I awoke the next morning from one of the deepest, relaxing sleeps I had enjoyed in quite a while. As the filtered sunlight poured in through the windo... in my room, I glanced over to see an empty pillow next to me. On the pillow was a note from Will, which read:Johnny, Sorry I had to leave so early this morning. Had to get back home to prepare for my presentation at work on Monday. Thank you for a wonderful night! Good luck with “fixing” Trevor. I’m sure you’ll get him under control and. He was left with a pilot, a plumber, an electrician, a mechanic and a helm engineer who had to double as the drive engineer as no one else was trained to do it. The ship had ended up two days behind the Firefly when it first jumped.Things were kept in better control aboard the Firefly, just. Captain Manning of the Firefly had been assigned the bombing of Futura but made damn sure the crew didn’t know this.To complete the trip in less than six weeks, they had to do six jumps. The marker buoys. “Great idea,” said the AI. “Tell me when you are ready to begin.”I had a figure that was middle sized. It was 7 inches high and very heavily built. I looked at it closely. The mouth opened and shut as it walked and it had very sharp looking and dangerous teeth. It could swing its arms. Moving forwards and backwards was very easy using the lever. It was a simple mechanical controller. I pressed one of the buttons and it punched the air in front of it. I pressed the button on the other side and. On the drive home, I couldn't help but think about what was in my little box. Gold coins, was the first thing that came to mind. Maybe it was full of important documents from the civil war or earlier. The possibilities were limited only by the size of the container.I cleaned off the kitchen table, got out a Foster's, and studied my find. I hated to destroy the lock, but I could not figure out how to open it otherwise. I had no idea if the mechanism inside the lock was still functional. I.