"You're alive," he said flatly.
"Barely," Kaya muttered, leaning against the wall to catch her breath.
Veer's eyes narrowed. "What happened?"
Cutie glanced at Kaya, then back at Veer. "She flew."
Veer blinked. "She what?"
"I flew," Kaya said, her voice strained. "I don't know how. I just… did."
Veer stared at her for a long moment, his expression unreadable. Then he cursed under his breath. "This just got a lot more complicated."
Kaya decided to move as quickly as possible. Time was running out, and she knew it.
She called Sparrow and the others over. Of course, Sparrow wasn't in high spirits—still sulking from his embarrassing distraction mission—but whatever. That didn't matter right now.
