Zach saw two familiar faces waving at him from the crowd. They were Kayden and Shay.
After seeing them, Zach immediately rushed to them and hugged them both at once with a smile on his face.
"When did you guys arrive here? You should have told me," Zach uttered with a grin.
"We ascended last night in the town nearly 5 hours from here. Then we immediately made our way here at the capital as you have asked us to," Kayden replied.
Zach stayed in touch with Shay and Kayden even after he ascended. He had told them to meet him at the capital, and that's the first thing they did after ascending.
Kayden and Shay were reported to the town, which was obliterated by the Overload.
Fortunately, they left before the Overload annihilated it. Had they been ten minutes late, they would have died without Zach ever knowing the cause of their death.