The Afterthought floated a few hundreds of yards from the energy anomaly and was closing fast. ...

As the massive door opened wider still, Daniel saw that the room behind the wall mirrored the visitor's bay in every respect, except that it was completely empty. ...

Daniel briefly thought about chasing after his hijacked ship ...

The Afterthought did another about-face and sped directly toward a wall that was five miles distant, hundreds of feet tall and incomprehensibly wide. ...

When the lift plate touched down, Daniel didn’t move. ...

“So, where are we going?” Daniel said nervously, watching the flames creep closer to the maintenance bay’s largest pile of flammable scrap. ...

The Afterthought didn't have a fire suppression system. ...

“We can even get burgers before we go," Daniel said. "The food's pretty good here at 'Containment Facility One.'" ...