The starship Odyssey drifted through the blackness between galaxies, its sensors picking up an anomaly—a tear in space-time, pulsing with energy. Captain Elena Vasquez stood on the bridge, her eyes on the viewscreen.
"Command, this is Odyssey. I've found something."
"Copy, Odyssey. What is it?"
"A rift. It wasn't there before."
The Builder leader appeared beside her. "It's a doorway. To another universe."
Elena's blood ran cold. "Who built it?"
"We don't know. But we need to close it before something comes through."
The Odyssey approached the rift, its scanners probing th