Michelay

Chapter 1       Alarms blared in the asteroid base, echoing off the cement walls. The noise made the air tremble and vibrated off of Alex’s eardrums. Luckily, his communication device had a function to dampen background noise. Lights flashed. The alcove housing one of the base’s computer access ports flooded with eerie, blood-red light and then plunged into darkness—a technique meant to disorient intruders. Good thing Alex’s visor mitigated the effect. “They’ve detected us.” Alexander Donson, captain of the Intergalactic Civilian Defense Agency’s #26th team, retreated from the corner he had been peeking around. He swung around to a girl with cocoa-brown skin and shiny, kinky-curly black hair that rested on her back. “Get a move on, Dani! They’ll be here any second.” “Stop rushing me.” Danielle, the team’s Technical Specialist, crouched in front the access port. The panel that had been covering it lay on the ground by her feet. Her DataHub, a flat device with a screen, had been plugged