>>> 2015-03-01 13:17 UTC+10; Asexual Initiative Centre, Melbourne, Australia offices.

There was an audible sigh of relief when Tali’s marker showed that they were underground and heading to safety.

‘This is not a time to be complacent,’ Jennifer said anyway. She shifted the visuals to the diversion. ‘All div-agents, retreat!’ Jennifer shifted to a different comm-line. ‘I need you to hack those Hunter lines!’

Rapidly, she sent someone to go meet up with Tali and the others, and it was just a little close-call to have Michael and the other dragon get back to headquarters safe, but it happened, and they had done it.

The dragons and the agents holding the visuals dropped it at Jennifer’s command, and she told them to go rest as she called in the their medics to tend with all those returning to the centre.

Jennifer headed down to see them; Tali, Lena, Alex and the child were all dirty, but mercifully alive, and the new dragon was fading, and Jennifer got to see it return to the child’s heart. Michael was bleeding all over the floor, again, but he just smirked at her when he transformed back to human.

Jennifer sighed, then quirked a smile and clapped her hands. ‘Good work, everyone!’