Zyl looked up, “What?”
“Our scans could be in error but there are two less than the first time we visited.”
“Do you know which ones are missing?”
The Second looked and said, “No. With billion’s of galaxies, it would be impossible to make that determination. I only now noticed the total number does not agree with our original survey. There is a possibility that two could have been missed due to being behind a much larger galaxy.”
“I thought we took several views from different angles.”
“We do, but then two others could have been moved behind.”
“Has this ever happened before?”
The nine Master’s consulted their displays, “It doesn’t appear to have ever happened before.”
Zyl said, “They may be hiding from our scans. That is where we will go next. Notify the Fleet Master.”
Suddenly Zyl’s panel illuminated with a bright blue light. All ten Masters felt instant fear. Zyl looked at them and closed his eyes briefly. He opened them and pushed the button, “How may I serve you?”
The Ten listened and hoped they would survive the contact.
Robby stood in the landing bay at the Defense Facility and looked at the group glowing in their new armor. The two Zord were sitting and even in that pose they were enormous. Scotty keyed his communicator, “Alex, is the armory ready?”
“Yes it is. You may teleport one at a time and select your stores.”
“Thanks, Dani will go first.”
Dani teleported away. Robby said, “Load up on as many armaments as you can. We won’t be back soon, so make good use of the inventory.”
Kreej commed, “Alex, is there a limit to what we can take?”
“I don’t have an infinite supply of ordinance. Just keep in mind that there will be more than six thousand Flyers that will need to be supplied.”
“What are you saying?”
“You don’t need to take a billion hornets. You’ll never use that many. A hundred thousand would be a rational number.”
“What if I want double that number?”
“Then take them. What makes you think you’ll need that many?”
“We may decide to remove the Invaders from planets they’ve conquered.”
“Then come back for more. That probably won’t happen in the near future and remember we’re going to have to supply all of the ships we’re building as well.”
“What about Captor Balls?”
“That’s easy. Now that you’re covered with a red force field, you can go to their original home and pick up as many as you want. My records indicate that there are still several million at their old hive.”
Robby smiled, “Don’t be greedy Kreej.”
Kreej said, “I was talking about Neelah.”
“No, you weren’t.”
“Yes I was.”
Neelah shoved Kreej with one of her wings, “I’ll use good judgment, Alex.”
Robby shook his head, “The Captor Balls are too big to take into our armor. Load up on those if you must, Kreej; you can have my share.”
“Robby, our ships will need them more than us. It’s the main tool that has kept the invaders away from our ships.”
Robby looked at Carter, “Ok, we’ll only take a hundred per Zord. Load another hundred on Pyle and Gilene.”
Alex said, “That is reasonable, Robby.”
Dani appeared and Robby said, “You’re next Jenna.”
Jenna did a double take and then disappeared.
Carter looked at Robby and he said, “Ladies go first. We must always remember to be a gentleman.”
Dani laughed, “Never forget that. Boy it was hard making choices.”
“Tell me what you saw.”
“Oh, the first answer was a good one but the real one is you want to be enlightened before you go.”
Robby pretended to be looking out the port, “Are you going to tell me?”
Dani thought about it, “You’ll find some small blunt nosed projectiles in the far left of the armory. If you ever have to board a ship and want to do maximum damage without burning any of the electronics, you’ll need them.”
“So you know about the dimensional drive?”
“I do.”
“Did you take any?”
“I did.”
“Do you see something I don’t?”
“Only that I’ll be with you when it happens.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Darn, I thought it would be Jenna or Carter.”
Carter listened to them and said, “What are the two of you talking about?”
Robby and Dani looked at him and Dani said, “Oh, nothing.”
Carter stared at them and Robby said, “I’ll tell you before it happens.”
Carter shrugged, “Fair enough. Who’s next?”
“You are.”
“Where did you say those slugs are located?”
Robby laughed and looked at Dani, “He’s one smart cookie.”
Carter raised his arms in a strongman pose and said, “And handsome besides.”
Kreej and Neelah listened to the back and forth and Neelah thought, “It feels like family.”
Kreej nodded, “We need to get Jenna and Carter a Flyer.”
“That comes later.”
Kreej said, “Get the message to Vring. He needs to start making the list now.”
Neelah nodded. “Your Sister would be good for Jenna.”
“Only if she passes Vring’s scrutiny.”
“Afraid of being accused of playing favorites?”
“Not at all, I just don’t know all of the Flyers available. There may be one better.”
Neelah looked at Carter, “He’s going to be hard to match.”
Kreej looked at Carter and nodded, “Yes he is.”
Jenna reappeared and Carter disappeared. After an hour Robby said, “Alex, is Carter ok.”
“I’m sitting here in amazement.”
“Why?”
“He’s combined several weapon platforms that are going to be devastating. Robby looked at Dani and said, “We need to go take a look at what he’s doing.”
Jenna, Robby, and Dani teleported to the Armory. Kreej looked at Neelah, “Yes, he’s going to be hard to match.”
Neelah just shook her head wondering what was going on in the armory.”
The ten new Ruling Masters looked down at the new Fleet Master. Kye looked around the gathering and said, “You understand your assignment?”
“Yes, I do.”
“You will bring the ship to us when you capture it.”
“I will, Sire.”
The Fleet Admiral turned to go. Kye looked at the others and said, “Have we decided which universe we will search first?”
