POV: Thea

I reached for them. Connected to the pieces of my great-grandparents that had survived being unmade.

They were aware. Not fully conscious like they'd been in life. But aware enough to recognize me. Thea, Thelma's fragment whispered. You came.

"I came. And I'm getting you out."

You can't, Xavier's fragment said. We're part of The Unmaker now. Absorbed into ORDER.

"Your love survived being absorbed. That means you're stronger than ORDER. Let me try."

I pulled. Used my expanding consciousness to gather their fragments. To reconstruct what The Unmaker had tried to erase. The Unmaker noticed. "What are you doing?"

"Saving my family. You absorbed them but you...