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    A NEW TREK A.

     Volume Three

This is the tale of a runaway spaceship. On that day it was the last three hour tour in the ship. The ship, the most powerful ship ever built - called a Starship, was lost. The ship was lost with no crew.
                                                               INTO THE SUN. 

       Janet comes by the cryo chamber, and notices something inside of it. She picks it up, and wonders what it is. So she goes and brings it to Sara and asks her about it.  
       Sara says; "It's a hat. You put it on top of your head."       
       "But why?" Janet asks.       
       "Some people like to wear them. Although, I don't think there's any need to wear one in a spaceship. On earth, many people wore them to protect them from the sun. But we don't need them here."         
       "You got it here, in this ship?" Sara asks with puzzlement. "How did you get ahold of a hat?"         
       "I found it." Janet did not want to say more. "So no one wears them?" Janet asks.      
       "Not really." Sara replies.       
       So Janet goes away, deciding that she's going to wear it, and puts it on her head.        
       Sara thinks for awhile on this. Then she goes to find Cash.           

       Meanwhile, Mic is with the children, and it's storytime: So Mic is in the room where the children have gathered, and she says; "Okay kids, this is going to be a Monoray story."        
       And the children cheer; "Yay!"          
       So Mic starts; "So the title of this one is called; 'The Dinner Party #1'." So Mic reading ahead a bit says; "So this must be up in the mountains on earth." So she starts;        

       'Among houses in the mountains, this man likes to take walks at night. This night is another walk, and he decides to turn off on this one street, where few people go; the path less traveled, because there's only one house on it. So as he's walking along, he looks over and sees a house, and it has a sign out front.       
       So now feeling a bit hungry, and also having a chance to meet some neighbors, he walks to the front door and knocks.           
       The door opens and he says to the man inside; Uh, I was walking by, and saw your sign out front.       
       And the man inside says; Oh yes, yes, come in.       
       Then he asks the man in the house; I'm not too early, am I. Or too late? I was just hungry, and saw your sign. Then adds; Oh, is it only for relations? He says hurriedly.       
       And the man inside replies; No, no, it's for anyone and everyone, whoever wants to come, like the sign says. You're not too early or too late, you're right on time. And aren't we all hungry, he says. Come in. Then adds; Oh, is it only you, no one else out there?       
       No, it's only me. He says nervously.         
       Well come in, then. The man of the house says invitingly.      
       So the man who took a walk, steps inside the house.        
       Did you bring any veggies? The man of the house asks.         
       Oh. I, I didn't know to bring anything.         
       Oh well, it can't be helped, we'll just have to make do. It seems like that's the way it always is. He says with a sigh.          
       Maybe you should have that on your sign... I mean about bringing veggies?        
       Oh never mind that. The man of the house says.        
       The man is looking around, and he sees over in another room, a large oval table. And it's set with a bunch of plates and utensils, put over a white table cloth. But he sees no one else around. So he asks; Am I the only one to come tonight?         
       No, you're not the only one. They all go to the kitchen, and that's where you go.       
       Oh, do we all help with the cooking?         
       Something like that. The man of the house says. Now in the kitchen you go, you don't want to keep us all waiting, do you?        
       So he does what he's told, and walks into the kitchen hesitantly. And in there, he sees a large blood stained table and two large men dressed in white and holding large butcher knives, and the door is closed behind him. And he says; Hey, what is this? I came for dinner, I'm a guest! The sign out front said; 'Dinner Party, Come one, come all.'         
       And one of the large men says to him; Dinner party? We're the new Donner Party, and we're having you for dinner.'       
       As the story went along, the children went from attentive, to absorbed, to concerned. But they know that it's only a story.      
       So now Mic discusses the story and what it might mean.       

       Now Sara finds Cash, it's a large ship; "Cash, I want to talk to you."       
       "Okay, what is it?"       
       "It's Janet. Can't we do something about her?" She says earnestly.         
       "Now you know we've had this discussion, a number of times. We all have."         
       "But is this going to go on forever?" Sara pleads. "And Janet is wearing something now, it's a hat. So why can't we get her to be normal, or do something else with her?"        
       "She's wearing a hat?"        
       "Yes, she's wearing a hat, Cash! It's a fishing hat with a fish design on it, she's wearing it!" Sara says in vexation.       
       "Well, as I said, we've all talked about this." Cash says with some frustration. "We've all decided that we're not going to throw her out of the ship, that would be murder, we're not going to lock her up, that would be prison, we're not going to give her to someone, there's no one to give her to, and we can't make her do what we want. At least she stays away from the children. Do you have any ideas?"     
        "No." Sara says. "But surely there's something..."        
       Cash shakes his head in exasperation and walks away.         
       Cash comes into one of the many rooms of the ship and finds Avery there:        
       Oh, hi Avery." Cash says.        
       "Hey, hi. Anything new?" Avery asks.      
       "Not really." Then remembering; "Oh, there is one thing; Janet is now wearing a hat!"       
       "I'm sure that will cover her up. What sort of hat is it?"         
       "Well, it's sort of like one of those fishing hats, and it has the design of a fish on it."        
       "A fish? Oh, that's my hat! And it's not a fish, it's a Starship."        
       "I did not know that it was yours. Do you want me to get it from her for you?"       
       "No, let her wear it. At least she'll be wearing something."        





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       Mic comes into the room and she says; "Hey you two, we've found another planet. It will take some time to get there, but I think we're going to try going down to it. We'll take a Starshuttle. Oh, and Avery, did you hear that Janet is now dressed, yeah, she's wearing a hat! And it has the design of a fish on it."       
       "That's not a fish, it's a Starship!" Avery says. "If you go, I'd like to go with."         
       "Why?" Cash asks.       
       "Why not?" Avery asks. "I'm one of you now, aren't I? Sort of one of the crew, if you think of yourselves that way. F Any would be the closest, I guess. But all this ship has, is us. And I know things that none of you will know. So I might help."      
       "In a wheelchair? Cash says, not so much as a question. We're not taking any wheelchairs."        
       "But I know things."        
       "What could you know Avery? You've been asleep for hundreds of years, or whatever that was, in that chamber. You're behind the times Avery. What could you know about the modern era? We are 400 years past when you were last aware of things when you were on earth. Whatever year that was when you were on earth, we are now in the year 2501, if you don't know it."         
       Mic is listening as Cash goes on; "We are in a lost ship, searching for earth. What do you know, Avery? Can you tell us where earth is? Of course not!"          
       And it's us that have been running the ship, not you, you're stuck in that wheelchair."         
       "392 years!" Avery exclaims." And I know that. But I know things."         
       "And another thing Avery, it was us who rescued Janet while you did nothing."         
       "What?! I was in the chamber, how could I do anything?!"
       "But I'm wondering if I should have, Janet has been something of a nuisance, going around the ship naked all the time. Sure, I'm a man, but all the time naked!"           
       "No Cash," Mic says "don't think that, you did the correct thing to have saved Janet."          
       Now sounding more irritated, Cash says; "And another thing Avery, if you don't get out of that wheelchair, you'll never walk again!"     
       Now Mic speaks up again; "Aren't you being rather harsh, Cash? Who are you angry at?"           In trying to justify his value, Avery blurts out the only thing he can think of at the moment; "Gravity! I bet you don't know what gravity is. I know all about it."         
       "You think you know gravity, do you? I've got news for you, everyone knows what gravity is! That was all figured out hundreds of years ago, there's nothing left to know. You are behind the times Avery. What more can I say?"        
      Now Avery must stick with it; "Really, you think so?" he replies incredulously. "Well, I've got news for you, Einstein and Newton never knew what gravity was, but I do."     
      "Einstein? You are behind the times, Avery. It wasn't Einstein or Newton, it was someone totally different. Avery, don't embarrass yourself any further with your archaic knowledge."      
       "Someone else? Avery says with great surprise. "Who was that?"       









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       "It was a guy named Frederique. And he figured it all out, better than those other guys did."         "Frederique? Who the hell is that? I never heard of him!"          
       "Not only that, but this guy, the guy who came up with the theory, is generally known as the smartest man on earth, smarter than Einstein, since it became known that Einstein really didn't know gravity, when everyone thought he did."         
       "So who is he?" Avery asks impatiently.         
       "Okay," Cash says. "I'll look him up for you." So Cash goes and gets a computer pad, and looks it up. And then he says: "Okay, so what do you want to know?"          
       "Well, let's start with his full name, and when did he have a theory of gravity?"        
       "Okay." Cash says. Then he says; "Oh. Oh!" then he pauses. "I'm sorry Avery, I've misspoken, it's not a man, it's a woman. But that's strange, I thought it was a man."       
       Mic speaks up again saying; "Well, I thought it was a woman."     
       "A woman! Are you kidding? A woman came up with a theory of gravity, that the whole world accepted?" Avery says incredulously.         
       Then Mic speaks up now with her 'feathers a bit ruffled' and says; "Why is that so difficult to accept Avery? I'm beginning to agree with Cash, that you are behind the times."       
       "So what's her full name?" Avery asks in an irritated manner.        
       Cash takes another look, and says; "It's a, Miss, Starla, Anna, Frederique."       
       "A Miss Starla Anna Frederique? My Starla? My Starla?!" Avery says in a shocked voice, with tears starting to come to his eyes.         
       "Did you know her?" Both Cash and Mic asks in unison with surprise.        
       "What's the theory, tell me the theory." Avery asks anxiously.        
       "Okay." Cash says. "The theory is that there's no such thing as the pull of gravity, that what gravity is, is a combination of centrifugal forces."       
       "That's my theory!" Avery says elatedly, almost shouting. "It must be my Starla!"         
       "You! Had your own theory of gravity?" Cash says with surprise. "And that was it?"        
       "Yeah, and I guess Starla published it in her name."          
       "So if you knew this Starla, then why didn't you know her name at first?"         
       And Mic adds; "And why did Cash think that it was a man? I remember a woman."         
       Cash is looking at his pad, while Avery replies; "I never knew Starla's maiden name. Damn, I never asked her. I didn't ask her much about herself. I was too busy telling her things."         "Hold on," Cash says looking at Mic; "it says here that this Starla got the theory from someone else, and that this someone was a man."          
       "What's his name?" Avery asks anxiously.        
       "It's Monoray!" Cash says with surprise. "The Great Monoray. A mister, Avery, Monoray."      
       And tears comes to Avery's face.        
       "Monoray." Cash ponders. "I did not know that these two people were the same. But it's strange that he has the name Avery, same as you Avery."       










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       And Avery says; "That's me! I'm Monoray." Avery barely manages to say in a choked manner. Avery is almost unable to speak as he says; "My Starla published my theory, but gave me the credit!" He says as he's crying.       
       "You're the Monoray? The Great Monoray," Cash says with shock. "The man who finally solved the mysteries of gravity? That was you?" Cash says looking at Avery. "Oh Avery, I'm sorry the way I've treated you. I had no idea!"         
       "But the Monoray died hundreds of years ago." Mic says. How can you be him if he's dead?        
       Avery replies; "I hope I'm not dead. Do I seem like I'm dead?"          
       Then Cash reading more, says; "It says here that Monoray went missing. Then after many years was pronounced dead. So this is why we all know him as dead."       
       "So when did Starla get around to publishing my theory?" Avery asks as he's wiping away tears.        
       "It says here it was the year 2146. But says that the theory wasn't widely accepted until about 60 years later. After the dead pronouncement, Starla was then able to get it published."   
      "She published my theory!" Avery says with a few more tears, "But it took her a long time." Then after a bit, he says; "Somehow, she could not get me out of that damn thing. But never gave up on me! I presume she never married, since it seems that her maiden name did not change. I'm sorry you two, Starla was my best friend for a awhile, I think I'm going to be crying for some time. At least I now have some idea of what happened to her."        
       "So Avery, if you had not been trapped in that thing, what age would you have been in 2146?" Cash asks.      
       "Oh, ah, I'm bad at math. As I used to tell Starla."         
       "Well," Mic says, "What year were you born?"        
       "I was born just after World War III in 2040."         
       "So," Mic says, "If he had lived long enough, he would have been 106 years old."       
       "That's younger than he is now!" Cash jokes. "And what age was Starla in 2146, when she published your theory?"         
       "Ah, bad at math again."          
       "When was she born?" Mic asks.          
       "Well, let's see." Avery thinks. "When I met her, she was 13. And the year was... 2103."        
       "So she was 56 in 2146." Mic says.        
       "How you do math, I don't know. Hmm, 56. I can't imagine her being that old." All this is making Avery think more about the years that he missed being with his dearly loved Starla. So he says; "Okay you two, Starla was very important to me, as I said. I'm going to need to cry."        

                                                              Janet's Entire Attire.

       Later, Janet has heard of Avery being "The Great Monoray", and comes to him. She hesitantly asks him; "Hey Avery, I wonder if you can tell me why no one likes me."       







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       "I like you."          
       "Other than you." She says as if that should be plainly evident.        
       Surprised that she would think this, after all, Janet is a young hot babe (and naked). Avery asks; "Why do you think that they don't like you?"         
       "Because, when I come in, I notice that they turn away. Plus, I'm not invited to a lot of meetings, as if I could have nothing to add."           
       "Hmm. I'll think about it." So Janet leaves. Avery knows the reason why, of course, and thinks for awhile. Then Avery asks for Sara to come to him.       
       Sara comes in. Avery tells her his plan. Janet gets told to come in again. So Janet comes in, and Avery says; "Hey Janet, I think I've figured it out."         
       And Janet stands waiting, staring at him. So he says; "It's because you have no camel toe."         "Camel toe?" She looks down at her feet. "That sounds bad."          
       "No, it's not bad, people like it. And they'll like you better for it."        
       "So how do I get some camel toe?"         
       "Well, you have to wear something to have camel toe."           
       "But I keep telling them, I don't want to wear anything."           
       "You're wearing my hat, and you like that, don't you?" Avery pauses. "The only way to get camel toe is to wear something, you know down there, it must be a pant of some sort. And then they will like you."        
       "Okay, I'll try it Avery, a pant."        
       "But wait, it needs to be more than only a pant."           
       "More, what more?"        
       "You need to wear something up above, otherwise they will be too distracted, and won't see your camel toe, then it will be for nothing."       
       "Okay, what sort of something up above?"        
       "Some sort of top, to cover your breasts. That's all you need."          
       "Okay." Janet says.         
       "So go to Sara, and she'll get you fixed up with the correct clothing. And Janet, don't expect people to talk about your camel toe, they usually don't talk about that."         
       So Janet leaves.       
       Later, Mic comes in and exclaims; "Avery! I heard that it was you who got Janet to wear clothes! However did you do that? We've been trying for a long time."       
       "I was clever. I told Janet she needed camel toe."         
       At first, Mic is confused. Then she bursts out with a laugh, and says; "Well, I will need to take a look."    


                                                                    The Object.

      So they are getting closer to that planet, and Weave calls Synthea and Cash to the Bridge. "What is it, Weave?"           







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       "Well, I'm detecting an object out there in space. It's very small, and it is headed toward that star over there. I think after some time, it will be going into that star."          
       "You say very small, could it be a ship?"          
       "I think it could be, but maybe a one man ship, or escape pod."          
       "Well, let's go see if we might do a rescue." Synthea says.         
       "Okay," Cash says, "that planet can wait. So Weave, do you think we can catch it sooner than we get too close to that star?"         
       "I think we have plenty of time. Whatever it is, it's moving very slow."              
       "Okay, tell us more when you know more as we get closer."         
       "Will do." Weave says.          
       So after some time, Weave calls them to the Bridge again.           
       "We're close enough now for someone to take a Starshuttle, and go take a look."         
       "Okay," Cash says. Looking at Synthea, "Are you going? And who else might want to go?"           "Yes" he says, "I want to go. Lets call them to the Bridge, to see who else wants to."           
       So Mic, Sara, Sol, and F Any gets called the the Bridge.            
       "So we're taking a Starshuttle," Cash says, "to go see about that small object Weave noticed. Who wants to come? Me and Synthea are going, and I'm wondering if any of the women want to go, or Sol?"     
       Mic says she'll go.         
       And Janet is there; "I want to go." She says.        
       Cash looks at her with a bit of dismay, and Janet says; "I'm a woman!"          
       "Okay, you can go. You're wearing clothes now." Cash says yielding to her.          
       So Cash, Synthea, Mic and Janet go in a Starshuttle, only four of them. 'Not too crowded' Cash is thinking.         
       So the main Bay Sphere door is opened, so they fly out and are flying toward the object. Now fairly close, they can see that there's at least one window in the thing, Synthea thinks it's strangely out of place, and larger than it really should be. And the window is on the sun side. So as they fly around the object to that side, and they stop, so that the Starshuttle is blocking the sun on the window. And suddenly, they see someone popping their head up to look out.       
       "There's a man in there!" Mic says.          
       And the man waves at them frantically as if for help.          
       "We should rescue him." Mic says.         
       "Yes," both Cash and Synthea agree.           
       "So let's return to the Pluto, and see what Weave thinks. See if he might scoop it up into the Bay Sphere." Cash says.       
       So they return and land.        
       Now Weave says; "Yes, I Think I can manage to do that. It might be a bit bumpy for him."             "I don't think he'll mind that." Cash says "He was headed into that star in that tiny thing."             None of them took off their spacesuits, so they're ready to go out again, but for some reason, Janet does not want to go.        








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       So they are out there again, the three of them, trying to convey to the man that he's getting rescued.      
       So The Pluto slowly gets closer and closer. The whole Primary Cluster of the ship, which is Pluto Primary, is in the way of a direct straight line approach into the Main Bay Sphere door opening. So Weave needs to do a bit of fancy maneuvering to scoop up the capsule.       
       But he does, and the capsule is in, and then they fly the Starshuttle in.         
       So the Main door gets closed, and the bay is repressurized.        
       So they take off their spacesuits, and see about getting that thing opened.         
       They get it open easily enough, and the man staggers out.          
       The man is in need of everything. So they give him whatever he wants and needs.          
       He doesn't say much, which they all think is strange. He's in no hurry to talk. But he's been through an ordeal, and so they give him time. But he does speak English, and he says his name is Saan.         
       Saan sees the Starship with wonderment. He had seen a bit when he was on the outside, being brought in, and was shocked with the size and design of it. Now on the inside, he's noticing the generous space, and the whiteness of it all, and the soft-like shapes of the interiors.
       After some time, Cash and the others wants some answers from him. So sitting down at the table where Saan is sitting, Cash asks; "So how did you happen to be in that capsule?"           
       He hesitates and thinks. "I was put in there." Cash is wanting more he sees. "I escaped."     
       "You're not making a lot of sense." Cash says. "You escaped from where, from what?"       
       Then as if remembering he says; "We all did. We all escaped. In those pods."          
       "You mean there's more people who need to be rescued?!" Cash says with urgency.        
       The man hesitates. "Yes, there's more. A lot more."         
       Cash asks hurriedly; "What is the number, and when did this happen?"          
       "It's a lot of them. It was several days ago. I don't know much more." Saan acts tired.       
       Tired or not, Cash hauls him to the Bridge. He says to him; "What can you tell us about where this happened. Which direction do we go?"         
       Saan acts frail and some confused. But he manages to point out a direction. So Weave turns the ship and heads in that direction at their best speed. Not the Star Light Drive, of course, they have not yet become that ambitious yet, after all this time.       
       So as they are going on their new search for other survivors, Saan is doing better. Synthea questions Saan some more sitting at another table; "So Saan, what disaster struck the ship, and what sort of ship was it?"        
       "I don't know what it was."          
       "The disaster, or the ship?"         
       "Either. I don't know."         
       Synthea is frustrated, he's not getting answers...         
       Janet has become aware, that now that she is wearing clothes, she is not banned from being with the children. So she goes to be with them and get to know them, and they her.        









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       Janet does not act like 'a grown up'. So her and the kids get along nicely.          
       They've given Saan 'the run of the ship'. And it's a large ship. So he goes here and there, no one is keeping track of where it is that he goes.         
       Now it's been a long time of going and searching, and nothing to be found. So Cash goes and finds Saan and hauls him to the Bridge again, and says; "We've found nothing. Could you be wrong about the direction?"        
       "I don't know. I could have been mistaken. I'm not good at this sort of thing. I guess it could be any direction. I don't know."         
       At this point, Cash is rather disgusted with the situation. They have found nothing, and might have been going in the wrong direction. Saan doesn't seem to know much of anything. Cash is thinking that if there was others, chances are it's too late for them. And he can't get answers out of Saan. They've been searching long enough, so they regrettably give up the search. And Weave continues again, on to that planet. But now they are much farther away from it.       
       Some later, Weave has noticed that the ship is off course. He calls Cash and Synthea to the Bridge.       
       "What is it Weave?" Cash asks.        
       "I found The Pluto to be off course. I have no idea how it happened."         
       "So this is a first, isn't it Weave?" Synthea asks.        
       "Yes. Whatever happened, happened when I wasn't here on the Bridge. So I saw nothing."         "Okay," Cash says "Let's keep someone here all the time. In case it happens again."        



                                                             The Discussion.

       They have a meeting in one of the rooms; Cash, Synthea, Mic, Sol, Sara, Weave and Avery is there. F Any stays on the Bridge to see that nothing goes wrong with the ship's systems while Weave is away. They are all there to talk things over about Saan. Janet is with the children.       
       "So what have we learned about Saan?" Cash asks. "I've been able to learn very little."        
       And Synthea says; "I've learned very little also."         
       And Sol says; "He says very little, I've also found."         
       "It's difficult to keep track of him." Mic says. "He seems to go all over the ship."        
       "Yes. He seems to like to get into everything." says Cash.       
       "I'm on the Bridge mostly," Weave says. "but he seems like he doesn't want to talk to anyone."         
       "He seems to go out of his way not to say too much." says Avery. "I've questioned him, and he tends to talk in circles. I haven't been able to get much out of him."        
       "Now," Sara says. "he seems to have taken an interest in the children."        









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       "He does seem to go all over, and it is a large ship, isn't it Sol?" Avery asks. "What did you find the size of it to be?"          
       Sol replies; "Oh, I have not figured the interior dimensions. Or the number of rooms. There's a lot of them!"         
       "Yes," Weave speaks up, "it would be a lot of rooms for a cleaning lady."           
       Out of curiosity, Avery asks; "But did you determine the outer dimensions from the drawings you made?"        
       "I did. The Pluto is 1,066 feet tall, and 1,733 feet long."         
       "That is a large ship." Avery comments.         
       "The Pluto does have a lot of rooms." Cash says. "He doesn't need to get into all of them, I think we should restrict him to a certain part of the ship."        
       Synthea was about to agree, when exactly then Janet comes rushing in, with panic showing in her face, and she says; "Saan tried to kill the children!"         
       "Whoa the horses Janet, you can't be serious?!" Sara says.         
       "Are the children safe now?" Mic interjects.         
       "Yes. I told them to stay hiding there. Main Observation Deck, Bay Sphere."         
       "I'll go to them." says Mic.         
       "I'll go with you." says Weave.        
       So as Mic and Weave are leaving, Avery asks; "How did you determine this, Janet?"         
       "I was with the children, when Saan came to us. And he got us to go the the Bay Sphere, telling us that one of you had a great surprise waiting for us there. He mistook me as one of the children, so I played along to see what he might do. Then as soon as he was out of the room, I hurriedly got the children to go up to the Observation Deck. We barely got up there, when the Main Bay Sphere Door opened, and all the air got sucked out. But we were safe where we were."        
       "Well, this is very serious." Cash says. "If what Janet says is true."          
       "I don't tell lies!" Janet says. "And I know what I saw, I'm not a child!"         
       "No one said you were." Avery says. And then he says very sternly, "And I must say, that I've been having my doubts about Saan. And this confirms it, very solidly."         
       Knowing Avery as he does, Cash asks; "What are you saying, Avery?"          
       "What I'm saying, is that Saan, was put into that capsule for a very important reason, and it was probably specially built for this purpose, with a nice large window to look out of."         
       "What purpose?" Synthea asks.        
       "For the purpose of disposing of this person, into that star. With that nice window, and lots of time to think about what's coming. This is why it was going so slow. And you know, I took a look at that thing he was in, and saw that it can only be opened from the outside."       
       "I noticed that also, but didn't think much of it." Cash says. "But we made the mistake of rescuing him, is that what you're saying?"            
       "You can't be serious!" Sara says with alarm.        









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       "Yes, Avery, isn't that very drastic?" Sol adds.         
       "No, I don't mean it was a mistake of trying to rescue someone. But we did interfere with someone else's final judgment of this person."          
       "That is," Cash says, "what you say is true."
       Avery goes on; "But now, we have a very good idea of who this Saan is. I think he's been going around the ship seeing what he can mess up, and I think he was the one who changed our course. And all the things we've been finding messed up and out of place, I think that was Saan. Who else would it be? And everything he's told us is a lie, there never was a ship in trouble. He told us that only to waste our time, which gave him more time. I doubt if he ever tells the truth. The whole time he's been in our ship, he hasn't been wanting to help us any, he's only been wanting to mess us up in some way. And as he learns more about our ship, which we now know he is doing, this makes him very dangerous to us."         
       Avery goes on; "And he would have killed the children, if it had not been for Janet here to have saved them. So how could we let him stay? What else will he try to do? Who's next that he will try to kill?"       
       "I see what you mean." Cash says. And Synthea is in agreement.       
       "No, Avery." Sara says. "Why can't we leave him somewhere? Then he will be off our ship."         "So that he can freely kill others? As long as it's not us, is that it?" Avery says.       
       "I see what you mean, again." Cash says. "So you want us to return him to that capsule." Cash hesitates. "And send him on his way again."         
       "Into the sun, you mean." Synthea says.         
       "Yes, exactly."           
       "But it's not our judgment to make, Avery!" Synthea says. And the others seem to agree.             "Then who's judgment is it?" Avery asks. "If everyone thinks this way, then no one ever truly gets punished."         
       "Why can't we deliver him to someone, someone in authority?" Sol says. "So they can handle it."         
       "Deliver him where, to whom?" Avery asks. "We know of no such people. We don't know where we are. And we don't know where earth is, you people have been trying to find it from the beginning."         
       "But you're not talking about punishment, Avery," Sara says. "You're talking about killing a man. And that's a forever thing."         
       "Yes it is." Avery says with conviction. "But so is evil. I've known people like this. This Saan, is evil. He will never be a good person. This is the mistake many people make, because they are cowards. They don't want to be the one. But someone must judge. He tried to kill our children! Who's children is next for him? And must I remind you, that judgment has already been made, by other peoples. And we interfered."          
       "How can you be so sure, Avery?" Sol asks. "What if it's a mental thing, an illness? And we could make him better."          









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       "It most definitely is a mental thing!" Avery says very seriously. "And I'm using the word correctly. A mental thing as in the mind. Saan's problem is not 'mental illness', which does not have to do with the mind. This is not 'mental illness', I know all about that! An illness, could be corrected, but Saan's problem is his mind. In other words, it's him that is the problem. And that, cannot be corrected."        
       "So what are you saying, Avery, I'm unclear." Sol asks.        
       "I'm saying that 'mental illness' is not a mind problem, it's a health issue. This is not a health problem that Saan has, it's a problem with his soul. And that, cannot be corrected. It's his mind and soul that is bad. Trying to help Saan, would be like trying to make a rotten tomato fresh again."         
       "Sol," Avery says impatiently. "have you not got the memo yet that there's no such thing as mental illness?"          
       "Okay, I think we all see your point." Cash says. "And by the way Avery, 'The Great Monoray'; it was you who taught us that there's no such thing as mental illness. And thank you for that. It must have been Starla again who got that published. You did teach that to Starla, didn't you?"       
       And Avery is touched as he says; "Yes, that was me. Gravity is not my only expertise." Then he could not resist saying; "I told you I know things."       
       Then Cash apologetically says; "Yes, you did."          
       "So it's up to us then." Cash says. "So all we need to do, is to return Saan to the way we found him."          
       "Yes." Avery says. "And we're going to need to tell Mic, weave and F Any our plan."         
       "I don't think we'll have a problem with Mic or Weave, if we explain it all to them." Synthea says. "But F Any tends to be authoritarian, having been the Tour Guide for the ship, and she hasn't heard any of this yet. Someone will need to tell her."           
       "So what is our plan?" Cash asks. "It's not going to be easy to wrestle Saan into that capsule again."       
       "Well, surely The Pluto is stocked with plenty of drugs. Knock him out with a drug, and he will be easy to get into that capsule."          
       So they all leave to get these things done, all but Janet and Avery.         
       So Janet is standing there, staring at him.       
       So Avery says; "So Janet, I noticed that you had nothing to say. What do you think?"          
       "So you don't have a problem with killing Saan?"         
       "No. Evil cannot be killed, but people who do evil, can be. And that is the way to deal with it. Although I should add that there are many degrees of evil. Many people don't seem to know this. But with the case of Saan, people like this will never get better..."       
       Janet is looking at him with an irritated stare. Then she says; "You tricked me!"        
       "No I didn't. I got you to wear clothes. We all should wear clothes. And you were not doing that."       
       Janet says in a resolute manner; "I know what camel toe is."          








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       "Good for you. It's good to know things. And I did what you wanted, didn't I? They like you now, don't they, and they look at you?"        
       "Yes." Janet says acceptingly. "But you said they would like camel toe."           
       "A lot of men do like camel toe. I like camel toe. But some men might not. The same as a lot of men like naked women, and some men don't like naked women. And they didn't like you like that."         
       "But I did notice," Janet says undeniably; "that when I would come to you, you never looked away."       
       "Well, I'm much more mature and tolerant than they are."        
       "Tolerant?" She says. "You weren't tolerant of Saan."           
       "Evil must be dealt with, wherever it's found. Otherwise, it will spread to hurt everyone."               "So when I would come to you, you looked, but you didn't like, is that what your saying?"             "Well, I'm different."         
       "How are you different?"           
       "I've gone through horrible things, that they could not imagine."       
       "Like what things?"         
       "Like, being a man, of which you could never know about. And never getting a woman."               "Why is that so important, and why did you never get a woman?"         
       "For a man, a woman is his confidence. And without confidence, a man doesn't have motivation. And without motivation, a man tends to do nothing. Because he doesn't have his other half, to do it for. Most men will never know these things, because there's never a lack of women for them, they are fornicators. A Man will have sex with a hole in the wall, if he finds one. So they will never know what it's like to not ever have a woman, for years and years and years and years."         
       "How do you not have, another half?" Janet asks.       
       "Well, they say that a man alone, or a woman alone, is not complete. Meaning that only a man and woman together is complete. Implying that a person alone is only a half of a person. It only means that a man is meant to have a woman, and a woman is meant to have a man. But I never got my woman. So I've been lacking for all of my life."         
       "But I know now that a person cannot die of loneliness." Avery says as a declaration.                 "How do you know that?"        
       "Because, if it was possible, I would have died. But I almost died anyway, several times. I really needed a woman. But there was none to save me." And tears comes to Avery's eyes.               "So why were there no woman, for you?"          
       "Well, I'm not sure if there wasn't a woman for me. There was such a horde of people who were foreigners, many of them not speaking English, that I could never see her lost in the crowd. And many of the pretty ones had their minds messed up, or were not actually real people, or they were men."          










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       "There's a very old song I've discovered that very much relates to the way I feel about this. It's 'Cold War Kids - Miracle Mile'. The part of the lyric I very much relate to, is; 'I'd be alright, if I could just see you'. The word 'you', is the most used, and over-used word in songs. I presume he's talking about a woman. Which is the way I hear it. So I would say; 'I'd be alright, if I could just see her.' This song makes me cry."            
       "I think that's what went wrong with me, I could never see her. But that's not the only thing."         After a few moments, Avery adds; "But music is great, you should get into music Janet."               Avery goes on; "The other part of it, is what messed me up, was that in that era, the era in which I lived on earth, terrible things swept through the world. They were social contagions that ruined many people's lives, including mine. But there were some heroes who popped up. Such as Chloe Cole against transgenderism, Leonarda Jonie against D. E. I. , Jordan Peterson against feminism, Matt Walsh against reality phobicism with his 'What is a Woman' talks, Eva Vlaardingerbroek fighting The Three Monkeys."         
       "The three monkeys?"           
       "Yes, The Three Monkeys are the people who 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil'. In other words, the people who turn a blind eye to what's going on around them, refuse to listen to reports about what's happening, and who won't give a damn about anything. It's a very evil ideology that allows evil to spread across the world, unrestrained."          
       "Avery continues; "So it seemed that there was no woman for me. But I had cats. So instead of giving my love to a woman, I had only my cats to give my love to." Now tears are on Avery's face.         
       "I was without a woman for so long, I tried more and more to be like them and to identify with them. In essence, I tried to create my other 'missing half'. To become my own girlfriend, because I never had one."         
       "That sounds a bit desperate."        
       "It was. Sometimes I would feel so much like a woman, that I had to pull my panty out of my butt crack." 
       Janet smiles with a bit of a shush sound.       
       "Starla did eventually show up. But by then the damage had been done. And she could not have been my girlfriend, there was too much difference in our ages, for a start.         
       "Damage?" Janet asks.         
       "Yes. When I was growing up, I wanted a woman. Not any woman, mind you, but a woman around my own age! But as I got older, that is the woman I continued to want. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, is there?" Avery pauses. "But other people do not agree. They say that I should no longer want a woman of that age, that I should want an old woman. But I don't want an old woman, Janet! I want the woman I've wanted from the beginning! I've never changed. But no, now that woman is not for me anymore. And so if I want the woman that I've wanted from the beginning, they think that I might be a pedophile. Only because I am now older. It's not fair."         










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       "It was tragic between Starla and I. And I will never see her again. And it seems, that she never got her man, either. Maybe she kept waiting for me. I loved her very much, we were very fond of each other. We had fun together."           
       Avery continues; "Having no woman, Janet," Avery pauses with a glum face, "it tears me up inside. I kept wondering why there was none for me... I'm a broken man, Janet." Avery cries.             "It's not too late." Janet says trying to be cheery.          
       "I'm too old, Janet. Too many years... When Starla came along, I was too old then. And now I'm more than 400 years older than I was then. I'm too old, Janet. I don't think anyone here is for me. I'm out of my place. Seems like I've been out of my place for all of my life. If Mic was here, maybe she could tell us the number of years it's been since I should have gotten a woman."       
       "Another problem is that once I got too old, none of the younger women could relate to me, or I with them. As I said, I'm out of my place. If there was a woman for me, I missed her."       
       After a few moments Avery says; "So now you know why I cry so much, Janet. Some of it, anyway. Maybe I should do as Cash said, and stop pitying myself, and get out of this wheelchair. But all my life I've had to do for myself, but now I get a, 'free ride'. I think that Cash has not been happy with either of us. I guess I should say something uplifting. But I don't think there is anything..."       
       Janet has much to think about. So she slowly walks away.        

 

                                                            The Capsule Sucked.

       Cash and Synthea have a problem: After they got Saan drugged, they have found that when Saan got the Bay Sphere door opened to kill the children, the capsule got sucked out.               "I think he intended this to happen as well." Avery says. "To get rid of that capsule."       
       "Weave, do you think you can catch it?" Cash asks.         
       "I can try."         
       So Weave turns the ship, and he's searching for it in the direction he figures it probably went. They can only hope that it did not get damaged. Otherwise, they will need to change their plan, and that will make it more difficult for them to do the job.         
       But Avery points out another problem; "How do we launch the capsule from the Bay Sphere in the direction we want?"        
       Sol says he will get to working on that. Because he says that when he was looking over the inventory and equipment the ship has, he had noticed some sort of vehicles that are different from the Starshuttles.     
       Weave has located the capsule, and is catching up to it at best speed.        
       Then he maneuvers The Pluto as he did once already, to scoop up the capsule.        
       Then they find that there's a bit of damage to it. But it was built tough. "It should work." Synthea says.      








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       So Sol has found a vehicle in the Bay Sphere that has been designed for this sort of thing. "Well, not exactly this sort of thing." Sol says.       
       They've been having a bit of a problem keeping Saan drugged all this time while they are doing these things.       
       So now they've got Sol into the capsule, and closed him in. And Weave has been heading to that star, which is not far away now.       
       Now they are ready, and Janet says; "Wait!"        
       "Wait for what?" Cash asks. "I thought you were in agreement like all the others, that we must do this?"        
       "But not like this." Janet says. "We wait for him to be awake. I want to talk to him."         
       "Why do you want to talk to him?" Cash asks. "Why didn't you do that already?"        
       And to Cash's surprise, Janet says as if he should have known why; "You never mind that! I'm going to talk to him!"       
       Cash and the others don't see a problem with waiting. Saan cannot get out of that capsule. So they wait.        
       So now Saan is wide awake, and shocked that he's locked into that capsule once again. He had thought he had gotten rid of it. And he is pleading for, what they guess to be mercy, with muffled noises.     
       So the capsule is not totally sound proof.      
       So then, as they are ready to go, Janet comes and gets close to the window, so that Saan can get a good look at her. Saan recognizes her. He had thought she was one of the children. But as Janet talks, he can see that she's no child, and he sees the frightening fury in her face. She has no mercy for him as she screams the words; "You tried to kill the children! You tried to kill the children! You tried to kill the children!" over and over. And the others; Cash, Synthea, Sol and Weave are taken aback with Janet's behavior.        
       So now they are ready to get going, Weave finding that this vehicle is not much different from a Starshutttle to operate. But Cash comes and stops Weave to say; "Weave, let's speed his journey up aways. We don't want someone else coming along to make the same mistake we did."       
       Weave says; "Will do." and then flies his way out. Then he lets the capsule go, at a much higher speed than what it was going originally. Again with the window of it facing the star.        
       Now Saan sees that he will soon be joining that star. And knows this is his end, with dismay showing on his face.  
       They wait in The Pluto, and they watch the capsule, as it goes, into the sun.       
                                                                                 1941 
       "Hey Bill, did you hear the news?" Sally asks. 
       "What news?"
       "Germany has invaded Poland!"
       "No, really?" 
       Sally says; "Uh-huh."   
       "I wonder what they're up to?" 
       "Well, it doesn't affect us" Sally says. 
       "Let's hope not" Bill says. 

       Now the scene strangely shudders, and then we see a different couple, and they are walking along a street, with cars of the 1920s and 1930s passing by: 
       John says: "It's been announced that Germany has now invaded the Soviet Union."  
       "Is that good, or bad?" Linda asks. Then says; "I wonder if they will beat the Germans." 
       "I don't think so. Not without our help." John says. 

       Now the scene strangely shudders again, and now we see couples sitting at tables, in an 1940s type of restaurant: 
       A man comes rushing into the room, and announces in a loud voice; "Hey everybody, Japan Surrenders, the war is over!" 
       And everyone in the room happily cheers. 

       Now we see a planet in space. And then a Starshuttle comes into view. And we follow it to the planet, and we see it going down and see it landing on the planet. 
       All wearing space suits, the group gets out of the Shuttle. They walk to an airlock, and go in.      

                                                            The Pluto Arrives at the Planet.           

       So Cash, Synthea, Mic, and Sara, takes a Starshuttle down. In through an airlock, they come into a large room that has many lockers along the walls. At first, there's no one there, and they are waiting. Then an android comes out and in an apologetic manner says; "Oh sorry, I did not know you were here. They usually don't come in the mid term, sorry. So are you wanting to get in now? Or make a scheduling?"      
       Cash asks; "What planet is this?"       
       And the android replies; "Uncertain, clarify please."        
       Then Cash says; "We want to know the name of this planet. What's it's name?"       
       And the android replies; "Uncertain, clarify please."        
       And Synthea says; "I don't think we're going to get an answer. At least not to that question." And then asks the android; "Is there someone we can talk to?"     
       It replies; "Sorry, cannot decipher, please clarify."        
       Then Sara says; "I don't think we're going to get anywhere that way either."       
       So then Cash asks it; "What programs do you have?"      
       The android; "Uncertain. Do you mean make a scheduling, or get in now?"       
       Then Mic asks it; "What do we get if we get in now?"      
       The android; "Uncertain, are you wanting to start now, going to the end, or a three month temporary?"           Cash says; "Must we stay the three months?"       
       Android; "You may stay any time, maximum three months."       
       Cash; "What do we get with the 'three month temporary'?"       
       Android; "Cannot decipher, sorry."      
       "I don't think we're going to get anymore from this thing." Cash says. "So you all want to go in, or not?"         Synthea says; "If we don't, we don't learn anything."        
       Mic says; "Do you think it's safe enough?"       
       Then Sara says she wants to try something, then asks it; "Is the 'three month temporary' safe?"       
       Then it replies; "The program is safe, no harm."        
       Synthea says to the group; "So lets go in, shall we? We're only wasting time out here with this thing."    
       Then Mic asks; "But will we be able to learn anything in there, where ever that is?"       
       Cash says; "We won't know until we do."       
       So they agree to go in, and so Cash says to the thing; "Yes, we would like to go in."        
       The android; "You must put your space suits in the lockers, and the period clothing you must wear will come out for you. You are not allowed in with anything more modern than the year 1941, and you must wear the period clothing, and must not bring any of the aforementioned items. If not complying, door will not open. Enjoy your stay."       
       "I wonder if that means Avery would get in, is he old enough?" Cash jokes.        
       So the four of them get dressed in the period clothing. And they go in.          
       They find themselves in a vast place. They find the place to be labeled in large sections, such as Russia, Japan, London, and so on.        
       "So what do we do, where do we go?" Mic asks.       
       "I don't know if it makes any difference." Synthea says.        
       "Well, I wouldn't want to go to Russia, from what I've heard." Sara says.        
       "Or Japan either, if this is supposed to be during World War II." Cash says.        
       "London, should be friendly enough. Unless there's bombs dropping." Sara says.            
       "The thing did say it was not dangerous." Synthea says.         
       "But can we trust it?" Cash asks. "Well, let's go London."       
       So they go that way, and find themselves in a large place with old fashioned streets and buildings, some in fair shape, some mostly in rubble. And there were some old cars and trucks going along the streets, and some people walking by.        
       Cash asks one of them; "Hey. I wondering if you can tell me...?"         
       "Are you people yanks?" He asks.            
       "Yes, I guess we are." Cash answers.  
        

Cash Synthea Mic Sara
                                                              WHOA THE HORSES, JANET.                                                     

       The Pluto has departed the 1941 planet. Now people are noticing something strange about Janet. Although she's wearing clothes now, she seems to be in love... with her right arm. Not her left arm mind you, her right arm! Something that she never fails to point out if someone gets it wrong. She goes around kissing it, saying; "I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you." kissing her arm all over. They try to ignore it.        

       Mic has been sitting in on the Bridge with Weave to learn more about the ship's operations. Weave notices an odd signal that Weave thinks should not be there, and is wondering if the instruments are working properly. He points it out to Mic. She gets the idea to go to the Secondary Bridge to see if those instruments are showing the same thing. So Weave lets her go.          
       So Mic is going on her way to the Secondary Bridge, she takes the Speedtube down. After a short time, it strangely stops short of the Secondary Hull. She wonders what's wrong. She asks it; "Speedtube, what's wrong, why have we stopped?"           
       It answers; "Nothing wrong, end of line."         
       "What do you mean, 'end of line'?"        
       "End of line. per Safety Directive."         
       "What? So how is it this is the first I've heard of this?"        
       "Unknown."        
       'Damn, there must be a way through.' Mic says to herself. So she exits the Speedtube, and looks around for a hatch to manually climb down into the Secondary Hull, bypassing the Speedtube. She finds one, and tries to open it. An alarm sounds saying; "DANGER, OPEN TO VACUUM, DO NOT OPEN. DANGER, OPEN TO VACUUM, DO NOT OPEN..."           
       'Damn what's going on?' "Ship Pluto, what's the situation here, why can't I get through to the Secondary Hull?"           

       Weave has noticed something else strange about the signal, and has called Cash and Synthea to the bridge. Cash asks; "What is it Weave?"         
       "Well, this is very strange. I'm detecting a ship's Locator Beacon."         
       "Great." Cash says. "Can we go to it, and does it say what ship it is?"        
       "That's the thing, it says it's The Pluto, and it's a long ways away."         
       "The Pluto! How can that be?" Synthea asks. "There's not two Plutos, is there?"           
       "Let's call F Any to the Bridge." Cash says.        
       So they wait for F Any, and wondering what's going on. F Any comes in, and they ask her, Cash asks; "F Any, are you absolutely sure, that there's only one Pluto?"          
       "The planet, or the ship?"           
       "The ship!"         
       And sooner than F Any can answer, Mic comes rushing in and blurts out; "The Secondary Hull is gone! The whole thing, it's gone!"        
       "What!" they all say. Synthea asks; How can it be gone?         
       "I don't know, but it's gone. I tried to get there, and I couldn't, the ship wouldn't let me. And if I had not stopped, I would have opened the ship to the vacuum of space!"          
       Cash asks The Pluto; "Ship Pluto, How is it that the Secondary Hull is gone?"         
       "The Secondary Hull has been detached from The Primary."        
       "By whom?"         
       "Unknown."          
       "I don't think we're going to learn anymore this way." Synthea says. "I think we need to see if anyone is missing from the ship."          
       "I haven't seen Janet for awhile." F Any says.        
       "Janet!" Synthea says. "She's only a girl. How could she take it?"         
       Cash replies; "Janet is more clever than you think. I've been working with her, helping her make things."         
       "Why the hell would you be doing that?" Synthea asks.          
       "It keeps her busy, and maybe keeps her clothes on." Cash replies.         
       "Nothing dangerous, I hope?" Mic asks.         
       "Not really."         
       "So can the ship identify us?" Mic asks F Any.             
       "Yes, I think it can. If we identify ourselves to it."       
       "Let's do that then." Cash says. So then he embarrassingly asks; "So how do we do that?"         
       F Any says; "We each say our names to the ship, once it's activated. I'll go first. Ship Pluto, I am F Any."
       So they each take their turn: "I am Synthea Breunell."         
       "I am Michaella Breunell."         
       "I am Cash Teller."        
       "I am Weave Tanner."         
       "Who else is there?" Cash asks.       
       "There's the children" Mic says.           
       "Oh, that's a mess. Let's concentrate on the adults." Cash says.         
       "There's Sol and Sara. And Avery. Other than Janet." Mic says.         
       "Call them to the bridge." F Any says.          
       After a few minutes, Sol and Sara come to the bridge.         
       "Have you seen Janet? Or Avery?" Synthea asks them.       
       They say; "No."         
       "So Janet, and Avery, are missing?" Cash says.          
       "You don't think Avery had anything to do with this, do you Cash?" Mic asks.         
       And Sol and Sara are looking around, confused, wondering what's going on.       
       Mic tells them; "The Secondary Hull is gone. It seems someone took it. And Janet and Avery seem to be missing."               
       So it's Sol and Sara's turn; "Ship Pluto, I am Sol Keppalaurie."           
       "I am Sara Sonng."           
       "So what do we do now?" Synthea asks.       
       Cash says; "Ship Pluto, is there anyone in this ship other than we who have identified ourselves?"      
       "Affirmative."         
       "There's the children you're forgetting again, Cash." Mic says.            
       "Oh damn. Ship Pluto, is there anyone in this ship other than ourselves and the children?"         
       "Identify Children."        
       "Oh damn. There should be an easier way. Ship Pluto, is Janet Rell in this ship?"       
       "Negative."       
       "Now we're getting somewhere. Ship Pluto, is Avery Monoray in this ship?"       
       "Unknown."           
       "Why would it say unknown?"           
       "Maybe because he has not been identified." Synthea says.       
       "But we haven't identified Janet either."      
       "Ship Pluto, has Avery Monoray been Identified?"         
       "Negative."         
       "Ah! Ship Pluto, has Janet Rell been identified?"                 
       "Affirmative."        
       "Ship Pluto, can you tell us when she was identified?"          
       "Seven days ago."         
       "Seven days!" Mic says. "You think she could have been gone that long?" Asking anyone.          
       "Well first, lets get all the children rounded up in one room, to see that none of them are missing." Sara says.          
       "Great, lets do that." Synthea says. "Then we can do more investigating."            
       So they gathered up all the children in one room, thankfully found no one missing. Now they can ask a bit more: "Ship Pluto," Cash says, "Can you determine, the number of people in this ship?"           
       "Define 'people'. " it says.       
       "Oh damn. Humans!"         
       "Affirmative."         
       "And can you tell us where these humans are in the ship?"          
       "Affirmative."         
       "Great!" Cash says. "Now we have a better chance of figuring something out."          
       "Ship Pluto, are there any humans in this ship, other than we who are in this room?"         
       "Negative."           
       "Well, that tears it!" Cash says. "Both Janet and Avery are gone."          
       "I suppose that means her arm as well." Weave says.       
       Ignoring the comment, Synthea asks; "But surely you don't think that Avery for some reason helped Janet to steal the Secondary Hull behind our backs without saying a word, Do you?"        
       "Well, we really don't know him that well, do we? And we know he's clever."       
       "But he's been only helping us. Why would he turn on us?" Sara says.        
       Mic says; "You were a bit harsh on him, Cash. But I don't think he would do such a thing."        
       Most of the group is agreeing that he would not.            
       "Maybe we should ask, who might want to take it?" Sol says.         
       "Yes," Mic says. "The only one acting strange around here was Janet."        
       "But if it was only Janet who took it, then that doesn't explain the disappearance of Avery." Cash says. 
       "So whatever happened, or how it happened, what do we do now?" Synthea says.          
       Sol asks; "Can We locate the Secondary, and make our way to it?"         
       "I'm afraid you're not going to like it." Weave says.       
       "What is it, Weave?" Cash asks.       
       "According to my calculations, it will take us about five months to get to it. And that's assuming it does not go further away."             
       "Five months!" Synthea says. "Weave, how could it have gotten so far away from us?"         
       Weave replies; "Seems to me, the only way, is that the Star Light Drive has been activated."       
       "Does anyone think that Janet could have done that?" Sol asks.       
       "Maybe Avery could have." Synthea says.        
       "Isn't this all speculation at this point?" Mic says.          


                                                                          Janet Slips Away.

       About seven days ago: Janet sneaks her way into the Secondary part of the ship. She makes her way to the Secondary Bridge. It's to some degree familiar, since she has been in the Primary Bridge when no one knew. She's trying to find a way to detach the Secondary Hull from The Primary. It takes her a long time, but she seems to have done it. But nothing seems to have happened. But something has happened, The Secondary is very slowly drifting away behind, because of the tiny Separation Jets that pushed it.         
       Now with this separation, The Pluto Secondary, without Primary, is strictly a warship, and a very powerful one. In fact, the most powerful one ever made.           
       Now Janet says; "Ship Pluto, I am taking command of this part of the ship."           
       "You are not authorized to do so." comes the deep no-nonsense sounding man's voice.             
       Now more irritated, Janet says; "Ship Pluto, I am the only person in this section of the ship, authorize me!"           
       "Define 'person'?" The Pluto says.       
       "Humans! I'm the only human in this part of the ship to take control."        
       "Negative."         
       "What do you mean, negative!?"           
       "There is one other human in this part of the ship."          
       "Who is that?!"         
       "Unknown."          
       "Where is this human?"           
       "In The Bay Sphere, Main upper deck."            
       "Ship Pluto, I am Janet Rell, one of the crew of USS Pluto, number NCC-101. This other human is an unauthorized intruder, acknowledge."           
       "Acknowledged."           
       "Ship Pluto, I need weapons to deal with this intruder. How do I get them?"         
       "Weapons are for authorized military only."       
       "Damn! Ship Pluto, how do I deal with an intruder?"         
       "Items can be found in the Brig."        
       So Janet makes her way to the Brig in a Speedtube. She finds some shackles. And she finds what might be a small battering ram/pry bar that could be used as a club. And some tape, she's not going to let this person mess around. So then she takes a Speedtube to the Bay Sphere. Now she is wearing clothes, but no shoes. So she goes sneaking through the Bay Sphere on her bare feet, very quietly sneaking around Starshuttle after Starshuttle, looking for this person. She sees a man moving around a bit behind the next Starshuttle. She creeps up, waits. Then as soon as he turns the corner, she punches him in the belly, he keels over putting his head down in front of her, then she clobbers him in the head, and he goes down unconscious. She had seen a wheelchair in the Bay Sphere, and she thought; 'That's strange, isn't that the wheelchair that Avery has been getting around in? No matter'. So she manages to get him in the wheelchair and shackles him securely to it, so that he can do nothing, except for talking, and that's what the tape is for. So then She gets him in a Speedtube, and returns to the Secondary Bridge again. She places him where she can keep an eye on him. So now she says; "Ship Pluto, can you activate the main engines?"       
       "Negative, you are not authorized."        
       "Ship Pluto, I am the only authorized person in this ship! No on else is here to take control, except for this intruder, of which I have contained. Acknowledge!"            
       "Acknowledged."                          
       "Ship Pluto, do we have weapons?"       
       "Affirmative."        
       "Great! Okay. Now Ship Pluto, where is Planet Serene?"         
       "Unknown."        
       "Unknown! How can it be unknown?"        
       "Unknown."         
       "Unknown, unknown. Damn. Ship Pluto, how can it be unknown, that's where I came from?"         
       "Ship's Mapping System has not been activated."         
       "Well, activate it, damn it!"            
       "Acknowledged, Ship's Mapping System activated."        
       "Okay. So Ship Pluto, where is Planet Serene?"          
       "Unknown."          
       "Unknown! How can it be unknown?"        
       "Ship's Mapping System was not activated."         
       "Damn!" Janet pauses, and thinks. "Ship Pluto, are there any ships around here that you know of?"     
       "Affirmative."       
       "Okay, what ships?"        
       "Pluto Primary."         
       "Aside from that one!"         
       "Negative."       
       "Damn."          
       Janet stops and thinks. "Ship Pluto, let's get moving."          
       "What heading?"        
       "Any direction... Away from Pluto Primary."           
       "Full Inertia Dampeners activated, Main Engines activated, executing." A bit of a rumble is heard, or is it felt? As the huge main engines go into action, we see huge flicking colored lights inside the two huge Engine Globes, pulsating with tremendous power. So the Secondary Hull suddenly disappears going into an extremely high speed. And Janet feels the sudden thrust of it, and is a bit alarmed.        
       "Ship Pluto, can you slow it down some?"        
       "Negative. Engines have one speed. Do you want to stop?"       
       "No. So you're telling me, we go at full blast, or nothing?"       
       "Affirmative."        
       "Wow. What about turning?"          
       "No turning at speed. Must stop to turn."        
       "Wow" again Janet says. "This is a wild ship. So what speed are we going at?"           
       "Unknown."         
       "How is it unknown?"          
       "Ship was not calibrated."         
       "So we're to that again, are we? Ship Pluto, calibrate."         
       "Only Human can calibrate."           
       "Damn. And I don't know how." Janet thinks. "Maybe Avery could." That made her think of her prisoner. So she turned around and looked at him. He's conscious now, and quietly observing. And Janet says; "You'd better behave, or I'll clobber you again."       
       And the man makes a whimpering sound, being frightened. "And another thing, you'd better not be paying attention to how I'm running this ship."         
       And the man moves his head from side to side to indicate no, and he seems very regretful.        
       So feeling some regret herself, she added; "I wasn't planning on you. You weren't supposed to be here. It's your own fault! But you haven't learned yet, what I'm capable of. So you'd better behave. I'm only getting started. And I'm in control of this ship!" Janet pauses and thinks. 'This might take a long time' She says to herself.      
       "Ship Pluto, inform me if you detect anything."       
       "Define 'Anything'."          
       "You know, out there, a ship, a planet, something like that."         
       "Affirmative."        
       So now there's nothing for Janet to do. So she can relax to some degree, and wait.       
       After a long time, The Pluto Secondary informs her of a ship that will soon be passed by, at the great speed that they are going.        
       Janet says; "Ship Pluto, stop!"             
       "Executing. Full stop."          
       "What ship is that?"       
       "It's a relatively small but powerful tug, designed to move very massive objects through space."       
       "Good. Ship Pluto, I want you to fly this ship down it's throat."          
       "Define 'Down it's throat'?"         
       "I mean, fly up to it's front, close. And stop."         
       "Executing."          
       So then the Pluto Secondary made several sudden maneuvers, then suddenly appeared out of nothing in front of the other ship. The pilot says "Damn, where did that thing come from!" as he frantically is trying to avoid a collision with the thing.       
       Pluto Secondary says; "Warning, collision imminent with other ship."        
       "Okay, Back off some. You do have reverse, don't you?"        
       "Affirmative. Executing."       
       So then the Pluto disappears and then reappears a short distance away.       
       The man is then broadcasting; "What the hell are you doing! Who is this? What do you want?"        
       And Janet replies; "Where is Planet Serene? Planet Serene, where is it? Tell me! Tell me!"        
       "I don't know where! I've never heard of it! I can't tell you! Who is this? You almost crashed my ship!"   
       "I'm someone you don't want to mess with! Goodbye."  And the Pluto disappears again without a trace, as if it was never there.       
       So now the Pluto is going in a different direction. For some time.        
       Then the Pluto says; "Detecting multiple ships ahead."       
       "Great. Stop in the middle of them so I can get a look."         
       "Affirmative, soon full stop."        
       So the Pluto has stopped. And some of the people in the other ships now see it, but do not know where it came from. So two ships approach, one on either side of the Pluto. And they are broadcasting; "Unidentified ship, this is the Havari, you are in restricted space. You are to leave this area immediately, or you will be fired upon. We have our weapons trained on you."       
       "Ship Pluto, does this ship have shields against weapons?"        
       "Affirmative."        
       "Are they up?"         
       "Negative."        
       "Well then, get them up, now!"        
       "Activating."        
       "Now I want to talk to them."         
       "Broadcasting."        
       "You tiny ships, yes you. Tell me, I'll ask you once, where is Planet Serene?"        
       "You've been told to leave this area. We don't answer questions."       
       "And you don't ask any, either. Damn, you're no fun." 'These people are hostile.' she says to herself. Then she has the thought; And you're not?            
       "Warning" the Pluto says, "They are firing at us."         
       "Ship Pluto, get us out of here. Now!"        
       "Executing."        
       So now the Pluto Secondary is on it's way again, in yet a different direction.       
       After a long while, Pluto says; "Detecting a ship ahead. It is massive, about equal to our own."        
       "Well, I wonder what that could be. Ship Pluto, fly straight at that ship, and stop in front of it's nose."     
       "Define 'Front of it's nose'."        
       "Like you did with that tug ship. But not very close."        
       "Executing." So then the Pluto suddenly appears next to this other ship.     
       And Janet says; "Hey, is that The Pluto? But no, it can't be, this is The Pluto."        
       Words coming in from the other ship; "The USS Pluto, this is the USS Siahara, nomenclature NCC-201, Captain J. P. Horton commanding. Stand down and prepare to be boarded."       
       "Where's Planet Serene?" Janet says to the Siahara.          
       "Planet Serene? I gave you an order, prepare to be boarded, shut down your engines."        
       "You listen to me, you! Answer my question, where's Planet Serene?"        
       "Who are you little girl? And why are you in the pilot's seat?"           
       "Ship Pluto, zoom in close to that ship, I mean really close!"        
       The Pluto suddenly appears almost in front of Horton's face, and he backs away saying; "Whoa, what are you doing, are you crazy? Who are you?!"         
       "I'm your worst nightmare, and you'd better answer, where's Planet Serene?"       
       And the man behind Janet is desperately making muffled noises, and wide eyed, and sounding sort of like grunts, and Captain Horton hears this, and asks; "What are those noises?"       
       Janet replies; "Just a few farts. Now where's Planet Serene?"        
       "We don't know of any Planet Serene. Now stand down, or we will disable your ship!"       
       Janet stops communications. And she says to herself; 'Damn. Their ship is almost like ours. I don't think we're going to win this one.'  She turns to the man and says; "What do you think?"       
       A few grunts come from him.       
       "Well, you're not helping any." After a pause, she says; "Ship Pluto, get us out of here, now, far away."   
       "Executing." And the Pluto Secondary suddenly disappears and is gone.       
       Janet knows that she can't keep the man tied up for much longer. So she wonders; what do people do with a prisoner? Then it comes to her; in the brig! Then he can get food and water. So this is what she does. And tells him not to make a fuss, or he will be in trouble.          
       And she needs some sleep, she's been going for a long time. So she sleeps, and so does the prisoner.


                                                                        The Mistations. 

       After a long time, the Pluto says; "Detecting a planet."        
       "A planet!" Janet says excitedly. "What Planet is it?"       
       "Unknown. But it has an atmosphere, and a group of humans on the surface."         
       "Ooh, an atmosphere. That must be very rare. But that's not Planet Serene. But maybe they will know where it is. Ship Pluto, go to that planet."          
       "Executing." And a moment later The Pluto says; "In orbit around planet."         
       Now Janet must prepare to go down to talk to them. And this is going to take some planning...       
       So she gets into a Starshuttle, and flies down to the surface, and lands it away from the people. So she comes out and walks to where the most people are, with her special "box", rolling along behind her.       
       She comes to, and among the people, and they are some wary of her. She's asking them; "Where's Planet Serene?"        
       They speak English, but person after person says they don't know where.        
       After awhile, two odd people dressed differently from all the others, and in black, shows up, and the other people act concerned and some frightened.          
       Janet notices this, and so unlike the others, she walks toward them, acting unafraid, and some of the people see this and so they are paying attention.       
       She comes to them and says to them; "Are you with these other people? And do you know where Planet Serene is?"            
       And the man says; "We are 'Them'. These people are 'They'. Who are you to ask? Are you one of the They?"          
       "So we're to Theys and Thems, are we?" Janet says.         
       And the woman with him speaks up and says; "Isn't Planet Serene where they send all the wackos to?"         And Janet says; "So you do know where it is? And I asked you a question."        
       "You're spunky, aren't you?" He says.          
       And Janet responds; "No, I'm Janet, Spunky is my middle name. And I come from Planet Serene. Do you know where it is?"         
       "You don't seem to be afraid of us." He says.       
       "Why should I be? And your not answering my Questions."          
       "Everyone is afraid of us. And we don't need to answer your questions."         
       "If you have any smarts, you should be afraid of me." Janet says.         
       "You, little girl? And Your little box there. What is that thing, anyway?"        
       "It's my..." and Janet hesitates, "my porta-potty."         
       And the woman next to him now has an expression of yuck on her face.          
       And Janet cheerfully adds; "And it plays music!" Then serious again; "But you're not answering my question."       
       By now, a crowd has gathered paying attention to what's going on.       
       "You must be one of those wackos, you are not paying attention to us. You must be a They. We are strong. We are many. We are the Thems. And we have a huge powerful ship. We call it; The Destructor. And it is in orbit around this planet. So you should be afraid of us little girl."         
       "Really?" Janet says incredulously. Then seemingly talking to no one, she says; "Ship Pluto. is there another ship in orbit around this planet?"       
       And coming from Janet's box, comes a deep no-nonsense sounding man's voice; "Affirmative."       
       Then Janet says to no one; "Ship Pluto, can you tell me the number of..." and she hesitates, "humans" saying it as if it's a nasty word, "that are in that ship?"         
       "Affirmative." comes from the box. "The number is eight."         
       And the two are very surprised to here that somehow she, or it, now knows their number.         
       And Janet turns to the crowd, of which has been getting larger, and says; "Did you here that? These "Thems" are only eight.." and she hesitates again, "these 'Mis-tations'. You are hundreds, the Thems are only eight! Do you think you can handle them?"         
       And the man says; "But we have our ship, and it can destroy this whole planet if we want!"        
       And Janet says; "Really?" in her incredulous manner. Then she says; "Ship Pluto, what is the size and the power of that other ship?"        
       And the voice comes; "Approximately twenty percent of Pluto."         
       The man says; "That's nonsense, you have no such thing!"         
       And Janet says: "You see, I have my own ship. And it's called Pluto." Then Janet says; "Ship Pluto, can you fly over us in the lowest orbit you can?"         
       "Affirmative."         
       "Okay," Janet says. "Do it."         
       "Executing."        
       And Janet says to everyone: "Look to the sky. You will see my ship!"         
       And they all look up, and many are frightened, and some horrified, to see what seems like a huge white two-headed snake with a long stinger.       
       And these two "mistations" are shocked to see it. And Janet says to the Thems; "You leave now. And do not return to this planet."       
       So the 'Thems', walks away. And the crowd cheers.       
       Then a woman comes to Janet and says; "We are not 'They'."         
       And Janet says; "I didn't think you were."         
       Janet spent some more time there. And The Pluto comes flying over again, and many see it, so Janet takes a look also. Then she sees the "Thems" ship coming along behind. And then it's firing at The Pluto! And Janet thinks; 'What gall they have, these Thems'. And she immediately says; "Ship Pluto, are your shields up?"       
       The Pluto says; "Affirmative."         
       "Okay, I want you to tractor on that ship, and slow it down enough so that it Fatally falls, and so cannot recover."          
       "Executing."        
       So as the crowd watches, they see the 'Thems' ship start falling. Then one end is glowing and burning. And a few tiny things coming away, probably escape pods. And Janet yells to everyone; "Look, here they come. There's only eight of them. I don't care what you do with them, that is your business. Have fun!"         
       So Janet returns to her Starshuttle, and was taken to the Pluto again.               
       So now Janet moves on...         

       Now Janet is in defeat. She has spent a long time searching, and tried a number of different peoples, found a number of different peoples and talking to them, but getting nowhere.       
       So she begins thinking about what might come next, and damn, she knows this could take a long time if she's going to stick with it. 
       Janet thinks about all that has happened, and her failure to find that damn planet. She wants revenge! Planet Serene was not nice to her. Janet is small for her age, but stronger than one would think, and smarter than one would think. Her fellow inmates would steal her food, and bully her. But this made her tougher.     
       What does she do now? She's wondering. Does she give it up? She has gotten herself in very deep to give up now, not getting anything done after all of this... She thinks for a long while.       
       No! There is one thing she can do. But it will take planning... 


                                                              Janet, and Her Purple Crayon.

       So now we see men in a room looking at monitors, that are showing a sort of parking lot of spaceships. The lot is rather full today, and so these men are making sure that no one messes around with any of these ships. Because now a very important meeting is going on inside the main meeting room.       
       Then one of the men sees something on the edge of the lot. He points it out to another guy, asking; "Hey, when did that odd white one come in, I did not see it, did you?"       
       "No." Says the other guy. Wasn't it there all along?"         
       "I don't think so. I better not be falling asleep!"         
       Now we see this woman, or is it a girl? Waltzing her way along the main walkway leading into the main complex, but technically, it's not a waltz, it's a shuffle dance. With a small "boombox" rolling along behind her, playing some really neat music that she is shuffle dancing to. And she's doing all sorts of neat movements, dancing along, as if floating over the floor as she goes. The place is full of armed men all over, but she is so alluring, that all the men are mesmerized as they watch this person as she dances her way into the place, with her neat shuffle dance.       
       So she makes her way all the way into the most restricted room, where they are conducting very tense ceasefire negotiations between two warring groups of peoples. It's a large room, filled with only men with a small stage at the center of the front, and the two large groups of men, are separated down the middle, and a few moderators to conduct the business at hand.        
       And along comes this "person", dancing her way in with her music, all the way to the front and center of the room, and everyone is confused. Some wondering if this is someone's idea of entertainment.          
       When she gets to the stage, she stops dancing, the music stops, and she sits down in one of the few chairs that are on the stage, and her "boombox" comes and stops in front of her.         
       So the majority of the men are now ignoring her, now that she has stopped and is doing nothing. And a few men, unobtrusively make their way to get beside her, while the business of the room resumes. So the men start quietly questioning her; "Miss, are you here on behalf of one of these groups?"        
       She says; "No." As if it should be obvious.      
       "Then who are you with, who do you represent?"          
       "I'm here alone, and I represent myself." she says with certainty.         
       "Then you are in the wrong room, and you must leave. This is a high security complex. How did you get in here?"        
       "Oh, you never mind that. And I'm not in the wrong place. This is the place I wanted."         
       "Miss," the man says with authority, "if you don't leave, we'll be calling security, and you wouldn't want that. It will not go well for you. We're about to call them anyway, because you should not have been able to have gotten anywhere near this place."       
       "Oh, you don't want to call security. That will not go well for any of you."         
       "Are you trying to frighten us, little girl? Haven't you seen the armed men all over this place?"        
       "I'm not a little girl! And I can handle your armed men."         
       "Okay, we're calling security, and they will deal with you!"       
       "Shame on you, calling a bunch of armed men on a 'little Girl'. You've made a huge mistake. Can't say I did not warn you." Then she says; "Okay, one ship destroyed, Havari." She says seemingly to no one.         
       "What are you talking abou..." And exactly then, a man comes rushing up to the front and blurts out saying; "One of the Havari ships has been fired upon!"        
       "Any damage?"         
       "The ship is gone, blown to bits, no survivors!"         
       "This is very bad. Was it the Plaxx?"        
       "No one knows who it was. A ship seems to have been near, but then there was no ship."         
       Janet speaks up; "I know who it was."        
       They ignore her. Now they must announce to the two groups what has happened, and see if they can determine which side is responsible. Although, it is already fairly obvious that it must be the Plaxx who did it. When what has happened is announced to the two groups, there is a great uproar about it from both sides. It's a bit of chaos: The Havari accusing the Plaxx, and the Plaxx vehemently denying that it was them. So they are not getting anywhere at the moment.        
       So Janet says to the Moderators; "I know who it was."         
       The men ignore her again. So she raises her voice saying; "You're going to listen to me!"         
       "Little girl, are you saying that you know which side is responsible?"        
       "I've told you who it is! You're not listening to me!"         
       So one of the Moderators goes down to each of the two Representatives, who are in charge of the groups, and asks them; "See this person up on the stage? Do you know anything about her?" They each say no, they know nothing about her, and she does not represent them.         
       So then the Moderator returns to the stage and says to Janet; "They each" he says pointing toward the two Representatives "say that you have nothing to do with them. So you are leaving." And by now, Security is there ready to take Janet away.       
       So Janet says; "Okay, one Plaxx now."        
       And sooner than they have time to get moving with her, a man comes rushing up, and says; "Another ship has been hit, it's a Plaxx, no survivors."         
       So now they are faced with telling that to the Plaxx, and so there is more upset among the people, and the man says to Security; "Remove this intruder person, we're too busy with this..."       
       And Janet blurts out; "So you want two more ships? Okay, two more ships."        
       And a moment later, another man comes rushing up and says: "Two more ships destroyed, one Havari, and one Plaxx!"       
       Shocked, the Moderator puts his hand out and says to Security; "Hold on." And then he turns to Janet, and says; "So what do you know about this?"       
       And Janet says; "I told you! Don't you listen?"        
       And the man says; "You mean something that you said about that you have something to do with these ships being destroyed?"      
       "Exactly!" Janet says.         
       So they must announce this to the two sides about the two more ships, and so there is more pandemonium and confusion about what's going on. The Moderators go asking the men that have been coming up announcing the ships being destroyed; "Who's doing this? What have they seen?"         
       They say; They see very little. A ship seems to appear, then it's gone. They're calling it a ghost, and it's white like a ghost. It's there, then it's not. There's nothing for them to shoot at!         
       So the man turns to Janet and says; "So what exactly, do you have to do with all this?"       
       "I told you, I'm the one destroying them."         
       "You!" The man says incredulously.        
       "Yes, me. All by myself!"        
       "So assuming that is true, then what do you want?"         
       "I want to talk to all these people. Give me a microphone."           
       "I can't let you do that. But I might speak for you. Tell me what you want to say."         
       "No, that won't do. Won't do at all. I must speak to them. And I'm not going to tell you what I'm going to say."        
       "Then the answer is no."         
       "Okay, two more ships destroyed." Janet says matter of factly.         
       And a man comes rushing up saying; "Two more ships destroyed, no survivors."          
       And Janet says; "Do you want more proof? I'm decimating their stupid little war ships."         
       Now the man must give in, and doesn't really want to inform the two groups of more bad news, and so gives a microphone to Janet. And she stands up, standing in the middle of the stage. There is considerable chattering among the two groups about what has been happening, so they are very busy talking, not paying any attention to her. So Janet starts with a loud voice; "Quiet everyone!"         
       And many are startled that this person is talking to them. One man yells out; "I thought this was the entertainment. Why is this little girl talking to us?" he says with disdain. And many look to the Moderators for an explanation.     
       Janet goes on; "This, 'Little girl', as you put it, is destroying your ships."         
       And then there's great laughter among the two groups, bursting out laughing. And another man yells out; "Maybe this is the entertainment."        
       "So you want two more of your ships destroyed, then." Janet says to them. "Okay, two more ships destroyed."      
       Then someone rushes up to Janet's microphone and says; "Two more ships are now destroyed. Again one Havari and one Plaxx, no survivors. This makes a total of eight ships, four on each side."        
       The room is now silent. Then one man in one group yells out; "Our ships are being destroyed. But it can't be you!" As if it's a fact.       
       "You want more proof?" And that Moderator, the one who's been talking with Janet, cringes at the thought of what's coming next. And Janet says; "Okay, tractor now." And some of the people think it strange to see Janet suddenly sit down against the steps of the stage and brace herself.        
       This so happens, to be a space station that they are inside of. And suddenly the whole place jerks, so that they almost fall down. And Janet says; "Is that proof enough. Or do you want more?"       
       And a man yells out; "Whatever that was, you could not have done that!"       
       And so Janet says; "I can do this all day, lets do it again. Okay, tractor more." And immediately the whole place jerks again, but worse, and an alarm sounds, and a voice over the speaker saying; "Warning, station structural limits being reached."        
       Now the whole place is silent again. Then, after a short time, a man yells out; "Quiet, everyone!" Then after some time he says; "Okay, what do you want?" And the whole two groups murmuring in agreement.       
       Then Janet starts to speak and the whole place is silent again; "I want you to stop with your stupid little war. Or I will return and destroy all your ships. And maybe this space station as well."         
       The place is silent again. Then they are all talking quietly amongst themselves for awhile. Then the two Representatives from each group goes up to the front and pledges to Janet that they will stop all hostilities. Janet is getting some satisfaction.           
       She knows she needs to move on, so Janet starts walking out. Then a man says to her; "Wait, you can't leave!" Then Janet says: "So you want two more ships?" The man thinks. Then the man says; "Soldiers!" pointing to two of them, "escort this nice person all the way out, and make sure she stays safe!"         


                                                                           5678309.

       After another planet, on her way again. Janet doesn't know if she wants to do this anymore. After all, she's not really wanting to find Planet Serene after all she's been through. She barely escaped with her life from that planet she was at, where she lost her clothes, and her box. So she has no clothes to wear now. And she has the thought; 'It's strange, for a long time I did not want to wear clothes.' She feels like she's had enough. She's thinking of 'coming home'.            
       Then The Pluto announces; "Detecting an asteroid."         
       "So you're telling me this, because it has humans on it?"           
       "Affirmative."            
       But here she is, and maybe they will be nice people, and not crazed maniacs like the last place.         
       "Ship Pluto, does this asteroid have an atmosphere?"        
       "Negative."        
       And she has the thought; 'But I have no clothes to wear. But with no atmosphere, I need to wear a space suit anyway. As long as they don't try to rip it off!'         
       "Ship Pluto, go to that asteroid."        
       "Executing. In orbit of asteroid."         
       "Ship Pluto, I will be going down there, and keep your weapons trained on that place. And if you don't hear from me in 30 minutes, give that place hell."       
       "Define 'Giving hell'?"        
       "I mean, destroy that place where the humans are."        
       "Affirmative."       
       So Janet is flown down in a Starshuttle, and she lands it some distance away. She's wearing only a spacesuit, and she get's out and walks. It's a very desolate place, as she's looking around, not much to see. As she gets closer to the buildings, she notices an odd large depression in the land. And she thinks, 'Maybe a ship landed here, a very heavy one.'       
       She comes to a door. She does not know what else to do, so she knocks on it, but more of a pounding. She stands there. Nothing. Then after awhile, the door opens, and there's four or five people there in space suits. They seem to act very guarded, but she does not see any weapons.       
       After looking her over, they gesture for her to come in. What else does she do? She thinks. So she goes in. So they come out the other side of this airlock, and she sees many more people without space suits waiting for her. They seem interested in seeing her. The ones wearing space suits have taken off there helmets, and are talking to her. So she takes off hers, so she can talk. It's English they are speaking. They are asking who is she, why has she come. But they also say that they very rarely have any visitors.       
       They seem friendly enough, and want her to take off her suit, so she'll be more comfortable, and they are taking off their suits.       
       So she says to them; "I must go out to my ship for a bit. It's very important. Then I can return and we can talk."     
       This is strange to them that she must leave so soon, and thinking she's using this as an excuse to get out of there. But they regretfully let her leave, but they ask her: "At least tell us your name. And the name of your ship?" one of them asks.        
       "My name is Janet. My ship is The Pluto."         
       So Janet goes out again, and tells them she will return in about 10 minutes.        
       So Janet makes her way to the Starshuttle. She get's in, and tells The Pluto; "Ship Pluto, cancel what I said about blowing these people to hell. But stay close and ready."       
       "Acknowledged. Define 'stay close'."         
       "I guess that means low orbit."        
       "Acknowledged."         
       So Janet comes out again, and makes her way to that door again. She "knocks."         
       After some time, it opens. They let her in.       
       They do act surprised and glad to see her again. So one of them says; "Now that you can stay, you can take off your suit."         
       There's many more of them within sight than there were. Janet supposes that they discussed amongst themselves that she had been there. And there's children there also.         
       They keep wanting her to take of her suit, to be more comfortable is their reason.        
       Not wanting to be too open about it, as why she doesn't want to take off her suit with all of them and the children there, she spells the word; She says; "I'm, N,E,Y,K,D."        
       And the woman she's talking to, says; "N.E.Y.K.D? What is that?"        
       Then Janet tries it again; "N,E,E,K,E,D."        
       "N.E.E.K.E.D?" And the woman shrugs, not knowing what Janet is saying.      
       So Janet tries it again; "N,A,C,K,E,D."        
       And the woman shrugs again.        
       And Janet says; "Oh damn, I never learned to spell!" So Janet gives it up, and whispers to the woman; "I'm naked, I don't have clothes on, under my suit."       
       And the woman goes; "Ooh! I see." Then asked; "How did you lose them?"        
       "It's sort of a long story, but they got ripped off."       
       "I've heard of clothes being stolen, but not off of a person's body. And you don't have more in your ship?"         
       "I'm not sure about that. I'll need to check that out."         
       This prompted the woman to ask; "Is your ship very small?"        
       Janet says; "No, not at all."        
       Then a man ask; "Where is your ship?"       
       Janet says; "It's in orbit."       
       Then someone else asked; "Then how did you get down here?"         
       "I came in a Starshuttle. It's very small, only room for about 20 people."         
       "That doesn't sound very small." Another man said.        
       "Well, my Starship is much larger." she says looking up.         
       Then another man came near, and said; "A starship! You have a starship?"         
       "Yes, that's The Pluto I mentioned. Do you know anything about Starships?"        
       "No, I know nothing about them. I've never seen one, none of us have. I'm Dave, by the way. But I knew a man here, he lived here for a long time, he would talk about starships all the time. And we thought he was a bit crazy."        
       So Janet asked him; "So did he see a Starship?"         
       "No." Dave says. "Well, I don't think so. But he was gone one day, none of us knows what happened to him. His name was Sol."        
       "Did anyone else disappear that day?" Janet asks out of curiosity.       
       And another man speaks up and says; "Yes, It's odd that you ask that. It was a woman, and she disappeared that same day. It was very strange. We haven't seen them sense."        
       So Janet asks; "Does this asteroid have a long bunch of numbers for a name?"        
       And the man said yes; "This is Asteroid 5678309."        
       And so Janet says; "So was that Sol and Sara?"         
       And the man says; "Yes! How did you know that?! What do you know about this?"          
       And Janet says; "I know them. They are my Shipmates. In The Pluto."         
       And he says; "You mean, here, in orbit! In your ship?"         
       "Oh, no. You see, The Pluto is currently in two parts. Starships can do that. And I'm all alone in the part I have. Well, almost alone." thinking of her prisoner.       
       "Can you bring them here?" One man asked.         
       "Well, I would need to ask them."         
       So then Dave asked; "Can you show us your starship?" saying it with great enthusiasm. And a bunch of others wanted to see it also.       
       And another said; "Yes, we would like to see a starship, Sol talked a lot about them. We thought they were only his fantasy."         
       "Well, my Starship is no fantasy, and you should be able to see as it passes over. I've had it's weapons trained on this place, I told it to stay close."       
       This startled some of them. And someone asked; "You talk to it?"         
       "Yes. I tell it what I want, and it does it." And she added; "Some places I go are not so friendly. The last place I was at, I destroyed the whole planet." she says casually.        
       This shocked them.        
       So a bunch of them, wearing their space suits, came out with Janet, to see The Pluto, some with recording devices. They waited some. Then they saw it fly over, and was amazed...   


                                                                     Pluto Primary.

       Meanwhile, the Pluto Primary is making their way toward the signal from the Pluto Secondary at their best speed.       
       After a very long time, they notice a ship behind them. "What ship is that, Weave?", Synthea asks.         
       "I don't know, it's too far away. But it does seem to be following us."         
       "Isn't our ship the speediest one of all? I mean other than our Star Light Drive, that we don't have now?"
       "Yes, I think so. As far as we know. It's speedier than the Pirate's ship anyway."        
       "So I guess that means we won't be knowing what that ship is, because it will get further and further behind." Synthea says.       
       After a long while, Weave calls Synthea and Cash to the Bridge. "What is it Weave?" Cash asks.       
       "That ship that I told Synthea about... is gaining on us."         
       "You mean it didn't get further and further behind, like we thought?" Synthea asks.       
       "No, it kept gaining."        
       "And it is following us?" Cash asks.          
       "Yes."       
       "What can you tell us about it?" Cash asks.       
       "About all I know, is that it's much smaller than ours. It will need to be closer to know more."         
       "Okay Weave, keep track of it. And tell us when you know more." Cash says.         
       After a long time, Weave calls in Synthea, Cash, F Any, and Sol.         
       "I think it's the Pirates." Weave says. And they are surprised.        
       "It's the same ship, you think?" Cash asks.       
       "Yes, I think so, but there's something different about it, there seems to be something added to the front."       
       "But," Cash asks, "if it's the same Pirate's ship, then how is that they are gaining on us?"        
       "Maybe something they've added, has increased their speed." Sol says.        
       "I seriously doubt that the Pirates are capable of doing such a thing." Synthea says. "After all, they simply steal the speediest ship, and call it a day. We are going our max, aren't we Weave?"        
       Weave double checks: "Now that's strange." Weave says.        
       "What is it Weave?" Cash asks.           
       "Our speed is decreased! From what it was."         
       "Now how can that be?!" Synthea says.        
       "Yes, Weave, that makes no sense." Cash says. "If anything, our speed should be greater, not lesser. We don't have the Secondary. So that's a huge bunch of mass that the Primary doesn't have now. So our speed should be higher, not lower! This does not make sense. Is there anything wrong with the engines?"   
       "No, there's nothing wrong with them, that I can detect." Weave replies.        
       "There must be something wrong." Synthea says.       
       Now Sol speaks up; "Yes, that does not make sense. It's the same engines. And when we have the Secondary with us, we're not using those Secondary engines. We only use the Primary engines. So without the Secondary, there's all that mass we don't have, so that should speed us up, not slow us down. It's not making sense."        
       "Maybe Avery can figure it out." F Any says. "But we don't have him now."          
       "So," Synthea says, "If we can't fix this... That means at some point the Pirates are going to catch us." 
       "Surely not!" F Any says.       
       "Weave," Cash asks, "at this rate, do you know the time we have?"         
       "Only a few weeks, at best, until they catch us."         
       Synthea says; "I think our only hope is to increase our speed. Weave, see what you can do about that." 

       Now several days have gone by. They have not been able to increase their speed, and the Pirates are now much closer. And a signal comes in from the Mercury and it's an angry voice; "What have you done to our man, Sam? He's not answering our calls. What did you do to him?"         
       Cash says to the Pirates; "We know of no Sam. There is no such person in our ship. We don't have him."    
       "Oh, you have him, we know you do! We're coming for him and your ship!"         
       Now all the adults are fully aware of the situation, and things are getting very tense. They discuss the situation and what to do:       
       Cash lays it out; "We haven't been able to make any turns, because that would only help them to catch us sooner. And there's no place out here to hide from them. Ramming them like we once did, might be the end of us, because we have much less mass as we did then... The Pluto Secondary can't help us, we're much too far away. Slowing down for any reason, is a bad idea... Surrendering would go badly for us, because they don't want what's in our ship, it's our ship they want. And they could simply shove us out the airlock, or put us somewhere to starve... Because they don't care about us, all they want is our ship. We could try to fight them, but there's only a few of us, and there could be many more of them. We don't know their number. And we haven't exactly been nice to them, and they are wanting someone named Sam, and they think we did something bad to him. So they could get very rough. And they have some sort of claw, mounted on their ship, which I believe they are going to clamp on, and breach our ship as soon as they get close enough." Then he pauses. "It's not a pretty picture. Maybe Avery could figure something out, but he's not here."       
       "I think we're all in agreement, that the only thing we can do, if we can't figure out anything else, is to fight them when they come." Synthea says.        
       So another two days goes by, and now the Pirates are very close. Getting closer and closer by the minute.         
       Closer and closer they come, and their claw is out and ready to close on them to crush their ship if they can. Inch by inch they get closer.      
       They are watching helplessly as the claw creeps closer.       
       Now the Pirates are so close, that the claw is starting to close on their ship, and the Pluto people feel helpless to do anything about it, their end could be coming very soon. But they are ready to fight to the death. Sara screams; "Nooooo!"       
       Then suddenly, something appears, something very large, and in an instant, it rips off the Pirate's claw, and the Pirate's ship smashes into this other thing. It's the Pluto Secondary! Janet has come "home"!      
       The Pirate's ship is a mess, but they try to run, as best they can, trying to get away.         
       Then the Pluto Secondary rejoins with the Pluto Primary.         
       And Janet comes in, not sure of the way she's going to be received... And strangely she's wearing a space suit. They wonder why. But they are very glad that she has returned, and she saved them from the Pirates. And they want to know all about how she did it all, and what she did when she was gone.       
       They are not happy at all to learn that she has encountered another Starship; The USS Siahara, and that it went badly. So they figure now, that they could be known as perhaps dangerous fugitives, and might be fired upon, on sight. But glad, that Janet can hand them the keys, so to speak, on how to work the ship.   
        After all of this, Janet has something else to tell them... She tells them that she has a prisoner. And that he's in the Brig. And maybe not in good shape...         
       And they all think of poor Avery... But no, Janet says;  "It's not Avery, I would not do that to him. I don't know who it is."         
       But they say: "Then where's Avery?"         
       "I do not know. He was never with me."         
       So where's Avery? They wonder.             
                                                                      The Vomit Planet.

       Awhile after everyone has had some time to recover, all the adults want to know more about what all Janet did. So they gather in a room, to listen to Janet. Cash, Synthea, Mic, Sol, Sara, F Any, and Weave are there. 
       Janet starts; "I went searching for Planet Serene, wanting revenge. I was finding a number of peoples, but no one knew where that planet is."          
       "I found a planet, and went down. Found some poor excuses for people, they called themselves 'Thems'. They were nothing but trouble for the people who live there. So I destroyed their ship."         
       "You destroyed their ship! Did you kill them?" Mic asks.       
       "No, I don't think so. I left them for the others to handle. They came down in escape pods."        
       "How did you destroy their ship?" Synthea asks.         
       Janet doesn't want to tell them how she controls The Pluto, so she keeps it simple: "Well, the planet had an atmosphere."        
       "That's rare!" Cash interjects.        
       Janet continues; "So I used The Pluto's tractor to slow down their ship, so that they would fall, and their ship would burn up."         
       "The Pluto has a tractor?!" Cash says.        
       And Mic says; "Must you have done that?"        
       "They were threatening people, and they fired on my ship!"        
       Synthea says; "Very clever of you. That reminds me of Avery. Maybe something he would do."         
       "You'll going to need to show us how you did all this, Janet." F Any says.           
       "Maybe you'll be a commander someday, Janet." Cash says.        
       This cheered up Janet a bit.           
       "How can she be a commander?" F Any says. "She's now a fugitive, isn't she? We all are fugitives, because of her."         
       Now this disheartened her.         
       "Yes, I know it did not go well with The Siahara. I was very angry about everything, I wanted my revenge. I couldn't find Planet Serene."         
       "Lucky for them!" Mic says.           
       Sol speaks up; "Do we know for sure that it was a Starship? I thought there was only one."         
       "Yes, Janet. What makes you think that?" Cash asks.         
       Janet responds; "It was very much like The Pluto. And the Captain said a strange word, ahead of the 'NCC'  number. It was something like 'nomasher'."           
       "Nomenclature." Synthea says.           
       "Yes, that was it! And the number was 201."          
       "The Pluto's number is 101." Sol says.             
       "Yes," Synthea says. "I think this means that 201 is the second ship."           
       "But wouldn't 102, be the second ship?" Sol asks.           
       Cash interjects; "But you did say that ship was different from The Pluto, didn't you Janet?"         
       "Yes, it was different, in some way."           
       "That's what I was getting at." Synthea says. "That because it's a different ship, and not the same as The Pluto, It would be a 201, not a 102."           
       "So you're saying," Cash says. "That they built a whole new ship?"          
       Synthea goes on; "Yes. It has been at least two years, hasn't it? But I think they did a rush job. Because I think The Siahara was sent out to rescue us."          
       This startles most of them. And F Any says; "Wow, you really did spoil it for us, didn't you Janet?"        
       "Don't make it sound worse than it is." Mic says.         
       "There's nothing we can do about that now." Cash interjects again.          
       Now Janet is more downcast, as she goes on to talk about being downcast; "I was very downcast about everything for awhile." she pauses. "Until I remembered those other ships, who had fired upon me. A big mistake, with me and The Pluto and the mood I was in." she admits.         
       "So I came up with a plan..."      
       "I used my box, that Cash helped me with, to dance my way into their high security place."         
       "That must have been a sight." Weave says.        
       "More so if she was naked." Cash says softly.       
       "Shhhh!" says Mic.         
       Janet goes on; "Then I decimated their ships enough for them to give up."         
       "Was anyone hurt?" Mic asks.         
       Janet is very hesitant now. "I think so. I think a bunch were killed."          
       "You killed them!" F Any says with great surprise.         
       Cash asks; "What is the number of them you killed?"          
       "I don't know. There were several people in each ship. Eight ships I destroyed." Then in her defense, she hurriedly added; "They were very hostile! And I was in a bad mood."        
       "Everyone remember not to put Janet in a bad mood!" Weave says.         
       To lighten the mood, Janet says; "Hey Sol and Sara, I found the asteroid that you came from! We had a chat. They weren't bad."         
       "So not bad enough to wipe them out, I presume?" F Any says.        
       Ignoring her, Janet goes on; "They wanted to see you two, they really miss you. And they were very interested in my Starship."         
       "I'll bet they were, after telling me for years there's no such thing as a Starship." Sol grumbles.       
       Janet seems to stop.        
       "So, that's it?" Cash asks.         
       "No." Janet says gravely.       
       "You mean it gets worse?" Synthea says.           
       They all tensely waited for her to speak, hoping she had not done something worse than what they had already heard.        
       Janet starts; "A distress signal came in. I got The Pluto to go to it. But then The Pluto stopped."        
       "What happened, why did it stop?" Weave asks.          
       "The Pluto said that it should not fly through the asteroid field that was in front of us, that it might be too much for it's shields. So I got it to go around it. We went around it, but then it stopped again. It told me, the signal is gone. So I got it to keep going in the same direction. It did. We came to a planet. The Pluto told me there were many humans there. I took a Starshuttle, and went down, and found a large hanger bay. I don't know if they knew I was coming, but the large doors opened for me. So I went in. I landed inside of it, then the doors closed. Then I found breathable air in there, but it was not good air. Not good air at all. That should have been my second 'red flag'."          
       "What was the first?" Cash asks.       
       "The doors opening." Janet goes on; "There was no one around, which was strange. I came out with my box, and wondered around for awhile, wondering were the people were. I came to a large room, and thought; 'Well, I found them.' Some of them. The odor was stifling" She says with great disgust. She hesitates. "I can't tell you what I saw. Unspeakable things. And they were doing it to themselves. And they liked it. I almost vomited." Janet shutters. "Then they saw me. And there was a nasty evil in their faces, as they grinned at me, with desire in their eyes. Then they came after me, I'm sure they wanted to do the same things to me... So I ran, and grabbed up my box, it's heavy! And ran the best I could with it, almost stumbling. But I had to drop it, it was slowing me down too much. So I had to get to my Starshuttle to leave that place. I took a few sharp turns, that might have slowed them down a bit. But they were catching up to me. And they were getting close enough to be ripping my clothes off. I got to the hanger bay, then to my shock, I saw my Starshuttle. But it wasn't a flyable Starshuttle anymore, others had gotten there, and were taking it apart piece by piece. I ran and got into it, and I hurriedly got The Pluto to send down another Starshuttle. I was glad to hear that it would. They believed that I could not escape, so they were in no hurry to get me. They were busy working on taking apart my ship, and knew they would get me at some point sooner or later. Soon another Starshuttle came in, I got out and ran and got in. But the doors had closed again. I was trapped inside. So I got The Pluto to try blasting the doors open. I did not know if it could. But it did. I was safe inside the Starshuttle. But with both sets of doors destroyed, all of them that were in that bay, died. There was a hole large enough, so I flew up to the ship." Janet paused.       
       "What an ordeal you had!" Mic says.         
       Then Synthea adds; "Yes, very much an ordeal you had. So then you moved on and decided to return to us?"         
       It was very much of an ordeal for Janet; she cried. But she did not want to tell them that. Janet hesitates again. "I'm afraid not." And they all looked at her puzzled.         
       She went on; "That was a horrible place. It was used to lure people in. Then they could not get out."             "Is that what the distress signal was for?" Mic asks.        
       "Maybe. But I don't think so. I think it was the people who had gotten there ahead of me who sent it. But I was too late for them. I barely got out of there with my life, and I lost my box and my clothes." Then Janet went on after a bit; "So I asked The Pluto if it could destroy that planet. It said no. So I thought for awhile. That planet should be destroyed, sooner than anyone else falls into that trap. Then I remembered the asteroid field. I ask The Pluto; 'That if it tractors an asteroid, can it get out of it's way when it lets it go?'. The answer was no. It's defeat, I was thinking. Then I asked The Pluto if it could tractor an asteroid under it, so that it's out of it's path? It said yes. So I got it to return to that asteroid field, and pick out the largest asteroid it can handle, and tractor it underneath, to that planet, and let it go so that it goes into the planet. So it did. I was a safe distance away as I watched. It took a long time, many minutes. But I watched as the planet slowly crumbled into a horrible chaos..."       
       "You destroyed a planet with The Pluto?!" Cash says.        
       "You killed the whole planet?!" F Any says, not sure if she should be shocked or maybe impressed.        
       In Janet's defense, she says; "They were all evil. Doing very bad things to whoever came along. It had to be done."         
       From the sound of it, most of them tended to agree with her.           
       "I guess we won't have anymore trouble with the Pirates then." Weave says. "With all the new things we can now do with the ship."          
       "But there's that man, Sam. What do we do with him?" Sara says.         
       "We will need to talk about that." Synthea says.       
       "And a lot more." Sol says.        
       
                                                                FUN WITH PLUTO AND JANET.

       So the group gets together in a room; Cash, F Any, Synthea, Mic, Sol, Sara, Weave, and Janet, to discuss what might have happened to Avery:           
       At first, no one talks. Because no one has any idea what happened to him.         
       Then Janet speaks up; "I found what seemed like Avery's wheelchair in the bay sphere."        
       "That, could be a very important clue!" Cash says.         
       "Maybe our only clue." Synthea interjects.         
       Cash goes on; "Now we know that Avery was not in any part of The Pluto." Then adds; "When we found him to be missing."        
       Mic speaks up; "We know he was here sooner than that 1941 planet."       
       "Yes!" Cash says. "Did anyone see him after that?"         
       No one spoke.          
       "So could he have been in the bay sphere when we went down to that planet?"         
       "If he was," Synthea says, "he would have died in there, if he was not in a Starshuttle."       
       "And we know he was not in a Starshuttle, because he was not found to be in the ship." Sol says.      
       "And there are no Starshuttles missing." Mic says.         
       "There is one missing, now." Janet says. "The one that got destroyed on that planet. But as I said, Avery was not with me."         
       "Could he have been with you, when you went down to that 1941 planet?" Weave asks.          
       "No!" Cash says, "he was not with us... Unless he was hiding..."       
       "He did want to go with you, do you remember that Cash?" Mic says.         
       "Okay, let's assume he snuck a ride with us." Cash says. "And after we came out to go in, he came out later."        
       "That explains the wheelchair in the shuttle bay." Synthea says. "And because he was separated from our group, when we went to leave, he did not know it."            
       "That doesn't sound smart like Avery." Sol says.           
       "Well, regardless," Synthea says. "so far this is our best guess."        
       "We've made several course changes since that planet." Weave says.        
       "But can you figure it out, you think, Weave? As to a general direction to go, to try to find that planet." Mic says.       
       "I can try." Weave replies.        
       "Well, trying is our only hope, at this point." Cash says.       
       So they set about their plan, to see if they can find Avery...         
       For now, they are not asking much of Janet, mostly ignoring her. They are simply happy that they have the complete ship again, and to go as they have been going, in their 'slow' way. And if the truth be known, Janet wants to keep her secrets, she doesn't want them to know how very easy it is to command The Pluto.        

                                                                        The Geminy.

       After a long time of going on their best guess, an alarm sounds throughout the ship! They all go running to the Bridge to see what might be happening. Weave tells them; "A ship has suddenly showed up, and they have The Pluto in their tractor! We are trapped by them!"       
       And a message comes in from that other ship, it says; "We are The Geminy, the police in this part of space. We are are searching for a fugitive ship. Your ship partially fits our description. You are being held under suspicion, prepare to be boarded."         
       "What do we do?!" Weave says. "We can't get away."        
       "There's nothing you can do?" Cash asks Weave.           
       "Nothing I know of." Weave replies.        
       "Then we must accept this." F Any says.        
       "We must do something!" Mic says. "We are not the bad guys."        
       "To them, we are fugitives." F Any says. "We must submit."          
       "Geminy ship," Weave says, "we are not fugitives. We're not your bad guys, you've made a mistake."             "We are the Geminy, we don't make mistakes, you will submit. You are trapped, you can't get away from us. We will board your ship, we are looking for a dangerous fugitive. Your ship partially fits our description."           "We don't like it, we know we're not the bad guys, but as Weave says, there's nothing we can do." Synthea says.          
       And no one offers anything more. They are all in defeat.          
       Janet has been standing nearby. She really didn't want to show them, but she is no longer able to contain herself. So she says in a loud authoritative manner; "Synthea! Cash! Weave! Get out of that chair!" 
       This startles them. So they move, and Weave slowly gets out of the pilots chair. And Janet comes and jumps into it.      
       The Geminy says again; "We are The Geminy. You are under suspicion. We are searching for a little girl." Knowing that this sounds very silly, they added; "A very naughty little girl. We have you trapped, you can't get away, prepare to be boarded. Acknowledge."        
       Janet speaks; "Listen you, we are not fugitives, you got that? And Yes, I'm that 'little girl', and you'd better listen, and you will release this ship!"          
       "We are The Geminy, we are the police, you will submit, we have you trapped, you can do nothing."      
       "I'll show you nothing! You Geminy!"           
       "Ship Pluto, this is Starship Pluto Commander Janet Rell, acknowledge."         
       "Acknowledged." comes the no-nonsense man's voice.         
       "What made her Commander?" F Any says incredulously.         
       Ignoring her, Janet says; "Do we have full shields?"         
       "Affirmative." Comes the answer.        
       "Can you target that ship's tractor?"         
       "Affirmative."       
       And F Any speaks up again; "You can't let her do this, they are the police!"         
       "Do it." Janet says.        
       "Executing. Their tractor is destroyed."         
       But the others are bewildered to see Janet in action, and what she can do, and are watching in amazement.         
       "Can you target that ship's weapons?" Janet says.          
       "Affirmative."        
       "Do it."         
       "Executing. Their weapons are destroyed."          
       And another message comes in from The Geminy; "You will not get away from us, we are sending more ships. We are The Geminy."        
       "We'll see where ships get sent!" Janet says. "Ship Pluto, put yourself immediately behind that ship, as close as you can."         
       "Executing."        
       And from The Geminy ship's point of view, The Pluto disappeared from in front of them.         
       "Ship Pluto, can you push that ship up to high speed, then let it go? But slow enough so as not to crush them inside under acceleration, and so they are not going to go into any distant planets or stars?"        
       "Affirmative."           
       "Okay you Geminy, have a nice trip. Goodbye."            
       "Ship Pluto, do it."           
       "Executing." And The Geminy ship gets suddenly sped up to a very high speed, so high, that they cannot maneuver at such a speed. For all they are able to do is to slow down as best they can, which will take them a very long time...           
       "Now, that takes care of them. So where do you want to go? I can have you there in a short time." Janet says.           
       "Well," Cash says. "Weave, or someone else is usually the pilot. You should tell us all about how you do it."         
       "Do you have all that time, or are you in a hurry to save Avery?"             
       Cash concedes; "Okay, we'll do it your way."             
       So Weave hesitantly speaks up; "So can you get The Pluto to return to the heading we were on?"       
       Janet says; "Ship Pluto, can you return us to the heading we were on sooner than that Geminy ship. And use your Star Light Drive to proceed?"           
       "Affirmative."         
       "Okay everyone," Janet says in a loud voice, "hold on!"        
       "Ship Pluto, do it."        
       "Executing."            
       And suddenly everyone feels the great push, and are surprised.       
       After a little while, Cash is about to ask the time Janet thinks it might be taking, he opens his mouth, and suddenly The Pluto says; "Detecting a planet."        
       And Janet says; "Ship Pluto, stop."         
       "Executing. Full stop."        
       "Ship Pluto, take us to that planet."          
       "Executing. In orbit of planet."          
       And the others are amazed that it took such a short time to get there.         
       "Is this the 1941 planet?" Janet asks.         
       And Weave says; "I think it is!"         
       After they've adjusted that they are here already, Synthea says; "So who's going to go down..."        
       And Cash interrupts saying: "Oh no!"           
       Synthea asks; "What is it Cash?"           
       "Assuming he's alive, how are we going to find him on a planet full of people?"         
       "I see what you mean." Synthea says. "Yes, this is a problem. It could take days of searching..."        
       Janet has been listening, and she says; "Let's see what Pluto says. Ship Pluto, are there humans on this planet?"        
       "Affirmative. The number is Five."          
       "Five!" Cash says with great surprise and relief. "Only five!"         
       "Ship Pluto, can you take us to their locations in a Starshuttle?"         
       "Affirmative. One destination."            
       "You mean all five are together?!" Cash asks.          
       "That's what it means." Says Janet.        
       "Okay, let's go!" Cash says. "Who's coming?"          
       So             
       
       Starla Anna Frederique.      
       Avery Monoray.
      Michaella. - Mic Breunell.
       U S S SIAHARA

    A NEW TREK A.

       Volume Two

       Starla Anna Frederique.      
       Avery Monoray.
      Michaella. (Mike). - Mic Breunell.
                                                                                "1941" 
       "Hey Bill, did you hear the news?" Sally asks. 
       "What news?"
       "Germany has invaded Poland!"
       "No, really?" 
       Sally says; "Uh-huh."   
       "I wonder what they're up to?" 
       "Well, it doesn't affect us" Sally says. 
       "Let's hope not" Bill says. 

       Now the scene strangely shudders, and then we see a different couple, and they are walking along a street, with cars of the 1930s and 1940s passing by: 
       John says: "It's been announced that Germany has now invaded the Soviet Union."  
       "Is that good, or bad?" Linda asks. Then says; "I wonder if they will beat the Germans." 
       "I don't think so. Not without our help." John says. 

       Now the scene strangely shudders again, and now we see couples sitting at tables, in an 1940s type of restaurant: 
       A man comes rushing into the room, and announces in a loud voice; "Hey everybody, Japan Surrenders, the war is over!" 
       And everyone in the room happily cheers. 

       Now we see a planet in space. And then a Starshuttle comes into view. And we follow it to the planet, and we see it going down and see it landing on the planet. 
       All wearing space suits, the group gets out of the Shuttle. They walk to an airlock, and get in.      

       The events leading up to this:       
       Janet comes by the cryo chamber, and notices something inside of it. She picks it up, and wonders what it is. So she goes and brings it to Sara and asks her about it.  
       Sara says; "It's a hat. You put it on top of your head."       
       "But why?" Janet asks.       
       "Some people like to wear them. Although, I don't think there's any need to wear one in a spaceship."           "So no one wears them?"       
       "Not really." Sara replies.       
       So Janet goes away, and decides that she's going to wear it, and puts it on.        
       So after awhile, Cash comes to see Avery:        
       "Hey Avery." Cash says.        
       "Yeah, hi. Anything new?" Avery says.      
       "Not really. Oh, there is one thing; Janet is now wearing a hat."       
       "I'm sure that will cover her up. What sort of hat is it?"         
       "Well, it's sort of like one of those fishing hats, and it has the design of a fish on it."        
       "A fish? Oh, that's my hat! And it's not a fish, it's a starship!"        
       "I did not know. Do you want me to get it from her for you?"       
       "No, let her wear it. At least she'll be wearing something."        
       Mic comes into the room. She says; "We've found another planet. It will take some time to get there, but I think we're going to try going down to it. We'll take a Starshuttle. Oh, and Avery, did you hear that Janet is now dressed, yeah, she's wearing a hat! And it has the design of a fish on it."       
       "That's not a fish, it's a starship!" Avery says. "If you go, I'd like to go with."         
       "Why?" Cash asks.       
       "Why not?" Avery says. "I'm one of you now, aren't I? Sort of one of the crew, if you think of yourselves that way. And I know things that none of you will know. So I might help."      
       "In a wheelchair? Cash says, not so much as a question. We're not taking any wheelchairs."        
       "But I know things."        
       "What could you know, Avery? You've been asleep for hundreds of years, or whatever that was, in that chamber. You're behind the times Avery. What could you know about the modern era? It's us that have been running the ship, not you, you're stuck in this wheelchair. And we rescued Janet while you did nothing."                 "What?! I was in the chamber, how could I do anything?!"
       Now Mic speaks up; "Aren't you being rather harsh, Cash?"       
       "Gravity! Avery says. I bet you don't know what gravity is. I know all about it."         
       "You think you know gravity, do you? I've got news for you, everyone knows what gravity is! That was all figured out hundreds of years ago, there's nothing left to know."        
      "Really, you think so?" Avery replies. "Well, I've got news for you, Einstein and Newton never knew what gravity was, but I do."     
      "Einstein? You are behind the times, Avery. It wasn't Einstein or Newton, it was someone totally different."      
       "Someone else? Avery says with great surprise. "Who was that?"       
       "It was a guy named Frederique. And he figured it all out, better than those other guys did."       
       "Frederique? Who the hell is that? I never heard of him!"          
       "Not only that, but this guy, the guy who came up with the theory, is generally known as the smartest man on earth, smarter than Einstein, since it became known that Einstein really didn't know gravity, when everyone thought he did."         
       "So who is he?" Avery asks impatiently.         
       "Okay," Cash says. "I'll look him up for you." So Cash goes and gets a computer pad, and looks it up. And then he says: "Okay, here it is, what do you want to know?"          
       "Well, let's start with his full name, and when did he have a theory of gravity?"        
       "Okay." Cash says. Then he says; "Oh. Oh! I'm sorry, Avery, I've misspoken, it's not a man, it's a woman. But that's strange, I thought it was a man."       
       Mic speaks up again and says; "I thought it was a woman also."     
       "A woman! Are you kidding? A woman came up with a theory of gravity, that the whole world accepted?" Avery says incredulously.         
       Then Mic speaks up now with her 'feathers a bit ruffled' and says; "Why is that so difficult to accept Avery? I'm beginning to agree with Cash, that you are behind the times."       
       "So what's her full name?" Avery asks in an irritated manner.        
       Cash takes another look, and says; "It's a, Miss Starla Anna Frederique."       
       "My Starla?! My Starla?!" Avery says in a shocked voice, with tears starting to come.         
       "Did you know her?" Both Cash and Mic asks with surprise in unison.        
       "What's the theory, tell me the theory." Avery asks anxiously.        
       "Okay." Cash says. "The theory is that there's no such thing as the pull of gravity, that what gravity is, is a combination of centrifugal forces."       
       "That's my theory!" Avery says almost shouting. "It must be my Starla!"         
       "You! Had your own theory of gravity?" Cash says with surprise. "And that was it?"        
       "Yeah, and I guess Starla published it in her name."          
       "So if you knew this Starla, then why didn't you know her name at first?"         
       And Mic adds; "And why did we all think that it was a man? If it was a woman, I would have remembered that."         
       Cash is looking more closely, while Avery replies; "I never knew Starla's maiden name. Damn, I never asked her. I didn't ask her much about herself."         
       Then Cash says; "Hold on, it says here that this Starla got the theory from someone else, and that that someone else was a man."          
       "What's his name?" Avery asks anxiously.        
       "His name is Avery Monoray!" Cash says with surprise.       
       And Avery bursts out crying.        
       "The great Monoray!" Cash says. "I did not know that these two people were the same."      
       Avery says; "That's me! I'm Monoray." Avery barely manages to say in a choked manner. Avery is almost unable to speak as he says; "My Starla published my theory, but gave me the credit!" He says as he's crying.       
       "You're the Monoray? The Great Monoray, the one who finally solved the mysteries of gravity?" Cash says in amazement. "Oh Avery, I'm sorry the way I've treated you. I had no idea!"         
       "But the Monoray died hundreds of years ago." Mic says. How can you be him?        
       Avery replies; "I hope I'm not dead. Do I seem like I'm dead?"          
       Then Cash reading more, says; "It says here that Monoray went missing. Then after many years was pronounced dead. So this is why we all know him as dead."       
       "So when did Starla get around to publishing my theory?" Avery asks.        
       "It says here it was the year 2146. But says that the theory wasn't widely accepted until about 50 years later. After the dead pronouncement, Starla was then able to get it published."      
       "She published my theory!" Avery says with a few more tears, "But it took her a long time." Then after a bit, he says; "Somehow, she could not get me out of that damn thing. But never gave up on me! I presume she never married, since it seems that her maiden name did not change. I'm sorry you two, I think I'm going to be crying for awhile. At least I now have some idea of what happened to her."        

      Now on the planet: Cash, Synthea, Mike, and Sara, comes into a large room that has many lockers along the walls. At first, there's no one there, and they are waiting. Then an android comes out and in an apologetic manner says; "Oh sorry, I did not know you were here. They usually don't come in the mid term, sorry. So are you wanting to get in now? Or make a scheduling?"      
       Cash asks; "What planet is this?"       
       And the android replies; "Uncertain, clarify please."        
       Then Cash says; "We want to know the name of this planet. What's it's name?"       
       And the android replies; "Uncertain, clarify please."        
       And Synthea says; "I don't think we're going to get an answer. At least not to that question." And then asks the android; "Is there someone we can talk to?"     
       It replies; "Sorry, cannot decipher, please clarify."        
       Then Sara says; "I don't think we're going to get anywhere that way either."       
       So then Cash asks it; "What programs do you have?"      
       The android; "Uncertain. Do you mean make a scheduling, or get in now?"       
       Then Mike asks it; "What do we get if we get in now?"      
       The android; "Uncertain, are you wanting to start now, going to the end, or a three month temporary?"           Cash says; "Must we stay the three months?"       
       Android; "You may stay any time, maximum three months."       
       Cash; "What do we get with the 'three month temporary'?"       
       Android; "Cannot decipher, sorry."      
       "I don't think we're going to get anymore from this thing." Cash says. "So you all want to go in, or not?"         Synthea says; "If we don't, we don't learn anything."        
       Mike says; "Do you think it's safe enough?"       
       Then Sara says she wants to try something, then asks it; "Is the 'three month temporary' safe?"       
       Then it replies; "The program is safe, no harm."        
       Synthea says to the group; "So lets go in, shall we? We're only wasting time out here with this thing."    
       Then Mike asks; "But will we be able to learn anything in there, where ever that is?"       
       Cash says; "We won't know until we do."       
       So they agree to go in, and so Cash says to the thing; "Yes, we would like to go in."        
       The android; "You must put your space suits in the lockers, and the period clothing you must wear will come out for you. You are not allowed in with anything more modern than the year 1941, and you must wear the period clothing, and must not bring any of the aforementioned items. If not complying, door will not open. Enjoy your stay."       
       "I wonder if that means Avery would get in, is he old enough?" Cash jokes.
       U S S SIAHARA
                                              Another 'Star Track Crazy' episode; "Night passage"
       "Sometimes I poop a nice log, and I cry."         
       "You cry, why?"         
       "It's my potty, and I'll cry if I want to."        
       Starla laughs.       
       "But I thought you mostly hated women."      
       "No I don't! I hate what many of them do to their bodies, but I don't hate women. I'm a man, how could I hate women?"       
       "But you've never gotten a girlfriend, and the way you talk about them..."       
       "It's complicated. I've been wanting a girlfriend for most of my life, but sadly, never gotten one. Many times when I've gone out to get the mail, I have a certain disappointment, because instead of getting the mail, I was wishing I could get the female."       
       Avery going on: "One night I was watching the computer, and a woman was playing some really great music with a really neat violin, sort of triangular shape. And I was loving all the facial expressions she was doing. Her face was so beautiful, that I was crying. To me, there's nothing like the woman's face in the universe. And the woman's butt, is second only to her face. The two best parts of a woman's body, is her face first, butt second. And this is partly to do with the fact that these two parts are the most prominent parts of a woman's body that men see. But it is in no way the only reason. So that's what I think! How could I hate them!"   
       Starla says; "Okay, that's really personal."       
       "Yeah. But women should know these things, it's not only me, it's mostly all men. But many men are obsessed with women's breasts, maybe more than anything else, and the larger the better. I never have been. Or they like no breasts at all, or very small ones, you know, and this is disgusting; so he can feel as though he is taking her virginity. This is why some men like very small breasts. This is the way men are, and all women should know this. I find it strange that they don't. Little girls should know these things. But I guess it's difficult to tell them. There's an old saying; 'Men will have sex with anything that has a hole in it'. I know women see this as crazy. But it's the way men are. And another mystery about men, is why many of them want more than one woman. It seems like one would be enough. But I guess it's like with money; a man gets rich, and he wants to be richer. And richer and richer. As they say, 'you can't take it with you' ."       
       "You seem like a really honest guy."       
       "Yeah, that's me. Honest and no nonsense."       
       "I can tell you a little more about me.       
       "Okay." Starla says.         
       I was watching a very old movie, it was one of those 'Planet of the Apes' movies, the one with the space station, and they were trying to teach the apes how to fly a spaceship. I could see a few things coming way sooner than most people did. And toward the end, as soon as I saw that last pod-like spaceship coming, I knew what they were doing, that it was going to be that first ape, and I laughed a bunch, and said to myself; 'Oh, that's great!' But at the end, I was very disappointed, because I would not have done it that way. If I was that guy, not knowing what was going to happen if I tried to get home again, that would have been too much of a risk to take, especially since it seemed that he could have had that beautiful young hot babe woman as his woman, and she's probably a virgin. How could a man go off and leave her? Only for the remote chance of getting home, without having a clue what had happened to him in the first place. I could not. It's not logical. He was crazy to do that. And sure enough, he lost in the end. When he could have stayed and been happy with that woman."       
       Starla then says; "Being the way you are, how have you never gotten a woman?!"       
       "As I've said, it's complicated. It would take a long time talking about it. As you have probably noticed, I do a lot of thinking about things. And I totally love the woman's face, and the woman's butt. And as long as we're on the subject of women, there's one thing that I've never figured out."         
       Starla asks; "What's that?"
       "Well, as much as I have thought about women, there's one thing that is a mystery; as logical as I am, it's difficult for me to think of a beautiful woman as having an asshole. It's like with a boat, a boat is not going to have a hole in it's bottom. So how could a beautiful woman have a hole in her bottom?"       
      "And that's a dilemma for you? Just don't put her in water" Starla jokes.       
       Avery laughs. Then goes on; "Also, there's something else I've never been able the figure out: I can reason, using my logical mind, that a woman's butt, is basically the same as a man's butt, but simply a different shape and dimensions. Because, they both come from the same body, meaning that one develops into a man, and the other develops into a woman. I know this. But the problem is, that I really don't know it, because I can't wrap my mind around it to think of both of them as the same thing. No, a woman's butt is different, it's special. So they are the same, but not the same. And in all my years, I've never been able to solve it. It seems like a hopeless thing to solve. But I know that the woman's butt is really something special. But I know that most women don't seem to see it this way at all. They act like it's only something to sit on."           "It sounds like you really have it bad. Starla says."        
       "Yeah, I know I do. But it's a mystery to me why other people don't know why they like butts.       
       "And I suppose you do?" Starla says.         
       "Yes, at least I've figured out that part of it. It's because they are different, the butts, I mean. This is why a man likes a woman's butt, and a woman likes a man's butt. Because these butts are different. A man, does not have a butt like a woman, and a woman does not have a butt like a man, at least this is the way it should be. And this also is why women tend to like a baby's butt, because again, it is different from hers. When it comes down to it, the woman's butt is the only one that is different. Because men, boys, girls, and babies, have basically all the same butt. So this is one more thing that makes the woman's butt special. But I can go beyond this: Let's say that we have a totally round sphere, and a cube with totally flat sides. And let's say, that these two are people. So what's going to happen, is that the cube, is going to be totally in love with the sphere, and the sphere, is going to be totally in love with the cube. And that's because they are totally different from each other. This is why women like men's butts, and in part, why men like women's butts."             "Wow, you've done a lot of thinking about this."      
       "Well, I've had lots of time to think, being alone for most of my life."        
       "I'm sorry you have been alone."         
       "It's not your fault. And you are here now. For many years, I've been talking to myself, and I rarely get into arguments."        
       Starla laughs.              
 Janet is in love with her right arm, kissing it.   "I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you."        
"No, the right arm!"
       "French Vanilla"
There's a cow standing in the middle of the road. Several men are kneeling down along side the cow. They are eastern Indian types, and are wearing that religious garb that they wear, and a fancy white cloth has been laid over the cows back. The men are raising and lowering their arms toward the cow, and it is unclear as to if they are trying to get the cow off the road, or worshiping it. Then suddenly a car comes speeding around the corner, and then it comes skidding to a stop in front of the cow. It's the Batmobile. Both Batman and Robin poke their heads up to get a better look, and Robin says: "Holy cow, Batman!"
       "Whoa The Horses, Janet"
  song: 'Like a zombie, being dead for the very first time.
Like a zombie, '
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