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After the wedding festivities abruptly ended, Paige made her way back home on a flight back to England. Upon returning, she was greeted by her mother and father.

"Saraya!" Ricky said as he hugged her tight. "Why are you back so soon? We weren't expecting you home for another few days." Julia slapped Ricky on his arm.

"Hush that!" She said to him before looking to her daughter. "How was the wedding, darling? We saw Pamela's pictures on her page."

"It was great, Mum." Paige replied. "I'm back because they got another mission and had to end the festivities early." Ricky shook his head.

"On John and Nicole's wedding day?" He said. "That's bloody awful if you ask me."

"We'll thank the heavens no one did." Julia said to him.

"Actually, Mum." Paige said. "Dad's right this time. Normally it wouldn't really matter to me what missions they do since I'm here now, but this was supposed to be about John and Nikki finally tying the knot and celebrating that. They're not supposed to be going on some secret mission today."

"Exactly, love." Ricky said to Julia. "Imagine if something like that interrupted our wedding and we had to cut it short. How'd you think you'd feel?" Before Julia could answer him, a bald, muscular man slowly opened the main entrance door; the slight creak of the doors opening caused the trio to look in that direction.

"Simon." Paige greeted the man known as Simon almost instinctively. Simon quickly noticed the tension in the air.

"Did I come at a bad time?" He asked.

"No, darling!" Julia said before grabbing Simon's arm. "Come in, come in. Have a seat! We were just about to put lunch on the table." Ricky looked over at Paige before the two decided to follow Julia and Simon to the kitchen.

"I thought you were going to the wedding." Simon said to Paige.

"I did." She replied. "I got cut short by another mission?" Simon perked.

"No kidding? What's it this time?"

"Pretty damn important, I'm assuming, since they didn't tell them any details. They just said it was a rescue mission sent by the US President." Simon then pointed to the sky while thinking about something he saw.

"You know." He started. "Maybe it's got something to do with the whole stranded space shuttle thing going on over there." Paige eyed him curiously.

"What are you talking about?" She asked.

"Yes, Miller." Ricky added. "Care to elaborate."

"Well," Simon started in a low voice. "You all know about that shuttle the US Gov sent to take care of that satellite?" The trio nodded. "Well, one of my good fellow reporters over there that was covering that story found out that the mission wasn't successful and that the team got stuck out there in outer space." All their eyes widen at the revelation.

"Are you serious?" Julia asked Simon.

"As death, I am." He replied.

"That's confidential information, probably!" Paige harped. "How the hell did they get a hold of that?"

"We're journalists. We get paid to get the story. Besides, that's not confidential. They're probably just looking for a less damaging way to word it before they put it out to the public. We'll all probably hear about it soon."

"So they're sending them into space?" Ricky asked.

"We don't know that for sure." Julia retorted.

"What else could it be, Mum?" Paige asked. "They've been given details for every other mission they've had, including the massive plant fire in Washington they asked me to help with. Why wouldn't they have details about this mission unless the Government wasn't sure how to tell them without saying too much too soon?" Once again, Julia was rendered silent. "You know Dad's right, Mum. They're sending them up into space." Simon, whom had been listening to the radio playing in the background, noticed that the news had begun talking about the shuttle incident just as he predicted.

"Guys!" He said. "Listen! They're talking about it now!" They all began to listen to the radio discussion.

"…While we don't have all the details, we do know that the team of Alpha Humans is set to depart later on this evening. We will keep you all informed should any more details surface." The reporter began to talk about local news. Julia, Ricky, and Paige then saw Simon stand to his feet.

"You running off already?" Julia said. "You haven't even finished your food."

"Save it for me, Miss Julia." Simon said. "I gotta head to America now! I can't miss this chance to speak with them again!"

"Wait, Simon!" Paige reached out. "I can get you to the mansion instead. You've been saying you needed to go there anyway, right?" Simon shut his eyes and sighed.

"I'm getting better at controlling it now." He said. "I only shorted out some street lights on my way here."

"Meaning you in a plane is going to be a disaster." Paige stood up.

"Saraya, honey." Julia said. "You just got here. You can't leave already."

"Let her go, Julia." Ricky said. Paige then looked at her mother.

"I promise I'll be back home soon, okay?" She said to her. "Look. I even finished up the pie."

"Okay, okay." Julia said. "Get going then. Both of you be safe!"

"Love you, Mum." Paige replied.

"Yeah." Simon said. "Love you, Mum." Ricky waved the two off.

"Get outta here!" He yelled. "You'll your 'mum' in a fuss!" Paige laughed.

"Love you, too, Dad." She said before walking out with Simon. Julia looked at Ricky the man throwing his hands up in confusion.

"What?" he said. "Too much?"

"I'm just worried about Saraya, Ricky." Julia replied. "I don't want her getting mixed in all that political jumbo over there."

"She's a grown woman. She can take care of herself."

"I still worry about her, Ricky. Simon, too. He's a good kid, but he'll throw himself off a cliff and over a fire just to get a story. He's gonna get himself killed."

"You really worry yourself far too much, love." Ricky offered her his glass of tea. "You need a vacation."


The downed space shuttle had gone dark some time ago and the repair team had been trying to maintain their composure as they worked to restore the communications enough to send a distress signal down to the launch site. Sarah had been working with Franklin and Maki on the shuttle's programming while Travis, Eckers, and Rex worked on keeping the shuttle itself together. Travis had just finished bolting a piece of the interior back in place when he turned to Rex.

"Hey Rex." He said. "You and Eckers stay up here and finish the patchwork. We're almost done. I'm going to go check the lower deck to see how bad it is."

"Let one of us come with, Trav." Rex suggested. "Just in case you get in a jam or something."

"I'll be fine, Rex. Stay up here." Travis then made his exit, leaving his crew in the upper section to continue working on the shuttle interior. As Sarah worked, she could not help the thought crossing her mind.

"Guys." She said to her friends. "You think someone's actually coming for us?"

"Come on, Sarah." Eckers answered. "Of course they sent someone after us. They know we're stranded out here. We just gotta hold out until help arrives." Sarah absorbed Eckers' words of encouragement.

"I hope you're right, Eckers." She said before pressing a button on her tablet. "Frankie, how's the code looking? Anything yet?"

"Nah." He said. "It still won't run without the motherboard even with all the backdoors added in."

"I'll figure something else out. Just keep trying to alternate the backdoors for combinations and run the restart code, okay? If we can at least get the distress signal working then maybe we can help Headquarters with our location."

"Sure thing, Sarah." Franklin said before doing as he was told.

"You've been strung out on this code for hours, Caracciolo." Rex said as he tightened a bolt on some of the steel frame. "What happened? You good?"

"Honestly." Sarah said. "I don't think anyone is coming for us, but if there's a chance they will come then I'm gonna do my best to stay positive so I don't fall apart thinking about the negative stuff." Before Sarah could divulge any more, the team heard Travis come back from the lower level.

"Guys." He said to them. "It's not looking too rough down there, but there's a bit of debris. I'm gonna use some of it to patch up a few holes and we should be fine."

"Debris?" Rex asked. "From the ship? Let us help you down there so you don't get hurt."

"No, Rex." Travis insisted. "You guys keep things together up here. I'll be fine down there. It's not a lot. I'll be right back." The captain headed back down to the lower level to begin patching it up. What he did not tell his crew, however, was that the lower levels had more damage than expected and there were holes and dangerous debris all over the place. Instead of endangering his crew knowing there was no saving that area of the ship, Travis chose to work on patching up major holes so that the ship would survive a while longer.


The morning after John and Nikki Cena's wedding came quickly as the sun rose over the launch site. Shane and Stephanie arrived to the site early to speak with the President, Baxter, and Cynthia about the details of the mission. That moment, the five of them along with the two shuttle pilots stood waiting for the group of chosen Superstars to emerge so that they could give one final briefing before the launch. Not even a minute later, the group of John and Nikki Cena, Sasha Banks, Noam Dar, Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn and Cesaro made their way into the area. All of them wore their uniforms aside minus their helmets which were due to be fitted on them right before they boarded the shuttle. They all also wore a look of curiosity as they still had not been given the details about their mission. All they were told by Shane before they left was that their powers were needed for a rescue mission. As they approached the others, the President began to speak.

"On behalf of all of us," He began. "We wish to thank you for once again answering our call and coming to our aid in our time of need. I want to personally wish you all the best and I trust your success is guaranteed." The Commander in Chief nodded at the group before taking his leave with his bodyguards. Baxter then took over to explain the mission.

"This is a simple extraction mission." He began. "Your main focus is to get all of the passengers on board your shuttle and back home. Their shuttle is likely a lost cause. Safe return is most important." He then turned to the pilot, a blonde haired and blue eyed woman who appeared to be bred from the cloth of a military service member. "This is your pilot. Macey Estrella. She will be in direct control of the shuttle during your mission. The coordinates are already set. Any questions?"

"Yeah, actually." Noam spoke up. "Like, a thousand."

"We don't have time for a thousand." Shane replied, his hasty remark causing Stephanie to look over at him. "You're getting in, saving them, and coming home." Seth nodded.

"So we're actually doing space missions now." He said. "Neat." John sighed.

"How long do we have?" He asked Baxter.

"We aren't sure." He replied. "Try and get them out as quick as possible."

"What if we can't get to them?" Sasha asked.

"You can." Shane said. "I know you can if you work together." The five Superstars looked at each other.

"You guys ready?" Macey asked them before saying, "Y'all come with me." And making her way towards the area to be fitted with the rest of her equipment, all without allowing the team to answer her initial question.

"We'll be your contact up there." Baxter said to them. "Your suits are fitted with connections the shuttle will use to help you communicate with us down here." Baxter left the area to go to his station.

"Good luck." Cynthia said to them before following behind Baxter. Nikki then shook her head and sighed.

"I guess this is it." She said. "We're doing this."

"Remember." Shane said. "In and out. You'll be home before you know it." The man left to join the others in the control room and the Superstars headed towards the fitting area. All except for Cesaro whom stopped and turned back to see Stephanie seeing them off. She looked at him and he noticed the worried look on her face.

"Stephanie." He said. "I have to ask. Are you okay with all this?" She shut her eyes and took a deep breath.

"I don't think I need to answer that one for you." She replied to him.

"No. You don't. It's all over your face, but I wanted to be certain." She pursed her lips together, making Cesaro eye her with a look of consolation. "Listen, Stephanie. If you say it's okay… then it's okay." Stephanie walked up to Cesaro and placed her hands on his arms.

"I already talked to Macey." She told him. "If anything goes wrong, she's turning around." She then nodded. "It's okay." Cesaro nodded then turned to join the others. Stephanie blinked before making her way to the control room.

Outside the launch site in the accessible area, reporters and news broadcasters had gathered around a massive podium eagerly awaited the President's arrival to address the launching of the Alpha Humans into space to rescue the crew members. Moments later, they all saw a bodyguard approach the podium and began to speak into microphone.

"Our president is approaching." He said. "Please hold all questions until the President has concluded his address. He will answer your questions at his own discretion." The man stepped down and then the President made his way up to the podium. The man adjusted his blazer then began to speak into the microphone.

"Ladies and gentlemen." The President began. "Yesterday, we deployed a space shuttle up to repair one of our communication satellites. Later that day, we lost communication with the team on that shuttle. We are working with the WWE and their remarkable team of Alpha Humans today to return our team back to us. We will have our communications are expecting their safe arrival this time tomorrow. We ask all of the news stations to please allow our broadcasters access to your network and news feeds so that we may show our viewers our efforts to maintain peace, unity and safety. Thank you." The President stepped down from the podium and the flood of reporters began asking questions of him as his bodyguards surrounded him to lead him to his vehicle, but the man opted to ignore all of their questions before taking his leave.

Inside the control room of the launch site, Baxter approached one of the techs.

"Can you get us a feed into the decontamination room?" He asked the man.

"Absolutely, sir." The tech replied as he patched a feed into the decontamination room and onto the main screen for everyone to see. In the room, everyone had been fitted into their suits and were waiting to board the shuttle. As they were escorted through, Seth looked around at the entry way, a massive tube much like one would see inside of a science fiction movie.

"Wow." He said. "I guess we can all mark space travel off of our bucket lists, huh?"

"This wasn't even on mine." Nikki responded as she, too, looked around in awe.

"Guys." Macey spoke up. "Remember what we're going up here for. We're getting in and getting out, okay? Won't be no time for sightseeing once we're out there." Their escorts then stopped at the end of the tube and the door of the shuttle. Then, Macey spoke again. "Alright. They're gonna let us inside. Everybody's going to the left once you walk in. You're gonna take a seat and strap in. I'm gonna be readying the shuttle for launch about a minute after we get in and it's gonna go vertical so you'll need to be secured in. You're gonna snap your oxygen supply cables into the side of the seat and buckle your safety harnesses. I'll call for the 'All Clear' and once you all say you're locked in, we're starting the launch. Got it?" Everyone listening nodded in agreement. "Good." Macey then looked to the escorts. "We're good to go." They opened the shuttle door for them to enter and they all did as they were instructed. They all took their seats. Noam looked out of the window and saw the launch site and the open air outside.

"Wow." He said in his thick Scottish accent. "I don't believe this."

"Well," Macey said. "Believe it, kiddo. Everybody strapped in?"

"Yeah." John answered. "We think so." Macey then got up out of her seat and went around to check everyone's connections making certain they were fastened properly. Afterwards, she turned back to sit in her seat.

"Alright." She said. "I'm putting the All-Go out now. We're about to start the launch." Macey pressed a button on the massive dashboard. "Mission Control, this is Captain Estrella of the Starlight. We're all good and ready to begin the launch sequence." Static flashed over the intercom and Cynthia spoke through on the other side of the line.

"Mission Control to Starlight." She said. "All systems are a go. Beginning launch sequence in T minus five. God speed." Macey nodded and took a deep breath.

"That means five minutes." Seth explained aloud. "I heard that on TV once."

"So good that you know that, Colby." Sasha said sarcastically.

"Hey. I just thought everybody should know that." John shook his head. Macey then thought to herself before speaking.

"You know." She began. "I've always wanted to be a wrestler. I used to watch a bit of WWE while I was in the marines back when it was the WWF. I enjoyed it and wanted to give it a try, but I never really gave a lot of thought until recently when I became a shuttle pilot."

"How long were you in the marines, Macey?" Cesaro asked her.

"Five years." Macey answered. "Long enough to go through college so that I'd have a little bit of a head start in flight school. Three years after that, I got picked up by NASA as a trainee. Four years after that, here I am taking you up to space."

"You'd definitely make it in the wrestling business then, Macey." Sasha said to her. "You should give it a try. I'd be glad to train with you sometime when I actually have time to train." Macey smiled to herself.

"I think I will. I always say that you gotta live reckless and put your body on the line to make it worth the effort." Before Macey could continue, they all heard the intercom go off.

"Sixty seconds until countdown begins." Cynthia said over the intercom. "Readying shuttle repositioning." Macey took to her controls.

"Sorry." She said as she began flipping several control switches. "Story time's over, loves. Time to save these fools." Macey pressed the response button.

"Readying the main thrusters." She said. She then turned to her team. "Visors down, guys. We're getting ready to take off." Macey pressed the button on the side of her helmet and lowered the helmet's visor, the others following suit. The pilot then pulled the lever next to her downwards. Everyone heard the shuttle engine begin to prime itself and felt it shift from a horizontal plane to a vertical plane. "Shifting the shuttle and firing engine."

"Countdown." Cynthia said. "Launch in T minus 10… 9… 8… 7…"

"Holy shit!" Nikki shouted. "I'm not ready!"

"We're going to SPACE!" Seth shouted.

"5… 4… " The shuttle began to rumble under the engine's power. "3… 2… 1… Taking off." Macey pressed the red glowing button in front of her and the shuttle roared loud as it launched into the air. Everyone held on tight as it continued its rocky journey.

"Woo!" Sami yelped, making everyone in the cabin jump in their seats.

"Hey!" Macey shouted. "Relax back there! We haven't even made it out the atmosphere yet and you're already going haywire!" Macey then shook her head and turned back towards the window to see that the shuttle had finally reached the edge of the atmosphere. She turned a knob on the control panel then pressed a button several moments later to release the auxiliary thrusters into space. Macey looked out into the cosmos and marveled at the sight. Although it was her third time in outer space (the previous two times being training missions), its majesty still took her breath away.

"I wish I had my phone…" Sasha said aloud as they all looked to the stars. Nikki marveled at the sight she would have never imagined she'd see.

"It looks so… endless." She said.

"We're set to arrive at the shuttle in about four minutes." Macey said. "Not sure what we'll see when we get there, but get yourselves ready to make it a quick rescue, okay?"

"Right." John responded. "Mercedes. Once we get to the shuttle, we'll need you to take Colby inside. He can get all the crew members to you. You guys teleport back here and that's the end of that. We adjust depending on the situation when we see it, but I think that's a good foundation. Sound like a good plan?"

"Sounds good to me." Seth said.

"Agreed." Sasha added. Macey then pressed the communication button to send a signal back down to the control center on Earth.

"Mission Control, this is Starlight." The station heard Macey say. "We're on course and set to arrive in three and a half minutes."

"Good to hear, Starlight." Baxter responded. "Any sight of the shuttle?"

"Not yet. We'll broadcast what we see when we-" They all heard Macey stop speaking.

"Starlight? Everything alright up there?"

"Recall my last statement, Mission Control." Macey said as she pressed a few buttons. "We have sight of the shuttle. Broadcasting the image now." She sent the camera feed from their shuttle down to the control center. Everyone inside looked on with wide eyes as they saw the downed shuttle surrounded by several pieces of debris that came from it. What drew the most confusion was the entity that seemed to hover several miles away from the shuttle; it was the same electric mass of red and yellow clouds that the repair team saw before they had gone off the grid.

"What the hell is that thing?" Nikki asked aloud. "Is that… a solar flare?"

"Don't know." Macey said. "But if we're gonna get those guys outta there then we need to get them quick. Whatever that is has a crazy heat signature. The closer we're getting to it, the higher that signature."

"Mercedes." John called out. "Can you get in there?"

"Not yet." She said. "I need to get closer so I can see inside."

"How close can you get us, Macey?" Sami asked the pilot.

"Another mile." Macey replied. "Just make it quick, guys!" Seth unhooked himself and got up out of his seat, Sasha doing the same.

"You ready?" Seth asked Sasha.

"Ready as I'll ever be." She replied as she grabbed Seth's hand.

"I'm as close as I can get!" Macey said to them. "Hurry!" With that, Seth and Sasha closed their eyes and disappeared in a mass of magenta energy. The two Alpha Humans then found themselves in the cockpit of the downed shuttle surrounded by sirens and alarms. Just in front of them, the group of Sarah, Franklin, Eckers, Rex, and Maki were all strapped into their seats and outside the window several miles away was the menacing cosmic mass. Seth looked at Sasha and nodded. Sasha then prepared herself to teleport back to their shuttle and Seth used his inhuman speed to unhook the crew, carefully push them all backwards towards Sasha, and connecting all their hands onto her arm before grabbing her himself. He closed his eyes and in a blink, Sasha teleported all of them from the fallen craft onto their shuttle. Macey sighed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness!" Macey said. "Everybody strap in!" Macey then pressed the communication button to talk with the Control Center.

"We got em!" Everyone in the control center heard Macey say. "We're coming home!" Everyone in the room began to cheer the successful rescue. In the shuttle, the repair team strapped into their seats but then noticed their captain was nowhere to be found.

"Wait!" Maki said pointing back towards their old shuttle. "Our captain. He's still on the shuttle!"

"What!?" Sami shouted.

"He was on the lower levels patching holes!" Rex told them.

"The heat's rising, y'all!" Everyone in the control Center heard Macey say. "We gotta get out of here!" Shane and Stephanie looked at each other with saddened expressions. Ronda, distraught over the news, ran for the intercom and began shouting into it.

"Don't leave him!" She shouted through the intercom at Macey. "Go back in and get him! Now!"

"If we stay here any longer, we risk none of us making it back! We need to go! I'm sorry." Shane looked at a defeated Ronda and then ran for the intercom.

"No!" He said. "We're not leaving anyone behind!" Stephanie looked at him with wide eyes.

"Shane!" She said.

"Claudio can help!" Cesaro drew a look of concern on his face upon hearing his name. "He can hold the ship together while Mercedes grabs the captain."

"We are not risking all their lives for one person, Shane!" They all heard Stephanie say.

"Claudio!" They heard Shane call out in his mind. "I know you can do this. You can do anything you put your mind to. You can save him." Cesaro felt a reassuring feeling within him attempt to ease his nerves. He then felt everyone's eyes fix onto him and knew what his decision was meant to be.

"I'll do it." He said. "But I can't do it from here. I need to be inside the shuttle."

"You guys are the dumbest people I've ever come across!" Macey shouted. "Twenty seconds! That's all ya got! Get out there!" Sasha quickly grabbed Cesaro and teleported back into the cockpit of the crumbling shuttle. Its confines were rapidly disintegrating around them and they knew they had mere seconds to find the captain and get themselves out. Cesaro removed his helmet and used his powers to shield himself from the outer environment. Sasha saw him reach out to the ship and use his mind to pull it back together, taking that as a sign to proceed to the lower level to retrieve the last crew member. She closed her eyes and teleported down below, but was nearly crushed by debris. She reactively teleported in front of it only to be confronted by more debris. Sasha skillfully dodged the moving pieces and found Travis working on a piece of patchwork. She teleported to the man and grabbed his arm, causing him to look back at her. Back inside the rescue shuttle, everyone waited anxiously for their friends to return as alarms began to sound inside the cabin due to the heat signature reaching critical levels.

"Damn it." Macey cursed. "Ten seconds. 9… 8…"

Cesaro eyed the approaching cosmic mass as he used as much of his power as he could to continue to fight the heat and hold the ship in place. "7… 6… 5… 4… " Sasha and Travis teleported behind Cesaro and Sasha reached out to grab him... "3… 2… 1… " … but before she could, the mass had reached the shuttle, setting it ablaze and running through Cesaro.

"Nooo!" Sasha shouted as it threatened to engulf her and Travis. She then felt the force of the entity push her away and instinctively she teleported the two of them back into the shuttle, their bodies hitting the back of the cabin bay after making it just before the entity burned them alive. Sasha snapped her eyes opened, saw her friends, and gasped for air as if the wind had been knocked out of her.

"Mercedes?" Sami said. "Where's Claudio?" John looked around and saw no sign of the man.

"Where is he, Mercedes?" He asked the girl frantically. "Where is he!?" Sasha looked on the verge of tears as she shakily pointed towards the fully engulfed shuttle.

"I-I'm sorry!" She mustered. "I couldn't grab him!" They all looked on as the mass quickly made its way towards them and Macey blinked.

"Dammit!" She said. "Brace for impact, everyone!" Everyone in the shuttle readied themselves to be hit by the force. They did not know, however, that the downed shuttle was still intact and was still being held together by Cesaro. He used his powers to help Sasha and Travis out of the shuttle in time and had been holding onto the shuttle in hopes that the mass would pass through him. As it did, however, he felt it shift and change course, heading for his friends instead. Cesaro knew not what using more of his powers around the mass would cause, but he knew he could not let it take his friends. Thus, he proceeded to fully open his mind and embrace his latent Celestial powers. His eyes glowed a familiar golden hue and glowing energy began to swirl around him and pulse through his veins. Cesaro's chest plate broke upon to reveal the Mind Stone glowing in his bare chest as Cesaro harnessed its mighty power. Cesaro reached his hands out towards the cosmic mass and, with a loud boom, used every ounce of power he had to pull it away from his friends and back towards him. The man then proceeded to absorb the mass into his body and everyone in the shuttle watched as it slowly disappeared. Cesaro screamed in pain as the power rapidly filled his body, and he used as much of his power as he could to hold his body together, but the massive amounts of energy became too much to hold within him. The man absorbed every molecule of the force and a deadly explosion came from within him, destroying the shuttle and Cesaro's body. His friends witnessed the explosion in horror.

"Claudio!" John shouted. Macey looked away from the window as they all prepared to mourn the loss of Cesaro. The debris and the explosion cleared and they all saw the remnants of the cosmic mass being drawn into a shining light coming from where the shuttle once existed. The light faded and within it was Cesaro's lifeless body without its limbs. However, the mass slowly reanimated his limbs out of itself as it continued to be drawn into him until his body was made whole again. Sasha blinked and, out of desperation, teleported to where Cesaro's body floated. She examined him in fear and saw that his skin had no color, his eyes were shut, and his body dormant. Sasha held onto the man and teleported back into the shuttle with his body. Everyone cleared out of the way for them and Sami and John quickly made his way to their fallen Comrade.

"Can you feel him, Rami?" John asked frantically. "Rami?"

"I… " Sami stuttered. "I can't." John all but pushed Sami aside and held Cesaro in his arms. John was on the verge of tears when he saw what he knew to be a miracle. Cesaro's skin slowly regained its olive color and his eyelids fluttered open. His eyes were different, however. Going unrecognized by his friends were flashes of yellow and fire red light. The small flashes faded and revealed his sienna-colored eyes scanning his surroundings. John and Sami's faces lit up with excitement and relief.

"Is… " Cesaro started with a weak voice. "Is everybody… okay?" Even on the edge of death itself, Cesaro thought only of his friends and their safety. John's bottom lip trembled with joy as he hugged his best friend tight.

"Yeah." He said into Cesaro's shoulder. "Yeah, we're okay." Everyone sighed with relief as their comrade had lived through their ordeal and they were going home together, mission accomplished. Noam hugged Cesaro as tight as he could.

"Holy mackerel!" He said through tears. "We thought you were done for!" Macey was near tears herself when she remembered that they all needed to head back down to Earth. She pressed the intercom button.

"Mission Control." She said. "This is Starlight. All crew members are present and accounted for." She heard immediate applause in the background of the connection and it made her smile.

"Copy that, Starlight." They all heard Baxter say. "All clear to return."

"You got it, Boss!" Macey turned the connection off and looked to her crew.

"Guys." She said to all of them. "We ready to get back down to Earth?" Cesaro took a deep breath and nodded before saying…

"Let's go home."