Mal the ever jerkwad genius managed to dummy body his way out unharmed, and he beamed himself into a satellite.
"Humph I never get to go anywhere these days...." (dangit you ruining my plans for mal
, they will happen according to plan anyways, and probably ahead of schedule.)
Beaming himself from Satellite to satellite, faster then any ship could ever travel, probably 5 days ahead of both Chrono and Blaire, he landed on the swampy planet of Krishnal 5, he materialized out of computer code, into a physical manifestation. However he was no longer Mal, but something else.
"Tango 44-51 reporting in, reached destination ahead of schedule..."
"Excellent 44051, proced with ambush plans... we can't have this interloper foil our plans.."
"Roger..."
The speaker was a tall human like figure, in an all black suit of armor, with computer code still running down it. His head was concealed except for completely nonthreatening sky blue eyes.