"Never, on any circumstances," Arthur began shakily, "Press that button." He gestured to where the gold button had last been, but now there was a chocolate brownie in its place. He quickly picked it up and ate it to regain his equilibrium.
"Was that the Infinite Improbability Drive?" Fenchurch asked from the ceiling.
"Yep," Zaphod replied happily, "It sure was." He was replying happily because now there were Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters in his other two hands as well. He took a sip from each one at once, which was then followed by a "Freeowww!"
Fenchurch walked to the floor and picked up a cup of china filled with Pepsi Vanilla. She took a sip and threw it away. "So what happened?" she asked.
Arthur waved his hand in front of a motion sensor panel, which brought up a rather large star chart. It showed a line starting from where the recently incinerated planet Jarris once resided and stopped near the edge of the map, near a strangely shaped quasar.
"That," Arthur began, "Is where we are."
"So what's that?" Fenchurch asked again.
"I don't know."
"I'll tell you where we are," a despondent voice said from the back of the bridge. Arthur, Fenchurch, and Zaphod turned around to see a metallic man in the corner with triangular, red eyes glaring at them, "We're near the edge of the universe."
"Hey, er, Marvin," Zaphod began, "How have you been?"
Marvin did a metallic sigh before saying, "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Isn't this that robot from the planet where the Final Message is?" Fenchurch asked.
"Yes," Arthur replied, "I believe so."
"You believe so!" Marvin began furtively, "What's left to believe in for a robot who's now eight times older than the universe, has died multiple times, and has already solved every known problem in the universe and some unknown!" He slumped down miserably and turned himself off.
The three organic beings stared.
"Oookaayyy…" Zaphod began, "That was odd. But what's this about an edge to the universe? I mean, I thought the universe was infinite! I mean, think about it man! And woman! If there's an edge to the universe, then that means that everything anybody's ever told me has been wrong!"
"I didn't realize that this upset you so much." Arthur said worriedly. He had never seen Zaphod so upset.
"It does upset me! I mean, what's on the other side of this quasar! According to Marvin, we won't find out! I mean, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox, man! I can't live my life knowing that there really is an edge!"
"What about alternate universes?"
"WHAT ABOUT THEM!"
"Umm, guys," Fenchurch began, who had been ignoring Zaphod's ranting and had been staring at the screen, "What's that orange light coming at us?"
"That," Eddie began cheerily, "Is an Ultra-Mega-Über-Hyper-Quasi-Death Bomb! Have a nice afterlife!"