The door to the bridge opened as I neared it, and I wasted no time demanding a status report from Crystal as I jumped into my pilot’s chair.“Capta...n, 47 seconds ago, we were struck by a glancing blow from an interdictor beam without warning from a ship that was running passive. System overload was minor, but it slowed us down enough that the unknown ship was able to prime engines and is currently chasing us, with fast interdictor drones slowly overtaking us. The chasing ship is roughly our. My Aunt gave me money for the bus fare and we were off. It's just a couple of minutes walk to the bus stop and then 25 minutes to our grandparents house. Naturally she whispered hello and walked close to my side as if some ghost was going to leap out and grab her. I just shook my head and we waited for the bus. If I could only have stayed home and watched TV. Anything, but take Mary to our Grandparents.When the bus arrived it was completely full of people headed into the city. A real rowdy wild. The van had two rows of bench seats behind the driver with about six feet of open carpeted area behind the second row of seating. Shannon wondered why a club van only had two rows of bench seating, but quickly dismissed it in her buzzed haze. She sat right in the middle of the bench so she could see Tad in the rear view mirror. Joel climbed into the front passenger seat next to Tad."Sorry Joel, you have to ride in the back. Only employees are allowed in the front. Besides I'm sure you will. Tracy turned around to face her, staggering against Rick again. "You must give your friends a sample of your new refreshing body spray." Yeah, cool." Tracy went over to the seating area, weaving between the furniture. Bending down she picked up an empty glass of milk, tipped it up to get a few remaining drops into her mouth. As the drips hit her tongue she shuddered and groaned. Putting the glass down she picked up what could easily pass as any expensive perfume atomizer. She returned to the.