Aboard a Space Station Orbiting Earth, Tuesday
PETER'S INBOX:
To: Locke%erasmus@potnet.gov
From: Sand%Water@ArabNet.net
Re: Invitation to a party
You don’t want to miss this one. Kemal upstairs thinks he’s the whole show, but when Show and Pock get started in the basement, that’s when the fireworks stop say wait for the downstairs party before you pop any corks.
Elsewhere in the complex, Peter's parents had been packing. Slower than ordered, because they had their doubts about this plan, and they doubted they were alone. Peter wanted them to just pack up and head down to Earth - while their lives were in danger.
"John Paul," said Theresa Wiggin quietly, "I don’t understand what Peter's doing here."
John Paul closed his suitcase. "That’s the way he likes it."
"We're supposed to be doing this secretly, but he--"
"Asked us not to talk about it in here." John Paul put his finger to his lips, then picked up her suitcase as well as his and started on the long walk to the bunkroom door.
They stopped only briefly, to bang on someone else's door. "Natalie?" Theresa called.
To: Locke%erasmus@potnet.gov
From: Sand%Water@ArabNet.net
Re: Invitation to a party
You don’t want to miss this one. Kemal upstairs thinks he’s the whole show, but when Show and Pock get started in the basement, that’s when the fireworks stop say wait for the downstairs party before you pop any corks.
Elsewhere in the complex, Peter's parents had been packing. Slower than ordered, because they had their doubts about this plan, and they doubted they were alone. Peter wanted them to just pack up and head down to Earth - while their lives were in danger.
"John Paul," said Theresa Wiggin quietly, "I don’t understand what Peter's doing here."
John Paul closed his suitcase. "That’s the way he likes it."
"We're supposed to be doing this secretly, but he--"
"Asked us not to talk about it in here." John Paul put his finger to his lips, then picked up her suitcase as well as his and started on the long walk to the bunkroom door.
They stopped only briefly, to bang on someone else's door. "Natalie?" Theresa called.