Kittywampus by Ethan Freckleton

Author:Ethan Freckleton [Freckleton, Ethan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Funny Ass Fiction
Published: 2020-03-31T22:00:00+00:00

21

You going to tell her?

The doctors were full of answers, but few that made any sense to Harry. He may have been a pirate captain now, but that didn’t mean much when it came to science. The most important detail, as far as Harry was concerned, was that there was another friend that he’d yet to meet … a Doctor Hofstadter, who was in charge of, well, whatever it was they were doing.

Something about a dig site.

Doctor Peepers had since excused herself to report back in with their boss, while the blue furry, Doctor Blookus had stayed behind to catch up with Djerke.

Now they were on the bridge, and Harry had just finished catching Tone E Robbins up on what they’d found so far. The galactic supervisor had excused himself and exhorted them to “keep up the excellent work!”

“It’s a curious coincidence that you’re here, when no one else is,” Djerke was commenting. The thought hadn’t even occurred to Harry, but if accusation was intended, Doctor Blookus hadn’t picked up on it.

“Indeed,” the doctor replied. “But how exciting that we are able to reconnect!”

Harry was ready to listen in, but he was interrupted by Node.

“Incoming transmission, Captain. It’s the SS Girlboss.”

He sure missed his friends, especially the bad-ass captain and Redbeard. “Oh great, put them through!”

“Captain!” Harry shouted in greeting as the screen lit up. Only, it wasn’t Captain Cass. Nor was it Redbeard.

It was Kitt, and she looked none too pleased.

Harry had nothing against Kitt. It’s just that she was generally a little bit scary, and a lot surly, most of the time. “Oh…”

“So?” she asked.

“I wasn’t expecting to talk to you again so soon. Were you wanting to give the students another science lesson?” He’d have to call the kids away from the commons, where he’d left them with Steve to eat snacks and play.

“No.” This was getting confusing.

“Okay, so…?”

“You’re on my home planet,” she hissed. “Tell me what’s happening!”

Harry perked up, comprehension dawning on his face. “Oh…! Right, of course. You want an update, too.”

Kitt folded her arms and glared into the camera. “You going to get on with it?”

“Well, we’ve uh, run across some…” He trailed off as he glanced at Djerke, who was gesturing wildly with his hand, his fingertips tracing over his lips. What’s that mean? Harry wondered briefly, then thought about what he’d been about to say. Cats. If there was one thing that set Kitt to violence quickly, it was comparing her to a cat. Would she take offense if he told her the truth—that the city was literally filled with cats?

“You were saying?” Her eyes were wide as saucers.

“I have good news and bad news.”

“Go on.”

“The good news is we’re here, and we’ve found some new friends to help out!”

Doctor Blookus stepped toward the center of the bridge, so that Kitt could make him out. “Hi!” greeted the doctor, waving at the screen.

She squinted and an ear twitched. “Great … I see you’ve united with someone who actually tolerates that idiot pilot.

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