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Besis observed the carnage with great interest. Multiple Cabal ships were down, and a few of their Skiffs had fallen. But the Ketch was still afloat, despite the barrages of Cabal artillery.

Bracus Vor'umic had had enough of this. He wanted the Fallen eradicated, and soon. "Is there nothing that can kill these worms?!" He roared.

The Guardians, meanwhile, had made their way to the reactor sublevel. Curran took a look around. "Look for a status monitor or something." Cev searched through several terminals, activating them as he went. "I found one!" He said. They all went over to him. A diagram of the reactor's status and compnents was displayed on the screen. "Says here that the reactor was damaged during the Collapse. Is in emergency shut-down mode. If we reactivate its secondary generators, we should be able to initiate its self-destruct failsafe."

"Where are the generators?" Terra asked. Cev pointed. "Both sides of the room." Curran and Osagia both proceeded to a generator and ordered their Ghosts to work on them. In minutes, the generators hummed to life and lights flickered on. The reactor whirred and glowed as it powered up again. "Energy core is stable." Cev reported. "But the fuel is kind of low."

"Is that bad?" Osagia asked. Curran turned to her. "It gives us less time until the reactor blows to escape."

"Oh..." Cev searched through data logs. "I found a coolant reserve. We can use that to delay the explosion. But, once it runs out, we'll have about two and a half minutes to get topside."

"We can make it." Curran said confidently. "Ghost, access the failsafes."

"Excuse me..." The device said to Cev as it tapped into the computer. It brought up a failsafe list and selected the self-destruct function. A dozen warning icons appeared, demanding an override. The Ghost huffed in amusement. "I don't need an override." The warning icons disappeared, and the screen turned red. "Countdown initiated, coolant is flowing. We have five minutes."

"Then let's move!" Osagia said. "Best damn idea I've heard all day." Cev said. They exited the room, followed by Terra. Curran and his Ghost followed last, and sealed the massive door behind them.

Besis smiled as three dozen more Cabal squads fell to his Skiffs and Ketch. "Forward!" He demanded. "And finish them!"

The battle sounds, unbelievably, were getting quieter as the Guardians raced towards the surface. "Sounds like someone's about to win!" Osagia said. Cev nodded. "As long as it's us, I don't mind!"