Shattered
Part One: Byrne
Chapter Six
Testing: One, Two, Three
I stood up and looked back at the MCCI.
Yes, it was finished.
I shook Fizz gently.
"Hey, Fizz, wake up." I whispered. "It's done."
She blinked awake.
"Are you sure?"
I nodded and helped her up.
She went over it herself. Then she lifted it off the work table.
It was a tiny thing. Really. A slightly larger than usual data-cube, all black except for the orange symbol on each facet.
Byrne's symbol.
"Come on." She said, sliding outside.
I followed her to storage room we'd put Byrne's crystal in.
The storage room was larger than I would have guessed.
We tipped Byrne's crystal so he was basically standing.
"Is this room sound proofed so we won't wake the others if it doesn't work?" I asked.
Fizz nods. She looks up to the top of the crystal. She's too short to place, and she really wanted to. I could tell.
I got behind her and lifted her up.
She looked down at me, startled, and I grinned. She grinned back and set the MCCI up.
The symbols lit up and I set Fizz down.
"Byrne, can you hear me?" Fizz asked.
There was a long silence, then the lights flickered.
"Yeah, Fizz, I hear you." Byrne's voice filled the room.
Fizz opened the door. "I'm gonna go get the others." She said, disappearing.
"So, we're in Dojo, huh?" Byrne asked.
"Yeah." I said. "Are you ok? I mean, besides being encased in Medullian Crystal?"
"Fine." He said.
"What. . .happened, Byrne?" I asked.
"Wait for the others."