onto the
floor.
Something hit her from behind and she
found herself lying on top of the man she had knocked down. She rolled over and
saw the other man bending to come at her. But he stopped suddenly and was
abruptly jerked backwards with a huge, clawed hand clamped around his throat.
He was lifted completely off of his feet and slammed into a wall. It was Tarku.
He held the man, by the throat, up against the wall, with his feet dangling
over a foot off the ground. With the other hand Tarku waved a finger back and
forth in front of the man’s face and said something that sounded very angry.
The man nodded to Tarku and he opened his huge hand, dropping the Poltanian to
the floor. He got up and brushed himself off, then went over to Janet and said
something that sounded like an apology and he bowed his head. She was still
pissed off and gave him an angry look. He went over to help his partner, who
was still lying unconscious on the floor.
Tarku looked at the unconscious man, then
over to Janet and smiled. “Dalk riip, Janet.” (Very good, Janet.) He made a move like he was punching
someone and gave a karate yell. “Eya!” startling the security man. Then, in a very
commanding tone, he told the crowd to go away. No one would dare argue with
him. The Poltanians were like twigs compared to Tarku, and they quickly
dissipated.
Janet was so relieved that Tarku came
back at that exact moment. He put his big arm around her and said, “Sija, jk
rils wala ez pita.” (Come, my work here is done.)
They caught another air taxi and went
back to his spaceship. On the way, both were frustrated that they couldn’t talk
about what just happened. She wanted to ask him who they were and what they
wanted, and he was interested in what they did before he got there.
Finally, they were back on the ship and
ready for takeoff. He was in the captain’s chair and she was behind and to the
right. Again, she carefully watched everything he did. One good thing was that
her fear of him selling her into slavery had passed. She was convinced that he
was her friend.
He talked with someone on the radio,
touched the console and the huge ship lifted gracefully into the sky. She
watched the monitors and the planet seemed to fall away from them. She saw the
space station coming up, and as they whizzed past it, Jema appeared on the
forward monitor. She greeted Tarku, and Janet heard Jema say her name as she
smiled and looked over at her. Janet smiled and said hello, in English. Jema
and Tarku talked for a moment. Then, Janet saw Tarku demonstrating Janet’s
karate on the security guard. He and Jema laughed and looked over at Janet. She
smiled. She was quite proud that she had kicked the alien’s ass. Tarku was also
proud of her, and she could tell by the way he was joking and smiling.
Chapter Seven
Tarku said good-bye to Jema and the front
monitor returned to a view of space. He looked back at Janet and smiled. “Tir
ra ul rietr wija, hi Zintandu.” (Now we are going home, to Zintandu.)
A map of space appeared on the monitor
and Tarku highlighted his home planet for her. The map showed a three
dimensional view of where they were and how they were going to get to Zintandu.
Tarku noticed Janet watching his every move. “Sija. Shutp fk ja .”
(Come. Stand by me.) He motioned to her. This time, he slowly typed, so she
could watch each move, then he pointed to the space
map.
“I get it. You’re showing me how to
program our course.” He was repeating what she had just seen. The map returned
to the planet, Poltan.
“Tir ko hohy wala.” (Now you touch here.)
He put her hand on the console and guided her fingers. It was interesting and
confusing at the same time. The symbols resembled a combination of
hieroglyphics and ancient Hebrew. She felt as though she had seen these before,
but couldn’t remember where.
He guided her fingers around and the map
again showed the planned route through what appeared to be several galaxies. He
motioned
floor.
Something hit her from behind and she
found herself lying on top of the man she had knocked down. She rolled over and
saw the other man bending to come at her. But he stopped suddenly and was
abruptly jerked backwards with a huge, clawed hand clamped around his throat.
He was lifted completely off of his feet and slammed into a wall. It was Tarku.
He held the man, by the throat, up against the wall, with his feet dangling
over a foot off the ground. With the other hand Tarku waved a finger back and
forth in front of the man’s face and said something that sounded very angry.
The man nodded to Tarku and he opened his huge hand, dropping the Poltanian to
the floor. He got up and brushed himself off, then went over to Janet and said
something that sounded like an apology and he bowed his head. She was still
pissed off and gave him an angry look. He went over to help his partner, who
was still lying unconscious on the floor.
Tarku looked at the unconscious man, then
over to Janet and smiled. “Dalk riip, Janet.” (Very good, Janet.) He made a move like he was punching
someone and gave a karate yell. “Eya!” startling the security man. Then, in a very
commanding tone, he told the crowd to go away. No one would dare argue with
him. The Poltanians were like twigs compared to Tarku, and they quickly
dissipated.
Janet was so relieved that Tarku came
back at that exact moment. He put his big arm around her and said, “Sija, jk
rils wala ez pita.” (Come, my work here is done.)
They caught another air taxi and went
back to his spaceship. On the way, both were frustrated that they couldn’t talk
about what just happened. She wanted to ask him who they were and what they
wanted, and he was interested in what they did before he got there.
Finally, they were back on the ship and
ready for takeoff. He was in the captain’s chair and she was behind and to the
right. Again, she carefully watched everything he did. One good thing was that
her fear of him selling her into slavery had passed. She was convinced that he
was her friend.
He talked with someone on the radio,
touched the console and the huge ship lifted gracefully into the sky. She
watched the monitors and the planet seemed to fall away from them. She saw the
space station coming up, and as they whizzed past it, Jema appeared on the
forward monitor. She greeted Tarku, and Janet heard Jema say her name as she
smiled and looked over at her. Janet smiled and said hello, in English. Jema
and Tarku talked for a moment. Then, Janet saw Tarku demonstrating Janet’s
karate on the security guard. He and Jema laughed and looked over at Janet. She
smiled. She was quite proud that she had kicked the alien’s ass. Tarku was also
proud of her, and she could tell by the way he was joking and smiling.
Chapter Seven
Tarku said good-bye to Jema and the front
monitor returned to a view of space. He looked back at Janet and smiled. “Tir
ra ul rietr wija, hi Zintandu.” (Now we are going home, to Zintandu.)
A map of space appeared on the monitor
and Tarku highlighted his home planet for her. The map showed a three
dimensional view of where they were and how they were going to get to Zintandu.
Tarku noticed Janet watching his every move. “Sija. Shutp fk ja .”
(Come. Stand by me.) He motioned to her. This time, he slowly typed, so she
could watch each move, then he pointed to the space
map.
“I get it. You’re showing me how to
program our course.” He was repeating what she had just seen. The map returned
to the planet, Poltan.
“Tir ko hohy wala.” (Now you touch here.)
He put her hand on the console and guided her fingers. It was interesting and
confusing at the same time. The symbols resembled a combination of
hieroglyphics and ancient Hebrew. She felt as though she had seen these before,
but couldn’t remember where.
He guided her fingers around and the map
again showed the planned route through what appeared to be several galaxies. He
motioned
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