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himself with effort in his cage.
    "Good," he said weakly. "Check him. Is he dead?"
    Tracy, still breathing hard, bent over and checked for his pulse but could find none. She stood.
    "I think so," she said.
    "He had no love to protect him and his heart failed when I blasted the frequency of love. His body would have failed soon; he had no heart, and his behavior damaged his soul. This way, I got to see it with my own eyes before my body fails me. Thank you, mate of the Kerdim." He shuddered then, his wings faltering, and he slumped unmoving in the weightless suspension.
    Tracy stood in the darkened cabin of the pirate captain with two dead bodies. She had no idea of what the right thing to do was. She had to get to Rev, and they both had to get off this ship somehow.
    She hoped that Rev had some idea of how to get them out of this mess, because here, in the middle of space, surrounded by aliens, she had no clue.
    Suddenly Tracy heard a different voice in the room.
    "Captain. Captain Kor?"
    Tracy looked around and saw small speakers in the ceiling.
    "Captain, please answer. Zywth is here to pick up the tracker. He wants to see you. Captain, is something wrong?"

Part 2: Escape
    Tracy was in trouble.
    At her feet lay the dead body of a pirate captain.
    To her right, in a cage, was the corpse of a freakish alien.
    Outside the room, people were calling the captain's name.
    Someone was going to check on the captain when he didn't answer, and there were two dead bodies in the room with her. Tracy didn't understand everything that happened here, but she knew one thing. As the last person standing, she'd be blamed for their deaths.
    There was a light knocking at the door.
    Running was out of the question. Her last experience on an alien spaceship taught her that she was no good at trying to navigate ships she knew nothing about.
    Tracy's eyes lighted on the restraints that the captain had used to tie her up and got an idea. The bindings didn't have to BE tight; they just needed to LOOK tight.
    The light knocking turned into a loud pounding.
    She hated to do it, but she tore off her clothes. Tracy grabbed the ropes that had once restrained her and started wrapping them around her arms and ankles. She looked at her limbs skeptically. The cords were a little loose, but it was the best she could do. She tucked her legs under her body and moved her wrists behind her back
    With a bang, the cabin door was forced open. Halc, a tall alien that had prepared her for Captain Kor's show, and Tul, a short, hairy alien, finally pushed their way into the cabin. They were shocked at the sight of dead bodies and one captive prisoner.
    "What happened here?" shouted Tul.
    Tracy kept her head down and said nothing.
    Halc moved over to the captain and put his hand on Kor's neck, checking for a pulse.
    "He's dead."
    Tul moved past Tracy to the cage of the Jer'hym.
    "The flappy little twerp isn't doing much better," he said. "It's hard to tell, but I think he's dead too."
    Tul went to Kor's body and gave it an experimental kick. The body of the red-skinned captain barely moved.
    "Yep, dead all right."
    Tracy kept her head down, but rolled her eyes. These guys weren't the best examples of extraterrestrial intelligence.
    "Well," said Tul, "I guess that makes me captain."
    "Says who?" said Halc.
    "Says me," said Tul.
    Tracy forced herself to remain still, refraining from any movement that would draw their attention. She was glad they fought between themselves, but she needed to find a way to get out of here alive.
    Halc finally realized that there was one additional living creature in the room. "What happened in here?" he said, finally turning his attention to Tracy.
    "I don't know. The bird guy there was singing his head off, and the captain collapsed. I'm just happy to be alive."
    Halc gave Tracy an incredulous stare. "Are you as stupid as you look?" said Halc. "Aliens." He shook his head sadly.
    Tracy couldn't stop herself. "You know what they say," she said.