His heart was pounding so hard he could barely see. He was almost out of the compound, but he still had half a mile to go. He gritted his teeth and forced his legs to keep moving, ignoring the pain and the fear that his heart might explode.

Normally moving this fast was cake for Velocity, but this time he had been going full out for almost 10 minutes and it was taking its toll on his system.

A burst of panic enveloped him as his time distortion field nearly lost cohesion, and he focused all his attention on maintaining it. He was still moving multiple times faster than normal time, and he was still in enemy territory.

A few seconds later he was a half mile out and he collapsed into normal time at the rendezvous point, gasping for air, barely conscious and unable to move.

“Transit, we need a port, NOW !” Void yelled into his com. “Velocity is here, but he’s down. Get medics on standby!”

There was a burst of energy and Transit appeared, placed her hands on Void and Velocity, and all three of them vanished.