Sunday, April 19, 2015
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(new) Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island Chapter 7
SURROUNDED BY DEVIL-SHARKS...HEMMED IN BY A BAND OF KILLERS ON AN ISLAND OF FEAR...WHO DARES DEFY THE GODS OF THE JUNGLE TO WIPE OUT THE NEW RADIO MENACE!
(New) Binky to the Rescue, A Lord When Story by John Pirillo
Binky to the Rescue
A Lord When Story
by John Pirillo
The cowboy hat kept falling off his head. His head kept
falling over his chest. His chest wanted to fall over to the control panel. He
hadn't been that tired in a long time. He yawned, and pushed the hat back for
the thousandth time. It was a long flight. They weren't traveling Tran's time,
but instead Tran's space and that took a bit longer.
"Binky. Co-ordinates."
Binky stood up on his back feet and peered into his face.
"That doesn't compute."
"And why not?"
"Because we're already there."
Lord When sat up straight. He spun around to look at the
chronometer. "Dang it, Binky, where'd all that time go?"
"That doesn't compute either."
Lord When sighed. Binky was a lovable companion, but not too
slick on the rational side of things sometimes. He slid the control panel into
its recess, punched off his seat belt, then clambered to his feet, almost
slamming his head into the overhead beam that curved down the middle of the time
boat to the fore screen where he could watch their travel in real time, if not
through a real window. The exigencies of space and time travel required that
all windows be made of a time hardened material that only allowed images in
when connected directly to the proper instrumentation. In this case the fore
screen.
Were you to stand outside the time ship, it would appear to
be a barbell kind of shape, with rows of windows and a central door, but that
would be wrong. The inside of the ship was shaped much differently, for inside
the laws of time and space were inverted and it didn't appear bar bell shaped
at all, but more like a comfortable motor home, with plenty of compartments for
the usual things, like sleeping, eating, elimination and so forth.
"Binky, why didn't you wake me up?"
"That doesn't compute..."
"Binky!"
"Lord When, if you're going to continue being so
grouchy when I wake you up, I shall let you sleep through the entire mission,
while I attend to the details of solving it. I'm more than capable of doing
that, you know!" Binky scalded him, his electronic eyes blinking angrily.
"I'm sorry, Bink. We need a holiday."
"This is a holiday!" Binky reminded his friend and
companion. These humans were so dumb sometimes he thought to himself. His own
mind ran at about a trillion bits a second faster than the smartest human of
all time, who was Albert Einstein, but he usually trimmed it down to about half
a trillion so Lord When could keep up with him. He never let his friend know
that, humans were so vain about their vast intellects.
"Wait. You're right." Lord When said, snapping his
fingers. "So let's get off this boat and party!"
Binky let out an emission of extreme distress.
"Now what?"
"I don't know what a party is." Binky reported.
"Is it dangerous?"
Lord When fell to the floor laughing so hard his belly
ached.
"If I had emotions I would hate you now." Binky
said.
Lord When laughed even harder yet.
"But I don't."
Binky stepped past his companion and activated the airlock,
allowing the boarding ramp to descend to the ground outside. He exited without
a look back.
Lord When came dashing out, arms akimbo. "Wait for
me!"
Binky was already half way across the green lawn they had
landed on, and headed for the shade of a very large tree, whose foliage
appeared to have multiple shaped fruits dangling from its branches.
Lord When looked at the fruits. "Reminds me of our old
apple trees back home."
"You never had apple trees." Binky reminded him.
"Well I would have, if you hadn't kidnapped me."
"I didn't kidnap you. I helped you run away from a very
bad situation."
"Right. That."
Lord When and Binky stopped beneath the tree. Lord When
turned about, causing his longish hair to float in a soft breeze for a moment.
He shoved his cowboy hat back and eyed the time boat. It was all bright and
sparkly. They had launched through a water cluster star and cleansed it thoroughly
with heavy water. It was the only kind of water that could cleanse the
time-hardened metal without rusting it.
During rainstorms, they cloaked the ship in an anti-water
shield that caused the water to pour off in streams all about it, which is why
they usually went on their missions when there was no rain falling, as it was a
sure give away for the time boat if rainfall happened. It outlined the ship,
revealing its position and shape perfectly.
"It's so peaceful here."
"My master, the old Lord When, he used to come here
when he was younger." Binky reminisced. "He told me it was
special."
"I wonder why."
"I supposed we'll find out if we stay long enough and
don't have another emergency."
"Speaking of which, Binky."
"Yes?"
"Don't move!"
"That doesn't compute!"
"Oh it will."
Lord When tossed his cowboy hat like a saucer and it slammed
into a branch that had been slithering down and wrapping about Binky's
electronic body. The branch let out a tiny shriek and withdrew overhead.
Lord When and Binky both looked up the same time as a
cluster of branches, shaped like snakes slipped into view and whipped towards
them.
"Looks like vacation is over!"
"That computes!" Binky agreed, and then let out an
emission of electronic shocks, which protected his body from further attacks,
but Lord When wasn't so lucky.
When Binky looked at him, he was getting wrapped as tightly
as a mummy in shrouds.
Lord When looked at him. "Uh think now would be a good
time to help me out, partner."
Binky shot a burst of electricity into the mass of attacking
branches and they shot back upwards into the canopy.
Lord When and Binky hurriedly left the shelter of the tree
and once out of range, turned around to look at the tree.
"I wonder what that fruit is for?" Lord When
asked.
Then the fruit began launching at them.
They both ran as they were pelted with fruit that when it
struck them, emitted gross smelling gases.
Once back inside the ship and the ramp and hatch inside and
sealed, Lord When headed for the bathroom to take a long shower. He finished
and came back out to the control room, where Binky was examining the control
panel.
"Lord When you put in the wrong co-ordinates. We were
supposed to travel to the planet on the opposite side of the cluster."
"Oh. Well that computes."
Binky gave Lord When an electronic sigh.
"Don't worry, Binky. I'll get it right this time."
Lord When sat down and began punching in the correct
co-ordinates.
And you know what, once they'd found the new planet, they
both had a very pleasant and long rest. At least until....
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