As soon as Barbara heard the announcement, she ran as fast as she could to the observation deck. The first thing she saw was Howard and Charles suspended in their bubbles. She covered her mouth with a hand in shock and disbelief, shaking her head like it shouldn't be real.

And it shouldn't.

"How could you?!" she cried at the officials and their soldiers, "they're only children! They shouldn't even be involved in this war and all they wanted to do was get away. You should be ashamed of yourselves!"