"The cloud is accelerating! We've got Minutes until it hits, not hours." Reed was in a panicked state. "Victor, that storm is deadly. We need to abort."
"Get a grip, Reed. We didn't come all this way to lose our nerve at the first glitch. Just close the shields."
"Ben, is still out there."
"So reel him in. But we came here to do a job, so lets do it quickly."
"Victor, Reed's right. We have less than six minutes." Sue was looking at a screen, while Reed ran out of the room.
"Ben, you need to get inside now!" Reed held his earpiece in place.
"Whats going on?"
"Reed?"
"I ain't done arranging your flowers yet, egghead."
"Ben, look behind you."
"Guys, I'm not gonna' make it."
"Don't you dare say that!" Roxy was almost in tears.
"Ben, you gotta jump. It's the only way!" He leaped of part of the space station. The cloud was almost on top of him.
"What are you doing?" Sue asked, Victor.
"Closing the shields."
"You can't just leave them out there."
"Watch me." Sue turned to leave. "You cant help them anymore than I can."
"I can try." She left the room and Victor closed the shields. She rand past a window and saw Ben, the cloud was almost touching him.
"Come on, Ben, you got this!"
"Oh god, come on, dad."
"OK, Johnny, get ready to close the portal. He's gonna be OK, Rox." The next second, the cloud hit Ben! It covered the entire station, but the portal was still open. It came flooding through. First, it had hit Ben, then it hit Johnny, who looked as if fire was coming off of him. Then, it was Roxy, who looked as if she was surrounded by ice. After, it was Reed, who seemed to have stretched his body, and finally, it was Sue, who vanished for a second.
Everyone was on the ground. The lights flickered and came back on. They slowly woke.
"You OK?" Johnny helped his older sister up.
"I'm fine."
"Dad!" Roxy ran over to the portal and knelt by her father. Reed, Sue and Johnny were close behind. She pulled of his helmet.