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James looked over his shoulder for a second before looking back down at the bomb. He pulled knots out of the wire to curb complications before he connected them. Once he saw the light turn red, he balled up and rolled away from the bomb. He unrolled next to Emily right as the bomb exploded behind them. He covered his ears to avoid going deaf. A moment after the explosion, some of the Dasites of the crime syndicate they were in the middle of investigating came and surrounded them.

He looked at her and asked, "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"What are you thinking?"

"Live pinball."

She nodded and said, "Let's go for it!"

James threw himself forward and balled up. He trampled one of the pirates before they could ball. He unrolled, grabbed their rifle and thumped faceplates. He forced the barrel up and pulled the trigger. He was able to wrench it away while the Dasite dropped dead. He looked towards Emily and called, "Got an extra explosive?"

"Possibly!"

"Let's see it before I get crushed!"

She stopped to check before she took out a bomb and threw it over to him, and he activated it right as he was rolled over. He could hear a snap and feel a sting in his back. He tossed it over his head, which he tucked in under his tail. Right as Emily reached the exit, the explosion inside propelled her forth. She gave a quiet roar as she rolled across the face of a cliff right back to the cave and bounced off the wall.

She bounced off the cliff walls like a ping pong ball before she crashed. Once she finally unrolled, the tree she hit fell over. Once the thundering ceased, a single Dasite ball slowly rolled towards her. It stopped and unrolled into James, with a cracked and dented shell and singed fur.

He slowly lifted his head before passing out. After a while, Emily awoke to find him still unconscious. First, she poked him, with no response. Then, she kicked him, and part of his shell gave way. "Eew!"

She sniffed him and gagged when she smelled death. Then, she brought out her communication device and dialed Tacit. After a moment, she could hear his voice say, "What is it?"

"Beam us up, Scotty!"

"Astar, hold zhat zhing down! We're going in!"

While driving the ship towards the planet, Tacit looked over his shoulder and asked, "Red Comet, is my drink ready?"

"Yes, Tacit."

"Good, Astar, can you go get it?"

Astar rolled his eyes as he stood up and left the bridge. Steadily, Tacit led the ship down into the atmosphere. He looked at the GPS system and saw two figures identified. As the ship neared their location, Tacit heard Astar approach. "Drink?"

"Oh, zhank you."

He took a sip while observing the system. While he did, Astar asked, "Wh-where are we, anyway?"

"Das. I've got zhem on radar!"

"Oh, good."

"We're almost zhere, Em! What condition is he in?"

"Very bad! I see his flesh under his shell!"

With that, Tacit pointed at their location on the screen and said, "Full speed zhat a-way!"

"Wh-what way?"

"Zhem, you dolt."

"You just said that way s-so I didn't know which way you meant!"

"Forwa-you know what, let's just get zhem!"

"There you go!"

Tacit took the wheel and made a sharp turn down. He engaged the landing gear and turned the ship up. As soon as the ship landed, Tacit disengaged the airlock. Astar ran down the stairs all the way to the airlock to meet them. "There-Oh my god!"

He could see the flesh under James' shell. He turned away and threw up his lunch before going and taking him by the back end. Emily took the front leaving Astar with the stinking Dasite hindquarters. Upon reaching the storage area, Astar dropped his end and turned away. Subsequently, Emily jammed a needle into James' arm

One by one, pieces of his shell fell off. while this happened, he also shrank making it easier to bring him to the infirmary. There, they laid him on the bed, and Emily turned to face one of the medics and barked, "Okay, fix him!"

"We need to find out the full extent of his injuries first."

"Well then, get looking!"

"Someone get a scanner!"

Another medic came with a scanning device and swept it over James' whole torso. The scan revealed some broken bones, all easy to repair. There was also a large opening in his back Dissection revealed that parts of his rib cage broke off his spine. "Well people," said one of the medics, "we have our work cut out for us, this time."

* * * * *

When James awoke, he lifted his nose from a pillow and looked over his shoulder. He could see that his back was open, and a group of doctors were poking and prodding at it. "What's going on?"

"Surgery. Men, put him under!"

"Wait, what?"

Before he could collect his thoughts, a mask was jammed over his snout, and he breathed in something. Then, he quickly became drowsy, finally succumbing to sleep. With him under, they continued their work, until his ribs were entirely fixed. A while later, he awoke in the same bed, this time on his back. "Hello?"

That was when Emily came in. "Where am I?"

"The ship. You got uh, messed up bad."

"How'd it happen?"

"Blew up."

James' eyes went wide at that statement. "Seriously?"

"Yes, I had to call our marry band of misfits in to get you."

"Will I be crippled?"

"No, another month and you should be back to normal."

James wiped his brow and said, "Okay, good."

"Well I hope at least."

"You hope?"

"Well we always have too."

He sat up, grabbed the collar of her jumpsuit and barked, "Why don't you kno-ARGH!"

She put a hand on his shoulder and barked, "Lay down, please!"

He did just that and asked, "So, what do we do until I can get back in the captain's seat?"

"Let you rest. You broke all your ribs, broke a leg, and both arms."

"Jesus. You know what, I'll take your word on it about my ribs."

After another moment of silence, he broke it by saying, "I must say, this is a first for me."

"It is?"

"Yep, never broke a bone until now."

Then, two more figures entered the infirmary. "Oh, hi guys."

Astar waved, and James said, "Well, now I can safely say I've broken bones."

"Really? This is why w-we can't let you alone f-for five seconds!"

"I know, I'm nuts."

"Th-that doesn't start it!"

"Go ahead, I'm all ears. Can you list some things?"

"Your mental state, the fact y-you almost killed me when I was little, y-you get messed up where ever you go, you s-scared mother off with y-your ghost crap!"

Astar pointed at him and finished, "And, y-you, you-"

"Yeah, about the one you call mother..."

"What about her?"

"Well, you and your other two siblings were born in an artificial womb."

At that revelation, Astar's jaw dropped. James went under the covers after stating that. Astar left the room, and James muttered, "Why did I do that?"

He pulled the covers over his head, and Tacit looked up and asked, "Is he alright?"

"Yes. Just being a wimp."

"What now?"

"You heard me!"

"I meant what do we do now."

"Oh! Uh, play games?"

Tacit shrugged and said, "Sure, why not. Let's see what we've got."

With that, they left the room leaving James all alone.

* * * * *

A couple days after, James started plotting for more planets. Emily stood next to where he sat. "God, if only they had this technology on earth. So many problems could have been solved!"

"Yes, but a planet like that? With those kind of people."

"What about it?"

"Those people were terrible!"

"The humans?"

"Yes!"

"Some of them weren't so bad."

"Like Takeo, Nobu freaks me out, and I'm not Explaining Hisa's friend Xu Fai there. He gives me the heebie jeebies."

"Well, you've got me on that."

"Su Hai is okay though. Let's hope Hisa didn't breed with the two former ones I mentioned. Do you really want that?"

He shrugged , and she sat down. "Well, do you think we should give this one natives or send in immigrants?"

"Natives."

"Alright."

"Only reason I brought immigrants to Kuron so the Okuda's didn't feel alone, and diversity."

"Remind me, what kinds of immigrants did you bring?"

"Uh, Chinese, Japanese, very few whites. They don't populate like the other two. The others hump like rabbits!"

At that, Takeo came out from under the table and barked, "I do what?"

James jumped and yowled, and Emily fainted. "Next time...warn us!"

"Hai, sorry! Also sorry I ugly enough to scream about!"

"So, is just the mention of rabbits all that brought you here?"

"No, Emily told me you were hurt. Wanted bring you sushi, but I no think you two deserve it now!"

James sighed and scooted under the covers. However, he could still smell the sushi. It was all so tempting. He sat up and reached for a roll. Takeo shoved a piece of shrimp one in James mouth. His eyes almost popped out in surprise at this. "Just rest," said Takeo. "I no chewing, though!"

He shrugged and chewed. Then, the voice of Astar asked, "D-dad, why didn't you s-say you were gay?"

He gasped, sat up and vomited up the sushi. In unison, both he and Takeo barked, "What??"

"And with a Samurai at that!"

Astar tried saying something in Japanese. However, the older man gave him a glare before James said, "Astar, we're not a thing, and I'm pretty sure you just said a Japanese slur."

"He called my mother a fat cow and a whore!" barked Takeo.

Astar covered his mouth and gasped, "Oh , oh my god! I'm sorry!"

"Yeah, you might want to be careful what you say in another language next time."

"I will be!"

With that, Astar ran out of the room. James looked at Takeo with one eyebrow raised and asked, "What was that?"

"I don't know. Is he okay, or always like this?"

"Well, he is on the Autism spectrum."

"Oh! At least he isn't deformed."

"Or schizophrenic."

"Is that when they go loopy and talk to themselves? What is it, my uh, 'friend'?"

"Yeah, it's what gives you hallucinations and voices in your head."

Takeo shook his head and said, "I do not have that problem! So what is Nobu? Him have more problems then I do."

"I honestly don't know."

Takeo stretched his arm across the bed and grabbed another roll of sushi. James reached for some more, and Takeo handed one over. James took his time in eating while Takeo ate like a pig. "Well, I'm thinking of making another planet, for farming and fluids."

"Sounds good. How that going work out?"

"It's still in development. Now, I'm trying to think of what to put there."

Takeo shrugged and said, "Let the people decide?"

"What people?"

"The ones you put there."

"I was planning on making natives."

"You can still let them do as please."

"This isn't helping much."

"I know, put reptilians or something there!"

"Something that would farm well and can handle oil."

"That would be birds and lizards."

"And, what about Yinglets?"

"They can work as well! So now we know what go there."

"And, I know that we'll want the place to be fertile. What all do you think could be produced there?"

"Salmon, Rice, and many other things."

"Along with any staple food that can handle it. What about fluids?"

"Oil."

"Way ahead of you. Maybe, some livestock?"

"That can work."

"Maybe, something like musk oxen, or seals."

"Let us go with seals."

"Alright."

With that, Takeo sprawled out on the floor. "What are you doing," asked James.

"Taking nap."

"Why here?"

"Because!"

"Well then, I might as well join you up here."

Takeo gave a long yawn before asking, "Still, why you say I hump like a rabbit?"

James quickly shook his head and stated, "I'm not the one who said that."

"You agree to it, though!"

Then, almost as if on cue, Hisa appeared with two kits in tow. "Brought you feel better present!"

"Oh, hi Hisa."

"Konichiwa!"

As she bowed, James surveyed the two kids. One of them reminded him of his sister, or himself. He did not look at him, or speak. On the other hand, the other one came up to him, poked him and asked, "Mother, what this thing?"

"Do you mind? My ribs are broken."

"Yes, I do mind!" barked the kid at a high pitch. James folded his ears down and shut his eyes in a cringe for a second before he heard Hisa shout, "Fen, enough!" and saw a flying clog. He jumped and yowled. Fen covered his head and yipped, "Okay, sorry mother!"

As the other one left the room, James took his pillow and swore into it. After a moment, he put it back while he caught his breath. While Fen hid under the bed, the other one said, "Brother, why you such moron?"

"Hey woah, let's not get hasty here."

"Well, I was just saying truth. He doesn't have the best father."

"Why's that?"

"I uh," croaked Hisa, "He's a little nuts and related to Genghis Khan. I think you know who it is now, you fear him."

Upon seeing Fen climb out from under the bed, James pulled the covers over his nose. The kid lifted the blanket and asked, "Uh, why you scared?"

"Nothing."

That was a complete lie. He was actually envious of the amount of testosterone Fen showed, already having body hair. He stuck his hands up and said sorry while he backed away. James could feel one of his old episodes creeping in. He could hear the off key piano banging signalling the approach of the disease that he thought he had beaten back. "So uh, how's it been going?"

Hisa shrugged and said, "Eh, pretty good. Just needed to get away."

Emily looked at Fen, then at Bai, and she began to wonder if they were friends, because they looked not a thing alike. Of course, they did have different fathers. "Away from what?"

"My two sons fathers keep fight, and I got traded in for some bimbo, that and Su Hai's castle got taken over by that said bitch!"

James shut his eyes for a moment, then opened them so wide that they almost seemed to pop out of their sockets. "Goodness."

"Let's say it took over because it really wasn't a woman and a man. Su Hai currently pregnant and locked up as well."

She threw her arms up and sighed, "I hate living in the mountains!"

"Who told you about what happened there?"

"Bai my first son" she said before motioning towards the quiet kid who seemed pretty respectable, but had no facial hair and the Okuda's jade green eyes. James quickly raised his hand and said, "Hi."

Bai put his hand and fist together and bowed. "I know mine, but I say Konichiwa. I in mothers presence so I must be respectful for her."

James pointed at Fen and said, "And, Fen was it?"

"Yes, sir."

He bowed his head and looked at his brother who was standing taller than him. "Is something up," asked James.

"No, just my brother. He's gotta be all polite and blah blah blah!"

Bai glared at Fen, and James said, "Well, I'm James Scale, captain of this ship."

Suddenly, Hisa screamed and collapsed. "Her water broke!" shouted Emily. "No one freak out!"

"Ewwww mother going push out crotch demon!" said Fen. Bai slapped him on the back of the head and barked, "no disrespect mother! At one point you, wanted a sibling because I wasn't good enough!"

James pointed and barked, "There's a bed right there!"

Bai helped Hisa up on it. "When I get back," she gasped, "I hope Zhi likes it."

Fen looked at James and explained, "Zhi is my cousin who can't have kids and really wanted one."

"Oh."

"No worries, my father didn't create another abomination like me."

Emily caught a medium sized red screaming form. "Well look at that it's a boy!"

As she carried it to a nursery on ship, James commented, "Ya know, I never thought we'd use that place."

"Really," asked Hisa.

Having had enough, Bai ran to vomit. Fen looked at him and asked, "What the lotus flower scare you?"

"The what?"

"He means my you know what," said Hisa.

Fen grinned with his eyes locked on Bai. "This is why I get all the ladies and you don't!"

Bai looked up at him and stated, "You are a fifteen year old man whore who can't keep his manhood in his pants! You are going have 20 kids by time you 21!"

Fen's grin only grew wider, hinting that he likely saw this as a compliment. "I already do have six, going on seven."

"Wait, what?"

"I rustled the covers with some girls and forgot to pull out. Sorry!"

Bai slapped himself on the forehead and said, "And I haven't even met a worthy woman yet, and he just impregnates them all!"

James was conflicted; he felt that he needed the testosterone of Fen, but he did not approve of doing that at the age of fifteen. "You are you father's son!" said Bai. "Use condom next time. I'm surprised you don't have something!"

Fen shrugged, and Hisa asked, "Fen when did you start doing this?"

"Last year. I haven't done anything in awhile."

"And I thought the ghetto kids were bad."

"I'm not bad!" gasped Fen. "Hey, my father had more kids then me by the time he was my age!"

Then, James just realized he was talking to someone who was from what seemed to be 1100 to 1400's styled population. A far cry from the politically correct generation he grew up with. Hisa hadn't started until she was at least thirty, but then again all she cared about was slicing and dicing people until that point. Whenever he looked at Fen, he always kept getting this nagging feeling that he was missing something. Bai looked at Fen and muttered, "Gods damned mongrel."

"So Hisa," said James, "did you hear what happened?"

"Yeah, that you got blown up!"

Fen shook his head and said, "I am not going to ask."

James raised an eyebrow and said, "So uh, I infiltrated a Dasite crime syndicate and set a bomb inside."

"You are a fool," said Hisa said.

While the kids argued, James continued, "Well, I rolled to get out, but I ended up becoming a living pinball."

"Ouch!"

When Emily came in to clean up from the day's event, James asked, "How long left until I can get up?"

"A week."

"Mother's boy!" Bai snapped as he plopped in a chair. James took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I can do this. A week's not so bad."

Hisa sat up to look at him and asked, "Are you jealous of something?"

"Huh?"

"You have been acting weird since you met my son."

James tugged his collar and cleared his throat. Hisa sighed and asked, "You want us go back sooner?"

"Oh no, it's not that."

"Please, tell me now!"

"Well uh..."

Instead of saying anything, he hid under the covers only for Hisa to lift them. "Please, just tell me! I am not going kill you!"

"It's nothing, really!"

Hisa grabbed his nose and said, "Oh really?"

She let go after yanking and said, "Now, tell me!"

"Okay okay, it's Fen!"

"What about him though? You do not know him."

"He just comes off as more..."

"Masculine? Or what?"

"Yes."

"Is that a bad thing? So you are jealous because he masculine?"

"Yes."

"James, he's young, and probably got it from his father."

"True."

"You know my father isn't the most burly masculine thing either. I used to think he was my mother."

James snickered. What made it funnier was that it was true, Takeo wasn't large in anyway, rather frail. "I can see that."

Suddenly, a more Chinese girl got on the bed and shouted, "We.need.to.go.home.FATHER IS SICK AND PUKING AND SU HAI IS BE A LITTLE WHINY BABY AGAIN!"

James shut his eyes, gritted his teeth and plugged his ears. Fen jolted awake and fell off his bed. Hisa glared at her and said, "Them two can cuddle each other. I haven't left the house in a year unless it was to sit out back!"

And," added James, "can you not yell? There are other people here."

"I no listen to you. You not my father!"

"But, you are on my ship."

"So?"

She stuck her nose up, and Fen stated, "Yin, you are real pain in the ass."

Fen wrapped a piece of cloth over her mouth and said, "That should do it!"

"Thank you!"

"You welcome, this is what happen when you don't use protection and have one with my father."

"At least she didn't break anything or tell anyone to shut up."

"She was close!"

"Looked like it."

"Father and mother do that constantly!"

"No," said Hisa, "I'm innocent!"

"Really?"

"Yes. Then, they angrily f-"

Hisa slapped him before he could get another word out, and James said, "Well, I should probably get some sleep."

He pulled up his covers and shut his eyes. It felt like a while before the family left, but somehow, he fell asleep.