Despite the threat that Arden poses to the entire rebel cause, Victoria refuses to kill her sister if there's a chance that she can be saved. Using Daphnii's special telepathic powers, Victoria goes inside Arden's mind to search for a cure to the Vortix virus.

Victoria and her rebel crew find themselves on the counter-attack and struggle to defend themselves against a Vortix swarm assault and rising temperatures onboard the ship. When hope seems lost, they receive a message from Tiggle who, along with Endar, executes a life-altering diversion.