" Engineer Florence Shelter said."Can you do anything about it?" Asked Captain Arnold Billings."Not while we are in hyper. We need to shut down hyper ...rive to make adjustments. I have checked and double checked, and we have stopped pulling away from the intruders. We are holding even right now, but if it gets any worse, we will start to lose ground." The engineer told her captain."Ok. Then we need a safe place to exit hyper. One that will afford us protection from our pursuers." The captain. She removed her glasses and rubbed her eye to remove a speck of dust that was causing an irritation. With the irritation removed, her focus returned to James. "I can padlock if like?" From his position, the woman sitting on top looked more than capable of keeping the lid shut with her weight alone, but as she was already holding an unlocked padlock, he decided he should play along. "Sure," he replied. Karin closed the hasp and locked it in place with a cheap looking padlock that grated metal on. She's going to insist I go as a princess or a queen, I just know it." Mebbe ya can fool her. Get two costumes made. One fer the parental units and the other ta have fun with."Cassie started to shake her head and stopped herself. "I'll think about it," she said in a soft voice."So what's Melinda going as?" Richie drawled."I don't know yet, I haven't had a chance to talk to her about it," Cassie said."Hey, mebbe if Jason's goin' all Trekkie on us, she can be his green-skinned space babe," said. " Let me," Sam pleaded. "I love games." "Whatever you say." Bert stepped back and went over to the television. As\he changed it from Sam's movie to the ball game, he stared at the glow ofthe screen. As he moved his computer character over the screen, Sam'spolished fingers moved feverishly to keep the main character alive andsafe from its enemies. His eyes seem to see everything and his fingersmoved like they had a mind of their own.As Sam sat there, he did notice that his toes were fusing.
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