Chapter 3: "Pretty woman, stop a while!"

At the bridge, there are three people who I see: a tall man (who I assume to be the father), a young boy around 7-8 years of age, and... a tall pretty girl, who wears a bracelet. Heck, when I saw her, time and space stopped! There was only one thing on my mind, a song:

"Pretty woman, walkin' down the street,

Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet,

Pretty woman...

I don't believe you, you're not the truth,

'No one could look as good as you..."

Then suddenly (and somewhat abruptly), I snapped out of my trance when the young boy spoke: "Hey, Mom, who's that with you?"

"Ah!-er-I-ah-...," I stammered, after a little while. But then I said, "Oh, sorry!"

"Miles, this is James Andrie Alinsangao. I found him in the hangar, and I have no clue how he got here. Do you?"

"I don't have any idea, either. Sorry, Mom." Miles replies.

Then a large screen, with the letters TTA (which I understood meant Tomorrowland Transit Authority, thanks to Phoebe's introduction earlier) on the screen flashes, and a large, two-headed alien appears.

"Captain Callisto, we have noticed strange energy readings in the vicinity of your ship, and we were wondering if you were okay." The head on the right says. "Yes, we are very worried about you!" The head

on the left exclaims, showing concern. "We are fine, Admirals Watson and Crick. No need to worry about us."

"Whew!" both the Admirals exhale, somewhat simultaneously.

"When did you first notice these energy readings?" asks the father. "We noticed them at around 9:00 Galactic Standard Time, Leo." Watson (the right head) says.

"And a rather large energy burst at around 9:30!" Crick exclaims. "We tried to call you, but you weren't on the Stellosphere." Watson continues. "We noticed a smaller burst at around 9:30, but you still weren't home."

"So we tried to call you again, and now we're here talking to you!" Crick says, in which I laughed a little. Crick then asks Phoebe, "Oh, who's that with you, Captain?"

"This is James Andrie Alinsangao. We found him on the hangar when we returned from our mission." Phoebe answers. Then she asks Stella, "Stella, how long has James been here?"

"I first detected James around at 9:00 Galactic Standard Time" Stella replies, after a brief pause. Then I realized, that was when I first woke up on the ship.

"Those energy bursts are similar to bursts measured around a wormhole." says the young girl, which made me blush, but just a little; I don't think it was too obvious to anybody.

"Hmm, so maybe the two are related somehow. Loretta, anything else you notice?" Miles asks.

"Well, no, not right now. Maybe something else will appear later." Loretta replies.

"So, let me get this straight. James 'appeared' around the same time as an energy burst, which was similar to a wormhole?" asks Admiral Watson. "Yes, Admiral." Phoebe replies.

These things started making absolutely no sense to me, so I asked, "Wait a minute! What year is this anyway?!" "2167." Loretta answers. "2167?! B-b-but... IMPOSSIBLE!" I respond.

"Uh, no, it's not!" she replies back, with annoyance. "But yesterday, it was just 2017!" I protested. "Ooh, the plot thickens!" Admiral Crick exclaims, which certainly didn't help matters a lot, as I was still in disbelief of what's happening.

"So you traveled through time, 150 years into the future?" Admiral Watson asks, scratching his head. "That would be the case." I say with a sigh. And then I ask the Admirals: "Is there any chance of me going back home?"

It was Admiral Watson who answered, "Not unless there was another wormhole to take you back 150 years, and that would be difficult, if not impossible to find." He replies, his voice showing concern.

A/N Sorry for the cliffhanger, the 4th chapter would be a little delayed since I've got a lot of things to do.