Instinctively, Matt steadied me, then shoved me away as if realizing what he’d done. In the blink of an eye he drew his gun and aimed it at my chest. “Goddamn it!” I shouted without even thinking. Matt blinked, and I jabbed a finger in his direction. “Enough of this, already! What’s happening on Obsidian?”

He hesitated only a fraction of a second, but I saw it. “Get in your cells,” he said coldly.

“We’re not doing that.” Cage took half a step in front of me, his arms spread wide. I withdrew. Usually that kind of protective gesture annoyed me, but in this case, Cage knew Matt better than I did. And also, Cage hadn’t shot him to death. So there was that.

Bian snapped, “Get moving or I’ll shoot.” It was the first time I’d heard her speak.

We didn’t even look at her. Cage focused on Matt, and the rest of us focused on them. “If you want to take us captive again, you’ll have to shoot us,” Cage said. “All of us. You okay with that? Because if not, we’d better have a conversation.”

“Stun them,” said Bian coldly. “Or I will.”

Matt’s eyes narrowed. “What do you mean, what’s happening on Obsidian?” he asked me, deigning to meet my gaze over Cage’s shoulder.

My heart skipped a beat. “You don’t know? Matt. There’s been a hull breach. A big one they can’t explain. Ring any bells?”

For a split second my own terror reflected in his eyes, and then he shook his head. “No. There’s no way. The aliens aren’t anywhere near here. We’d have picked them up before now.”

“Sure about that? Because Sanctuary didn’t.”

“Matt. Dude.” Reed held up his hands placatingly. “Why’d it take you so long to respond to the alarm?”

He hesitated, glancing at Bian, who frowned. “Priya wouldn’t let anyone leave command,” he said slowly.

“Because of an emergency, right? An emergency so serious it mattered more than escaped bounties? Think about what Kenzie’s saying. We can stand together against this. We have to. Otherwise . . .”

My peripheral vision reflected movement an instant before Cage slammed against me. He swept me off my feet, pulling Rune and me out of the way as walls and ceilings suddenly collapsed. We hit the floor, Cage hurling his arms around us and taking the brunt of the force on his back. For a moment I didn’t know what was happening. There were sound and vibration and impact, but nothing that made sense.

And then it ended. Cage released us and stood, wincing as he stretched his arms. I pulled Rune to her feet along with me and staggered in a sudden pile of debris. She yanked out of my hands, but I barely had time to register a tinge of hurt before I noticed Jasper standing with his arms outstretched. Matt and Bian both slumped unconscious on the floor.

“What the hell was that?” I demanded.

Jasper shrugged. “Bian was about to shoot us.”