Chapter Thirteen: Darkness Falls Across the Land
As much as she enjoyed sitting in the captain’s chair, Chief Engineer Maighdlin “Scotty” Scott couldn’t have felt more uncomfortable. Chekhov, Sulu, Nyoto, and everyone else were doing their part on the bridge. At times, Scotty wondered why Captain Jace left her in charge of the Enterprise when her expertise was best suited in the engineering room. But she dared not question the captain’s orders. “Where are ya, captain?” she muttered. It had been hours since Jace and her away team reported in and Scotty was beginning to get worried. And then something happened on the viewscreen that stunned Scotty and the bridge crew: Earth had been swallowed up by a shadow. The entire planet went from being green-and-blue to black nothingness in seconds. ...