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Counter Earth Chronicles - Fallen Empire

Chapter 90: Everything Is Fine...

_Traveler's Log space date 07;24;34 _

_ Milo Silver reporting. I have been sidelined after exploring a planet with a weak oxygen atmosphere that didn't agree with me. Hue and Cassia sent me back to the room I share with Panda Lee to recover. However, there is something going on the bridge. Something big. I am dying to find out._

The Manassases, and Panda Lee stared at the wreckage of the spacecraft for quite some time. If you looked at it a certain way, it looked like a big cracked egg.

(Wow, that is just wow.)

"Is there any beast, I mean creature on board that?" Panda Lee asked.

Hue and Cassia started typing on their respective consoles.

"I can't tell Hon-hon." The yellow eyeball said in grim tone.

"It is eerie how it just sits there listing in space." The panda girl said looking out the window.

"Hue bring us about." Cassia ordered.

The Manasass' ship flew over the damaged spacecraft to see what was on the other side.

"On the right side of the ship there is a massive hole!" The panda girl said.

"A nasty hole." Milo added.

The red tentacled eyeball looked up from studying the readings from his station. "Hey wait, shouldn't you be resting?"

"I feel *koff* fine!" The wolverine boy said smiling. "Besides all the interesting stuff is going on up here on the bridge."

"No bodies though. Could there be survivors inside?" Cassia asked her mate.

"If that is true, wouldn't the occupants just called for help?" Panda Lee asked.

"What if they couldn't?" The yellow eyeball creature countered.

"So are we going to investigate?" Milo asked his tail wagging excitedly.

"Absolutely not!" The red eyeball exclaimed. "I have seen enough of you Counter Earthers films- this is how something dark and evil slips aboard unsuspecting ships and kills all their occupants!"

"Yeah, usually within the first thirteen minutes of the movie." Panda Lee said chiming in.

(I think I know what movies they are talking about.)

"Dear that is visual entertainment, this is real." Cassia said correcting her mate. "And when have we ever refused to offer assistance to those in desperation?"

Hue looked at his mate, and then at their passengers the wolverine boy and panda girl who seemed to be grinning and nodding.

"Very well my precious, but I am taking precautions." Hue said tapping some buttons on his console.

"An away mission AWESOME!" Milo shouted.

"Sentinel."

(Is he talking to me?!)

"Sentinel are you online?" The red eyeball asked again.

**I am here Mr. Manassas. I was observing; I just was not aware that I had the ability to respond.** I said.

"As of now you do."

"Dear you were able to get our security program running again?" Cassia asked.

"Security program?" Panada Lee asked confused.

"Yes, think of it like a um, guard dog from your world... it protects the ship and us." The red eyeball said to the beastial girl.

"Why do you need it?" Milo asked.

"Because if you haven't noticed Hue and Cassia are not warriors like the knights." The panda girl said to her friend.

"Yeah, but they have a freaking awesome spaceship!" Milo countered.

**You are right Milo Silver this spaceship is awesome and it is my duty to protect it and all of you.** I heard myself saying to the beastial children and the extraterrestrials.

(Don't I sound very noble.)

"Ok now that that is settled, when do we go?" The chubby wolverine boy asked.

"Not you. You are still recovering from oxygen insufficiency. Panda Lee you are with me."

The she panda looked at the red tentacled eyeball.

"ME?! But why?!"

"You are a bit more level headed, less adventurous and not over eager."

"AW!" Milo pouted.

"Cassia get us as close to that spacecraft as possible. Milo you and the sentinel keep watch. Notify Cassia if anything hostile appears."

Panda Lee followed Mr. Manassas to a far corner of their ship. The panda girl looked at the red eyeball nervously.

"It is ok Hon-hon just follow my instructions."

She nodded.

"Dear we are aligned with the spacecraft."

"Acknowledged." Hue said talking into a panel on the wall.

"What did she mean?"_ _

"Cassia 'parked' right on top of the gaping hole in the spacecraft. It should make our entry a little easier. But we still need to take precautions."

"What did you have in mind? Whoa, your humanoid body suit?" Panda Lee watched as the red tentacled eyeball stuffed himself into the same disguise he wore when she and Milo had first met him.

"Yes, it is perfect for these types of situations."

"You look very handsome- but what about me?"

"I have got you covered Hon-hon." Hue touched the tip of the she panda's nose with his 'hand'. A translucent bubble encapsulated her forming a silhouette around her body. "Breathe normally."

"Remarkable." Panda Lee responded.

With that a large keyhole formed on the side of the ship allowing them to exit and enter the damaged and adrift spacecraft.

"Wow, it looks similar to ours." Panda Lee said as a burst of air rushed past the two of them through the gaps between the two space ships.

"Yes, but a little smaller and minus the gaping hole and debris Hon-hon."

Panda Lee followed Hue down some dimly lit hallway corridor averting her eyes numerous times fearful that she might see body parts and corpses and other remnants of the ship's crew. She didn't but in terms of interior decoration the ship was rather bland. Ugly carpeting, dark metallic walls and black ceilings. It reminded her more of a sardine can.

"What happened here?" Mr. Manassas said crouching down looking at the scarred metal paneling.

Panda Lee looked at a broken wall that looked like something burst through it in a hurry.

The two continued to make their way down the hallway.

"You ok Hon-hon?"

"Yeah, this is just my second time being on spacecraft." Panda Lee said examining a weird door with an arrow pointing upward on it.

"That is right the technology on your world did not progress far enough for space travel. Hey, don't touch that!"

"Wha?" Panda Lee asked.

"It used to be some type of cargo or storage bay. Now it just leads outside."

"OUTSIDE?"

"Yes you would have gotten sucked out of the ship and been floating into space."

Hearing that the panda girl glommed on to Hue's right arm and let him lead her around the rest of the spacecraft. She did not want to touch anything.

Eventually the two made it to the bridge which looked like a lounge room- four white chairs surrounding a small white table.

"This is it?" Panda Lee said letting go of Hue's arm.

"You seem disappointed Panda Lee." The extraterrestrial said moving about the room.

"The bridge of our ship is bigger and much more comfortable."

"Hon-hon look at this." Hue said calling her over to the white table.

"Yes?"

"According to this readout the occupants of this ship were fleeing something."

"Any idea?"

"I can't tell Hon-hon." Mr. Manassas said touching the table rotating through some of the displays. But according to this there appears to be a survivor aboard..."

The two of them exited the bridge through an adjoining door which lead down a dimly lit hallway to another sealed off room.

"The life support system is functional here." Hue said tapping on the door.

"Hello anyone there?" Panda Lee called out.

Their question was answered by silence.

"We are coming in!" Hue announced pressing some buttons on the panel.

Smoke, dust and mist appeared as the door opened and atmosphere of the room was vented. When it cleared the sole occupant of the ship was visible.

"It is a eyeball!"

"Present company excluded right?" Hue said to the panda girl.

Shortly afterwards...

"He kind a looks like you two only he has a single grey appendage, a mouth and his eye is pink." Milo said observing the occupant of the spacecraft.

"Has he said anything dear?" Cassia asked.

"No. He- well, I think it is a he, only is whimpering. Or in deep shock."

"It is like he is trapped inside his body." Panda Lee said.

**Or something scared him very badly.** I remarked.

"So what are we to do with him?" Ms. Manassas said.

"Place him in the multipurpose room and keep him under observation I suppose. Hopefully he will come out of it."

"Aw, that means no more badminton." The yellow eyeball said.

"Yeah, that it a real shame." Milo said.

Hue, Cassia, Milo and Panda Lee along with their passenger departed the adrift spacecraft resuming their search for their perfect planet and new home. One by one each of them turned in for the night, leaving security and operations to me. I was suspicious of the new passenger so, I kept a close 'eye' on the pink eyeball with the single appendage. He was still incoherent mumbling to himself that something bad had happened. That was all I was able to make out.

The night watch was uneventful for the first few hours as the ship was en-route to another star system Hue and Cassia thought looked promising. The hours after that were another thing entirely.

**Alert!! Alert!! Emergency Alert!! Senior staff report to the bridge immediately!!** I shouted sounding the alarm.

"This better be good sentinel I was having the most pleasant dream." The red eyeball said 'entering' the bridge. "Oh my."

"What is all the commotion?" Cassia as she joined her mate. "Oh my."

*Yawn* "Do you know what hour it is?!" Panda Lee said walking on deck a moment later. The beastial child stopping dead in her tracks looking out the window.

"Hey, everyone what is up?" Milo said entering. "WOW!"

**This is why I woke everyone. I thought it qualified as good.**

"That is a freaking set of lights out there!!" The wolverine boy exclaimed. "A lot of them!"

"Or is that a ship or space station?" Panda Lee asked.

"Don't know Hon-hon. But it is coming right at us." The female tentacled eyeball said.

"Is it friendly?!" Milo asked.

"Something moving that fast right at us? I would say- no." Hue said jumping on his platform. "I am getting us out of here!"

**No good Mr. Manassas it is gaining!!**

"It is almost upon us!" Cassia shouted.

"I know, I know! I am trying to evade it!" The red eyeball said as Milo and Panda Lee were transfixed to the window as a huge multi-colored series of lights of indiscriminate shape and size overtook their spaceship- there was a bright flash and then the crew was gone.

**Hue? Cassia? Milo? Panda Lee?**

(Damn.)

Sometime later...

"Isn't this lovely dear? We finally found our perfect place- breathable atmosphere for the animal children, dry climate, tolerable environment in a safe isolated corner of a forgotten galaxy." Cassia said to her mate as the two of them stared at some rocky steppes leading to an arid plateau.

"Yeah, there is even a small lake for Milo and Panda Lee and you can see for miles in any direction. The two suns and three moons will take some getting used to but I agree this is the perfect place." Hue said agreeing with his mate.

"Milo, Hon-hun don't wander too, far we aren't that familiar with the surroundings!" The female extraterrestrial called out to the beastial children.

"Kay!" The panda girl and wolverine boy shouted from the shoreline of the lake.

"I think we can use the ship until we can build a permanent structure." Hue said to his mate. She agreed.

**Hue? Cassia? Please respond. Can you hear me?**

(Damn.)

Meanwhile...

"Welcome to the Hideaway Spa Ms. Ling." A white slender ursine standing behind a podium said greeting Panda Lee.

"Um where am I?"

"You are at only the most premiere personal vacation destination. Your friends are already inside enjoying themselves. Are you ready?"

Panda Lee looked at the white polar bear he was a total hunk and very pleasing on the eyes.

"Will you be attending to me?"

"No my dear, I am only the greeter." He said looking down at the reservation card at his podium. "I see you booked the total immersion experience."

"What does that mean?" The she panda asked nervously.

"The best of the best that we offer." The spa greeter said.

The she panda turned to her right and left she was surrounded by five studly male urisines there was a brown, grey, black, black and white, even a sun bear wearing the skimpiest underwear and matching bowties around their necks. All ready to personally see to her needs.

"Greetings madam." The grey bear said bowing. "Shall we begin?"

Panda Lee' eyes went wide as she realized that she was about to be pampered and spoiled rotten.

"Umm hmm." she nodded.

She took the arm of the grey bear and brown bear and was lead through a courtyard with a gorgeous crystal fountain complete with a wading pool. Cody Spencer, Primrose Willow, Arthur Speedwell and Minka Mallow waved as the panda girl walked by them followed by her personal entourage.

"Ah here we are madam." The black bear said opening up a small room near the wading pool. There was a small stream, a few plants and white massage table.

"Let me help you up madam." The black and white bear said gently placing the panda girl the table.

"Now if you would please remove your clothing." The brown bear said.

"All my clothing?" Panda Lee said blushing.

"You did order the total immersion experience did you not?" The sun bear asked.

The she beast nodded.

"Then this is the first step of the experience. But if it would make you feel any better..." The grey bear nodded to the other four. One by one each removed their bow ties until only their undergarments remained. The she panda realized that the undergarments barely covered their unmentionables but, they were nicely shaped unmentionables.

Panda Lee disrobed until she was stark naked. She lay face down on the table as each of her five masseuses picked a part of her to attend to- the panda took care of her head and neck with long invigorating strokes, the black bear kneaded her left arm, the brown bear her right, the grey bear her left leg and the sun bear her right.

Panda Lee was starting to feel very, very relaxed, comfortable and very safe like a baby bear in her mother's womb!

"Such a beautiful rump." The sun bear commented. "Taking two paws full."

"I love how it swings carelessly side to side as she walks." The brown bear commented as Panda Lee dozed off.

Shortly afterward the grey bear produced a thermometer and gently inserted where the sun didn't shine. The sun bear casually took fur and claw samples. The black bear swabbed the beastial girl's tongue and cheek for cells, The brown bear inserted a conical device into Panda Lee's cub tunnel while the black and white bear oversaw the other four.

**Panda Lee Ling? Please respond. Can you hear me?**

(Damn.)

While all of that was happening...

"Ugh! Where am I?" The wolverine boy said stirring. Milo was surrounded by some type of fog like mist he could barely see three feet in front of him. "The last thing I remember was we were being overtaken by these strange bright lights! Cassia, Hue, Panda Lee!" Milo called out to his friends.

The wolverine boy stood up, picked a direction and started walking before he hit something which knocked him backwards onto his butt.

"Who are you and what is this place?" A female voice asked forcefully.

"I don't know Ms. Scorpion lady?!" Milo said looking up a half human- half scorpion. She had a bald head, athletic build, thin abdomen and wore a black bra on her human half. The scorpion half had six legs and a sharp poison stinger which was pointed right at him.

"Whoa, whoa easy, I am not a threat!" Milo said holding his paws up.

"Well, I am feeling threatened!!! I was taken from my family and placed in here against my will!!!"

"Honestly lady, I promise you that I didn't have anything to do with that!" Milo said backing away.

The scorpion lady wasn't having it. She angrily followed the retreating wolverine.

"What do I have to do to convince you?!"

The wolverine boy received his answer in the form of a viscous white fluid that was shot from the scorpion woman's mouth it landed on his clothing and started to immediately melt it.

"If I were you, I would strip before that finishes dissolving your clothing and you."

"You are one of those types that attacks first and then asks questions later aren't you?" Milo said removing his shirt and shorts as they disintegrated into black ash right in front of him. But unfortunately the white fluid had seeped through his undergarments as well. Reluctantly he removed them and stood stark naked in front of the scorpion woman.

"Now you are most definitely not a threat." The she creature said approaching the wolverine boy.

"What convinced you?"

"Nothing is concealed or left hidden. My you are a round one aren't you?"

"Yeah, I get that a lot." Milo said as he realized what she was staring at. He immediately tried to cover his privates.

The she creature quickly removed his paws to get a better look. "So this is where you two leggers place your genitals."

"Two leggers?!"

"They are definitely yours." The scorpion woman said as she used a finger to lift the tip of Milo's penis to look at what was underneath.

"What do you mean- um..."

"Demera. I mean your privates- they are chubby, like you. You probably get that a lot too." She said letting his cub maker droop.

"Well Demera if you are done making sure I am not a threat, I would suggest we work together to find an exit out of whatever this place is."

"You lead, I will bring up the rear." Demera responded.

"No on second thought, why don't we walk side by side instead?" Milo countered.

"Self conscious about our body now are we?" The she creature teased.

"Um no- I just would prefer you not look at my butt... or groin."

"How could I not? Locomotion with only two legs... fascinating." The scorpion woman said squeezing the wolverine boy's ass and then some.

"Demera you have never seen such things?"

"No. So two legs, where are you from?"

"Counter Earth."

"Never heard of it." The she creature said as they continued to walk with him through the fog.

"I guess, we must be really far from home."

"Why did you leave?"

"Something horrible happened there, many died, so my friends and I fled."

"So you are refugees then... interesting."

"Is it really Demera?"

"You would be welcome on my world." She said looking at the naked wolverine. "Clothing there is minimal."

"Thanks, I wonder if the rest of your species also attack first then ask questions later." Milo said staring at the female scorpion who he realized except for the bra was completely naked as well.

*KLONK*

"Owie! What was that?!"

"You walked into something." The scorpion woman stated examining Milo's head.

"I am fine."

"Your head is quite symmetrical except for the bump." Demera said.

"Owie. what did I hit?"

"Looks like a door. A well crafted iron one with only a pull ring for a handle. It looks so out of place."

"It could be the exit out of here." Milo said pulling on the handle. It creaked as it slowly opened.

Behind it were three more well crafted iron doors side by side.

"Aw nuts! I wished I hadn't said that..." The chubby wolverine boy mumbled as his belly rumbled.

"Which one Milo Silver?"

"Let's try the far left." Milo said tugging on the door. "AUGH!!!" He shouted as it opened.

*BWOOSH*

A line of horizontal flame erupted from behind the door as if they had awakened a sleeping dragon that didn't want to be disturbed. Milo's fur was singed as he fell over backward.

Demera observed the spectacle for a moment before pushing the door closed. "Definitely not that one."

"Whoa, this not fun anymore I could have been roasted! What was behind that door a dragon?!"

"Regardless that is not the exit. Shall we try another?"

"You choose Demera."

"The far right."

Cautiously Milo opened the door standing to the right behind the handle. An arctic blast erupted from the behind the door, made a 90 degree turn sideswiping the wolverine boy encasing his tail in a block of ice.

"AHH!!! My tail!" The naked wolverine shouted.

Again Demera observed for a moment before closing that door too oblivious to her companion's screams.

"Wow, I have never seen that done to living tissue before." The she creature said.

"Well Demera it hurts!" Milo said.

The scorpion woman turned the boy around to carefully examine the block of ice encasing his tail. She then slowly guided Milo back to the first door resting his tail against it. The iron door was so hot the ice melted freeing the wolverine boy's tail.

"Better?"

"Yes thank you. I am starting to get this, the left door was too hot, the right was too cold so that means the middle should be just right- right?" The naked wolverine boy said using logical reasoning.

"Or it could be worse than the other two." Demera said. "I will let you open it for obvious reasons."

"Gee, thanks."

And so Milo pulled on the middle door until it opened. A grey and white strobing light emanated from behind the door hitting Milo head on. The beastial was immediately turned to stone.

**Milo Silver!! Please respond. Can you hear me?**

(This is hopeless! There has to be something I can do!!) That is when I decided to check on the only remaining passenger on the ship...

"Milo are you ok?" The scorpion woman asked rubbing his back.

"What? How? I was turned to stone!"

"Whatever it is wore off. I carried you through the door and we wound up here."

The naked wolverine looked up. He was lying on a multilayered platform with five doors on in front of him, five doors on the floor above him and five doors below.

"It looks like I made it worse." Demera said.

"You certainly have." Milo said gritting his teeth. "How much longer are we going to play this game?"

"What game animal boy? I was only trying to help!"

"No, you were letting me make all the decisions and observing my reactions like a lab animal in a maze."

"Milo... I am not!"

"You are also hiding some type of scanning device in your hand and doing a very poor job of it."

"Very good animal boy. Very observant for one so round."

"Demera why are you doing this?"

"Let's just say I have an eternal thirst for knowledge so I like to study things... intently."

"You were behind this... all of this from the beginning! My friends where are they?"

"I have been observing them as well. You are the first to see through my illusions in a long time. I guess cunning may be related to body mass." She said scritching Milo on his chin. "Now if you want them to remain unharmed you will do all that I ask of you without question."

"Demera are you related to the KLIS?"

"Never heard of them." The scorpion woman said as she placed small conical devices in Milo's mouth, armpit and rectum. She then took fur, claw, and cell samples from the wolverine boy's body.

"How long are you going to keep us?" Milo said trying not to choke on whatever was inside his mouth.

"Until I finish my experiments and tests animal boy. I think maybe one or two of you will survive the experience."

"Demera! How can you be so cold and uncaring?!"

"I need more data." Was the icy response.

"More data?" Milo said looking up at the scorpion woman as she removed her probes from his person.

"Hmm I wonder how your body would react if you received a full dosage of my venom?" She asked as her tail stinger made contact with the wolverine's naked bottom.

"GAH!!" Milo shouted as he was stung.

"How do you feel boy?"

"My nerves, they are on fire!"

"My venom affects each of my prey differently. For you it looks like it will be a neurotoxin..." The she creature said petting the poisoned wolverine boy.

"Dermera don't do this."

"It has already been done, but I will hold you as you succumb if you like." The scorpion creature said as wherever they were shook violently.

*KRUNCH*

"We have company." She said turning to see what had interrupted her session with the chubby wolverine boy. It was a metallic oval space ship crashing into the room and hovering just above the floor. Three pronged landing gear extending from its base and a key shaped portal opening on its side.

"DEMERA!" A pink eyed single tentacled creature said emerging from the craft.

"Well if it isn't the one that got away."

"I came to avenge those you took from me."

"How? That ship doesn't have any weapons." The scorpion woman said disappearing. She reappeared elsewhere in the room- well her eyes and mouth did eerily looking down on the extraterrestrial rescuer and the poisoned wolverine boy. "And I have already sealed the breach you made. Looks like we are going to pick up where we left off."

The faceless eyes and mouth said staring down menacingly.

**One minute to self destruction!!** I announced.

"Correction that ship is the weapon. I should have done this when you sacrificed my colleagues for your self important, non-empathetic, torture research!" The pink eyed creature Hue had rescued said.

"Looks like all your research will be lost Demera and you as well." Milo said convulsing.

"What do you want?" The floating eyes and mouth asked angrily.

"End the illusions, return that crew to their ship and allow them to leave otherwise everyone dies right here, right now." The single tentacled pink eyeball said staring her down.

**Thirty seconds to self destruction!!** I announced.

"FINE!!" Demera shouted.

Panda Lee appeared right next to Milo she was lying on her back and giggling, then Hue and Cassia.

"What happened? Weren't we at our perfect place?" Ms. Manassas said.

"It was an illusion madam." The pink eyeball said breaking her fantasy.

"Milo! What did you do to him?" Hue said floating over to the poisoned wolverine.

"Not me, she. You four we need to leave now."

**Fifteen seconds to self destruction!!**

Hue 'carried' Milo back the ship.

Panda Lee and Cassia 'ran' toward the bridge followed by the single tentacled pink eyeball.

"I recommend we leave first then cancel the self destruct." He shouted.

Cassia powered on the ship and lifted off from where-ever they had been parked.

"Hold on Hon-hon." The yellow eyeball announced as they picked up speed.

**10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0!**

"Oh my gosh!" Panda Lee shouted as the countdown expired. "Nothing happened."

"Our space-craft was never equipped with a self destruct mechanism only a very cunning sentinel." Cassia said.

**At your service madam.** I said.

"Hon-hon what happened to your clothes?"

"I think I left them at the spa."

"Spa?" The female eyeball asked.

"Yeah, I was being waited on by these five masseuses, at the end of my appointment I was receiving this kind of kiss massage from each of them all over my body it felt so wonderful." Panda Lee said blushing.

"How could that be? You were with Hue and I. We were on this planet we had found and had decided to settle down there it was perfect."

"All illusions from our hostess the huntress to placate her victims during her sick experiments. She got my crew-mates before we knew it. I was the only one to make it out but not before my ship was badly damaged."

**It is a good thing the Manassas found you when they did Mr. Tano.**

"It was a group effort sentinel." He said to me. _ _

_Traveler's Log space date 07;25;34 _

_ Milo Silver reporting. I am deeply disturbed by what happened today. I assumed that traveling the stars with Hue and Cassia would be some sort of a awesome grand adventure but it is actually quite dangerous. Shortly after rescuing Mr. Tano from his damaged ship, we were abducted by Demera the huntress. If not for Mr. Tano we would still be her prisoners._

It turns out Mr. Tano was a crew member of a science vessel and knows a little about medicine. He managed to counteract Demera's neurotoxin she injected inside me. He said that my nervous system would be a little tingly for a while. According to him the huntress took a personal interest in me because I was a two legger and rotund- such things are rare in this section of the galaxy. I don't know what disturbs me more- that or knowing that she is still out there and can continue to do what she is doing to other unsuspecting travelers.

_To thank our sentinel for its efforts in saving us, Hue and Cassia decided to give it a name- A.L.E.X. don't ask me what it stands for. Mr. Manassas just thought it sounded unique. To thank Mr. Tano for his assistance, we are currently taking him back home to his planet. He said that his world is relatively stable and that we would be welcomed with open 'arms'. Hue, Cassia, Panda Lee and I liked that but is it the perfect place? _

**Attention! Milo Silver to the bridge we have arrived at our destination.**

"I am on my way A.L.E.X." The wolverine boy said wobbling out of his room.

"And here we are!" Mr. Tano said proudly. "This is my world, my home. What do you think?"

"A completely black planet?" Milo asked entering the bridge.

"My it is so dark." Cassia said.

"Has it always been like this?" Panda Lee asked.

"Everyone!" Hue said chastising his crew as he assumed a high orbit over the world of darkness.

"Yes, yes and yes." Mr. Tano said answering the questions thrown at him. "My planet it is somewhat far from our sun so it is rather dark and cold, but my people like it that way."

(Judging from the looks of the bridge crew this would not be their perfect place.)

"And Lady Ursa is performing kata 23! Her moves are graceful and so seamless." The black haired teen announced to the crowd watching the talent show.

"Alex wake up!" My lioness said elbowing me.

"ZGT?! Huh?"

"That is a bit rude dozing off during your lover's performance isn't it?" The saber tooth tiger to my right chided. "You weren't experiencing another shimmer were you?"

"No it was another of those alternate reality thingies." I said to the female felines.

"Say what?"

"Alex has these dreams- visions every now and again where he experiences alternate lives in alternate realities."

"How long has that been going on?" Shira asked.

"I think since my arrival on Counter Earth now that I think about it."

"So what did you see and experience this time little cutie?" My lioness asked.

"I was with Milo Silver, Panda Lee, and Mr. and Mrs. Manassas well sort of."

"Who are they?" Shira said eyeing me carefully.

"Friends of mine we met when I was learning Animalian. In this reality I was the automated assistant of Hue and Cassia's spaceship; it was weird being without a corporeal form."

"Sounded you gained a new found respect for Overwatch, Feleen and Wheels little cutie?"

"So what were they doing on this spaceship?" The tigress asked.

"Searching the galaxies looking for a new planet to call home away from the synoptic's influence."

"Did they succeed little cutie?" My lioness asked.

"They are making progress." I said smiling.

Alex Winter July 25, YOE 34.