"I KNOW THERE'S A DELAY!" barked Jerome at the intercom to the engine room. "JUST TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BE FINISHED!"

The Timate 691 was in bad shape after the bomb that Jim had set in the ship. Since then, the Timate 691 was adrift in space, but not for long. Four people were repairing the engines to the ship, inluding Janell the hired Ctarl-Ctarl assassin. Jerome remained on the bridge, planning his revenge on that Jim Hawking fellow.
Jerome didn't know where Jim and Aisha went to. He had guessed Heifong, and back to Starwind and Hawking Enterprises.
"We should be done in 45 minutes" came the voice of Janell over the intercom.
"45 minutes!" spat Jerome.
"That was a good bomb that kid used" said Janell.
"Just try to hurry it up" said Jerome.


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"Where does your family live, Aisha?" asked Jim. He had finally been let out of Aisha's stomach after Aisha's car was out of sight of the spaceport. He was in the backseat of the car, washing off the salvia that covered him with the help of Connie. The rented car was now somewhere in the mountains.
"It's just 14 miles ahead" said Aisha.
Jim had insisted that he be let out of Aisha's stomach. He was starting to like being in Aisha's stomach a little too much, and Jim didn't want to spend the entire trip in the belly of Aisha. Connie seemed to take a liking to Jim, a fact that didn't escape Aisha.
"The Clanclan family lives in this big mansion" said Connie. "Aisha comes from a rich family, you know"
"How did you know that?" asked Aisha.
"Everyone knows that" said Connie.
"Yeah..." growled Aisha.
"Aisha, don't be so mean to Connie" said Jim.
"But she's the daughter of that Janell bitch" said Aisha.
"Watch you lanuage!" snapped Connie. "that's what my mother would say"
"Yeah, well" said Aisha. "Like I care what your mother would say"