CHAPTER TEN
A chilling silence fell across the Council Chamber like a curtain when Captain Galaxy said that. Even Nicknacks looked more disturbed than he normally did, as if even he had not expected her to say that. Bolt shifted his weight slightly, hoping that Captain Galaxy would explain what she just said.
“I don’t understand,” said Omega Man at last. “How does the Darzens getting the Soul Crown equal the deaths of every human on Earth?”
“You have to understand what the Soul Crown is,” said Captain Galaxy. “Let me show it to you.”
Captain Galaxy tapped a few buttons on the touch screen on her arm and aimed her wrist at a nearby wall. An image was projected onto the wall, depicting what looked like a giant horned crown encrusted with seven sparkling gems of different colors. The imag
