“We’re away now, so may I have permission to leave hyperspace?”“Permission granted,” the captain said, but before anyone could do anything, ...hey heard the sound of the engines failing, and the ship slowly falling to normal speed.“Sir, the engines are too damaged to continue.”They all looked at the viewing screen, and saw that they’d come out in orbit of a planet.“What planet’s that?” The captain asked. “Is it one of ours?”“I don’t know,” the 2nd officer replied. “But the engines are offline and. . four ... three... "Shit!" Martin barked suddenly realizing what was still happening around him. "He's taking off! Fuck!" Martin slammed his hand down on the COM unit built into his body armor. "Sivana ... that robot thing is lifting off! He'll bring the entire cavern down on you! Get out!"Martin heard Sivana chuckle and he turned his head quickly to see her standing in the corridor, Belen with his arm around her waist and holding her tightly against him. She held up the small control console.. Abruptly the dog picked his head up and looked at the open door. *** *** The two friends left Sam’s room and started down the stairs. While they were saying goodbye, Jackson animatedly explained to Lynn that every single time he came over for an after work beer that dog would jump on him the entire time, and want to play. It usually took several commands by Sam to get Major to stop. ‘That damn dog is hyper. Go, go, go, all the fricking time, but I’m sure you know that, right Lynn?’ Jackson. “I’ve a pretty good idea. Remember, I had to build my own, simply to come here.” I decided to go fishing a little, like a good like lawyer. “So will Phase Three take care of that?”Her eyes widened. “Wow, Father does trust you completely. Yes, the new fusion reactor should power everything for centuries to come. We’re nearing the end of construction. In fact, I need to go check on something. Is there anything else?”I shook my head, smiling, and held out my hand. “No, Allie, it was a pleasure.”.