"Layla and Omega-Xis?" Aquarius says.
"Here!" I say.
"Here!" Omega-Xis says from my arm.
"Whitney and Lyra?" Aquarius says.
"Here!" Whitney says, decked out in black and pink.
"Here!" Lyra says.
"And I'm here," Aquarius says, "We're ready to go. Omega-Xis, are you sure you want to leave the CopyRoid in Layla's closet?"
"Yeah," Omega-Xis says, "Who knows what FM-ians would want for something like that?"
"But it doesn't give you full power," I say, "So they'll find that out if they steal it."
Aquarius kills the snake he was keeping and says, "There. Nobody will be able to track us. Let's move."
Whitney and I nod.
We jump onto the wave road and begin our journey.
"You know where Echo Ridge is, right?" I ask.
"Yeah," Omega-Xis says, "but it's not the Echo Ridge I'm used to. It was more like Garden Wake the last time I was there. Now it's just an outlet for apartments and studios. I saw Lee practicing when I was looking for Lyra."
"Yeah! You mentioned that!" Whitney says, "You said that Lee was acting all mean to Lyra, saying stuff like 'if I can't have a break, neither can you'!"
"Exactly," Omega-Xis says, "Vista Point's still there, too. Geo used to look up at the stars there…when I met him, he was there, anyway."
"And I heard from Gemini that Sonia performed her 'retirement' concert," Aquarius says, "but she returned a few months later. At least, to the music scene."
"She did?" I say, "Is that where songs like 'Good Night, Mama' and 'My Final Memory' came from?"
"The new studio she joined," Aquarius says, "but the poor thing was miserable, due to Geo's death."
Omega-Xis is silent for once, making me look at him with concern.
"Mega?" Lyra says, "Are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Omega-Xis says, "Just…just keep yourselves ready to fight."
Aquarius' face shifts to an expression of concern, but he says nothing.