"The Babies Who Floated Off Into Space"

by Peter Heardgahna

Ending #3 by Gordon "Hero" Mason


The 3 babies floated off into Space. Eventually, the 3 babies seperated and they each went a different way into Space.

A long time after that, Tommy floats past the Unile Stars. Phil and Lil never see or pass by the Unile Stars, only Tommy does.

All of a sudden, just as Tommy was passing the Unile Stars, he found out that he can choose for himself which way to float. He now knew that he can float anywhere he wanted to. Too bad that Phil and Lil didn't find this out. Tommy decided to float himself onto the Unile Stars for a rest and a drink then he would make his way back to planet Earth to see his mom and ad again.

Tommy landed on the Unile Stars. The aliens back on the ship were right, the Unile Stars was just a big ball of water. There were also a bunch of rats running around all over the Unile Stars. Tommy wondered where all these rats were coming from.

Tommy was so thirsty after all that floating around in outer space that he decided to take a big drink out of the Unile Stars. Not TOO much water or he would drink it all up and there would be nothing left of the Unile Stars, there would be no such place as the Unile Stars anymore, there would be a bunch of dumb rats floating around all over outer space not knowing where to go.

Tommy took a drink, He felt very happy and ready to go find planet Earth now that he drank all the water he wanted to drink. He just remembered that he would have to try and find Phil and Lil first then he would have to help them float back to planet Earth. Just then, Tommy remembered where all those rats came from, the Ugly alien had warned him back on the ship that if he drank any water from the Unile Stars, he would turn into a rat. Just then, Tommy turned into a rat.

Now that Tommy was a rat, he could understand what the other rats were saying. One rat came up to Tommy and said to him, "Heya stranger! I saw you. You just got here, right? I saw that you accidently drank our water and turned yourself into a rat."

Another rat came up to Tommy and he said to him, "For a minute, I thought you were comming here to rescue us, turn us back into aliens, and take us back to our own spaceships and planets. I was only thinking that way before you drank our water and turned yourself into a rat."

"I don't want to be a rat," cried Tommy, "I just want to go back to my own planet then go back with my own mommy and daddy."

A third rat came up to Tommy then he said to him, "That is how we all feel, we all want to go back to our own planets too. I believe your name is Chuckie Finster, right?"

"No," yelled Tommy, "My name is Tommy Pickles. Chuckie Finster was my best friend ever and some mean aliens gave him some alien water which made him explode."

"I heard of that stuff," siad the third rat, "Alien water, eh! I am an alien myself, until I turned into a rat that is. Now, I am an alien myself and I drank some of that water too, but didn't hurt me because I am an alien and that water only hurts things that aren't aliens."

"There was one alien on the ship that I was on and he exploded from drinking that water," said Tommy.

"He probably had a disease of some kind that made him do that," said the third rat, "Lots of aliens are like that lately."

"I was only a Space Search alien from the planet Bloob and I was only out in my spaceship trying to find the planet Soaf," said the second rat, "But My spaceship went out of control and I ended up floating here. At first I thought I was lucky to be here, but I took a drink then I turned into a rat. I have been here as a rat for 48 years now and I am 65 years old now."

"So you only left your planet to find that other planet when you were 17 years old," the third rat said to the second rat.

Just then, all the rats including Tommy looked and saw a rocket coming towards the Unile Stars.

"If that rocket is landing here, whoever is in that rocket hopefully won't turn into rats, we better warn them," said the third rat.

The rocket landed on the Unile Stars. The door opened on it then a man walked out of it. It was a man from Earth. It was Duke Nukem, star of his own line of computer games.

"He better not turn into a rat, he always was my hero and I once played one of his computer games," said the third rat.

"Hi everyone, relax," said Duke Nukem. "I already know about this uncool place and its effects, I have come to rescue ONE of you. I will randomly pick one of you many rats then I will turn he\she back into an alien then I will take he\she back to his\her own planet. I have been trying to find this place for seven years now an after all that, I finally found it. This is the Unile Stars, right?"

"Yes it is the Unile Stars," said Tommy.

"Well, thanks for telling me, little cool dude rat," said Duke Nukem.

Tommy really hoped that Duke Nukem would pick him.

"And now I pick," said Duke Nukem tyring to decided which rat to pick.

Tommy was getting even more nervous.

Duke Nukem finaly made up his mind. "You," said Duke Nukem pointing at one of the rats that wasn't Tommy or any of the three rats he met.

The rat standing next to the rat that Duke Nukem picked took out a small glass of alien water and dumped it on the rat that Duke Nukem picked so he would be picked instead. This way, the rat that dumped the water would be picked instead. The rat that Duke Nukem picked exploded then seconds after the water was dumped on him. The rat that exploded's original life form must not have been alien if he exploded, unless he had that disease too. The rat that dumped the water now though that he really would get picked since there was nothing left of the first rat that Duke Nukem picked.

"You nasty little thing," scolded Duke Nukem pointing at the rat that dumped the water. You will not be picked. I will be glad to pick any other rat, but not you. For all I care, you can stay a rat forever, the other rats here are nice enough to turn back if someone else comes along and helps them. You are lucky that you are an alien, an alien who doesn't have that disease I have been hearing about, because if you weren't an alien, I would find some alien water as soon as possible then I would dump it on you then you could see what it would feel like to the rat you just exploded. Does this sound fair?"

Just as the rat that dumped the water was about to say "No, this doesn't sound fair" , Duke Nukem started looking around again as he said, "And now I pick." Tommy started to feel nervous again and the rat that dumped the water felt very sorry that he dumped the water on the other rat. This rat still wouldn't have been picked if he didn't dump the water.

Duke Nukem finaly made up his mind. "You," said Duke Nukem pointing at Tommy.

Tommy happily walked over to Duke Nukem. All the other rats waved goodbye to Tommy and thanked him for stopping by and being nice enough to turn into a rat so they could talk to him then Duke Nukem picked up

Tommy and carried him into his rocket.

Tommy was very happy because just as he was entering the rocket was when he noticed that one of the rats had been swimming in the Unile Stars. This had filled the Unile Stars with rat germs. Once inside the rocket, Duke Nukem set Tommy down on a small table near the door. Duke Nukem opened a cupboard above the table and took out a small bottle full of something called reverse alien water. Duke Nukem shut the cupboard then he opened the bottle then he gave the bottle to Tommy then Tommy drank the water in the bottle.

"Now drink up," Duke Nukem said to Tommy while Tommy drank all the water in the bottle.

"Now, it may take quite a long time until this water takes its affect," Duke Nukem said to Tommy.

They waited. Eleven and a half ( 11.5 ) minutes later, Tommy turned back to normal. He was very happy that he wasn't a rat anymore.

Now, he may not be able to understand rats again, but other babies can now understand him again. (NOTE: Duke Nukem couldn't understand what the rats were sying when he was at the Unile Stars)

"Oh, hi little dude, where do you come from?" asked Duke Nuke.

"My name is Tommy Pickles and I come from planet Earth," said Tommy.

"Earth eh!" said Duke Nuke. "Sounds cool!"

Duke Nukem put Tommy in the front seat of the rocket then Duke Nukem got into the driver seat then Duke Nukem flew off. A long time later, they were finally back on planet Earth. Duke Nukem was nice enough to land his rocket in Tommy's backyard.

Duke Nukem picked up Tommy then he carried him outside the rocket and into the backyard.

"Okay little dude Tommy, you are now safely home sweet home on your own little planet," said Duke Nukem. "I was born on this planet too, did you know that?"

"Wow, you were born on this planet too?" said Tommy, "That's so cool."

"You go inside and find your folks and family now," said Duke Nukem setting Tommy down on the ground. "I now have to go to the planet Zlotch and stop the evil King Glark from blowing up your moon. You know, Earth's moon. Earth's only moon. Your planet won't work as good without its moon. Now, you can probably play that adventure I am about to have on the planet Zlotch once it comes out as a computer game in 8,451,926,731,458,291 years from now. Do you have a computer? Now, you are one cool dude and thank you, you really helped me. Thank you for your work. Goodbye!"

Tommy now felt happier than ever.

Duke Nukem climbed back into his rocket.

"Oh," said Duke Nukem as he was climbing back into his rocket, "One more thing Tommy, you are one brave baby. Even though you are only a young lucky one year-old baby, you are the bravest out of all the people I have rescues in my life so far."

Tommy felt thankful for himself. He promised himself never to forget the really neat comment that Duke Nukem had said to him. Tommy watched Duke Nukem climb back into his rocket then he turned on the motor and blasted off back up into outer space towards the planet Zlotch. Tommy also hoped that Duke Nukem would win his misson on the planet Zlotch just like the way he one all his other missions, especially the ones in all his computer games.

Once the rocket with Duke Nukem in it was all completely out of sight, Tommy happily went across the backyard then inside his house.

Stu and Didi were sitting at the kitchen table doing their taxes.

Stu looked and saw Tommy comming in from the backyard. Stu saw Tommy shut the door behind him.

"There you are champ," Stu said to Tommy. "We were wondering where you snuck off to. Now, how on earth did you get out there?"

Didi looked and saidto Tommy, "Oh, there you are sweety, we were wondering were you snuck off to. Now, how did you get out there?"

All of a sudden, Tommy got strange red spots on his face then his tongue turned red then he started to feel very tierd. For a minute he thought he was turning into an alien like Chuckie was before he exploded. If he was, the next thing would be growing horns. Tommy was only sick from drinking the rat germs out of the Unile Stars.

Stu got up then he picked up Tommy. Stu carried Tommy up to his room. Stu put Tommy in his crib so he could rest and get better. Stu went back downstairs then he sat back down at the kitchen able then he continued to do his share of the taxes.

Meanwhile, up in Tommy's room, Tommy had trouble sleeping because he was so sick. All of a sudden, that doctor from the control centre back in the spaceship came into the room.

"Where did you come from?" Tommy asked the doctor.

"I just dropped by to tell you that you have rat disease and I have some medicine that will help it go away," said the doctor.

The doctor reached into his pocket then he took out a spoon and a small bottle of medicine. The doctor gave Tommy a small spoonful of medicine.

"Now, that will help make you feel better," said the doctor. "I will leave the rest of this medicine with your parents. Using the small mind changing machine in my pocket, I made your parents so that they know what is happening and that you will be better soon, this way they won't know that there is a strange doctor in their house. Goodbye and hope you get better!"

The doctor left.

Meanwhile, back down at the kitchen table, Stu and Didi were still doing their taxes.

"Oh, I just phoned the doctor," Didi said to Stu.

"Yeah, what did he say?" asked stu.

"He says that Tommy has rat disease," said Didi. "He must have ate some rat germs or something. The doctor also said that Tommy will be all better with in five days."

THE END


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