After a night's rest, Diego headed back into town, only to return to us, telling us how things were getting back to normal.
"Looks like I missed something last night." Diego told us.
"What do you mean? You were with us fighting Wraith." Merlin said.
"Yes, but when we destroyed that ship, all those Auton copies fell apart before Garcia's very eyes." Diego explained, "I wish I was there to see that look of his, when he sees something he doesn't understand."
Saya frowned: "Are you sure you two are friends?"
Diego shrugged: "I admit that I rely on Garcia's stupidity to keep myself from being caught as Zorro. I must be enjoying that a little too much sometimes."
Bernardo raised a brow at that. I'd guess he was thinking "only sometimes?"
"So what will you do now?" Merlin asked, "Now that you know there are other worlds out there? And that there are others more powerful than your worst fear that wants to conquer you?"
Diego sighed: "I must admit, it sounds terrifying. But if we let fear stop us, Spain would never have grown, and we would not be here."
Saya and Merlin looked at each other. Saya squinted her eyes, while Merlin grinned.
"And besides, if I explain the situation to my father, he'll know what to do." Diego further explained.
"He'll believe you?" Saya was skeptic.
"He's my father. Why wouldn't he?" Diego questioned.
"But she is right about one thing." Merlin backed her up, "It's still a fantastic story. Had I not seen all the things I've seen ever since I left my own world, I would not believe it."
Diego thought this through: "Maybe if you left me that Wraith canon. I can show its power to my father, and then he'll be inclined to at least believe some of what I'd be telling him."
"We can't do that." Murphy told us.
Diego placed his hand on his ear: "Oh, hello Murphy. I forgot you were still in there."
"We cannot leave such a powerful weapon behind." Murphy explained, "What if it falls into the wrong hands?"
"It's in the hands of a man who protects the people." Merlin explained.
"But for how long?" Murphy questioned.
"I'll only use it to convince my father." Diego explained, "And as soon as he's convinced, I'll destroy it."
"Sounds reasonable to me." Merlin said.
Saya shrugged. She didn't seem to care one way or the other.
Diego took his ear-piece out of his ear: "And will you please take this back?"
Soon enough, we had said our goodbyes to Diego and Bernardo. When that was done, we boarded the ship, which took off. As Diego and Bernardo waved at us, we could see their heads disappearing below the edge of the windshield, leaving only their arms visible. As soon as even those disappeared, we knew for sure that we were leaving this world. The ship turned to the sky and blasted itself into space.
"There's still one thing I'm wondering." Saya said.
"What is it?" Merlin asked her.
"We landed here because Murphy picked up a radio-signal." Saya answered, "What was that about?"
"Maybe the Wraith-ship detected our presence, and they contacted Kyrano." Murphy speculated.
"But I thought he was telepathically connected to them." Saya further questioned, "Wouldn't they have just sent him a message the same way?"
"Maybe it doesn't work so well over great distances." Murphy speculated, "He can keep them under control, but not directly communicate with them."
That sounded funny to me. The Hood, or Kyrano, he explained he was tasked to lead the Wraith, because he had a strong mind. This sounded like he was much weaker. Is that the case? Or is something else going on?
"What worries me more is where Kyrano has gone to." Merlin wondered.
"We can only guess where that may be." Murphy replied, as he opened a portal before us, "All we can do now is hope we'll find him before he does any more damage."
With Murphy giving us something to look forward to, we flew into the portal, heading toward the next world.
THE END