I, E.Vital, do not own IZ, blah blah blah blah you know the rest.
"Um, Hi….Er, uh…Hello…ahem," Bobby cleared his throat nervously as he spoke into the microphone. "M-My name is Robert? Robert Bledsoe, and, um…I'm an Irken."
" An Irken? Well, that is not Irken technology in your ship."
"Er-yeah. I mean, no, no it's not, but I can explain. It's sort of a long story. See, I'm an Irken, but I grew up on Earth and, uh…I was trying to find my way back and…and…"
Bobby gulped. He could see he was doing this very badly, and suddenly the whole story of his life seemed very hard to believe. He tried again.
" I'm not a human, but I was raised by humans, and… well actually by only one human really. See, she's my mom, and I never had a dad of course, because she just found me one night and took me in. So, anyways, I grew up. And I lived on Earth, but I wanted to find out"-
"Enough. We will hear more of your explanations in person. Your ship will be dissarmed and you will be brought aboard the nearest space station for questioning. End transmission." The green-faced Irken hologram dissappeared.
"But wait! How do I get there?" Bobby said into the mic. "Hello?… Hello? Rats! Baby, send another transmission."
"Unable. Foreign computer intellegence has overridden main power drive. System shutting down…" came Baby's voice, then the lights and power of the cruiser shut off completely, leaving Bobby to float alone in the cold, dark silence of space.
" Baby….Baby?…." Bobby said, but there was no response.