Sunshsine pushed her mother's arm off of her and complained,"GET UP,Mommy! I want to go check on Abaddon and see if he died or not! We worked on him so hard!" Rose muttered something in her sleep. Sunny pushed her again. Rose woke up and muttered,"I'm still powered down,honey. My capacitors are still practically flat-lined. Lemme know if he died. I'm dreaming." She fell back into a deep sleep. She rolled her eyes and slipped out of bed and pulled some clothes on top of her underwear. She put on her flip-flops and padded into the ship corridors. Obba Tkarro, the Captain's nephew waved as she passed him and said,"Hey, there!Do you know if your aunt, Hawkwing likes me?" Sunshine looked thoughtful and then broke up laughing. "I'm not telling! A lady has to keep secrets,you know!" Obba shook his head. She laughed and ran down the hall giggling. She walked up to sick-bay and pressed the door switch. The door slid open to reveal a tall figure in scarlet with glowing blue eyes. The masked figure towered over her. She shrieked and ran down the corridor in the opposite direction. The figure exclaimed,"SUNSHINE?" She slid to a halt and tried to turn toward him, but he was just to scary. He said in a deep,resonate voice,"You are named,'Sunshine', aren't you?" She tried contacting her daddy or anyone else on the Cyclops Commonwealth network. She stuttered out,"Stop blocking me! Why are you blocking me from...? You're an INTRUDER!" She leaped at the nearest comm-panel to be intercepted by an invisible force of telekinesis. She whipped around in terror. He said,"I did not estimate that ANYONE on this ship could perceive me. Neither Toxic ,nor River King could. Not even TWL or Leviathan could. How could YOU?" Sunshine screamed as he came nearer,"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! DADDY,HELP ME!" He stopped and backed up a step and went down on one knee. "I do not wage war on children. YOU, little girl saved the life of my son, and I would like to extend my warmest regards and gratitude to both YOU and your mother,Rose. Abaddon said it was a CHILD who repaired his hyper-frame after he was struck down by Lord Death. I feared he had breathed his last when I had heard he was struck by a hyper-frame breaker. How did you learn to repair them? Especially at such a young age?" She took a deep breath. "YOU'RE Abaddon's DADDY? No wonder he's scary! You are SCARIER! Why can't anyone hear us?" "I removed us from linear time so I could talk to you without interruption." "YOU CAN DO THAT? My best friend,Starshine, lost her mother in this place on the Boneyard world! She's one of The Abel! Can you get them back? What is 'Beyond linear time?'? Can you tell me simple? I am a kid,ya know." Azreal chortled. "Alright. I'll try. Time is like a river, traveling in a line toward the future, right?" Sunny nodded. "Like hyperspace to sub-space... things go from on high to low places, like balls rolling down a hill? Past to future?" He nodded. "If someone on their boat in time throws out an anchor, they stop, and then can go ashore outside of linear time. Understand?" She said,"If someone breaks the Abel's ANCHOR CHAIN, they reappear? ALL of them?" "Perhaps. IF someone can find their ANCHOR. This is getting dangerous. You need to go back to bed." Sunny woke up and pushed her mother's arm off of her. She was shocked and back in her underwear. She said,"Mom. Get up. I need to go check on Abaddon!" Rose muttered,"I'm still powered down,honey. My capacitors are still practically flat-lined. Lemme know if he died. I'm dreaming." She fell back into a deep sleep. Her mom NEVER repeated herself. Sunny, in a deep terror, lay back down and pulled her mother's arm around her shoulders and snuggled against her,shivering. Maybe she WOULD sleep in this morning. She checked the visitor status board in the ship network. No Azreal listed. That didn't make her feel better --TO BE CONTINUED!--