Yet again we join our heroes. This time, on the surface of the ring world now dubbed hula-hoop. Or Hula for short. Now they are discussing what they are to do now that they are trapped on 'Hula'.

"Man, we are well and truly screwed."

"What gave you that idea Fred? Was it the covenant circling overhead, the pirates that want you dead, or the fact that you can't get off this planet because your ship doesn't work. OF COURSE WE"RE SCREWED!" George screamed to Freddy.

"Quiet down you guys, I'm trying to drive here. It's kinda hard to drive an eight ton bus when there isn't a road to drive it on." said Zane.

"Listen Zane" George sighed, "I'm just a little angry right now that we're stuck on this circular planet with no food except for two years worth of tea packaged with an even larger supply of cheese whiz. I mean, seriously, how are we going to survive, let alone get off this planet?"

"We'll find a way. Count on it. As for the tea, that problem is courtesy of our friendly AI, Reggie. The space he used for tea was supposed to be reserved for the crackers so we could eat the cheese with it."

"Don't blame it on me M'lord, I distinctly remember hearing you say that you loved tea and drink it with every meal. So it was only natural for me to stockpile your ship with it."

"You know what Reggie? I'm not even going to reply to that. Oh, lookie here, a building. Lets stay here tonight. Alright everyone! Out of the bus, we're gonna crash here tonight. Mitch, you stay on the bus, we don't want anyone stealing the bus while we're gone."

The band members, minus Mitch, but including Reggie walked to the grey building. It was grey and vaguely resembled concrete. It stood five stories tall, and was one acre large. It stood out like a sore thumb in the middle of the very open grassland that it resided on. In fact, it was the only building in sight for miles. The terrain around the building was extremely flat, and it actually sloped up to the building, making it even harder to miss.

Zane walked up to it, guitar in one hand, smiled, and said, "Yea, I don't think they'll find us here."

Author's Note - Thank you all for the reviews. I will just warn you now that these next few chapters will be a bit short, like this one, and may only come once a week or less as I now have a tough time finding computers