Prologue

�Anything?� Archer asked, leaning over T�Pol�s station. �A nebula? A comet? M-Class planet? Anything at all?�

�Since fifteen seconds ago?� the Vulcan replied, fixing him with a blank stare. �No.� She turned back to her work, apparently unconcerned that her Captain was going stir- crazy. They had encountered nothing of interest for days, and the brief periods Archer spent on the bridge, twiddling his thumbs or demanding they scan the same bleak area of space one more time, had become tedious to all involved.

�Hoshi, are you picking up any signals from any nearby planets?� The communications officer didn�t bother to speak, or even look at the Captain, afraid her exasperation might show in her eyes. She just shook her head and went back to looking busy and waiting for her shift to end.

�Mr. Reed-� The Armory Officer couldn�t contain his exasperation, and the way he rolled his eyes and the set of his shoulders as he turned toward his Captain had already silenced whatever inane question Archer was about to ask even before T�Pol interrupted.

�Captain, I have something.� Archer had turned and was at her station in the blink of an eye. �Directly off the port bow,� she continued.

�You mean it snuck up on you?� Archer teased. �What is it?�

Then it all happened so fast no one could complain that things weren�t exciting aboard Enterprise anymore.

There was a blinding flash of blue light in the center of the bridge. As everyone turned to look at it, shielding their eyes with their forearms, an explosion rocked the ship and everything went from blinding to pitch black. When the emergency lights cut in a moment later, there in the center of the bridge where the light had been was a woman. As the crew watched, she collapsed right into the Captain�s chair.

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