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Ethan had no idea why he had just gotten that message or why it had come incepted but he knew he had to get home quickly. He called Kayla over: “You just got that message. I’ve already got your stuff and the speeder ready."

"I’m driving.”

“Fine,” he said.

“Sup Eth?” Cassidy asked, “And where you taking that bot?”

“Trouble, trouble, and trouble,” he replied.

“We’ll bring her back in one piece,” she said.

“She is mine,” he shot back playfully (although it was true) as he headed out to the speeder.

“Ethan, can you help me get this ship configured for takeoff?” Isaac (his 15-year-old brother) said. “It’s been a long time since this thing flew. And Kayla helped Lilian move some stuff in here.”

“Lila moved all this stuff? She’s only 7!” Ethan said accusingly.

“No,” Isaac replied, “I moved most of it. Now let’s configure this ship and hope it still can fly.”

As they entered Ethan asked, “Why are we leaving?”

“You know how our parents were kidnapped or disappeared or died.” Isaac said.

“Yeah,” Ethan said, “We have been without them for a while now.”

“Well, I believe they were kidnapped or killed because someone is after us,” Isaac commented.

“Why do you think that?” Ethan asked.

“Because I got an e-note from a supposed government sender saying that someone had filed a complaint against us saying there were no adults.”

“Great,” Ethan said. “So the government knows about us?” “No,” Isaac said, “Remember how are parents were supposed to go to a supposed government event when they disappeared and when you checked into it the event was non-existent? So I think the event was faked to kidnap them and it’s going to be the same here.”

“Guys,” Kayla said, startling them as they didn’t hear her come in. “We need to get going. We got everything packed?”

Isaac got up out of the co-pilot’s seat and moved into the navigator’s chair as Kayla moved to the co-pilot’s seat and Lilian climbed into one of the passenger seats. “So where are we going?” Lilian asked as their home planet Tarus grew smaller.

“Kayla, what planet would be under the radar by the Tarus senator?” Isaac asked.

“Well,” Kayla replied, “We should probably go to Heroas; it’s the first planet outside the rulings of the government Tarus is under.”

“With Lila?” Ethan exclaimed. “Heroas is no place for a 7-year-old!”

“I agree with Kayla,” Isaac said, “Ethan, you can stay with Lila in the ship. I’ll take Kayla out to get repairs that will be incurred to this ship.” Ethan started to object but they already jumped to hyper-speed. So he contented himself with muttering about reprogramming Kayla.

So Lilian said, “Come on, Eth, let’s go to the drawing room.” The drawing room had a couch/bed on one wall. On the other wall, right next to it was a book shelf. Across from that was the door. Right next to the bookshelf was four chairs around a table with a charging pad in the middle, a fridge dock, and on the side, a hologram projector. In the other corner was the galley which consisted of a counter, a fridge dock, and above that was a speed cooker/freezer. The kids sat in the chairs except for Lilian who lay down on the couch and picked up the book she had been reading. (She probably had read every book they had at least ten times.)

“Look,” Ethan said, “There is a message that has been transmitted. Should I play it?”

“Well-” Isaac started.

“The probability of it being used for tracking purposes is 34.2%.” Kayla interrupted.

“No, it should be approximately 3 to 5,” Ethan said.

“No, it appears to have been sent 1.5 years ago and I didn’t see it come in so it has a smaller probability.”

Ethan looked like he would reply to that so Isaac said, “Just open the message.”

“Fine,” Ethan answered. As he hit some buttons, a 3-D image of their mom appeared.