He had finally relaxed a few hours after the ship, barely larger than a Voot cruiser, had
taken off. Oh, he was not a happy Tal-
But then, of course, he was not one of the Tallest anymore. He sighed as the ship
continued on its course, and he thought of Red, laughing, joking, laser-ing, and whatnot.
"Smoke machines," he muttered drearily. The ship continued on.
Several months passed as the ship flew through space, and Purple stared at the ceiling of
the small cabin. What else could he do? He thought about the planet he was headed to. Nobody
there at all. Nobody he knew, anyway. Who knew what he was getting into? He had been sent to
one of the most desolate, faraway planets in the galaxy by someone he had thought was his best
friend. He struggled not to scream.
"Now entering atmosphere!" the ship piped up. Purple sat up. Had it already been that
long? Guess so. He looked out of the windshield and remembered that he was completely alone.
"Stupid Red," he muttered. "Stupid Red, stupid planet, stupid LASERS," his voice rose, "AND
STUPID. . . HALF! AN! INCH!" He slammed his hand down onto the control panel. It dented
and sparked from within. Great.
"Auto-pilot. . . shuttinng. . . . dowwwnnnnnn. . . . . ." the ship groaned. Purple tapped on
the dashboard.
"Hey, wake up. I'm tall!" The dash did nothing. "Stupid-"
It burst into flame.
"YAAAHHHH!!!!!" Purple blew on the flames feebly. "PHHH! PHHH!"
The flames spread throughout the cabin.
"AAARRGH!!" Red lights began to flash on and off. It didn't take a genius to figure out
that this meant BAD STUFF WAS HAPPENING.
The ship crackled back to life. "KxxWarninxx! Apprxxng planexxckx-x-xurface!"
"SURFACE?!!" screamed Purple. "NOT YET!!"
"Yesxx, yetxx!"
"Huh?"
The computer did not reply.
"Well that was weirAAAGH!" The ground spun up at him from the viewscreen. He
curled into a fetal position on the deck, and did not move. The ship shook and spun and finally-
WhhuuuuHAAMMM!!!" A rocking jolt went through the ground as the ship finally hit.
The soil churned as it dug its way into the earth and finally came to a halt in a crater twelve feet
deep. Purple moaned and lost consciousness.
A door to a house opened and slammed shut. Footsteps ran down a path. A head poked
over the side of the crater and stared down into it to see the charred, burning remains of the ship.
They lightly jumped down into the hole to get a better look - and fainted dead away.