Chara and the Planet

Chapter No. 42

Chapter No. 42.

Ryan was awakened by a sudden realization that something was wrong. He felt an emptiness that permeated his entire body. He got up, dressed and went up to the command center. He found Chara, Myra and Alma there and it was obvious from the furious activity they were engaged in that something was amiss.

"We supposedly dropped out of warp but there is no sign of anything," Chara said as her fingers flew over a projected screen. "I don't understand why there is no sign of stars or anything."

Ryan looked at the main screen and saw that it displayed complete blackness. "Interesting. If we did drop out of warp, then this means that something else has happened."

"What else is there?"

Ryan took his usual seat. "I recall a theory that would suggest that we're in a warp bubble void."

"What's that mean?" Myra asked.

"A warp bubble void is where spacetime is essentially in a null condition. It's sort of like being in a wormhole that has gone into a black hole, basically like sub space."

"How are we going to get out of this . . . this warp bubble void?" Myra asked.

Ryan turned to Chara. "Do the controls indicate that we're still in warp?"

Chara's fingers flew over the projected screen before she turned back to him. "Yes."

"Okay, take us manually out of warp."

Chara completed that and the screen lit up with the image of stars like someone had thrown a cosmic switch. She began a scan for pulsars to determine the ship's location, but after several minutes, her report wasn't very encouraging. "There are no locators that indicate where we are. The center supermassive black hole of this galaxy is not like that in the Milky Way."

"Looks like we skipped over a few galaxies," Ryan said. "You'll have to do a scan of the visible galaxies to see if you can locate which galaxy we're in."

Chara began the scan, using the main telescope.

"How can we get back to our galaxy?" Myra asked.

"Good question. My advice is to make a note of where we came out of the warp bubble void. Maybe we can use that information to get back into a warp bubble void that will take us to our galaxy. In the meantime, we may as well explore this galaxy."

"We don't even know which galaxy this is."

"I think you should be able to figure it out." He stood up. "I think I'll go get breakfast."

"I added a new companion to your quarters," Chara said before he departed.

"Thank you," he replied. He had the urge to argue the point but decided not to stir up the pot, so to speak.

When he got back to his quarters, he found the new addition standing with LuLu and Hara. The new android had black hair in contrast to LuLu and Hara's blond hair.

"I am Mitzi," the new addition proclaimed. "I am here to entertain you."

Ryan smiled. "Welcome. Now that you are a threesome, I would like to have you three perform some piano trios. How about Mendelsohn's Piano Trio in D-Minor!"

They didn't hesitate or question him. They sat down at the instruments and began playing like they had done it a thousand times before. How they were able to do that was a mystery. It was if their memories were beyond comprehension. The big question was: why? Why were they created to perform complicated musical scores as if it were something they had done many times before? It didn't make sense, especially since they were supposedly designed to entertain by flaunting their sexual wares.