After the Zula Patrol was done eating breakfast, they all went to the Communications Room.
Astranova floated over to one of the computers and sat down.
Bula grabbed a chair and joined by her side.
"So…What is it? Why are we here?" Zeeter asked as Astranova was beginning to boot up a communicator.
"Yeah." Wigg said, flying over to the two.
Wizzy sighed and joined her brother.
Just when Astranova got through booting the communicator, it required a password.
"Allow me!" Zeeter said, rushing Astranova out of the seat.
She pushed Astranova and Astranova tumbled over to the little elevator.
Bula, Multo, Wizzy, Wigg and Gorga gasped.
"ASTRA?!" Bula said, concerned and urgent as he ran over to her.
Multo looked at Zeeter, with a stern look on his face.
Bula knelt down beside Astranova.
"Astra…Hey, Astra! Are you alright? Please talk to me!" He said, hoping for her to wake up.
Astranova slowly opened her eyes.
"B…Bula? Wh…What happened? D…Did I do s…something wr…wrong?" She asked, groggily awakening from what Zeeter did to her.
Bula sat her up and looked into her eyes.
"No, Astra. You didn't do nothing wrong. I'll make sure that Zeeter apologizes to you right away! She had absolutely no right to do that to you!" He said, looking over at Zeeter while she was talking to Multo.
Astranova stood on her two feet, slowly.
Bula held onto her hand to help her be steady.
"Come on, Astra. I think Zeeter owes you an apology." He said as the two were now slowly walking over to the lavender purple alien.
Zeeter booted up the communicator and it was online.
Bula came up behind Zeeter and tapped her on her shoulder.
"What is it? Can't you see that I'm…" Zeeter began to say as she now turned around and saw Bula glaring at her, with his arms crossed.
"B…B…B…Busy." She said, hesitantly.
Astranova then remembered the same thing that happened to her when she was living with her family.
~ Flashback~
Astranova and Stella were in their rooms when their mom Nova came out of her room, which was downstairs at the door that was a little bit away from the TV.
Nova looked at the male comet alien who had dark cosmic space skin and dark purple eyes.
His name was Cosmo.
Cosmo had space black purple hair.
He was wearing a black t-shirt that had a collar on it, blue jeans and space boots that were black.
"Do you think we should tell them, honey?" Nova asked as she set down some French toast in front of him.
Cosmo was just about to get himself some breakfast when he heard Nova talking to him.
He stopped and looked at her.
"It's up to you, honey. I don't mind. Besides, working as a mayor for a whole city is already hard enough." Cosmo said, giving Nova a kiss and a reassuring smile on his face.
Nova smiled and walked back into the living room.
Nova's mom Ursa was on the couch, watching 'Constellation Wars'.
Nova floated quietly over to the stairs, not wanting to disturb Ursa.
She looked up and sighed.
Ready or not…Time to tell them.
"Star-star…Stellar star, come down here please! Me and your father have something that we would both like to share with you two!" Nova said, yelling upstairs.
Astranova and Stella were each in their separate rooms when they heard their mother calling for them.
The space haired and the white and light blue haired alien daughters came running out of their rooms.
Stella, the youngest of the two was in the lead.
"I'm going to win, Astranova!" She said, teasing the space haired alien.
Astranova growled and began to go down the stairs faster.
Both of them were now neck and neck.
"See me now, Stella?" Astranova said, keeping within foot motion of her sister Stella.
Stella saw how fast her sister Astranova was keeping up with her.
"We'll see about that." She said, with a smirk on her face as they were now about to be on the little stairs.
Just when they were on the last little bit of stairs, Stella put out her foot and placed it right in front of the stair that Astranova was about to place her foot down onto.
"Whoops!" She said as Astranova now placed her foot down and was now losing her balance.
Astranova fell down three stairs and was now in front of Nova, face down on the floor.
Stella arrived, unharmed.
"Woohoo! I won! I told you so, Astranova!" She said, rubbing her victory in the unconscious alien's face.
Nova looked at Stella, with a look of disappointment on her face as she was now kneeling down beside Astranova.
"Star-star? Astra? Are you alright?" She said, trying to wake her oldest daughter up from the pain.
~ End flashback~
"Astra? Astra, are you alright? Please tell me something!" Bula said, concerned as he was holding her in his arms.
Astranova's eyes began to blink open at the sound of Bula's voice.
She gasped for air.
"Bu…Bula! I…I'm so glad to see you! I'm so sorry for drifting off like that. It's just…" Astranova began to say, in a fast voice.
Bula chuckled.
"Astra, calm down. You don't need to apologize. I'm just glad that you're alright but…" He said, placing his arm around her in an embrace.
Astranova smiled and then looked at Bula, concerned.
"But…But what, Bula?" She asked, the worry in her eyes beginning to glimmer.
Bula hugged her and then looked into her eyes.
"Astra, what made you drift away? You can tell me. I'm here for you…I love you." He said, placing his free hand onto her shoulder.
Astranova smiled.
"You see, Bula. I'm worried about my mom and my sister back on the comet that I was from…" She began to say.
Zeeter then remembered the comet's name.
"You mean Teremy, right Astranova?" She said, remembering.
Astranova nodded her head yes, sadly.
She really did miss Comet Teremy, the comet where she was born and raised on for fifteen and three quarters of years.
Bula began to wipe away the tears from his girlfriend's eyes.
"It's okay, Astra. We'll find a way to get your family here to Zula. I promise or my name isn't Bula from Zula!" He said, in a reassuring but determined voice.
He hated seeing Astranova so upset but he was going to do everything in his power to see her smile again.
(So…Astranova has flashbacks but what triggered them? Was it when Zeeter pushed her back and she fell or could it be the traumatic memories of Truder getting to her again? Anyways…Who likes the pairing of Bula and Astranova? Stay tuned for chapter four!)