The cryotron was installed underneath the rescue seeker in two hours and thirty-three minutes. They had a ladder installed in the edge of the spacecraft set behind the door. There was a panel that was left open on the cryotron as the seeker tore came out of the emergency bay. The remote control was laid in Parsafoot's lap while Tee Gar was doing the piloting for the seeker in the dark under the twin crescent moons.
There were few clouds hanging in the air that blocked the view of the constellations. The rescue seeker soared out of the space academy going into the distance far from the Jupiter 2 and the space academy. The seeker came to a pause in mid-air. Professor Parsafoot pressed on the door button. The door curl up above the seeker. Parsafoot bounced a collected pebble in his hand then looked at it, oddly. He shook his head.
"Ready, Professor!" Tee Gar said.
Parsafoot tossed the slightly large pebble into the air.
"Pebble 1 falling," Parsafoot said, looking out.
The cryotron turned in the direction of the pebble, then with a flick of a switch a jet of ice surrounded by a aura of light flew out grabbing hold onto the object. The two men held their breath watching for the pebble. The emergency solar lights turned on giving a pool of light that displayed the ground below. The pebble landed to the ground. A sigh of relief was overheard from the seeker. Suddenly, and loudly, the pebble exploded. Parsafoot came over to the first chair and allowed Tee Gar to make his way to the door. He took out a glowing pink diamond from the bag then slid the ladder down. Tee Gar climbed down the ladder coming down to the cryotron. He kicked it open which made the lid flip open. Tee Gar leaned forward carefully holding the colorful gem in one hand. His fingers fiddled the rounded object attempting to dislocate it.
"Hello, this is the Jupiter 2," came John. "what was that sound?"
Parsafoot was unable to form a reply between his recalling of the historical voice. The same voice that had warned the younger boy to stay away. The same voice that he was not feeling giddy over hearing, now properly capable of feeling excitement and delight and surprise. Parsafoot's hand was trembling as the realization had kicked into gear. What could one say to someone who survived for years lost in space and used science to his advantage. A professor, never the less, surviving in space without back up and only his family. Parsafoot admired the man regard-ably.
"What was that sound?" John asked, again.
"Oh, sorry, Professor Robinson," Parsafoot apologized. "We didn't mean to wake you up."
There was a short pause.
"Most of us were up anyway," John said. "My eldest had a nightmare."
"I hope that nightmare doesn't return when she goes back to sleep," Parsafoot said.
John's breath sounded disturbed in a way that got a message across 'will it?'
"What are you doing out there?" John asked.
"We are testing the cryotron," Parsafoot said.
"The cryotron?" John repeated.
"You might call it the big freeze," Parsafoot said. "Invented by Tee Gar."
"What part of this plan does it have?" John asked.
"Just for the defense in the rescue mission," Parsafoot said. "No," the academy professor laughed. "No one is going to be frozen."
There was a pause then a click from the other side.
"I wasn't going to insinuate that," John said.
"We used the wrong gem to stabilize the destructive glitch," Parsafoot said. "Our bad on that part. Didn't even know it. They should have asked before taking it."
Tee Gar fell forward but managed to grab around the edge of the dangling booster like object. He twisted and twirled his body lunging up. Tee Gar breathed a sigh of relief then used his fingers to take the white object out of the resting bed. He slipped in the purple crystal. He climbed up the ladder. The white jewel slipped out of his fingers falling toward the sands of Priplanus below. Tee Gar looked over toward the fallen jewel watching it vanish to the depths below in a sudden cosmic pit.
"A gem?" John said.
"Yep," Parsafoot said.
"Do you know where it came from?" John asked.
"Not at all," Parsafoot said, light heartedly.
"And that doesn't concern you?" John asked.
"It's a magical gem," Parsafoot said. "Could be capable of turning our next pebble into a space falcon. It could just turn moisture around the material into nonexplosive ice during the internal and external freezing on the pebble."
"Not anymore!" Tee Gar picked up a large rock. "Pebble two is out!" He leaned half way out then tossed the object into the distance below.
"Operating cryotron," Parsafoot said, then flipped the switch up.
A ball of ice grabbed the rock that began to heat up imminently after being struck.
Tee Gar watched the frozen rock explode into flames and his eyes grew big in horror.
"I am piloting the seeker away!" Tee Gar exclaimed, seating beside Parsafoot. "It's going to explode and it will be really bad this time! Hold on."
The seeker flew away from the ball that glowed red urgently then it exploded leaving behind a big explosion that made the ground tremble spacecraft, wildlife, rock, and plant life for that matter.
"What color was it?" Parsafoot asked.
"Pink," Tee Gar said.
"Figures," Parsafoot said. "Pink is a very bold color."
"If there are any more pink gems in there, I am throwing all of them out," Tee Gar said, getting up from the chair. "Stat."
"And throw out the white stones, too!" Parsafoot added.
"I will do that," Tee Gar said. "I am trying the blue ones next. Now those got to work."
"You can relax, Professor," Parsafoot said. "We will be over with in the next hour. Good night! Rescue seeker out."
Parsafoot looked toward the black screen then pressed the button that terminated the call.
Tee Gar made the descent down to the large cryotron then flung himself toward the machine. He steadied himself on the light gray device and took the pink crystal out of the center. He tossed the red gem toward the sand then lifted himself up then slid in the glowing blue gem. The cool, icy power made his fingers numb reaching his hand back. Tee Gar carefully made his way toward the ladder and climbed back up the ladder. Parsafoot looked over in the direction of the cadet. Tee Gar summoned up the ancient strength being carried through his veins turning his attention on to the largest rock. Appreciating ones super strength came with challenging themselves when unnecessary and this rock, was very unnecessary.
"Pebble three!" Tee Gar shouted, tossing the boulder out.
Parsafoot pressed on the mobile large object setting then flipped the switch.
"Please don't explode," Parsafoot said, while the cryotron turned in the direction of the falling boulder. "Please don't explode."
A jet of blue light soared toward it surrounded by the variation of the aura lights in the form of a flying cat fish that sucked in the boulder. The boulder became encompassed by the large icicle. Everyone held their breath waiting to see what happened next. The boulder crashed to the ground with a thud unsettling the sand into the air. Parsafoot and Tee Gar waited wit anticipation to see what happened next. The boulder remained briefly glowing a bright blue that filled the air but within a moment it was gone.
Tee Gar looked down toward the fallen but frozen boulder. Tee Gar and Parsafoot remain stiff in a tense manner remaining in place for five minutes observing for any sign of preparing to explode in its own unique way. The younger man was bracing himself for a failure. A failure that could be bigger than the explosion that went off from behind the rescue seeker. Five minutes ticked by. Then it became ten minutes, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty and so on.
"Yes!" Tee Gar shouted, excitedly. "It works! It works! It works!"
"We did it!" Parsafoot cheered turning toward the direction of Tee Gar.
"Now to close the door," Tee Gar said. "I will close the door. Tell the others!"
Parsafoot nodded in return.
"Will do," Parsafoot said. "But throw that contents of the sack out. We don't need those gems falling in the wrong hands or carrying weapons of mass destruction."
Tee Gar picked up the sack with a nod and a smile spreading on his face.
"Now that I won't argue," Tee Gar said.