In order to buy the colonists enough time to escape, Nova and Quasar attack the Annihilation wave head on. They manouver through an opening in the ships to take the fight directly to Annihilus, who handily defeats Quasar and feeds off of his power. Nova manages to link the Worldmind to Annihilus long enough to have the Worldmind give the order to have his ships attack each other. Nova manages to escape while the Annihilation wave withdraws to regroup. Drax, Cammi and Nova leave together in a craft they manage to salvage.
