Tashee, Rafe, and the girls had experimented with the gloves and found out they only worked for Mina and Nami. The gloves somehow gave great strength or did something to any material it touched so the wearer could break or mould it. The only conclusion they came up with was that it had to be part of the technology from the builders of the bunker. They would see if they could come up with a plan to search for more items left behind by the mysterious inhabitants after the Eshe had left.

'And what's going to happen now?' asked Naylee as she watched the Eshe pack up at dawn and prepare the boat to sail.

'They go home.' K'Kess said. 'Most want go back to family.'

'And the others?' asked Rafe while Tashee and K'Kol checked his leg wound. 'Those that wanted to fight? They might want revenge.'

'They live and grow old on other island we take them, or they left on rock island to starve.' said K'Kess. 'They not go home, to make others safe.'

Rafe nodded.

'And you two?' asked Naylee.

'I go back home.' said Iloma. 'K'Kess go back with me.'

Naylee raised her eyebrows. 'Really?'

They nodded. 'Safer together on long walk through land.' Iloma said. 'We make new home, show we live in peace and not need fighting.'

'Then we wish you good luck.' said Naylee and smiled.

Tashee, Naylee, Mina, Nami, and Rafe waved at the boat as it set sail to go back home with Iloma, K'Kess, and Kamel waving back.

'Where's Wendy?' asked Nami after a few moments.

***

'Wendy!?' the girls called out as soon as they got home at the bunker. They heard noises and something falling and rolling on the floor and hurried to the living room.

'Wendy?' they said again when they found her holding one pup by the scruff of its neck in her mouth as it tried to reach the floor, another pup sticking its head and tongue out from under the pile of floor pillows, a third pup looking innocently from behind a large clay vase on its side, and every other item that wasn't attached to the walls or ceiling no longer in its original place.

Wendy looked back with big eyes and whined softly for help.