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now,” Sally grumbled.
    Cindy stepped over to the control panel and pushed a green button, then a purple one. There was only one button of each color on the panel. At first nothing seemed to happen. The other shipcontinued to bear down on them, its powerful weapons batteries glowing with a deadly green light. Then behind Cindy, Sally let out a gasp. Cindy whirled around to see a little alien standing in the center of their ship.
    â€œWhere did you come from?” Cindy exclaimed.
    â€œYou just teleported me from the other ship. I am here to help you, and your friends, Adam and Watch. May I use the control panel, please?”
    â€œNo!” Sally shouted, pointing her gun at the little alien. “We’re not turning over our ship to a runt like you.”
    The alien stared at her calmly.
    â€œI understand your lack of trust. I apologize for what my teachers have done so far to you and your friends. It is against our laws to infringe the free will of other intelligent creatures. I am here to help set the situation right. To do so, you must let me send a signal to the other ship. They will think I have taken control of this vessel and they won’t fire upon it again. But if you don’t let me take control, this ship will be destroyed in the next ten of your seconds.”
    â€œLet him do it!” Cindy cried.
    â€œNo!” Sally argued. “It could be a trap!”
    â€œWe’re already trapped!” Cindy shouted back. She glanced overhead. The other ship was at thesame distance as when it last fired. “We have no choice, Sally. Can’t you see that? Lower your gun.”
    Sally hesitated, then turned angrily away. “This is your call, Cindy. If you’re wrong, I’m never going to let you live it down.”
    â€œIf I’m wrong, you and I won’t be alive to live anything down.” Cindy nodded to the little alien, who waited patiently in the center of the floor. “Do what you have to do. Hurry!”
    The alien stepped up to the control panel. He pressed a series of buttons. Outside, above them, the other ship suddenly veered off. Cindy let out a cry of relief, but Sally was far from happy. She pointed a finger at the little alien.
    â€œI want our friends released right now,” she said. “Then I want you to take us back to Earth.”
    The little alien stared at them as he spoke in their minds.
    â€œThat is not possible right now. I have no control over what my teachers on the other ship may do. In a few of your minutes they plan to jump through hyperspace and return to our home world. It is my suggestion that you allow me to follow them.”
    â€œWhat?” Sally cried, raising her weapon once more. “Do you think we’re that primitive that we’ll fall for such a trick? If we go through hyperspace—whatever that is—we’ll never get home. You turn this ship around right now. We’re returning to Earth.”
    â€œSally, you have to control your temper,” Cindy said. “It clouds your reasoning. We can’t go home yet. We have to go where Adam and Watch go. You know that. You would be the last person to desert them. And I trust this little guy.” She spoke directly to the alien. “When we reach your home world, do you think we can get our friends released?”
    The alien hesitated.
    â€œIt is possible. I have a plan. But it is a dangerous plan.”
    Sally shook her head. She continued to point her gun at the alien. “Why should we trust you?” she demanded. “Why would you betray your own kind to help us?”
    â€œI do not betray my own kind by doing what is right. If my teachers are breaking our laws, then I am helping them by calling the criminal act to their attention. Also, I have studied your kind since I was very young. I have always admired you. I wish only to be of service.”
    â€œA likely story,” Sally muttered. She glanced atCindy. “How can you