Chapter 9It was silent on the bridge attwo p.m.the next day. The blue-white sun burned ferociously in the sky. Onascreen, Demos looked like an insignificant speck in the sky. Iguessed we were about eighty thousand miles away from the planet.Kayli stood by me and gave me the thumbs up sign. The blue-whiteincreased the heat on the ship’s shields, but we could stand it fora while. And I didn’t plan staying for more than a minute or so.Weapons Officer Creedy looked alert. Engineering Officer KyleNextonsat next to her, steering into about three of his computers.Everything looked calm.
“Everything a go, Ms. Creedy?”
“Yes, sir. All systems are ready,”she said.
“Major, the planet has stopped,”Nexton shouted.
“Stopped?”
“Yes, sir. Now it’s stationary inspace.”
I shrugged. “Maybe it has found
