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Naomi and Serina were stationed in Washington, DC. as Elder Sentinels. Naomi sees an article in a weekly gossip magazine indicating that some person survived being hit by a bus. The article hinted that the survivor might be an alien. A quick check with the Kaleidoscope revealed that all known Elders were accounted for. Naomi and Serina decide to check out this person, just in case. They go to the hospital to which the young woman had been taken only to find that she had been transferred to a federal hospital at Bethesda, MD. Fearing the worst, Naomi and Serina go to the hospital, find the girl and help her to escape. Naomi and Serina subsequently learn that she is the daughter of one of the first surrogate mothers from the Academy. She has most of the Elders' capabilities, but has not been trained in their use. If the girl was not some weird permutation, then the other participants in Elena's Plan could be expected to give birth to daughters like her. And, if the Elder genes were dominant, they could persist for generations. With all these possible Elders walking around all over the country, even all over the world, sooner or later the government would get wind of them and there would be major problems. Naomi and Serina hatch a plan the might just prevent that from happening. Their initial plan involves the President of the United States. Subsequently, they find themselves being pursued by Homeland Security and the District Police.

The elders who had left the Valley through the wormhole find themselves in a hot desert environment. No discernable sky, no vegetation, no water. They explore the area and discover they are in a large cell. Those that had been killed or wounded start disappearing. Ari-Ana confesses everything. Enela comes face to face with their captors. She succeeds in convincing them to provide the Elders with the necessary water. In preparing for an autopsy of a dead Elder the captors helpers let loose ravenous bacteria that infect almost all of the local population. In time the infection begins to spread throughout the alien society. Before their captor dies, he gives Enela the key to their cage and frees them. The elders find themselves on a small island on which they also discover a Gray scout ship, such as the one in the cave back on Earth. An alien arrives with an ultimatum that the elders leave the island, but are put off by Enela and a small show of force. The Elders want to use the alien ship to generate a wormhole back to Earth, but lack the necessary coordinates. The alien leader returns with an absolute ultimatum: the Elders must leave the island, or else. Enela is faced with a scant two days to establish a wormhole that will take the Elders back to Earth. But what surprise will Enela find if she does get back to Earth? Enjoy the thrilling conclusion to the Elder Chronicles.