The Rift

Chapter 18. the Inkling Conspiracy

"Do you blame me?" Lincoln asked.

He and Luan were sitting in Lincoln's room on the ship. They had moved one of the beds from Luan's room (which she had shared with the now late Luna) into Lincoln's room so she could sleep in there until they got back to Earth.

"No, I just." Luan looked out the window. Into the darkness of space. The ship wasn't moving. No one knew where to go. It was a time of morning on Shipzilla. "I kind of wish you had made the other choice. To go back to Earth and help Zax fight the Red King."

"We don't know if that would have saved Luna." Lincoln said.

"You didn't even care." Luan said. "When Crow threw those boots on the ground, all you cared about was that stupid computer. All you wanted was to know The Red King's name. you didn't even react to Luna being dead."

"Luan of course I care." Lincoln said. "It's just, a lot was happening all at once. But believe me, I miss her too."

"The Red King is a murderer," Luan said through her tears. "That's all I need to know. I want him to pay for what he did, for what he took from us."

"I want him to pay too." Lincoln said. "but we can't just go on a mindless revenge trip. Especially not against a guy like The Red King. He can make you explode just by thinking about it."

"you have the same powers he has." Luan said. "You can kill him."

"Luan, I don't even know how these powers work." Lincoln said. "They just showed up out of nowhere. And if I'm being honest, they scare me. Plus, whatever happens to him, happens to me. What do you think will happen to me if I kill the Red King?"

"Then we'll just have to break that quantum entanglement thing." Luan said.

"Then I'd lose my powers." Lincoln said.

"We can take him." Luan said. "If we all work together."

"Luan he would rip through us like toilet paper." Lincoln said.

"I don't care," Luan said. "I don't care if I die. I just want the Red King to suffer."

Lincoln had never seen Luan like this before. It scared him.

...

Meanwhile in Lisa's room...

Lisa starred at the DNA scanner she had used to scan a sample of the Red King's blood. Even after all this time, it was only 70% complete.

"Hey, Pal." Lisa said. "Why is this thing so frustratingly slow?"

"Probably because it's older than the ship." Pal replied.

"Goo?" Lilly said.

"I don't know if it's a gift or a curse," Lisa said. "That you will likely never remember any of this."

Lincoln woke up the next morning... or the next best thing to morning as there was no morning in space.

"Morning Lincoln." Luan said.

"Morning."

"About last night." Luan said. "I hope you don't think I'm mad at you or something."
"I don't." Lincoln smiled.

The group gathered in the main deck.

"Ok guys, we really need to talk about something." Lori said. "We need to discuss what to do next. I know we're all really sad, but we can't just sit around in space waiting to starve to death."

"I think we should go to that inkling place." Lynn suggested. "Put a stop to what's going on there."

"No." Luan said. "We should head to the Singularity and kill the Red King."