Episode 31: It’s Time To Go Home

There is something I haven’t told you.

All was dark as Flash contemplated Hollygram’s words. He could still hear the phrase echoing in his head and he had a sensation of floating. For some time, Flash enjoyed this feeling.

He was completely at rest. The sound of Hollygram’s voice swelled to an omnipresent vibration that had a familiarity about it. Slowly, Flash opened his eyes to a familiar sight through the transparent cryo-tube housing, the video screen flickered blue light through the TNI.

Flash just lay still for several minutes, mentally acclimating to the waking world.

MEANWHILE…

Celeste and Crystal stealthfully made their way along the docking bay platform to space E-2, where Celeste’s craft hovered. They never considered the trouble they could get themselves into if caught. Crystal, because she had snuck out so often in the past, Celeste, because of the adrenaline coursing through her veins. As they approached the ship, Celeste entered a code into her keypad and the dormant ship came to life.

The hatch opened with a soft swoosh and the panel glowed. There is something else I haven’t told you Crystal mentioned casually as they embarked.

MEANWHILE…

P. J. Raygun and Nebula X were clear of the asteroid field, and traveling through open space. The nearest object in front of them was Mars, but it was a long ways off. P. J. had a lot of scheming to do and a lot of time to do it. On long trips in space, a ship’s captain was normally busy with navigational concerns. These were being ably handled by the X unit.

MEANWHILE…

Krate Azimuth was promoting his newly published autobiography when he received word that an unidentified object was approaching Earth. Lander had already been summoned and Krate was also asked to leave for Florida immediately. While the story was kept from the public, there had been a leak. Rumors sprang up which claimed that Major Sly Wormhole was returning to Earth with a Martian army to wage war against the world that had snubbed him. Scandal sheets ran front page stories predicting armageddon.