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You’ll remember that the last time we left them, GalactiGuy and his new sidekick Peck had requested of their friend Dr. Whoops that he would remodel their ship, the Light Particle, so that it would fit more than just one person. Dr. Whoops had agreed to this request and told them to come back to his lab around 9:00 that night. When we left them, GalactiGuy and Peck had dropped off their ship to Dr. Whoops and had left his laboratory. We find them now leaving GalactiGuy’s workplace, 4M.

“Just think, Peck,” GalactiGuy says, “Just 11 hours ago you became my sidekick.”

“Yeah,” Peck replies, “I hope that we have an adventure soon, because things are kind of… well…”

“Dull,” GalactiGuy finishes. “Well, things have been kind of dull today, since I’ve been working all day. But don’t worry. We’ll be having an adventure soon; all we need is the Light Particle.”

“In that case, why don’t we go and pick up the ship now,” our feathered friend suggests.

“Well, we can go,” GalactiGuy agrees, “But it’s only 4:00 in the afternoon, so the ship’s probably not done yet.”

“But it could be,” Peck replies, “Let’s go.”

And with that, our intrepid heroes make their way to Dr. Whoops’ lab, and soon find themselves once again being scanned at the door of the laboratory. While being scanned, GalactiGuy and Peck hear the loud noise of power tools from inside the lab.

“Come in,” Dr. Whoops calls from behind the door, which opens and our heroes enter through it. They are greeted by the sight of a very large metal object in the far end of the lab, with Dr. Whoops stopping his work and climbing down from the ladder that he was standing on.

“Well, what do you think?” the doctor asks GalactiGuy and Peck.

“It’s so big,” Peck remarks in awe, “I like it.”

“I do, too,” GalactiGuy says, “But why did you make it so big. It’s almost five times the size of the old Light Particle.”

“Well, I thought you’d like it to be big,” Dr. Whoops says, apologetically.

“Oh, no. Don’t feel bad,” GalactiGuy says, “I like it big. I just was worrying that you spent too much of your time on it.”

“Not at all,” Dr. Whoops assures GalactiGuy, “I didn’t have any work today, so it was no problem at all.”

“Good,” GalactiGuy replies. “So, how many passengers can the new and improved Light Particle fit in it?”

“Oh, about ten,” Dr. Whoops answers.

“Ten?!” GalactiGuy and Peck exclaim, “That’s great!”

“Glad you like it,” Dr. Whoops smiles.

“Say, what did you do with the old Light Particle?” Peck asks.

“I added a few more seats and put it in the cargo bay of the new Light Particle,” Dr. Whoops replies.

“That’s good,” Peck sighs, “I was afraid you had turned it into scrap for the new ship.”

“Oh, I wouldn’t do that,” Dr. Whoops assures. “Would you guys like to take the new Light Particle out for a test drive?”

“Yeah!” GalactiGuy and Peck eagerly exclaim.

“Alright,” Dr. Whoops says. “Hop in and I’ll radio you instructions.”

Our heroes don’t need to be told twice, and they excitedly bolt for the ship, climb in, and make their way to the control room. Dr. Whoops’ voice comes in through the speakers on the dashboard,

“Okay, GalactiGuy, all the controls are basically the same, so go through the actions of taking off, and radio me any questions you have during the test.”

“Right,” GalactiGuy answers, and after flicking a few switches and pushing a few buttons, our heroes take off through a large opening in the ceiling of the lab which opens as they begin to take off. The ship flies through the sky, up and out of Earth’s atmosphere.

To be continued…

Last time, you remember,  GalactiGuy had just gotten a sidekick, Peck, the bird-like fellow who GalactiGuy had found in his cubicle in 4M, his workplace. When we left them, GalactiGuy and Peck had sped off toward Dr. Whoops’ lab, who we had just found out is a friend of GalactiGuy. We now find our heroes landing the Light Particle in front of a large, shiny building where GalactiGuy says Dr. Whoops’ lab is. Our heroes squeeze out of their ship and they make their way for the door of the building.

“Come on, Peck,” GalactiGuy says to Peck, “Let’s go see Dr. Whoops’.”

“Right, pal,” Peck says, jumping out of the ship.

The two make their way to the door of the building. Once inside, GalactiGuy leads Peck down a large hall with big laboratories behind doors, some made of metal. GalactiGuy goes to the door at the far end of the broad hall. It is a metal door with Dr. Whoops printed on it.

“Here we are, Peck,” GalactiGuy announces.

“Oh, good,” Peck says.

GalactiGuy knocks on the door and from the ceiling just above them a slot opens up in it and a metallic, electronic device about the size of a 13 inch laptop screen is lowered down by an thin extending metal pole. The center of the screen begins to glow green and a broad, miniscule sheet of light, less than a millimeter in thickness, begins to shine up and down our heroes, scanning them. The machine makes a beep and the light turns off and the screen is raised back through the slot, which closes. Then a voice from inside the laboratory calls,

“Come in, GalactiGuy, and bring that bird friend of yours in, too.”

GalactiGuy presses a button on a small key pad which extends from a slot next to the door which has just opened, as Peck complains,

“Why does everyone think that I’m a bird. I’m bird-like, for crying out loud.”

Our heroes walk into the laboratory, which is a large circular room with a high ceiling. It seems to have other rooms connected to it, and and from the far side of the lab, a man shorter than GalactiGuy with a lab coat walks toward them.

“Hello, GalactiGuy,” the man says,”Who’s this here?”

“Hi, Dr. Whoops,” GalactiGuy replies, “I’d like you to meet my new sidekick, Peck.”

“Hello, Peck. It’s very nice to meet you,” Dr. Whoops says, holding his hand out to be shaken.

“Hi, Dr. Whoops,” Peck says, shaking the hand, “And by the way, I’m not a bird, just bird-like.”

“Oh, I see. My mistake,” Dr. Whoops apologizes.

“It’s fine,” Peck replies, “You didn’t know.”

“So, I found Peck in my cubicle this morning, and he tells me that he was sent by an alien on Ganymede that I met yesterday,” GalactiGuy says. “I decided that I should introduce him to you, but when we got into the Light Particle, we could hardly fit in it. We were wondering if you could make some changes to the ship so that it can fit more passengers.”

“Sure, I’ll give it a try,” Dr. Whoops replies.

“Great, so when do you think it will be ready?” GalactiGuy asks.

“Well,” Dr. Whoops ponders, “I think that it could be ready at 9:00 tonight.”

“Really?” GalactiGuy exclaims, “That would be great.”

“Yeah,” Peck agrees.

“So then, I’d better get to work,” Dr. Whoops remarks.

“Sure,” GalactiGuy says, “I’ll go get the ship for you. Wait, how are we going to get the ship into your lab?”

“Just fly it over my lab and I’ll radio you instructions on how to get it in,” Dr. Whoops says.

“Right. Come on, Peck,” GalactiGuy says.

In a moment, GalactiGuy and Peck are squeezed inside the Light Particle, and are hovering over Dr. Whoops’ lab. Then, through a radio on the dashboard, Dr. Whoops’ voice is heard,

“Now, GalactiGuy, keep your ship hovering right where it is while I open the point of entry.”

“Right,” GalactiGuy says, and as he does a large opening in Dr. Whoops’ roof/wall opens. It is much larger than the Light Particle, at least three times.

“Now slowly fly your ship through the opening,” Dr. Whoops says. 

Carefully guiding his ship through the opening, GalactiGuy enters into a room much smaller than the lab with a small volume for a landing zone. GalactiGuy sees a landing pad near the opening and slowly lands. They get out of the ship and walk over to Dr. Whoops.

“Thanks, Dr. Whoops,” GalactiGuy says, “We’ll be back tonight to pick up the Light Particle. Come on, Peck.”

“Okay,” Peck says, “Bye, Dr. Whoops, and thanks.”

“Bye, Peck. It was nice meeting you. Bye, GalactiGuy,” Dr. Whoops calls to our heroes who are almost to the other side of the lab now.

GalactiGuy and Peck make their way back out of the building, planning to return to Dr. Whoops’ lab.

To be continued…