He held out his hand to Lucifer. "Sorry, Doc."
They made good time back to the compound, and the group split up as they approached it. Fetzer took Nina and Lucifer to their quarters and showed them how to locate the warp.
"So long," he said. "Good luck to us all."
Nina and Lucifer ducked through the warp, but did not go immediately inside. They watched the clouds shred apart, and the incredibly brilliant stars light up the night.
"I wonder where Earth is?" Nina whispered.
"We couldn't see it if we knew."
"Do you think we'll ever get back, Lucifer?"
"I don't know."
She slipped her arm through his.
"Maybe I shouldn't say this, but I have a feeling that we won't. That we will never see our own sun rise again."