outcome would be. Suddenly, Julie and Dani appeared in the circle. Julie saw Robby’s eyes soften as he smiled. Dani was not a skinny little kid anymore. She was beautiful.
Dani saw Robby and started shaking her head. What a beautiful man he had become. His hair was as white as his father’s, just like she thought. Robby stood and said, “Come and sit with me.”
Dani walked over and sat down next to him. She sat down three feet away from him. “I see you know.”
“I do. We can’t touch yet. But we can communicate.”
Robby thought to her, “Yes, we can. Do you know what we’re going to try to do?”
“Yes. I like my Zord. She’s nice.”
“She’s been waiting for you as well. She’s looking forward to meeting you.”
“And I, her.”
They looked up at the sky full of stars and Robby said, “You know I love you.”
“Yes.”
“Good.”
“How long until they arrive?”
“I’m not sure. Are you in a hurry?”
“Not at all. I’ve been waiting for this my entire life.”
Robby looked at her, “Me, too.”
“Well, it looks like they won’t even jump in closer than a light year now.”
“You’re right, Timmy. It was fun while it lasted. That was a good idea, Carter.”
“Thanks, Virze.”
“It seems you have been having too much fun.”
“Well, Hello, Anglo. What brings you out here?”
“I’m here to bring Jenna and Carter back to the Empire, Timmy. The Emperor has a task for them.”
“Anglo, did Jingo visit the Emperor?”
“Yes he did, Carter. Your analysis is what led to your recall.”
“What analysis, Carter?”
“Anglo, I’m going to share it with my team. Do you think the Emperor will mind?”
“No, just keep it to yourselves until he decides what to do about it.”
“I’m sending you the download I shared with Jingo. I think it will explain a lot about the Invaders.”
“Let’s go. The Emperor is waiting.”
Jenna said, “Give me the download, Gilene.”
Jenna closed her eyes and felt a cold dread touch her soul. Then she wondered how Carter had seen it. She had watched the same report and missed what he had seen. She opened her eyes, “He is smarter.”
“Gilene said, “Yep, see if you can learn from him. He’s not an adversary; he’s a resource.”
“I’m usually playing that role.”
“You still do, just not with him.”
“I don’t know if my ego can take it.”
“You came out here to grow and develop, Jenna. Do you think you’ll make a good Ruler of your Kingdom with a huge ego?”
“Gilene, are you saying I’m not worthy of the position?”
“Not yet, Jenna; you’re smart and experienced enough but you heart needs some attention.”
Jenna took a deep breath and slowly let it out. She thought about the aunt she loved so much. June was also wise. She also had a giving heart. What had gone wrong with hers?
The Fleet Master looked at his information crewmember, “How many ships have not yet finished a conquest?”
“Twenty thousand Sire.”
“What’s the estimated time until planting and completion of subduing the populations?”
“Less than two cycles if all goes to plan.”
“How many of our ships have been stopped by those ships?”
“More than eight thousand have been forced to jump away before they could attack.”
The Fleet Master thought about it. “Start putting eight ships with each of those that still need a planet. Once they jump in together, they should be left alone. I want this done in no more than two cycles.”
“I’ll issue the orders, Sire.”
The Fleet Master leaned back in his chair, “Two more cycles and we can find the home of those abominable ships. I’m looking forward to making them pay.”
Jenna teleported down to the clearing and arrived in the circle surrounding the nightly fire. She saw many leaning back against the logs and she waited for her eyes to adjust. “We’re over here.”
Jenna turned toward the voice and saw Robby Robbins, a young girl, and Carter. How had he beaten her here? She walked up and Carter stood to greet her, “We meet at last.”
Jenna looked up at him. She had no idea he was so tall. She was almost six feet and he was half a head taller. He was so well proportioned that his picture did not give away his size. “Yes, I guess we do.”
Robby said, “Come sit with us. This is Dani Valrico. She’ll be joining us in our search.”
“Are you related to Timmy?”
“He’s my Uncle.”
Jenna sat down and leaned back against the log, “Search?”
Robby smiled, “It was Carter’s idea.”
Jenna looked at Carter sitting next to Robby. He smiled, “We’re going to go find us an Algean.”
“What!”
Dani said, “You saw Carter’s analysis of the pods the Invaders are growing?”
“Yes.”
“None of our scientists have come up with a way to counteract the effects of that pod. Think about what would happen if an invader ship dumped spores from that plant into a planet’s atmosphere.”
“They won’t do that.”
Carter said, “I agree with her.”
Jenna looked at Carter and wondered if he saw it first.
Dani asked, “Why not?”
“It would be like throwing millions of credits away. Those pods must be worth a huge amount in the place the Invaders live. They won’t waste it. It’s cheaper to just conquer a planet the old fashioned way with beams, nukes, and missiles.”
Dani thought a moment and said, “You’re right.”
Jenna said, “Just where do you think you’re going to find an Algean?”
“We don’t know.”
“What makes you think there’s one in this universe?”
“Carter did the math. There’s one here somewhere.”
Jenna looked at Carter, “I don’t see how you arrived at that conclusion.”
Carter smiled, “Jenna, I would appreciate it if you would take a look at my equations. However, in the Defense Facility’s history files, there is a video of when the Algeans moved their galaxy. Have you seen that?”
“Yes, I did.”
“Did you move the view in close to galaxy’s outer edge?”
“No, I don’t believe I did.”
“I did.”
“What did you see?”
“Tens of thousands of ships teleporting in to the galaxy at the last moment. Actually, hundreds of thousands.”
“So.”
“The Milky way was moved six hours later. Remember that Sprig felt that there was no chance of the Queen agreeing to move her galaxy.”
“So?”
“The Algeans also knew that piece of information as well as there were millions of Searchers forming up to
