It would be several months before Zhou could rendezvous with the Intrepid by which time it was expected that there would be no Intrepid to intercept. ...his was because from the opposite direction away from the Anomaly and towards the Intrepid was headed a fleet of Sirius space ships several times larger than the Proxima Centauri space fleet currently escorting the Interplanetary Union space ship across the void. The Sirius fleet had only one imperative and that was to destroy the Intrepid and,. I didn't organize it,"he said."If you die, then the circle is broken. My friends will come back,"Jesse reasoned."Put the gun down, please," the quarterback pleaded.Jesse took the safety off and pulled the trigger. The bullet shot outof the pistol and missed the quarterback's head barely. It ricochetedoff the elevator wall and hit Jesse to the side of the head. Jesseimmediately fell to the ground stunned. The quarterback quickly openedthe elevator doors and ran out. The doors closed behind. He had not realized that Jennifer was a blossoming young woman who looked just like her mother; he still looked upon her as just a young girl but all that had changed now as he battled with his lust for her. Laying in my cabin I felt terrible for causing so much trouble and knew that I needed to make it up to Uncle Carl so I decide to go up to the bridge and ask him to really punish me. Carl is surprised to see me come in but before he can say anything I tell him what I have decided and. "Have you come to convey me to the spirit lands?" he quavered. Perhaps my response was ill considered, but how was I to know that his beliefs were that he would be taken to the after life by a spirit and a spirit wild dog? I answered with my own gestures "Are you eager to reach the after life then?"He fainted, perhaps explained by his lack of food for the past week, and of water for the past three days, as he later explained. I took the occasion to remove the stone, which was not difficult from.