Toxic looked from the window she was next to, to the holographic display. She asked,"Those pointy ships are the Mallorri 'battle-freighters'? They is real cool looking! I is so tired. Changing bodies wears me out." She yawned prodigiously. Lime said,"Toxic, you sound like a goof after you change back. It's 'ARE' not 'IS'. You sound like River Prince! Does it really scramble your brain so much?" Toxic said "Mallorri ships is are cool looking. I is hungry for chickens! Why is Sunshine smelling like Coodle? Where is Coodle?" Sunshine looked at Toxic and blinked her eye."We TOLD YOU! He's in a padded cage during combat so he won't be hurt during the ship moving around. Same reason we're buckled in. He peed on my skirt, so I had to pinch his antenna. He's not happy right now." Toxic nodded sleepily."You have to pinch antenna. Otherwise he ignores you. How you know? Is Genius?" Sunshine shrugged. "Don't know. Maybe you told me? Or Starshine?" Toxic yawned again and asked,"Where is light ball? Wanted to meet. Am hungry. Want a cookie!" Lime frowned,"We have to wait until after combat! Sunny said that she got interested in some other people and had to go look at them. She's not physical, so she should be alright." Sunny kept fidgeting. She finally exclaimed," I have to PEE! NOW!" Lime said,"NO. Just pee on yourself and clean up later! Can't you feel the ship dancing around? We're dodging incoming fire from those Asuran ships and the Great Enemy ships that are attacking that Scourge ship up ahead!" Sunny said,"That door,RIGHT THERE is the head! It's FOUR METERS AWAY! I am NOT peeing on myself!" She undid her five-point harness. Lime said,"Alright! I'll grip you telekinetically! I'll put you in the head, and you strap in there until combat is over! DO you hear me? Mom will kill me if you get hurt!" Sunny said,"Here I go!" She interfaced with the ship ACS control status and started running for the head. Lime reached out with the power of the wind and surrounded her younger sister's body with an air cushion as she shot through the door to the head, as the Nautilus slew around through evasive maneuvers. Sunny shouted out,"I'm strapped in! Just in time,too! Ahhhh!" Toxic broke up giggling. She looked at Lime and sighed,"Very more useful than setting stuff on fire." She looked out the window. "Big brains looking at us in golden ship. No,no,no...no reading my mind!" Toxic yawned one more time and fell asleep in the middle of the Nautilus making an attack run on the Scourge Warship. Lime looked out the window and suddenly felt the pressure of those alien minds over there. No one knew anything about the Ma'Urishan, other than the name. Measure was to busy to be bothered, so Lime took it on herself to probe the problem. She reached out with her Four Sisters ability to contact them. She felt minds vast and cool and unsympathetic to her and the Scourge. They moved with a rapidity that defied description outside of a computer. She could tell they were keenly aware of her questioning mind, but was ignored as if she was a mosquito buzzing around elephants. She perceived what they wanted her to. She broke away from them, chilled to the bone. They were like living machines without human feelings that she could understand. She did understand one thing. She called the bridge. Her adopted mother,Rose answered,"Go ahead,Lime." "Mom! I was just in mental contact with the Ma'Urishan. They want the orbiting ships to ready their main TSMD cannon for firing on different targets. They are going after the Scourge Ship, so Asuran or Great Enemy ships are good targets. Maybe thirty seconds to fire?" Rose paused and said back,"Roger that. Matches a graphic we got from them ten seconds ago. Good job. Please don't link up with aliens minds without permission, again?" Lime said,"Don't worry about that! I won't!" She looked at the alien ship with more alien minds in it and shivered. --To be continued!--