Chapter 50

The wall swallowed Ray.

She might not have believed it if Zak hadn't said, "Did that ice just eat Ray?"

She nodded.

"Shiiiiit." Zak sighed the word. "What do we do now?"

Fifteen percent.

Her suit kept losing power. And Ray had disappeared.

Nema blinked as if that would suddenly make him reappear. The wall remained unbroken.

The hum within her, almost a voice, rose in demand. Urging her.

Come. Come and find us.

She was afraid though.

"Ray!" Zak yelled his friend's name as if that would bring him back.

There was no reply, not through the wall or via their headset. But their time was ticking.

Touch the wall or not? Had it eaten Ray or rescued him?

Ten percent.

Either they died, frozen on this lost planet, or they tried.

"Touch the wall," she said, even as the humming inside her increased, excited with her choice.

"What if it's a monster and touching it just feeds us to it?"