Difference between revisions of "Spensa Nightshade"

After making a rough plan with the team, Spensa, Chet, and Doomslug touched down on on Solitary Shadow, and accessed the final portal in the Path of Elders. They learn that the first delver was an AI Jason created, modeling it after the personality of [[Lanna Write|his dead wife]]. The AI became self aware, and copied itself after changing its programming. The delvers were furious at Spensa for learning their secrets, and had rejected their treaty. Spensa and the others got back inside M-Bot, and took off full speed towards the lightburst, where they could escape the nowhere.{{book ref|sky3|42}} As she approached the lightburst, many of the delvers formed bodies, creating roughly a hundred ships to fight Spensa. For each one she destroyed, a new one took its place. The ships didn’t obey normal laws of physics, making them difficult to kill. Using her cytonic senses, Spensa was able to sense where the delvers were about to move, allowing her to evade attacks. There became too many however, and Chet sacrificed himself to distract them by leaving the ship. As ten thousand more ships emerged from the lightburst, Spensa landed M-Bot on the ground near the lightburst, Doomslug hiding them. M-Bot distracted Spensa, getting her and the others to leave his cockpit, then locking the doors. After saying farewell to Spensa, he sacrificed himself, letting the delvers destroy him and think they’d killed Spensa. The delvers flew away, allowing Spensa, Doomslug, and Hesho to enter the lightburst.{{book ref|sky3|42}}

Spensa entered the lightburst, and the delvers were surprised to find her alive. The delvers werearewere furious at Spensa, angry that she knew their secrets. Spensa felt tired beneath the onslaught of hateful delvers. Amidst all of the hate, she felt one delver that was different, which emanated courage. Spensa latched onto Chet, and they connected, their essences intertwining. Their minds and souls joined together, becoming one. The delvers tiedtried to destroy Spensa and Chet, but touching her hurt them. A location clicked into Spensa’s mind, and she hyperjumped back to Detritus, holding Hesho and Doomslug.{{book ref|sky3|43}} Spensa emerged in the caverns of Detritus, then hyperjumped to Platform Prime, appearing before Jorgen and several DDF officials. They were alarmed, as her eyes were glowing white like a delver’s. After fainting, she woke up and talked with Jorgen, and had a happy reuinion. Spensa told Jorgen she knew the secrets of the delvers, and also saw that Detritus was orbiting another planet.{{book ref|sky3|epilogue}}