"I don't wanna say goodbye."

"Then don't."

"See ya. Someday."

She was all smiles for Chiro, but on the inside she felt like crap.

It was partly because she really DIDN'T want to say goodbye. Shuggazoom and Chrio were all she knew, all she could remember.

Which was the reason she had to leave, of course. To get her memories back.

However, missing Chiro was only part of the reason her smile was a complete fake. It was also about the fact that Jinmay had screwed up big time.

Seriously, she met this great guy who stuck up for her, spent all his time with her, broke the rules for her...

And she had to go and screw it up by nearly killing him and leveling the city. Talk about embarrassing yourself in front of your crush! Yikes...

So, without further ado, she turned, took a couple of steps and blasted off.

"Boy, that was bad," Jinmay muttered to herself as she left the atmosphere. "Note to self: don't do that ever again. Ever."

Jinmay looked around, wondering where she should go. She hadn't really given it much thought, and now it seemed kind of silly, just leaving like this without a plan. Now here, in the black of space, every direction looked just as good as the next, so she picked on at random and started going that way.

But then she stopped. She looked around again. She felt something in the back of her mind urging her to go a different way. Off to the left.

She floated there weightlessly for a minute or so, deciding what to do. Then she shrugged. "I guess it can't hurt to go this way."

So she changed direction and took off, leaving the city far behind her.

•-(^_^)-•

Being all alone in space made a girl think.

There was nothing else to do, after all. It wasn't like driving down a road that had houses and things to see. It was completely black except for the distant stars, and after a while, Jinmay started to wonder if she was even moving. There was nothing around to show any sign of it.

So Jinmay thought. She thought about Chiro, where she was going, and what she might find out when she got there. But she mostly thought about how hungry she was.

She laughed, thinking about how ironic it was that she could only think about food when so many more important things needed to be thought about.

"Wait a minute," she thought out loud. "Why am I hungry, anyway? I'm a robot, aren't I? Shouldn't I run on fuel or something?"

She hadn't really ever thought about it before (or she had, and she forgot about it along with the rest of her past). She certainly hadn't found any problem when she was with Chiro, eating hover burgers, ice cream and soda. It seemed like such a normal, human girl thing to do then.

But now she knew she wasn't a normal human girl.

And now she wondered if she wasn't even a normal robot girl.

Jinmay closed her eyes, concentrating. Maybe, if she tried hard enough, she could remember something. Some kind of clue.

Several minutes passed before she opened her eyes, sighing.

Nothing.

And now she was even hungrier.

•-(O.O)-•

It had been an eternity since Jinmay had left Shuggazoom, and she hadn't seen any kind of life anywhere since she did.

And now a planet was in sight, and it looked like it was inhabited.

As she neared the planet, she saw other spacecraft coming in as well. All sorts of ships, big small, long and short, sailed next to her as they all approached the planet. While all the ships started landing, Jinmay could see this place was some sort of rest stop.

She landed and walked into a building that looked similar to a convenience store. The store was packed with many different creatures, aliens stopping to rest after long trips.

Jinmay quickly made her way to the food aisle, stocking up on as many carbs as she could carry at one time.

After grabbing a sufficient load of potato chips and cola, she walked up to the cashier, dumping her stash on the table.

The clerk looked at her suspiciously. "Have you got the cash to pay for all this?"

Jinmay pulled out a wad of Shuggazoomian money. "Will this be enough?"

The clerk eyed it suspiciously. "Sorry, we only take Clergian money here."

"Clergian monay?" Well, now what?

"Is that genuine Shuggazoomian money?"

Jinmay turned to face an odd new character. He was tall, with pale blue skin, four legs, two arms, and four eyes, two of which stood above his head like antennae.

"Yes, it is."

The little creature grinned goofily, bowing to Jinmay while using his eye antennae to watch her. "My name is Carvon Calibiris, collector of comics, couches, and currencies."

"My name's Jinmay."

"Would you be open to a trade, Miss Jinmay?"

"A trade?"

"Yes." He gestured at her no-good cash. "Your Shuggazoomian money for an equal amount of Clergian money. To build up my collection, you see."

"Sure!"

The clerk sighed impatiently as they made the transaction, tapping a wrinkled yellow finger on the counter. "hurry up, would ya? There are other folks waitin'."

Jinmay paid for her food and left the grouchy cashier behind. Carvon Calibris followed her.

"Thanks for helping me out back there."

"Thank you, miss! I've been hunting down Shuggazoomian money for a long time now."

"Really?"

"Certainly!" He held up some of the money. "This stuff is evasive. I thought there was no way to get at it except to visit the planet itself. In fact, I was just on my way over there, but you've saved me the trip."

"Well, I'm happy to help. Where will you go now, if you aren't going to Shuggazoom?"

"Actually, Shuggazoom was more of a detour than a destination. I'm heading to my brother's place. He's getting married. And now that I'm not making a special side trip, I might be on tuime for the first time in my life." He laughed, throwing back his head. "Won't that surprise him! I can't wait to see the look on his face when I arrive with bags in hand, ready to stay with him for a Marhettle month!"

Jinmay couldn't help but smile as well.

"And where are you headed, Miss Jinmay?"

"Well, I'm not really sure at the moment."

"What do you mean by that?"

So Jinmay explained her situation, Carvon nodding all the while.

"Well, if you don't have a specific direction you want to go, why don't you ride with me for a while?" Carvon pointed to a space dock not far from where they were standing. "I drive that old hunk of junk over there. There's enough room for two. And if sure beats traveling alone."

Jinmay looked him up and down, wondering if this was some kind of trap. He is awfully friendly. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Jinmay sighed. Well, it's that or fly all alone for who knows how long until I find some other place to stop. And then there might be some other kind of problem, with nobody around willing to help me out.

She smiled and looked up at her new, blue friend. "Sounds great."

•-(^_O)-•

A/N: My first fanfic for a long time! If you didn't catch it, Carvon Calibiris, collector of comics, couches, and currencies is an Andalite from K. A. Applegate's Animorphs series, a favorite of mine as a kid!

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