As soon as the children had arrived on that planet, they were guided by one of the queen's guards—a lizard-like extraterrestrial into the palace.

"Right this way, meat-walkers..."

Said a lizard-like guard.

"What dʼya mean meat walkers?!" Asked Davey.

"Uh, you humans walk on two legs and are primarily composed of meat." Said Annʼkaʼrai. "While I, however, am composed of chitin."

"Makes sense." Replied Davey.

"Where are you taking us?" Asked Michelle.

"First, we will take you to the queen of our planet—if you are not giving a declaration of war, you will be sent on your way." Explained the lizard guardian. "If you are, then...you will be devoured by the beast we keep in our detention cells.." he snarled.

"No, no!" Exclaimed Michelle, rather frantically. "We are certainly not here to declare war on your planet!"

"Is that so?" Asked the guard once they reached an enormous doorway. "Well you can tell her yourselves.." the guard knocked twice on the door, its sound echoing throughout the halls.

The massive doors opened, and the three children stepped inside, instantly noticing the queen.

The queen was tall, slender, and her skin was not skin, but rather white chitin. Her head was large and very milky white. Her legs were more skin-like, however, and they were spilt into sections, resembling tentacles. Her face was beautiful...yet somewhat horrifying—she had two sets of huge black eyes and multiple sets of long, sharp teeth, even some growing from her lips and mouth! In short, she resembled somewhat of a large, thin bug-squid-bird-lizard-woman thing.

"Greetings, meat-

walkers." She spoke in a clear tone, almost horrifyingly perfect. "I am Queen Wanejalismpʼnʼtomyhanuljndaialnda, of Reptillius-Ornithia 9..."

"Can we just call you...Wanda, perhaps?" Asked Davey. "I really canʼt understand your name."

"That is perfectly fine." Said the enormous, white alien. "I quite enjoy that name...Wanda...

why have you come to my planet?"

"We have come because the earth

is in great peril." Said Annʼkaʼrai. "Would you happen to have this "Pōmaikaʻi MaʼGūfʼin" flower on your planet by any chance?"

"Why certainly.." the creature

moved out from the building at a relatively slow pace, for she was about as tall as the building itself!

The kids followed her to find a massive room filled with all sorts of alien plants.

Michelle gazed out in awe, Davey was not too thrilled—he turned around, not noticing the huge, carnivorous-looking plant missing the chance at grabbing him!

"This is a most beautiful garden, your highness.." said Annʼkaʼrai.

"Why thank you.." said the queen Wanda as she bent over and grabbed a small flower with

five petals.

It was beautiful—itʼs stem

appeared to be secreting glitter

instead of pollen, and it was multi-

colored like a beach sunset.

"Here you are, meat-walkers."

"Thanks so much!" said Davey as he took the flower.

"So, how long have you been the ruler of this planet?" asked Michelle.

"Oh, for longer than you meat-walkers have touched the ground of various worlds..." Wanda looked out the window at the various stars and planets. "I must say, that "earth" place is getting pretty crowded. If one were to blow up the place, the species of earth could really spread throughout the galaxy—"

"NOOOOOO!!" shouted Davey and Michelle.

"You donʼt agree with what I, the Queen of the largest planet in the galaxy have to say?" replied Wanda.

Davey took in a breath. He knew he had to explain this in the most non-threatening way possible, but if he didnʼt, they were all screwed.

"No..." said Davey. "Itʼs not that...itʼs, your eyes..."

"My...eyes?" said Wanda, leaning

closer to Davey.

"Yes, your huge, beautiful eyes..." Davey paused and briefly gazed back at at Michelle, who had started to grind the flower. "Why, they are as bright as ten-thousand suns, and more beautiful, too..."

"Thank you..." Wanda chuckled. "You are quite attractive as well..."

Now, Davey was really getting red.

"Why, thank you my lovely lady.." Davey reaches into his pocket and pulled out a pack of MMʼs. "A...Uh, present, for you..."

Wanda took the MM pack into her claws, and examined it closely.

"What is this delightful thing?" She asked Davey.

"Itʼs candy!" He said. "You eat it!"

Wanda tossed the bag into her HUGE, multi-toothed mouth and ate the whole thing. After a while, she gave a massive smile.

"Hmmm! Your confectionary is

delightful, meat-walker!" She exclaimed.

"I would only want the best for you, my beautiful, sexy giant angel..." Davey sighed.

Michelle, though awkward as Daveyʼs words were to her, had managed to crunch the flower to an orangey dust with total concentration. She quickly poured the contents into a plastic bag and handed the bag to Annʼkaʼrai.

"I must personally ask you, as a meat-walker, since your kind is of earth, do you know what has become of my 34th daughter, Andromeda?"

Before Annʼkaʼrai could say anything, a message came on Michelleʼs comlink. It showed a photo of Samuel talking to someone.

"What dʼya mean, "sheʼs dead"?!"

He spoke. "I though I told you ingrates to keep Andromeda SAFE FROM HARM!"

Suddenly, Wanda turned livid. Michelle got a nasty look from Davey.

"I meant to clear out my inbox, ya know??!" Michelle said, her hands on her hips.

"You...WHAT?!" Wanda exclaimed.

"Well, see," said Michelle. "It wasnʼt us—it was this crazy doctor guy and—"

"Why you SWINDLERS!!" Exclaimed Wanda. "You only came for my flower, and now that you DARE to slay one of my most NOBLE daughters, we will invade your PLANET!! Guards, AFTER THEM!!" She pointed a giant, insect-like finger at the kids.