Chapter Eighteen: The Last Defense
Lisa and the guys waited two minutes before Data activated the siphon to remove the gas from the corridors, then they set to work collecting all the unconscious Warlords and bringing the bodies to the extraction room.
They reversed the process using everything they found, but noticed that two of the Warlords were missing: the one with gold on his collar and the one with silver on his collar.
"Could they have escaped the gas?" asked Adam, who now looked almost like he should. All the guys did, and even Lisa felt almost normal, though she still couldn't teleport. Adam couldn't heal, Luke's connection to the Force wasn't as strong as it should be and Clark still felt pain. It was impossible tot ell with the Doctors and Erik only because the regeneration wasn't a physical power and Erik didn't know what was taken.
"Unlikely," said Data. "Though not impossible."
"Well, let's go to the bridge," Lisa suggested. "We can use the internal sensors to find them."
"Not if we find you, first," came a voice from behind them. They turned to find the two missing Warlords standing behind them, weapons drawn. They were wearing gas masks, which explained why they weren't affected by the stuff.
Clark cried out and fell to the floor as the Kryptonite radiation hit him. Lisa immediately went to his side, flaring her wings to shield him while the other guys trained their weapons on the Warlords.
"Admirable," said the gold-collared one, aiming his weapon toward her while the silver-collared one aimed his at the other guys. "You would sacrifice yourself for that one?"
"For all of them," she said as Clark squeezed her hand. "These people you ripped out of time were…are a few of the most important people in my life. And he's not gonna be any good to you if you kill him."
"Oh, we don't want him," said the gold. "It's you we've been after. The rest are expendable. Except the android. He'll fetch a few credits. And the Time Lords, since they've been extinct for a long time."
Lisa glared. With a nod to the guys, Adam shot over and teleported himself and Clark away while Lisa shifted back to a fly just to get out of the way. Everyone else started shooting and taking cover. Lisa landed a few feet away and, when she shifted back, she noticed the guys pinned to a corner.
The Warlords hadn't noticed her, but Luke did. He tossed his weapon to her, guiding it to her hands with the Force. She caught it and fired once, twice…and the two Warlords dropped. It was over.
End chapter eighteen.