Liam had left Mars and was now in the Voyager, on his way to the Lunar Base Sanctuary.
The spacecraft cut through the void between planets with the same ease a knife moved through water. Through the viewport, Earth hung in the distance like a blue marble, growing slowly larger as the hours passed, while Mars receded behind them.
Liam sat in the captain's chair, his fingers drumming absently against the armrest. The final livestream was done. Now he could focus on what came next.
"Lucy," he said, breaking the comfortable silence that had settled over the bridge. "Send a message to Daniel. Tell him to meet me at the island in a few hours."
"Message sent, master. Daniel has already responded. He says they'll be island before you touch down on Earth," Lucy said, standing beside him.
