Chapter 3

"So what do we know?" the Captain asked.

"The Tumara has been missing for a week," Archer began. "No distress signals or communications of any kind since then."

"We're talkin' a Bermuda Triangle type disappearance right, Capt'n?" Trip asked.

"Sounds like it," Michael commented.

"If you believe in those ghost stories," the Captain of Challenger replied.

"Wait a minute," Steve stated. "The Tumara's last known coordinates were about here, right?"

"Correct," T'Pol told him.

"Do you think the ship may have experienced a type of anomaly like in the Expanse?" Steve asked.

"Is he always this in depth?" Malcolm asked.

"Ask Captain Archer," the Captain of Challenger replied. "Steve's a Stanford grad like he is."

Archer shot her a look. She smiled innocently at him.

"Here we go again," Michael sighed. "Why did I sign up for this?" He look up at the ceiling.

"She forced you, remember," Steve replied pointing at his commanding officer with his thumb.

"Next time you drag me into somethin', forget it," Michael stated pointing his right index finger at her.

"You'd drop everything if I dragged you down to Florida to beat Carl's ass," she commented. "You still want to haul him in as it is."

"I'm not the only one," he said sarcastically. His eyes became filled with pain. Florida, he thought. The place where we could finally prove everyone wrong.

"So the Tumara could have been sucked into another reality, another plain of existence?" the Captain of Challenger asked.

"Possibly," T'Pol stated. "Although the Vulcan Science Directorate does not believe this to be true. However, I am trying to keep an open mind that this could be the case."

"What has your crew found out?" Archer asked the Captain.

"There is a belt not far from here," she told him as she pointed it out on the screen in the command center. "It appears that the belt is moving at a slow rate of speed. It also appears to have the characteristics of a mist or something."

"More scans need to be taken," Michael informed Archer.

"Let's get to work to see where the Tumara is and if the crew is safe," Archer replied.

With that, both crews went their separate ways.

End of Chapter 3