Chapter 4

After a short trip through the twists and turns of the wormhole, the Maru appeared on the other side. "Well, that wasn't so bad, was it?" asked Beka. "Yeah, tell that to my stomach." said Harper, clinging onto the railing for dear life. "Harper, we've been through worse than this." said Trance, helping Harper to his feet. "Please, don't remind me." replied Harper. "Well, as soon as the ship's controls start working again," said Beka, "we can figure where and when we are and get going." As Beka tried wrestled with the unresponsive Maru, a flashing button on the panel caught her eye. "Well, we have a ship coming in out of slipstream." said Beka, looking out into space. A medium-sized, dark red starship came zooming by as though they didn't even see the Maru. "Should we hail them?" asked Trance. "No need, they just hailed us," said Beka, "This is Beka Valentine, captain of the Eureka Maru." "Do you require assistance?" a familiar-sounding voice coming through the comm asked. "Yes, and who am I speaking to?" Suddenly, visual communications came up, and Beka, Trance, and Harper could only stare at the face on the screen that said, "This is Seamus Zelazny Harper, captain of the Crimson Arrow."