't breathe as they approached the mirror. Dros had assured them that they'd end up in their own dimension, but if he was wrong . . .
Ashley landed hard on the Megaship. She felt Andros next to her. He wasn't moving, but she could hear him breathing.
"Are you okay?" she asked him, touching his shoulder gently.
"I'm fine," he snapped. "Leave me alone!"
He stood up and stalked away. Ashley stared after him. After seeing how much Dros loved Ash, it hurt even more to know that Andros hated her.
Andros locked himself in his room, not about to leave it again, no matter what emergencies there were. Nothing that would involve spending any more time with Ashley. He knew that she was going to try to talk to him, and that was the last thing that he wanted. He was never going to talk about this with anyone, Ashley least of all people.
"Are the others back, Deca?" he asked. He knew without a doubt that Ashley was going to tell them everything. He needed to get to a better hiding place.
"They have just returned."
"Is Ashley talking to them?"
"She is," Deca replied.
"Has she told them anything about the space mirror?" Andros asked, lying on his back on his bunk.
"Negative," Deca said.
"When she's alone, ask her if she's going to," Andros said.
"She is not," Deca said several minutes later.
Andros breathed a sigh of relief.
