Stellar Collision

Chapter 33

The Crashsite

Jesse and the Dayles all knelt and peered into the black satchel they'd recovered from the ship. Dayle B aimed her flashlight around inside. It contained three items.

Jesse immediately reached in and grabbed one of them. "Mine!" He proclaimed. Both women looked at him in disbelief.

He held the object up. "I bet my life this is some type of ray gun." They all examined it. Dayle A definitely agreed it appeared to be a gun shaped weapon. It was silver with a greenish handle. The barrel unlike anything on earth. It was made from metal that Dayle B thought she recognized as Tregannon. The trigger was an oddly shaped red button. Jesse stuffed it down the back of his pants.

"Hey!" his fiance protested. "Why does the dude automatically get the big gun?"

"Yeah!" agreed Dayle A, crossing her arms.

He looked at both of them like they were morons. "Because, I am the Bloovian here." he explained like it should be obvious. "I've seen space warfare and believe me, it's not pretty. I know how these aliens operate. We may only get one chance at a clean shot."

Now the Dayles were looking at him like he might be from another planet.

"Uhh... sweetheart." Dayle B began gently. "You do realize that Bloo is just a show, don't you?"

"Yeah Jesse." Dayle A spoke to him like he might be a bit slow. "Sci Fi stands for Science Fiction."

He rolled his eyes. "Of course I know that, but you don't think science fiction is based on actual science? I mean, thirty minutes ago, we materialized out of thin air in a wooden box that's bigger on the inside, piloted by a time traveling alien with two hearts. Maybe reserve your condescension for other circumstances." He stood up.

The Dayles glanced at each other, shrugged. He actually sort of had a point.

"So what are these other two things?" Dayle B wondered, chewing her bottom lip nervously.

Dayle A reached in and pulled out an oblong item about the size of a loaf of bread made of a much stronger metal than the alleged ray gun. It had a handle on one end but it wasn't recognizable as a weapon. At the other end there was what looked like a small satellite dish. There were four buttons on the side of the thing and a digital read out screen. She squinted at the object. She recognized some familiar circular patterns adorning the side. She was certain she'd seen them on several of the books in the Doctor's library.

"Hmm. I wonder if these circles mean it's a Time Lord thing." she murmured, pointing to the symbols.

"Well this thingee has those same circles." Dayle B pointed out, pulling the final item from the bag.

The third object was stored in a solid blue case covered in those circular symbols. The item was protected inside by soft padding. It was an orb, the size of a grapefruit, likely made of some type of metal but covered in soft rubbery polymer. There was only one big silver button on this one, no read out screen.

Dayle A looked at the two objects, one finger to her lips, curious. "The Doctor did say that Arc body-printed a Time Lord once. I imagine he got all sorts of useful information from the memories of that guy. Maybe he got a hold of some Time Lord technology as well?"

"Well they don't do us much good if we don't even know what they are, what they do." Dayle B said, frustrated.

They both looked at Jesse who held his hands up defensively. "Hey, just because I know a ray gun when I see one, I'm not the resident alien tech expert. Your guess is as good as mine."