Cosmic Energy

Chapter 10: No Hope

 Shows them back on the space ship, with ALGA. TIPPER is piloting the ship out of the atmosphere of Neptune.

LI-TYA: What in the universe was that? We had everything under control, but you decided to throw the whole museum to the core. Sure I was upset that they stole my Cosmic Energy, but I didn't expect you to destroy all that they had left to remember their old home by!

SKIZZY: I'm sorry! I am! I prayed about it, but then-

LI-TYA: Then what, your God told you to destroy a museum, and endanger everyone in it!

SKIZZY: No! He wouldn't have! I messed up! I was expecting God to give me guidance, and I took the first thing that came into my head, thinking that it was him, when it obviously wasn't, okay? I couldn't quite my mind so God could speak to me and now look what I did. I'm sorry.

SKIZZY puts his head in his hands, and starts to cry.

MYALS (Patting him on the back): You just need to learn to quite your mind, that's all. (Pause) Let's go check on the Cosmic Energy.

Shows SKIZZY and MYALS in the cargo area, checking the compartment for the Cosmic Energy. SKIZZY opens the door, and looks inside. A meter above it reads: "3,610,500,812".

SKIZZY: This should be enough energy to get us to get us to the edge of the Kuiper Belt and back to Earth. We won't have enough to go any further, but I don't think it's out there.

Suddenly, there is a huge bump, and SKIZZY and MYALS fall to the ground. They get back to their feet, and TIPPER comes into the room.

SKIZZY: I thought you were piloting this thing!

TIPPER: Li-Tya wanted to take over for a little while.

There is another bump.

SKIZZY: I can tell. (Pause) So what is it you wanted?

TIPPER: I overheard you talking, and I think I disagree. I don't think we should go out to the Kuiper Belt.

SKIZZY: Why?

TIPPER: All that's out there is dwarf planets and stuff like that, I think our best chance is to go back to the gas giants, and check them out again since we obviously didn't get close enough last time. Maybe check out their moons.

SKIZZY: I'm sorry, but I'm thinking that we should check out the belt while we're out here, we can look at the other planets on the way back.

TIPPER: Look, you know as well as I do that the planets are not in perfect alignment with each other right now, if we waist energy heading further out, than we won't have enough to check the other planets on the way back.

SKIZZY: I know that I didn't believe there was anything on this planet beforehand, but I still did see Alga react, even though I pushed it aside, she didn't do that near the other planets.

TIPPER: But we still didn't check Venus or Mercury, what if they were the planets that sent out the Cosmic Energy.

SKIZZY: That isn't very likely, if you look at where we've been, the closer the planet is to the Sun, the later it was to receive the Cosmic Energy.

TIPPER: I don't care, I want to go home, and I'm not going to have you mess this up for me. This could be our only chance.

While he's saying this, ALGA wanders into the room, and heads up to the open Cosmic Energy generator, she stops in front of it, and takes a brief look inside, to see the Energy buzzing, ready to be used. ALGA pauses, then suddenly, gives the crystal a nudge. The crystal suddenly bursts open, the power inside shooting at ALGA, causing her to give a cry. Everybody snaps their attention to ALGA.