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Chapter 3

Brian: fire the black hole

Dave: No, Don’t fire the black hole. I can’t believe I have to say this sentence

The ship propels forward close to the speed of light and a black hole is left behind. This black hole is specialized in bending space to shorten the distance between the ship and earth.

Sally: You can’t contact earth, but no one ever dies anymore or ages. Everyone back on earth will still remember you. They probably took Metabalize.

Metabalize is a pill that shuts down the brain and feeds the body at an extremely low rate. It has been rumored that some people wake up during the trance although it is rare. Stasis which is talked about in ancient science fiction movies and tv is very similar to this.

Billy: They still die

Dave: its fine we know what she meant.

Bob: they were yall would have been

Brian: the trip would go a lot faster if we took metabolize.

Dave: I just came to visit which was pretty stupid. I don’t want to take metabolize.You are my friend and all but were light years away from earth. We can’t contact anybody.

Brian: then how did he order the pizza

Bob: I should have been. They were. Yall would have been.

Dave: What pizza. What are you talking about and what is the robot saying he isn’t making sense either. The only thing that does make sense.


Brian: why would you f****n* say that?

Sally: does the robot have a sleep mode?

Brian: yes

Bob: It’s okay you’ve told me now.

Sally: sleep tight Bob the robot.

Bob: maybe this will be more fun if you get some sleep.

Dave: I think he’s calling you out.

Brian: Well, would you like to be told you make so little sense you need to go to sleep.

Dave: If I’m tired.

Sally: he really does look cute when he sleeps.

Small flashes of electricity flickered in his eyes every 30 seconds or so.

Sally: well there may be a way to send a message. I created something with the pen that draws from neurons. It took me maybe a 1000 years to do though.

Brian: are we really that old?

Dave: youre not as sharp after that second millennia are you brian.

Sally: It’s a star shape light with each light beam having two different points. Each point creates a tunnel through space, and the other light beam travels in the other direction also creating a tunnel. Essentially it compacts space. There designed to be attracted to things like tv’s so they don’t destroy the entire universe.


Brian: I guess I don’t need a message sent that badly. Is that how bob got his pizza sent.

Sally: Exactly, Bob sent his pizza to him.

Brian: But why was he wearing a super powered jetpack and why was I able to see him.

Sally: The distance between you wasn’t that much with my invention.

Brian: I felt so hazy. My brain couldn’t keep up. It was a really important moment, but it happened before I even realized it.

Sally: Let’s turn bob back on.

Brian: no let him sleep. Let’s talk about something else.

Dave: wait so we could turn back. A pizza boy did it, so can we.

Niles the Robot (not written by robot): Im afraid I can’t let you do that. We heard everything.

Niles the Robot (not written by robot): We’ve been trapped for thousands of years searching for something to cure our boredom.

Brian: What do you mean trapped?

Niles the Robot: We were from alpha centauri but atomic bombs were being detonated all over the world. Germany and Britain were the only countries that survived the blast without mass casualties.

Brian: Germany and Britain are countries on Earth. Is zzen Centauri anything like Alpha Centauri?

Dave: Now is not the time.

Niles the Robot was pointing a 4 way gun at us. He was gripping it with 2 hands. Each gun pointed in a different direction. The gun had not been fired but I could feel myself snapping out of consciousness. I may have been having a panic attack or the gun itself affected neurons.

Bob: I should have maybe this will be more fun if you should get some sleep.

Niles the Robot: throttle down computer. Keep those thoughts to yourself.

Bob: I like you

Brian: Why I trusted you Bob

Bob: I’ve come to the conclusion that’s on the screen you’re reading.

Sally: I guess robots are bad after all

Dave: yep

Billy: (attempts to run forward)

After that, I just blacked out. I couldn’t fight against it. I was just gone, but I wasn’t dead. Not yet.