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that still left a
noticeable gap. Concentrating hard she telekinetically grabbed it and pulled,
wiggling the heavy mass into place flush against the wall, but taking nearly a
full minute to do it, thanks to the amount of weight she was having to tug around.
    Once it was back and in place and the chances of
someone discovering it back to nearly nothing she nudged the Hobbit on and took
him out through the tunnel, eventually coming up into the grasses just before
dawn. The night was still pitch black save for the star light, but there were a
handful of fighters on patrol that they had to be careful about.   Morgan led him through the grasses, following
the waypoints on the battlemap with the Hobbit not having a clue as to where
they were going. There was no path or trail to follow, so he just stayed on her
heals, fearing for his life if they were caught but desperately wanting to be
free of the Skarrons.
    Morgan couldn’t move very fast with him, just like the
others she’d rescued countless times before, so she set a slow and steady pace
and reached their destination well into the morning, arriving at the
camouflaged infiltrator and bringing the Hobbit onboard, exhausted and hungry
but still able to stay on his feet.
    As soon as he got inside he realized he wasn’t the
only one she’d pulled out, for there were four more Aronsic already there,
three of which were wearing their normal uniforms but one that was wearing what
he guessed was Human clothing.
    Morgan let her assistant take over and headed out
again, running back to the tunnel entrance and recruiting another 6 Hobbits
over the following day before finally pulling out of their concealed niche and
stealthily heading back to orbit. The pilot she had with her got them out
through a hole in the orbital grid, bypassing the ships in orbit and on an
outbound vector to a jumpline that would take them past several planets in the
system to where her warship hid in waiting.
    But before they got to that seldom-used jumpline a
wave of Skarron ships began jumping in on the stellar entry line. It was a
convoy, containing warships and transports, but it didn’t end for more than
half an hour. Thousands upon thousands of ships were coming into orbit, and by
the time the infiltrator reached its jumppoint they were still coming in, with
a sinking feeling manifesting in Morgan’s gut.
    “This is…not usual?” the pilot asked in the cockpit as
Morgan was seated beside him and the Hobbits were off in the back out of
earshot.
    “No,” she said, her armor now off and stowed in back.
The Mage crossed her arms over her chest as she continued to watch the waves of
ships coming in. “We didn’t expect the lull in attacks to last forever. It
looks like they’re finally gearing up for round 2.”
    The pilot shook his head. “With as bad as the Nestafar
are getting hammered, how in the world do they have enough ships to hit us
simultaneously?”
    “Their empire is huge, and there’s no telling what
their force dispersion and priorities are. We’ve got the Sentinels in place,
and they know they can’t take them out easily. They needed more ships to even
have a shot at it, and it looks like they’re rising to the challenge.”
    “How long do you think we’ve got?”
    Morgan shook her head. “I don’t know. This is their
forward operating base, but not the closest position. They may reinforce the
skirmishes going on first, or come straight for us or the Protovic…or maybe
even the Dvapp. There’s no way of telling without reconnaissance.”
    “Stay and watch or make the jump now?” he asked.
    “Stay a few minutes longer. I’m curious to how many
they’re bringing in…at the moment.”
    “How many do they need?” he asked, watching the
computer tally the incoming numbers as it monitored on passive scans that were
picking up the Skarrons’ own reflected signals and beacons.
    “A lot,” she said dismissively. “Depends on how they
plan to use them.”
    “How many