The Discovery
Angela looked at the screens. Her eyes looked at nothing but the endless span of space that held the twinkling stars and the shining third star. King Goobot had said that this was the Zeta Reticuli, a small universe that noone knew existed. Jimmy was even astonished by the small and bright stars and the third sun. Everyone had thought there was only one sun, but actually there was twelve additional suns. One in every solar system.
"Did you know that this place is almost as old as the Milky Way?" King Goobot asked.
"You know about the Milky Way?" Jimmy asked.
"Yes, everyone knows about the Milky Way." King Goobot exclaimed.
"How many solar systems are there?" Libby asked.
"Almost fifty." King Goobot said.
"Fifty! But science says there's only ours." Jimmy exclaimed.
"Your science isn't very true now is it?" King Goobot said.
"Jim, there is over fifty solar systems out there, it'll take a while for science to find them." Angela said.
"Please don't call my Jim." Jimmy said.
"Sure hon." Angela smiled.
"Smoochy smoochy." Libby thought.
Angela looked back to the screens and felt tears stroll down her cheeks. She so wished she could be that young again. It was so easy then, having others take care of you and all the other such things like that. Ahe knew that these kids had alot in favor that she had never had. They had others that loved them, while she had none. Libby must have seen her sorrow for she unbuckled herself and walked over and placed her hand on Angela's shoulder.
"It's okay." Libby said. "We love you."
"I know you do." Angela sighed.
"I know that if you were on earth, my mother would welcome you warmly." Cindy said.
"So would mine." Libby said.
"You both are so nice." Angela said.
"What about us?" Sheen asked.
"Yeah, we're fans too." Carl said.
"Yeah, even Jimmy." Sheen said.
Angela smiled, she had never known the reasons for friendship or love until her nineth birthday. She remembered when she had first met Nancella and Boclar, that they had hissed and barked at her for coming so close to their children. Smiling, Angela turned around and for the first time, she hugged Libby. Libby was astonished, her brown eyes closed and she felt tears roll down her high cheek bones. Her hands circled the small waist of her idol and she sniffed in the aroma of flowers in Angela's hair. Soon Cindy, Sheen and Carl were joining in. All four hugged and cried together. Jimmy was the last to join in.
The fun was stopped short by a hurtling rock. Its huge bulk slashed and tore at the tender under belly of the ship and there was a vicious hiss from the controls. One of the water pipes broke and the exhaust pipe was severed. King Goobot sent a volley of a yell behind him and with a rigorous pitch of the wheel, he sent the ship towards a yellow and green planet.
"What's going on?" Libby screamed.
"Hold on everybody, it's going to be a bumpy ride." King Goobot exclaimed.
At his words everyone started screaming. Libby, Sheen, Cindy and Jimmy ran to there seats. The ships around them started to acelerate ahead of them. Tee, Zix and Travoltron zoomed and turned left to avoid collision and The Junk Man screamed his ship to a staggering halt. There was alot of confusion until they entered the atmospher of the planet.
"Whew, close one." King Goobot sighed.
"You can say that again." Angela said.
"What happened?" The Junk Man asked.
"Our ship has been damaged by asteroid." King Goobot said.
"Landing soon." Zix announced.
"Good, thank goodness." King Goobot sighed.
King Goobot slowly positioned the ship into a side winder. The cliffs and the trees were enough to cause alot of trouble with the landing, but without due, a huge lake loomed infront of them. Huge horned beasts and small furry creatures ran away from the smoke that loomed up from the landing. Angela breathed a small sigh of relief.
"Where are we?" Libby asked.
"Good question." Jimmy said.
"We are on the planet Claoe." King Goobot said. "The prettiest of all planets."
"The prettiest?" Jimmy asked.
"Yes, prettier than yours and mine." King Goobot said.
"I don't believe that." Jimmy said.
"Well if you don't believe it, take a look for yourself." King Goobot said.
Jimmy did as he said and looked out the window. The grass was greener than on earth and the water was crystal clear. The rocks were of the finest brown and the mountains were huge. There was snow on an island and the sun shined brightly. There were clouds all over the place. Beasts of brown, gray and yellow stalked the landscapes and there were many birds flying about.
"Wow, so pretty." Libby said.
"Well, we can look at the scenery or we can fix the ship." King Goobot said.
"Lets go." Cindy exclaimed.
"Lets get this ship repaired." Angela exclaimed.
Meldar looked at the radar and with fiesty eyes, he let out a hideous scream and with lightning like reflexes, he sent a volley of curses out. The ships he had just defeated a few hours ago were back in his sight. He now wanted true revenge and this was the planet to do so. And the poerfect time was now, when they were in a time of troubles. When the ship was damaged enough to damage some more. Meldar looked at Vandanna and nodded his head. Vandanna nodded hers and set a course for the planet. Her eyes showed the marks of what they were about to do.
What will happen happen on that planet? Will Meldar and Angela finally fight? I guess you will have to wait for the next chapter. Thank you for your reviews. I love them all.