THE PLANET THAT LOVED PEOPLE (standard:science fiction, 1582 words) [3/12] show all parts
Author: Danny Raven	Added: Mar 11 2016	Views/Reads: 1817/1288	Part vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
PART 3 - CH 3

THREE 

Sarah screamed and sank down on to the Bridge couch. Kane stared in
disbelief at the small pieces lying around the floor, small glass-like 
pieces which had been Muslik Gra. 

“Jesus!” he muttered. 

“What happened to him?” Sarah asked. 

Kane shook his head then strolled over and sat beside her on the couch.
“It must have been something in the Corridor,” he replied. 

“The last time we had any contact with him was when those hundreds of
small stars appeared.” 

“Yeah, it could've been them.” 

“Or possibly something else happened after the stars.” 

Kane shrugged. “Maybe we'll never know.” 

Sarah shivered. “Poor Muslik. What are you going to do with the...with
the bits?” 

“I'll sweep them up in a minute.” 

He put an arm round her and she snuggled closer. Around them on the
Bridge, more of the monitors started coming to life and more of the 
lights tried to flicker on. 

“Power's coming back slowly,” said Kane. 

The Observation Screen however remained black as did the Earth Monitor 
and the Computer was still out. 

“Do you think we're out of the Corridor?” Sarah asked. 

Kane stared at the Observation Screen. “Could be. The Ship seems to be
drifting around instead of moving forwards. We won't know till the 
Computer and the rest of the power comes back on.” 

“If we are out, do we tell Tyler?” 

“No. We leave the Earth Monitor off. He won't know.” 

“What about all those hidden cameras on the Ship?” Kane grinned. “Muslik
traced them all one by one during the journey and disconnected them.” 

In the doorway, Blaze groaned. 

“You take care of him,” said Kane. “I'll take care of Muslik.” 

Sarah went over to the doorway as Blaze was sitting up. 

“Are you okay?” she asked, kneeling down and putting an arm round him. 

“What happened to me?” he asked, still a bit groggy. 

Sarah gave him a hug, mainly to distract him from Kane who was sweeping
together all the pieces that had been Muslik. He found a box and put 
them in it then shoved it behind a console. Sarah helped Blaze to his 
feet and they went over to the couch and sat down. 

“How d'you feel?” she asked him. 

“My head aches,” he replied, gingerly feeling a lump. 

“That's where I whacked you with my laser pistol,” Kane told him.
“Before I shot you. You're lucky is was set at ‘stun'” 

“How did I get on to the Bridge?” 

“Don't you remember?” 



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