"I'm bored," Ben whined to Rook, "Why do we have to take Barga to a plumber base? Why can't we just, I dunno, drop him out an airlock or leave him on a planet we don't like?"

"Doing so would be against plumber regulation, not to mention highly unethical. However, I do recognize that we have yet to make landfall on any planet after 3 days in space, which was not my original plan." Rook stated.

Ben decided to start scrolling through the list of nearby inhabited planets and other various areas. Ben paused and flipped back a few as he saw a familiar alien species listed.

"Three suns orbiting a planet? Really? That's a HUGE planet." Rook, who had been watching for any nearby crafts looked over and read aloud, "Flors Verdance, home to Florauna and various other plant species and other wildlife."

Breaking from his reading, Rook started talking to Ben, "Ben, I would not advise going to this planet. Not only would it be dangerous to get there, the plumbers know very little about this planet,"

"Making this a perfect chance to change that!" Ben finished as Rook slumped back in his chair, sighing, knowing that there was no stopping him now. Just after inputting the coordinates, a pair of hands came snaking in.

"Guess who?" Came from the dark hallway behind the door. "George Washington. Or wait, was that last week?" Ben said jokingly. "That was last week." Rook deadpanned.

"Wait, what? You met George Washington without me?" came Gwen's voice.

Ben, ignoring the fact that his eyes were covered, turned around with Ester's hands still covering his eyes, and said with mock surprise, "Gwen? It was you? I knew you'd be a circus freak someday."

"Haha, very funny. So where are we headed?" Gwen asked, noting that their heading had recently changed. Ester walked into the light and removed her hands from Ben's eyes.

"Ooh...pretty girl." Ben said, continuing his foolish act. Ester blushed a bit while Gwen asked, "So why don't we wanna go there?" "Cause we don't know anything about it." Ben said in a mocking voice. "Sounds like a perfect chance." said Ester. "See, Rook? She understands." Ben said in his childlike voice.

"So what's the catch?" Gwen asked Rook. "The catch, as you call it, is that we have to pilot the ship between two suns that rotate around the planet." Rook stated.

"Sounds nice and warm." Ester said cheerfully. Rook and Gwen looked at her as if she was crazy.

"What? She can't help it if it's convenient for her!" Ben defended.

"Could it be..." Gwen started. "I find it highly unlikely, Ben is not likely to ever develop any such selfless thoughts." Rook answered Gwen's unfinished question.

A while later, they finally found themselves preparing to enter between the two of the three suns orbiting the planet. Rook, Ben, and Gwen were all strapped into their seats in preparation for the expected turbulence while Ester was finishing strapping her arms, legs, and head into her seat. "I hate having to do this." Ester said, "I'm ready now, finally."

"Engage!" shouted Ben. Gwen and Rook looked at him leerily. "What? Somebody had to do it!" Ben defended. "Not really." Gwen responded. "Whatever Gwen." Ben said pushing the conversation to the side. "Never said you could stop calling me Gwendolyn." she replied. Rook, feeling the tension rise decided that now would be the perfect moment.

"Seeing as we are prepared for entry I see no reason to wait." Rook stated, not waiting for any agreement or disagreement.

The ship quickly encountered turbulence as they entered between two of the suns. "Monitoring both suns for potential sun spots," Rook announced. "Do we really need a play-by-play account Rook?" Ben asked. "No, but I want one." Gwen stated, ending the conversation before it began. "We are entering the proximity of the suns closest points to each other." Rook's status reports continued.

The turbulence increased slightly, then without warning, stopped altogether. "That was it?" Ben asked. "I thought it would be worse!" as Ben finished his statement, the ship renewed it's turbulence far stronger than before. "Agh!" exclaimed Gwen. "Head...splitting...in...two" Ben cringed as the ship violently jostled the four of them. Finally, the turbulence passed. "Thank the plumbers that the ride was that smooth." Rook offered. "You can say that again." Ben replied. "Thank the plumbers that the ride was that smooth." Rook repeated.

"No, you don't..." Ben facepalmed then said, "You know what? Forget it?" "Forget what?" Rook asked in confusion. "That you're landing a spaceship!" Gwen shouted. "You know Gwen, that's on the list of things not to forget." Ben smartly informed her. "Hence the emphasizing it." Gwen responded.

"Ugh... I can't take all this bickering, just shut up already!" Charmcaster's voice seemed to float in the air.

"Was that...?" Ben started. "Yup, it was," Gwen answered, holding up the demented looking purse bag. Ester, very confused by this fragmented conversation inquired, "What is that?"

"You could call it a prison of sorts." Gwen responded. "More like a hell pit!" Charmcaster shouted from inside the bag.

"I can't wait till one of you has a dream about me!" she continued on.

"What, it's not like you can control us through our dreams." Ben paused and asked Gwen, "She can't do that, right?"

"Not as far as I know." Gwen responded, not reassuring Ben.

Ben's thoughts flashed back to when he had helped Charmcaster obtain the alpha rune, and how she had held discussions with the bag that had intimated a slight interest in him.

Brushing these thoughts aside, Ben focused back to the task at hand. They were now moments away from starting to land.

"I will now begin docking procedures." Rook stated. Rook, having said nothing in the previous conversation for fear of being distracted, followed through with his statement.

As they descended, they saw below them a massive planet filled with countless shades of green, and many layers of plant life. Curiously, there were no visible sources of water, the entire planet seemed to consist of land.

Rook chose a clearing to land in, and began landing procedures while everyone began to unbuckle themselves. After helping Ester unbuckle from her extra straps, Ben grabbed her and transformed into XLR8, taking off at his trademark high speeds, knocking Gwen and Rook over.

Surprisingly, Ben, as XLR8, was perfectly fine with the environment. The suns, while in orbit of the planet, were considerably further than a moon would be.

Gwen stepped out of the ship, shortly followed by Rook. "Ben, take this." Gwen tossed him a strange white cube. Ben caught the cube, only to have it liquefy instantly and absorbed into his skin.

"I didn't do it!" Ben said reflexively. "It was supposed to do that Ben." Gwen replied calmly.

"Off we go!" Ben said and charged off in a random direction, leaving Gwen and Rook behind.

"Two minutes or three?" Gwen asked. "30 seconds I predict." Rook replied.

Thirty seconds later, Ben and Ester reappeared. Ester's arms wrapped around them, and off they went, not truly knowing where they were going at all.