The door led to a long, curved hallway with few places to hide. But there weren't many scientists this way, and security was light along the halls.

"When my mom died, my dad managed to contact me from the Null Void and told me to get him out," he admitted. If he didn't sound too broken up about his biological mother's death, it was because his biological family had almost no meaning to him anymore. "I had to figure out the rest. I snuck on a transport shuttle heading to another colony, then snuck onto a tour shuttle headed to Earth. There was a group of kids there for a school trip, so no one looked twice at just another kid being there."

The hall ended in two passageways. One led to an elevator with a few security guards posted. The other led to an emergency staircase, with no guards.

"We'll want to go this way."