MYSTERY SOLVED...ON TO MORE IMPORANT THINGS

Bob came up last night and I decided to tell him about J's disappearance.  I could see a mixture of concern, jealousy, possessiveness, and anger sweep across him.  I told him that I needed him tomorrow afternoon a little before school was out and drive us down to Keppel in order to find out something and I would need to pick him up a little early at school.   He said he would cut last period and meet me on Ramsdell just down from the school.  The idea was abit risky, but I needed him and it would be an adventure for him.  I picked him up at two pm and we went down to Keppel.  I had explained what I thought was happening and why...it was the only thing that made sense.  I parked the car on Virginia across from the playground and just down from the gate that was also an entrance.  Kids with bikes came and went through that gate. I told him to stay in the car and watch very carefully and if he saw something, wait until I came to the car after my shift was over.   My shift was about half way through and Bob came running to me.  "I saw Jeanette and another girl...her friend in back, and her friend was walking on crutches and Jeanette was carrying her books.....her mom picked them up and drove off."  So, there you have it.  Bob walked three miles home from his school and so I dropped him off North a little from his house and the timing was good...I asked if he could come up to my house and I would give him some ideas that I had..  He said he would.  I was alone and so dammed glad (foregive me)  I needed some music from the masters and I put on Scheherazade(sp?) by Rimsky Korsakov.  I poured a scotch and soda and just relaxed.  I was sorry I had asked Bob up...so sorry that I called him and told him to hold off as I wasnt feeling well.  I had had enough of Jeanette and every dammed odd ball thing that had been my food and drink for ever, it seemed.  After Korsikov, I played some Henry Mancini and tossed down a few more scotches.  I knew me well and my ways.  When under stress and weird things going off, I had a safety valve....blowing off like a volcano.  I was angry at just about every thing and I had to express myself.  There was only one place I had found that gave both serenity and a false sense of power.  I felt like inducing fear.  The Space Craft!  Yes, it was my turn.   You see, I became quite drunk...and stumbled my way out to the garage  and found my way into the craft. I turned on the cabin light and started the power system.  I responded correctly to the voice check where I repeated back five numbers that were broadcast to me.  As I was tipsy, I put the ship both into the invisible mode and the material penetration mode where I could fly into anything, through anything, with no damage to physical entities.  As the combination of  number of devices could amply power availible from the outside sources such as the stars, The ship could generate billions of volts when magnetizer was maxed out.  The computer balanced power generation with power distribution to the surface of the ship.    The ship had no capacity to keep that kind of power on board and had to discharge it as fast as it was generated.  .  If something were to happen when power required and power generated became un-equal,  the computer would balance it.  If it were not balanced two things could happen, the ship would either fall or discharge the excess in the form of electrical discharge from a rod that stuck out below the ship.  If the excess on board were in the billion volt range, there would be great bolts of electricty going to ground..lightning, if you will.  I knew how to interupt the corrective measures and zap...oh let's say Hollywood or even the White House.  Dealer's choice.  First, I wanted to try it out, so I flew the ship out over the Mojave Desert and made it stationery over land at about ten thousand feet...a real high based thunderstorm.  There was an over ride so that if excess power needed to be discharged, there would remain enough to keep the ship "afloat" while excesses were releaved.  Every thing was ready and I disabled the power parity on the plus side and immediately, the darkness outside lit up like a flash bulb followed by a tremendous explosion sound.  I quicly turned the parity back to balance as I had no idea what had taken place beneath the ship nor on the ground. I moved the ship foreward and left bank and looked down.  I was at ten thousand feet and I saw a circle of glowing and burning rock that appeared to be several miles in diameter.  So, the ship could destroy...things.  I became very sober and flew back home and put it to bed.  I took two xanax and went to bed....Ohhh....this is where I belong...I must give the ship back to the Urserenes....Bobby is quite enough...and no more Jeannette....(to be continued)