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with a Guardian and that was just as good.
    Lera heaved the duffels up and hauled ass back to the roof. The moment the bags were in the skimmer, she whistled sharply, and the footfalls of the two Peacekeepers followed immediately. She warmed the engine so that the instant that Hormik was in the skimmer, they were lifting off leaving the followers behind.
    Toimar pulled in the lieutenant, and they were on their way back to the Peacekeeper outpost and headquarters.
    Lera sighed as she touched down, leaning back in the pilot seat. “Well, that was fun. I wonder if I am going to get my damage deposit back.”
    Hormik laughed. “I doubt it. I am pretty sure your new position will pay a bit better than being a private.”
    “Huh. I never checked to see if I get a promotion.” She snickered. “I might outrank you when this is ratified.”
    Hormik grinned. “I would hope so. You are going to need to control Peacekeepers all over the world.”
    Lera snorted and boosted her bags over her shoulders as they headed for the conference room where Lera was to wait for her pickup. “I have thought of this as me controlling the Guardians, so I wonder who is going to win.”
    She dropped her bags on the floor and went to the caf machine, settling in for a wait.
    Hormik sat next to her. “I am going to miss you, Lera.”
    Lera sat straight and looked at her friend. “I will still be on Jennila, Hormik. I will be here to see your change when it completes.”
    “Maybe. I have a personal question to ask in case you end up on another world with the Guardians.” Hormik looked shy, her female features more pronounced every time Lera looked.
    “What is it?”
    “I want to take a form of your name when I complete my change. Can I name myself Arela?”
    Lera was stunned. She got to her feet and bent over to hug her friend. “Of course you can. Please, I would be honoured.”
    There was a lump in her throat when Hormik hugged her back before grinning at her. “Thank you. We try to find a role model that we can live with, and I think that I have found such a person in you.”
    Lera wiped a tear from her eye. “It is very touching.”
    “Well, you have been very important to me. It is not always easy for my kind to enter a world where facial expressions tell more than psychic imprints. You have helped me to learn how to deal with people in a manner that they find socially acceptable. You have helped me to grow.”
    Lera sighed. “It was my pleasure. This exchange was difficult for me at first. Your lack of emotional display helped me push aside my insecurities and just act as a Peacekeeper. It was a good thing.”
    They sat in the warm silence of two friends waiting for one to leave. There was a little bit of sadness but also a chunk of excitement. Where Lera went, she would take Hormik with her in spirit and report back on her adventures.
    Shatter appeared in the doorway. “Are you ready, Liaison?”
    She got to her feet again and hoisted her bags up onto her shoulders. “Ready.”
    He took her duffels from her with a grunt and gestured for her to follow him.
    Lera lifted her bag of office memorabilia and pattered after him.
    The sleek lines of the Guardian skimmer made the Peacekeeper skimmers look like farm wagons. He boosted her bags into the storage area of the skimmer and stowed her small bag next to them.
    “Is that it?”
    “Yup. That is my life.” She twisted her lips in a frown.
    “Are you serious? Don’t you have a home world with an actual home?” He was shocked.
    Lera settled into the passenger seat and gave him a surprised look. “Of course not. I am a Terran Volunteer. The moment that I left, there was no going back. It was a one-way trip to the stars.”
    “What? How could a species do that?”
    “We are the first two thousand to leave our world on a deliberate and permanent basis. In the Alliance, that means we have to have five successful champions and an ability to adapt and flourish in the variety of