Scarves

Thank God for Beckett

Lyrenna's pov (In her quarters)

There's so many thoughts running through my head, but I try to keep focus off one. He's gone, forever. and there's no getting him back. And it's my own damn fault. Beckett taps my shoulder, and I roll over.

"Lyre-" I interupted him.

"Don't call me that. That was Avery's nickname for me." My eyes start to water again. But i force them back, no more being weak. I sit up and look at Beckett.

"Fine, Lyren. How about that? I think it suits you. Anyway, I think I've figured out how Avery died and why Jessica didn't. But I need to know something, do you know what the alarm was for?"

"No, but the captain does. When she came in and saw Avery, she said that's why the alarm went off."

"Hmm, I'm going to give the captain a call real quick." He takes out his tablet and clicks on the video call with the captain. She answers and looks scared. "Beckett? Why are you calling me? I'm trying to figure out where Mother went."

"I just had a quick question. What was the alarm that went off in the cryo room?"

"Huh? Oh, that was the alarm saying something was wrong with one of the pods and someone had died. You obviously know who that was." Beckett nods and hangs up.

"Well then that just proves my theory. Lyrenna, Avery died because something was very wrong with his pod. I talked to Kelsey and she said she remembers a glass wall coming between her and Felix. That wall is the reason why Jess only cam out out slightly scaved and why Avery died."

"What was wrong with their pod Beck?" I ask, tears welling again.

"When the ship went haywire, pure liquid nitrogen was released into Avery's side of the pod. It mixed with his oxygen and he breathed in too much of it. Breathing one or two breaths only causes unconciousness but anymore is deadly. When the wall came down before the pod opened and the filtration system could get rid of the nitro, Jess got a whiff or two of it which caused her unconciousness. I was hoping that when I saw that Avery wasn't breathing, that it was because of the shock in his body and he'd start breathing again like Jess. I guess that wasn't the case." Beckett looked down tears welling in his own eyes, giving them a glassy look. He looks back up at me.

"Oh my god. How did you figure that out?" I ask, with a very big shocked expression. Mostly because a 14 year old boy figured out something no one could have.

"It was the only way Avery could have died and Jess didn't. Plus nitrogen is used in cryogenics but pure nitrogen is usually filtered before its used. The ship went haywire, Avery died, Jess had all the syptoms, and the alarm. I just pieced it together." He shrugs, silent tears running down his face.

My dad always told me that silent tears hold the loudest pain, so grabbed Beckett's shoulders and brought him into a hug. We both cried together as the memories of my times with Avery and the weight of how he died crashed on my shoulders. I don't know why Beckett was crying, maybe it was trauma, but we both needed it.

Kelsey's pov (after Beckett and Lyrenna left)

Beckett gave me a sad smile as he left knowing what I had to do. When the door closed, my silent tears finally fell. No one knew this, but while Avery had been on the run for two years, I went with him for a while. Not because we were in love or anything, but because I knew how he would feel. I was with him for three months until I was caught in a small town while he was hiding. I was secretly thrown into the sky pod. Everyone thought I was in the lower parts of the city, but no, I was in the sky pod.

When I saw Avery that day I met everyone I'd be disappearing with, hope blossomed inside me. I'd be back with my best friend and we'd be free from the awful laws. Now he's dead, and I know why. I mean, I'm sure Lyrenna does by now and Jessica will when she wakes up. We still have to break it to the twins.

As my silent tears fall, Jessica stirs and opens her eyes abrubtly. She sits up and sees me crying. Then she looks around for her brother.

"Where's Beckett? And what the hell happened?"

"Beckett is with Lyrenna and-" my voice cut out as loud sobs rack my entire body.

"Hey, hey it's alright. We'll sort out whatever is going on. We still have two days."

"No, we don't. The ship went haywire so we had to be kept in cryo for our two days. We are going to Earth today. When the ship went crazy, something went wrong in your pod. Avery is dead Jess, he's gone." Sobs take over my body once again.

"Oh my gosh. He's dead? How?"

"Yeah Jess, he's dead. Pure nitrogen was released into his side of the pod and he breathed in too much of it. It's deadly to humans."

"What do you mean his side of the pod?" She raises her eyebrow

I take a deep breath trying to calm down, "There was a glass wall that came up between us just before we blacked. I caught a glimpse of it. That wall saved your life Jess. If it hadnt been there, you would have breathed in more of the nitrogen. When the wall was released while opening, some of the nitro leaked to your side and you got a whiff, Beckett says that one or two breathes cause unconciousness but anymore causes death."

"Wow. I'm just confused about one thing. Why are you so broken over Avery?"

I told her the whole story, about me and the most wonderful point in my life.