Tair finally clicked off the auto-drive and took us up a plain little mountain road. We chugged to a stop in front of a bank of trees. It looked totally normal and woodsy in the present, but the recent past bled into my eyes. Trucks and vehicles and people going in and out. They weren’t lumberjacks, either. “The entrance is—”

“There,” Tair cut me off to point at the spot. “The grass is flattened.”

“I saw it first.”

“You sure?” His lips quirked in challenge that made it impossible not to smile back.

For once, it didn’t matter who’d won. I was just glad to have someone on my level. I was about to talk back at him when the future shifted, taking me away from the fun. Guards run and then crouch just behind the safety of the hologram, weapons up and ready to neutralize the intruders. I scowled at their timing.

Even though I couldn’t see them through the holo covering the mountain, I stared straight at where I knew their commander was standing—at least he was probably there by now. It wouldn’t look as cool if I was a few seconds too soon. “Tell Eva she’s got guests.” A wave of my Raven tattoo was all it took to brush off the futures where we got shot up.

On the other side, someone opened the portal and a door-sized hole appeared in the screen of trees. The commander guy popped out. He had his weapon down, but I’d feel better if he put it away already.

Tair stepped in front of me. “Tell her Quanta’s back.”

“Quanta?” The man jolted and then gave me a once-over, but his expression stuck somewhere between disbelief and you guys are insane. “She’s dead.”

“Then do I get a resurrection party?” I stepped to Tair’s side. “Chocolate cake’s my favorite if anyone’s asking.”

The guy gaped like a thirsty fish, but he reported the news into his com. We milled for a few long moments, but I wasn’t worried about it anymore. The woman in charge was booking it here.

Soon enough, someone pushed the guy aside.

“Quanta?” She looked exactly the same as she did in my memories, with her reddish hair twisted back and a lab coat flapping open behind her.