Fast Choices

Meldar looked at the screen and narrowed his eyes. His hands balled into small tightly packed fists and he felt the sweat roll down his neck. The small prickles of hair on the back of his neck stuck straight up and he began to get a headache. Vanndana slowly walked over to the cooler. She took out a glass and filled it to the brim. She then returned to Meldar's side and offered him the glass.

"No thank you." Meldar said.
"You need to drink something." Vanndana said softly.
"I said I didn't want any." Meldar hissed.

Vanndana slowly walked back to her seat at the wheel and awaited orders. It was sometimes so hard to understand Meldar. Much less control her temper. He really did have that need that she had seen the first time she had seen him. The need for power.

"Any orders sir?" Vanndana asked.
"Shoot, and wait." Meldar exclaimed.

Vanndana nodded her head and turned a switch on. A huge blast from behind the ship was ignited and there was a huge explosion that rocked the ship and the rocks around it. A huge bomb was soon seen floating towards the ships that were following them.

"GOOBOT!" Angela screamed.

Angela swerved the ship from were it was and everyone around it swiftly braked and swerved around them. The bomb hit a space rock and sent out an explosion that shook all of the ships. Angela and King Goobot fought for control of the ship for a few minutes.

"What was that?" Libby asked.
"A bomb." Jimmy yelped.
"We weren't hit were we?" Cindy asked.
"Angela, were we hit?" Libby screamed.
"Calm down back there." Angela said. "We'll be fine."
"Let me guess, Meldar spotted us?" Boclar sighed.
"Afraid so Boclar." Angela said.
"Aren't you gonna fire back?" Jimmy asked.
"No, that's what he expects." King Goobot said.

Meldar looked at the screen and with a wild scream, he threw his hands against the glass. The glass popped and shattered under the pressure and bits and pieces splattered everywhere. Meldar's face and hands were both bleeding. Vanndana walked over and slowly pushed him away from the radar.

"Blast the Rictor Rockets." Meldar hissed.
"Right away." Vanndana said.

Vanndana slowly walked over to the controls and pressed another button. This time a huge blast and a cloud of smoke eroded from the back of the ship and the ship rocked to and fro from the blast. Meldar looked at the screen with furiously hungry eyes.

Angela looked at the screen and with a high pitched yelp she sent the ship into a hard left. King Goobot, Jimmy, Libby, Cindy, Carl, Sheen, Bolcar and Nancella were all thrown hard to the left. The other ships zipped to the front of King Goobot's ship and waited. Soon there was another huge explosion then a shower of rocks fell upon the ships.

"Everyone, seatbelts now." Angela screamed.
"Hyper Drive is enabled." King Goobot said.

Libby and Jimmy ran to their seats and without a second to lose, they buckled themselves in. Soon Cindy, Sheen, Carl, Boclar and Nancella joined them. All of them had the look of a frightened child plastered on their faces. Everyone of them knew that they were in terrible danger of death.

"No damage yet." Angela announced.

Meldar screamed at the top of his lungs and threw his hands into the air. Blood and spit splattered all over the place. Vanndana shielded herself and moved. Meldar moved over and with a hard punch, hit a button that had the word Zenon Bomb. Vanndana moved over to the controls and awaited the blast to come.

There was a huge explosion and smoke billowed from the back of the ship once again. Meldar rubbed his hands together and sat down at the controls. Vanndana started the engine and sped the ship out of the way. She held her breath and secretly wished for the ships behind them to disappear.

"WATCHOUT!" Angela screamed.

King Goobot swerved the ship and the bomb missed them. Angela hyperventilated the ship and they raced away. The bomb had turned and was now following them. Angela did her best to lose it but it continued its chasing. Soon they were in the asteroid belt, dodging left and right. Soon there was a huge explosion that sent the ship into a volley of shivers.

"Angela, what's going on?" Libby yelped.
"Hold on." Angela yelled.

Angela full throttled the ship and drove it way out of the asteroid belt. Debris of rocks fell onto them and they felt the force of the engine straining. Angela clinched her teeth and she felt the blood pour forth from her lip. She wanted to scream but the over powering force of fright and hate took oveer her and she kept quiet.

"Mom, are you okay?" Tee asked.
"I'm fine Tee." Angela said.
"All other ships okay?" King Goobot asked.
"A few rocks hit ours." Zix said.
"Just a few rock fragments." The Junk Man said.
"King Goobot, we have a problem." Angela said.
"Yeah." King Goobot said.
"The rockets and engines have been damaged." Angela announced.

King Goobot twirled around and flipped a few buttons and switches. The ship stopped and he quickly floated to the cargo area. Angela unbuckled herself and followed. She had a very worried and expressionless look on her face. Her every move emphasized that she was in a hurried frenzy of pain and discomfort.

"Stay here." Angela said.
"No problem." Jimmy said.
"And stay buckled." Angela cautioned. "He might fire again."

Those words stung Boclar and the others like a knife. It was enough that they were damaged, but now they had to worry about being bombed again. A shower of sweat poured out from his neck and he felt his breath run cold. His body started twitching and he fell into the unconscious stated. Nancella and the others tended to him.

King Goobot quickly flew to the endless span of space were a huge rectangular engine sat. Smoke was all over the room, and the room smelt of gas. Angela moved in and started working. Her tenderly small hands filled in the holes and without a breath to be spared she quickly closed a small gap that a rock had made in the hull. King Goobot breathed a sighed of relief.

"Meldar." Vanndana said.
"Yeah." Meldar exclaimed.
"They are still following us." Vanndana said.
"What?" Meldar screamed.
"Look." Vanndana said.

Vanndana handed Meldar some binoculars and he looked into them. Sure enough, there was the exact ship, about a hundred and five miles away from them. Meldar swelled with hatred and with a hideous scream, he tossed the binoculars unto the floor. The glass shattered and without a word, Meldar disappeared. Vanndana quickly prepared herslf for a very long wait for her captain to come back. Saying a silent prayer, she sat down in a chair and started reading a magazine.