Chapter 105

Back on the Eclipse, the team was exhausted and battered. Neil was in critical condition, and Mary refused to leave his side.

"We can't keep doing this," Aralina said, her voice breaking. "We're losing too much."

Wil placed a hand on her shoulder. "We have to keep fighting. For everyone we've lost, and for everyone we can still save."

In the following weeks, the team worked tirelessly to piece together the information they had gathered. The Valtari provided additional resources, and together they began to trace the origin of the Abyssal energy.

Their investigation led them to a hidden facility on a remote planet. The facility was heavily guarded, its defenses suggesting it was of significant importance to their unseen enemy.

"We need to infiltrate and find out what they're hiding," Wil said, briefing the team. "This could be the key to understanding and stopping the Abyssal threat."