Part 3, Leaving Home: Chapters 48-54 Summary

In Missile, Aya, Hiro, and Frizz follow one of the missiles to a large building. Inside they are covered with some sort of white florescent paint that makes them visible even in their sneak suits.

In Hands, as Aya tries to escape with Moggle's help, someone sets off a jamming program that turns off their hoverball rigs and Moggle.

In An Old Friend, the strange shaped people begin to talk to Aya through Moggle, who they modified after he saved their worker. Aya realizes they think she is Tally, especially when they send in an old friend of Tally's.

In Two Birds with One Stone, the friend of Tally's, Andrew Simpson Smith, tells them that the strange shaped people are not bad. In fact, they have grown concerned about the expanding cities and have come...