“Hello, bridge?” I said into the intercom. “This is David Mathews. I just wanted to know if you have found Janice Fletcher yet.”<\/p>\n
“No, no one has seen her. We are searching the ship compartment by compartment. Just a second, the captain just came in.” I could hear the voices in the background on the bridge for a second and then whoever I had been talking let go of the talk button. I looked at Ellen. We had torn the room apart. Janice definitely wasn’t here.<\/p>\n
“What did you mean when you said you thought Janice might be making first contact?” I asked.<\/p>\n
“Well, I read a lot of science fiction, especially the really old ones from before we became a spacefaring race. There was one writer, Arthur C. Clark that once wrote that: ‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ Since Janice disappeared as if by magic, I posit that there is probably a sufficiently advanced technology involved. In which case, Janice is probably experiencing first contact right now. Unless, well, I’d rather not speculate about any other scenarios right now.” Ellen said.<\/p>\n
“Oh. Well where do you think she is then?”<\/p>\n
“My best guess, and it is only a guess, is that she was teleported to the planet surface. Or whatever other means that they may have for instantaneous transportation. If they could do that I suppose she could be just about anywhere. On the planet surface, in a ship somewhere, or maybe in some parallel universe. I don’t really know. That’s why I haven’t said anything more about it until now. I just didn’t think it would be useful.”<\/p>\n
“We’re both pretty worried, aren’t we? Perhaps we should take a few deep breaths and see if we can find any likely candidates for places that a highly advanced race might transport Janice to on the surface.” Ellen nodded.<\/p>\n
“That’s a good idea. At least it would beat sitting here doing nothing. I wish they had taken us all. Then we wouldn’t have to worry about her.” Ellen pulled up a chair and I pulled up the pictures of the planet’s surface on the tablet. After a while Ellen said, “Let me get my tablet. I think I can run the scan myself. That way we can cover twice the area in the same time.”<\/p>\n
“Good idea. Here’s the directory name. You start with the most recent pictures and work your way back. I started with the oldest pictures and am working my way forward. We’re looking for … I don’t know what we’re looking for. Look for anything that looks out of place.” I said.<\/p>\n
Sweet dreams, don’t forget to tell the people you love that you love them, and most important of all, be kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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