Editing User:Taln Fan/Summary:Cytonic

* [[Chet]]

* [[Cutlass Flight]]

* [[Gremm]]

About twelve hours after the pirate attack, Spensa and the entirety of the Broadsider Faction head to the arena, which is in the Jolly Rogers’ territory. Along the way, Spensa reads a trashy romance novel and is slightly confused by its purpose. M-Bot talks to Spensa about his feelings, saying he is getting a happy feeling as they fly over the oceanic fragment that they had sailed across. M-Bot tells Spensa that Peg has received an encrypted direct call from a pirate in the Jolly Rogers. M-Bot cannot hack into the pirate call since he is no longer in a surveillance and espionage ship. M-Bot tells her that she is talking with her son, Gremm. They arrive at the arena, which is a large open-air region, with pieces of fragments floating at varying elevations. Spensa sees patches of glowing white light on some chunks of rock, which make her uncomfortable as she approaches the arena.

* [[Chet]]

* [[Vlep]]

* [[Gremm]]

* [[Hesho|Darkshadow]]

* [[Peg]]

* [[Cutlass Flight]]

Ships from all of the pirate factions are assembled in the arena, around a hundred ships. Gremm announces that he is no longer the champion, and has been defeated by a new member of the Cannonade Faction. He calls himself [[Darkshadow]], and Spensa thinks it’s an awesome callsign. A small ship flies forward, a third of the normal ship size. Spensa wonders if it might be a figment. Peg uploads arena boundaries onto Spensa’s proximity display, and tells her that if either of them strays outside of the boundary, the other pirates are allowed to shoot at them. Spensa boosts into the arena proper as the duel begins.

* [[Hesho]]

* [[Cutlass Flight]]

* [[Gremm]]

* [[Semm]]

* [[Gward]]

* [[Ido]]

* [[Alanik]] (mentioned only)

;Plot Summary

Peg speaks to the other pirates, saying that they are now strong and skilled. She urges them to join together and assault Surehold. Peg manages to sway both of her sons, and the other factions agree. Vlep and the Cannonade Faction however, declare that they won’t come. Spensa talks to Peg in private, and realizes that she had secretly been arranging things with her sons, who pretended to initially disagree with her. That way, when they agreed, the other factions would be persuaded. Spensa admires Peg’s brilliance, and wishes she had her in the DDF. Peg declares that they will go back to base and celebrate their major victory.

* [[Chet]]

* [[Cutlass Flight]]

* [[RayZed]]

* [[Becca Nightshade]] (mentioned only)

;Plot Summary

Spensa tells a story to the gathered crowd of Broadsiders back at the base. She tells them the story of the exiled lion prince Simba, who returns and kills his uncle for the murder of his father. Simba kills his uncle and gains his revenge. The Broadsiders love the story, and feast. After the story, Chet talks to Spensa and says he doesn’t feel very useful among the pirates. Maksim compliments Spensa on the story, and says he doesn’t think lions can actually talk. Spensa eats some corn, but finds it disgusting. However, eating the corn reminds her of eating heritage foods back on Detritus with members of her flight. As Spensa starts to tell another story, the base’s scanner alarm starts going crazy.

;Characters

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* [[Spensa Nightshade]]

* [[Jorgen Weight]]

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;Plot Summary

Spensa tries to speak to Jorgen again, but feels something blocking her, like a prison. She feels lost. She can hear Jorgen, but can’t speak. Jorgen tells her that things are tough for him right now, and wishes he could talk to her. Spensa tries to speak again, but is too tired. She drifts off into true sleep.