He groaned and opened his eyes groggily. "Where am I?" She laughed. "I can't say how I met you or how I got here or WHY, but WE-ARE-HERE!" He looked right up her shirt and said,"That's a pleasant sight to wake up to." She turned and looked. She pulled the back down and growled,"I ought to slap the crap out of you! You don't have any good sense! Now, what ship is this? AND who are you again? Keo something or another?" Keo raised up on one arm and looked around."That's the Sekmet. It's the flagship of the Erhlutian fleet. yeah, my name is Keo? Was your memory affected by their stun guns?" She left go of the interface which floated off the bed again. She glared at it, and sat down on the lip of the bowl-shaped depression of the bed. She nodded,"Must have. I woke up when we fell into the pool I found. I was dragging you through some kind of inspection corridor or something. We were both covered in blood and I wanted us..." "WHAT?! BLOOD? WHAT HAPPENED?" She flinched. "I don't know! My mom told me we Cyclops used to be human killers, so I must have gone into berserker mode. That's when I must have gone crazy and killed some people..." She shrugged and teared up. He reached over and hugged her. "You went with your friend,Thena, to the bar named Singularity, with her girl-friend named Afora. It was a trap to capture you. We ended up in the Captain's office. They shot us with stun-rifles and we passed out. The Secret Police are behind this whole thing. It's not your fault." She sighed,"At least I found a shirt in here. We've been out of our cell in the brig for twenty minutes. I located the brigs below us about thirty decks. We are just below the upper hull next to the front hangar bay on the port side. My clock is messed UP! How long have we BEEN here?" He laughed ans slid off the bed with the blanket. He wrapped it around himself. "Stylish,eh? Prisoners are relieved of clothes to show them that they are like animals. If you are arrested, you are assumed guilty. If You killed ANYONE and I was along, they'll mind-wipe both of us and sell us into slavery or kill us. I'm not saying you shouldn't have...I'm just hoping they were ALL Secret Police! My dad hates those guys! How do we get out of here?" She stood up and complained,"Some REAL clothes better than a some-what see-through shirt would be good,and red blankets are SO last year, fashion wise!" Keo laughed,"As long as we can keep our sense of humor and think calmly we'll be fine." Sunshine exclaimed,"Speak for yourself! As a machine-life, I have already peed all my pee out, I've been so afraid! When they check on our cell, POW! It'll be red-alert then! We're close to a hangar-bay! Can we steal a shuttle?" keo sighed,"Are you crazy? Could you fly one?" She frowned angrily and said,"I can sit here wait to be caught and have MY BRAIN DISSECTED! I'm willing to learn-on-the-job! Besides, I listened all the time when Floona and Amma were talking about flying and I have played some computer games about flight." He smiled,"We have the courage of the lost. You don't know it? When all is lost, that is when REAL courage shines because there are no longer ANY limits on your actions. THEN the real person can shine and imagination has no limits." She smiled. "Pretty words. Maybe we should get some clothes and hide in the hangar-bay and look for a chance to sneak on a shuttle or ship or something before the Condition Alert klaxon goes off?" He shook his head. "We use a clothes maker and that might set off alarms when it scans us. Picking up already made clothes won't set off alarms. WAIT! SPACE-SUITS! In the hangar! They're ALL pre-made." She laughed,"I can hold my breath for days, but YOU can't! You'll need atmosphere! Let's go!" He smiled slyly,"You can hold your breath for days?" She punched him in the arm and exclaimed,"I thought I liked you!" They checked their path and snuck out of the room. --TO BE CONTINUED!--