Raydon Cooley

OUT OF NOWHERE CHAPTER ONE The innovative battleship Colossal voyaged through the quietness of space at warp-one as Captain Winter stepped from the shower and hastily dried off. Knowing his shift started ten minutes ago, he quickly dressed and headed out the door. He was hoping his second in command would not be all irate about his lateness as he took long strides down the corridor towards the lift. John Winter is a rugged forty-five-year-old handsome man; standing six-three, two-hundred-twenty lbs. with hypnotizing brown eyes and coal-black hair which he kept rather short. He noticed one of his first lieutenants impatiently shuffling back and forth while he approached the lift, and she was so concerned about running behind that his quick advance went unnoticed. When he gave a cheerful greeting the young woman jumped with fright, then turned to him, and began babbling so fast that her words were almost incoherent. “I am so, so sorry, Captain; I know I’m late, it will never