chapter 8- sorry it's taken a few days for me to update, but I've been working on my other story A cold winter's day. well, here goes.

Jimmy wondered if he had made the right decision. He knew that saving Cindy was important, but was he right to leave Tara in charge. Jimmy was flying at light speed through space in his AstroCar. With only himself in it, the car felt extremely big and empty. He had the coordinates of the spacecraft that Cindy was aboared. It was easy to trace them because of the message he had recieved from Goobot. By his calculations, he would catch up with the craft, because he was flying much faster than it. He would reach the craft in only a few hours, but he hadn't figured out how he was going to get onto it.

Jimmy set the astrocar on autopilot, so he had plenty of time to spare. He hadn't brought anything with him to pass the time, so eventually, he grew very bored. The gently movement of the car, and the view of passing stars slowly forced Jimmy into a deep sleep.

Back home, Libby was doing her best to ignore Tara. When they had first met, she didn't mind her. Libby actually thought that Tara could become a friend. But now, Tara spent her whole time talking about Cindy's faults, and how Jimmy and Cindy hated each other.

Although Jimmy had left Tara in charge, Libby felt that she was more responsible, so she took on the job herself. Libby decided to have a meeting at the Candy Bar with her friends, to assign jobs to them.

"Ok, guys, listen up. I've picked jobs for you all pretaining to the war. Depending on your skills, that's what kind of job you get." she said.

"Really! Do I get to help out with the lady soldiers? My charms and good looks will help them pull through..." said Sheen.

" I don't think so. If you had your way with them, they'd decide that the war effort was useless and they'd move to another planet!" said Libby.

"What, don't you find me charming?" he asked.

"Anyway, Sheen your job is to keep an eye on the monitor in Jimmy's lab. That was Cindy's job, but obviously she is unavailable at the moment, so that's what you'll do."

"Aye aye captain!" replied Sheen.

"What's my job, Libby?" asked Carl.

"Um, well I know that you and Heather have been hanging out, and her mother is a chef, so I was wondering if you could convince her to bake some food for the soldiers, and some to sell to raise money for stuff." said Libby.

"You do know that I'm suppose to be in charge, don't you? What gives you the right to assign jobs?" asked Tara, who was in a particularly bad mood that day.

"Tara, part of your job is to not question what I do. Another thing...your sister hasn't been informed of the war, and I know that she won't help, because if she does, then the Yokians will do something to Cindy. I know that she doesn't excactly get along with Cindy, but she would't want anything to happen to the heir, because then her title of queen could be revoked. Anyway, I would like you to inform your sister of the situation, and see if she could help in an indirect way." said Libby.

"Sure...why not?" asked Tara sarcastically.

"So, does everyone know what to do?" asked Libby.

"Sure thing, sweetcakes!" said Sheen.

"Don't even!" said Libby.

I know that was a short chapter and not much happened, but I wanted to make it clear what everyone would be doing to help out the war effort. the next chapter will have more action. It might take a while for me to update though, because I'm busy with school...we get to pick our classes for high school tommorow! ( i'm going to highschool, I'm going to highschool...) anyway, please review!