I like this next chapter alot, so I hope you do as well. The characters introduced here have been mentioned previously. If necessary, refer back to earlier posts.
Chapter Four
Bram Corvin was a Skrill. Of course, he was not a normal Skrill, for none of that skeletal race would have ever been allowed on the planet, much less appointed Head Security Director of the Atlantis Project. In appearance, there were no differences between he and a normal Tulovian. Indeed, for the first fifteen centuries of his life, Bram had been one.
However, thirty-seven years ago, he had disappeared for two weeks. Upon his return, the soldier told his superiors it had been a family emergency and no more was said of the matter. Yet, the truth was quite different.
On patrol in M51, commonly known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, largest of a cluster of several nebulae in the Hunting Dogs constellation, Bram had encountered an unregistered vessel of a design with which he was unfamiliar, similar to a squid without its tentacles. When hailing produced no answer, the pilot attempted to scan for lifeforms. The scout ship