Lorna was bitter. She had been ever since the wolf had made up his mind. She didn't know why. She had done nothing wrong. The wolf had trusted her. What had made him change?

They still had a fair way to go before they reached Sauria. She had to persuade him.

Hal was her friend, and she was not going to let him down. She lay back on her soft mattress and tried to think.

"Are you hungry?"

Lorna looked up. Leaning on the wall was Nick, his deep blue eyes sparkling in the light.

"Are you hungry?" He repeated.

"No I'm not! Leave me alone." She snapped.

"Just asking." He raised his hands quite defensively. Then he started grinning as he heard her stomach growling.

"I... I just don't want to see that wolf until I've thought something through."

"It's okay, I'll bring you something." He left the room silently. Lorna lay back again and smiled.

She liked him. She didn't know what it was that she liked about him, but she knew she liked him. She thought. She finally came to the decision that she would just have to be stubborn. She did not like this plan, but it seemed like the only thing she could do.

As Nick walked through the deserted corridors towards the galley, he couldn't help feeling that he liked Lorna. He didn't know why, he just did. On the other hand, he hated this ship. It was too big for just five people. There were almost no lights on. It was lucky for him that his eyes were accustomed to total darkness. He needed it for his work. The other three were on the bridge, which was tucked in at the back of the ship so that it wouldn't be so vulnerable in an attack. They had already finished their meals and were working on something that Nick couldn't make out.

The galley had an enormous window that gave a perfect view out over the vast abyss of space. Nick spotted something outside. His stomach dropped.

He raced back to the bridge, often stumbling. By the time he got there, he was out of breath.

"Did you plan to enter an -" He panted, but was cut off by an impact that rocked the entire ship. All four of them fell to the floor. "Asteroid field."

All of a sudden, he felt his body becoming weightless.

"Damn!" Shouted the wolf "The artificial gravity generator's been hit."

"Man the cannons." Said Nick.

"Hey, who made you the captain?" The maniac snapped.

"He's right, though. If we take another hit like that, we won't be alive to finish this argument." Sarah's eyes bored into the wolf's.

"Let's go." He sighed.

It was a real struggle to move in the gravity-less environment. It felt like a combination of swimming and jumping. The ship had several hundred turrets. It was designed to blow away anything in its path. The turrets made short work of the larger rocks, but tiny pieces of debris bombarded them. Impending doom...