* Fast Forward *

The ages are so readers know how old they are or were.

4 YEARS LATER
. . .
Koki searched for Taryn everywhere for two of the years. Then for a year he searched all of Rio's bases for clues and other things that would be useful. The last year he stopped searching and just wandered.

After those four years . . . he stumbled upon something new
. . .
and unexpected
. . .


Ages:
Taryn 20        Tai 20
Koki 22        Kei 22
Shylo 20        Eeris 22
Steve 28        Dan 24
Rio 49        Droi 49
Elias 32

Author's Note

Time has passed. Yay!!