“Captain here. What is it?” She asked as she caught sight of the clock on her desk. It was barely one in the morning.
“Sorry to wake you Kath,” John’s voice crackled over the comm link. “But I’ve just had some news that you should hear in person.”
“Hyde?” Katherine suddenly lost her crankiness at being woken.
“Yes.”
“I’ll be there shortly.”
Katherine quickly threw on her uniform and made her way through the nighttime quiet of the ships corridors to the officers’ quarters. She pressed the chime and was admitted immediately to the room by her brother who was still dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown.
“Where is he?” Katherine asked as soon as the door was closed.
“Here on Junter Three.”
“What!”
John handed a datapad across to her. “Read this.”