The Travelers 3 by Lee Hunnicutt

Author:Lee Hunnicutt [Hunnicutt, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Victoria Arrives

At The

Amanda

Pete called Victoria’s suite on the intercom. “Victoria wake up. I’ve fixed breakfast and I have something to show you.”

She showed up ten minutes later, her hair disheveled, in her robe and bunny slippers. She plopped down in her chair and groaned, “Coffee.”

“You know I’m a late sleeper. What is it that was so important to get me up at the crack of dawn?”

“Well it’s ten in the morning, not exactly the crack of dawn.”

“That early?” She slurped her coffee.

“Let’s have breakfast first. You’ll feel better.”

As usual he had Baxter, the service bot, fix a proper English breakfast. It was a small thing but she appreciated it.

After they had eaten, she said, “OK, what is it that was so important to disrupt my beauty sleep.” She smiled at him.

“We are almost there.”

She was still sleepy. “Where’s there?”

“Amanda, our destination. I’ve had her turn on all of her outside lights so we can better see her. She’s about 300,000 miles away. Let’s go to the observation deck.”

They sat down in easy chairs facing the observation screen. Pete said, “Baxter bring me a pot of coffee and a cup and bring her ladyship a pot of her favorite tea, a cup, a bowl of sugar and two spoons.”

Victoria gave Pete a withering look, “Her ladyship. Really?”

“I’m just a poor colonial, part of the unwashed masses. All I am trying to do is show homage to her ladyship in my own humble way.” He looked at her, bowed his head and tugged at his forelock.

She was still sleepy and grumpy, not in any mood for teasing. “Bite me, Pete.”

He reached over and patted her on the knee. “Are we grumpy because we didn’t get to sleep past noon?”

She ignored him.

“Isabel open the observation screen please.”

The screen came alive and what Victoria saw covering the entire screen was a nebula with vibrant reds, oranges, yellows, greens and blues. It took her breath away. She was speechless.

When she could talk, she reached over and took Pete’s hand and said, “It’s beautiful beyond words. Thanks for sharing this with me.”

He patted the back of her hand and said, “No longer mad at me?”

“I wouldn’t go that far. You didn’t have to poke me with a sharp stick.”

“Where’s the fun in that? Besides, you are so easy.”

She jerked her hand away and punched him in the arm. She took his hand again, chuckled and said, “You’re right. Where’s the Amanda?”

“Isabel, please put a blinking black arrow pointing at the top of Amanda.”

“Oh, I see it now. She looks like she is about an inch and a half long.”

“We’ll be there in about two and a half hours. When we get close to her, she will completely fill the screen. She’s massive.

We are traveling at about one hundred thousand miles per hour. We’ll stop about a mile away from her.”

“When we stop, what’s to keep us from being spattered against the wall in front of us?”

“Just like the ships in the TV series Star Trek the builders of these ships figured out a way to keep that from happening.

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