Summary

This is the beginning of Phase 3 of the book. Thanks to the hacking method Lex taught Zach, he finds his father in the water. Xavier is unconscious but alive. Zach flies them both home. The news speaks of victory all over the earth. He has his mother meet them there with a first aid kit. There is a euphoric family reunion. Xavier is loopy from the painkillers administered to him by the pod’s medical hook-up, but he only has a concussion and a laceration. Zach’s mom takes Xavier in to take care of him, but Zach goes to Diehl’s house because he has a plan. Diehl is there talking to Cruz on his computer and Zach tells them everything.

Although the humans won the first battle because of Xavier, it is well known that there would be two more waves...