The force of energy released from the flagship, flared their screen white. So much of the target ship had been converted to energy, that the plasma la...hing out rocked the Hammer.Jim said, "Next target?" The only ship in range is the Gray Leader." Sir, his remaining ship is weaponless," came the call from the scanning station."Target the engines then, I don't want him getting too far away."A single photon launched out of the ship. The entire bridge watched as the ball of photon light intersected. Once the pod was rocked by what was no doubt aftershocks of the ship’s destruction the other three members of their pod seemed to handle the situation little better.“How far were we from our destination?” Sam asked the Captain, his voice calmer than he would have thought. “Is there any way we can make the rest of the journey in these things?”The woman shook her helmeted head. “It was another fives months, and the amount of solar radiation would just fry us again,” she checked a screen attached. “Is that the shower?”“Yes. Yes, it is.” I couldn't believe how much I was lying to my girlfriend right now, and I had no choice but to keep going. If there was an award for Bullshitter of The Year, I'd probably be nominated, without a doubt. “Sorry for wearing just jeans I was taking a shower when you knocked on the door and I was getting something. Sorry for not replying back, but you understand. Double-date with Sera and Benji tomorrow night? On me.”“Sure!”“Alright, I'll see you then,. He noticed that neither Larry or Pam brought that fact up either. He told himself that it was hard to believe the word hadn't gotten out between the two brothers and their sister, but apparently it hadn't. Philip could hardly believe that. They spent the rest of that evening just talking about things in general and watching a video Larry had rented before Philip excused himself and went on up to his bedroom. He'd no sooner gotten through with his shower and was situated in the middle of the bed.