What had happened to this place? Where was the Circle now? It couldn't have been the slavers. They couldn't have found the rest of their people. They'd ensured that wouldn't happen. It just couldn't be. He had to believe that.

And Drift...

Zero rolled him to one side and Wing went without protest. "It's okay. I don't know what brought me back, but if I live past today, I intend to find out... somehow."

When Zero moved to cradle him again and lifted him up, Wing tried to reach out to take hold of his armor. His hand bumped ineffectively against the mech, still numb from whatever had been done to kill his pain.

"It's not far from here, but it would be a bit of a walk. The medical center is on the next level up. I can show you."