Chapter 48
CY-HC-2347 “Cyeechie” Orbit, Australia
After months of boredom were broken by the discovery of the alien ship, and the time travelers, it would have been easy to forget why they had come. As Helen stood in the control center beside Blackstone, looking at the holographic world displayed before them, it was suddenly very real.
Her gut twisted as if she stood at the edge of a window into space. With just a step, it looked as if she could fly out down to the blue and white world below. Despite Muriel’s repeated warnings about their course, Blackstone hadn’t altered the Australia’s path.
Helen glanced at her boss. White hair pulled back, held with a shiny, polished wood clip, so dark that it looked black against the white hair. Her face was perfect, composed as always as she rega
