Jonah felt it happen before he actually saw it.
It was a tearing feeling. It felt like space itself was being ripped open by force.
Every alarm in Haven went off at once.
"Contact!" Warden's voice was loud through the station. "Massive energy signature detected. Distance: two hundred thousand kilometers and closing."
Jonah's eyes quickly opened. Through Haven's sensors, he could see a dark scar that pulsed with wrong energy.
Something huge was coming through.
"All ships, battle stations!" His voice was heard across every comm channel. "This is it. Sterling's here."
The scar became wider. Light bent around it. Then something pushed through.
The Apex.
Calling it a ship felt like calling the ocean a puddle.
The thing was easily ten times the size of Haven's ring, covered in sharp spikes and huge cannons that locked into them, tracking every move they made.
