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The vessel was waiting, its hatch open, the pale figure inside.

"You came," it said.

"I need answers," Lena replied.

The figure gestured to a pedestal, where a crystal floated, pulsing with light.

"This is the artifact. It contains the memories of our species-our knowledge, our history, our warnings."

"Warnings about what?"

The figure's black eyes dimmed. "About the Swarm. They are coming. They have consumed a hundred worlds. Earth is next."

Lena's blood ran cold. "How do we stop them?"

The figure touched the crystal. It flared, images flooding Lena's mind-fleet movements, battle tactics, a weapon.

"The artifact can power a shield around your planet. But it requires a sacrifice."

"What kind of sacrifice?"

The figure looked at her. "A life. A willing one."

Lena hesitated. Her crew was watching through the station's cameras.

"I'll do it," she said.

"No," a voice crackled over her radio. Commander Reyes, her second-in-command. "We'll find another way."

"There is no other way," the figure said.

Lena placed her hand on the crystal. It grew warm, then hot. Light engulfed her.

When it faded, she was still alive.

"The sacrifice was not your death," the figure said. "It was your fear."

The shield activated, surrounding Earth.

"The Swarm will not penetrate it," the figure said.

Lena looked at her hands, still glowing faintly.

"What now?" she asked.

The figure smiled. "Now we prepare for war."

She swam back to the station, the artifact's light fading behind her.

The battle for Earth was just beginning.

And Lena Martinez was ready. She had to be. The Swarm was coming. And she would be waiting.

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