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The ship drifted through space at a crawl. Or, so it seemed. It was actually moving at 3.4 light speed, not an unusual speed for this kind of travel. Despite this it was still nearly an hour ride to Earth. Buzz Lightyear sat in his favorite chair, the driver's seat. Mira sat next to him, watching the stars move by anxiously. XR was scanning a playbill carefully. Booster rocked back and forth impatiently, barely paying attention to his monitor. Ty, who had hitched a ride with team Lightyear, stared blankly out a window. His eyes swam among the stars pleasurably.
"Hey!" XR yelled, giving everyone a jolt. "I know this girl! Renee Gade… wasn't she Alan's daughter? Funny… but she was a nice girl." He put a hand against his helmet, rubbing it. "She must be nearly fifteen now! And backstage decorator too! I used to babysit her, you know. Well…" He snickered. "Only once."
"Ah, yes, the girl you pitched out her upstairs window?" Ty had turned away from the window.
"XR!" Booster stared at him. He shouldn't have been surprised, but he was anyway. "You DIDN'T!"
"What?" XR looked offended. "Something fell through the roof!"
"Relax XR." Buzz cut in. "You made a mistake. It's not a big deal, everyone does." He laughed. "Unless you know exactly what to do."
"Like you, Buzz?" Ty sighed and crossed his arms. He scowled. "Do you know how many times I've heard that?"
"Ty." Mira looked back at him. It was going to turn into something. It always turned into something.
"I know, I know." He flapped a hand dismissively. "Old problems. New problems. Life in general." He looked out the window again. "Those speeches just get so annoying. And…and…yeah." He finished speaking abruptly and resumed staring blankly at the universe outside.
XR started again. "Heh. Yeah. Old problems. Old DEAD problems, mind you." He clapped Ty on the back. "Loosen up guy. No more worries."
"If Zurg doesn't get the stupid idea to rebuild No-" Booster started.
"Don't say it, will you please?" Ty looked at him. "Don't say it. And… I don't even think Zurg is that stupid after we blew the top off his palace." Ty just frowned.
"Ha! Yeah, Ka-boom!" XR waved his hands. "Robot mignon."
"XR you are NOT helping!" Mira attempted to whisper across the cabin.
Ty sighed again. He was happy about it, just didn't like to talk about it. Can you blame the poor guy? "It's fine. XRs right- Gone gone goney-gone. I'm just glad I never have to see that face again." He stuck out his tongue like it was the most unsavory image he could imagine.
XR laughed crazily at that. "True, true. What I'm glad for is that I never have to listen to his preachy mouth again." He said half-jokingly. "Preach, preach, preachpreachpreach. I mean really." He did an almost prefect impression of Nos-4-a2'a voice. "Nyah, the communications network. Myahahahaha!" He waved his hands like a pair of claws.
"First of all it isn't funny and second where in the galaxy did you hear him say THAT?" Buzz glowered at the robot.
"Really Buzz? If you considered that fact that he's dead and won't bother us ever again it is kinda funny." The bot scowled again. Maybe he had overblown it just a little. "And you don't seem to remember I was stuck with him most of the time he was on Star Command." He went back the playbill.
"I'll agree about that last part. But we thought he was dead time and time again and he keeps coming back." Buzz's knuckles turned white on the steering wheel.
"Your turn to relax." Ty said. "After that explosion I don't even think Zurg has cleaned up the damage. I'm glad of it." He turned, once again, back to the window to stare at the peaceful and unchanging stars. All were oblivious to the danger that they were so rapidly approaching.

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The ship drifted through space at a crawl. Or, so it seemed. It was actually moving at 3.4 light speed, not an unusual speed for this kind of travel. Despite this it was still nearly an hour ride to Earth. Buzz Lightyear sat in his favorite chair, the driver's seat. Mira sat next to him, watching the stars move by anxiously. XR was scanning a playbill carefully. Booster rocked back and forth impatiently, barely paying attention to his monitor. Ty, who had hitched a ride with team Lightyear, stared blankly out a window. His eyes swam among the stars pleasurably.
"Hey!" XR yelled, giving everyone a jolt. "I know this girl! Renee Gade… wasn't she Alan's daughter? Funny… but she was a nice girl." He put a hand against his helmet, rubbing it. "She must be nearly fifteen now! And backstage decorator too! I used to babysit her, you know. Well…" He snickered. "Only once."
"Ah, yes, the girl you pitched out her upstairs window?" Ty had turned away from the window.
"XR!" Booster stared at him. He shouldn't have been surprised, but he was anyway. "You DIDN'T!"
"What?" XR looked offended. "Something fell through the roof!"
"Relax XR." Buzz cut in. "You made a mistake. It's not a big deal, everyone does." He laughed. "Unless you know exactly what to do."
"Like you, Buzz?" Ty sighed and crossed his arms. He scowled. "Do you know how many times I've heard that?"
"Ty." Mira looked back at him. It was going to turn into something. It always turned into something.
"I know, I know." He flapped a hand dismissively. "Old problems. New problems. Life in general." He looked out the window again. "Those speeches just get so annoying. And…and…yeah." He finished speaking abruptly and resumed staring blankly at the universe outside.
XR started again. "Heh. Yeah. Old problems. Old DEAD problems, mind you." He clapped Ty on the back. "Loosen up guy. No more worries."
"If Zurg doesn't get the stupid idea to rebuild No-" Booster started.
"Don't say it, will you please?" Ty looked at him. "Don't say it. And… I don't even think Zurg is that stupid after we blew the top off his palace." Ty just frowned.
"Ha! Yeah, Ka-boom!" XR waved his hands. "Robot mignon."
"XR you are NOT helping!" Mira attempted to whisper across the cabin.
Ty sighed again. He was happy about it, just didn't like to talk about it. Can you blame the poor guy? "It's fine. XRs right- Gone gone goney-gone. I'm just glad I never have to see that face again." He stuck out his tongue like it was the most unsavory image he could imagine.
XR laughed crazily at that. "True, true. What I'm glad for is that I never have to listen to his preachy mouth again." He said half-jokingly. "Preach, preach, preachpreachpreach. I mean really." He did an almost prefect impression of Nos-4-a2'a voice. "Nyah, the communications network. Myahahahaha!" He waved his hands like a pair of claws.
"First of all it isn't funny and second where in the galaxy did you hear him say THAT?" Buzz glowered at the robot.
"Really Buzz? If you considered that fact that he's dead and won't bother us ever again it is kinda funny." The bot scowled again. Maybe he had overblown it just a little. "And you don't seem to remember I was stuck with him most of the time he was on Star Command." He went back the playbill.
"I'll agree about that last part. But we thought he was dead time and time again and he keeps coming back." Buzz's knuckles turned white on the steering wheel.
"Your turn to relax." Ty said. "After that explosion I don't even think Zurg has cleaned up the damage. I'm glad of it." He turned, once again, back to the window to stare at the peaceful and unchanging stars. All were oblivious to the danger that they were so rapidly approaching.