The mornings always made Nova restless to see her girls, so she had rolled out of bed early today in order to afford some time to find them before she had to be on deck with the Captain...well, the Captain was still in the surgery, but things had to continue so she would be on deck on the lookout none the less.

She'd been several places they could be, and was almost about to give up and seek them out later when she walked by the Captain's quarters and there they were, standing in the hall outside his door. Curious She sauntered towards them, smiling when they turned to her, but her smile faltered at the looks they wore.

"W-whats happened?"