Explorers Page #2

- Hello, Heinlein.

- Go to hell.

Shut up, Heinlein.

Now that I come to think of it,

I did see some insect waste products

over in that corner, and there

could be some bug bomb.

- Bug bomb?

- Yeah, of course.

- Most definitely in that corner.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah. Yes.

- Good. I remember...

I have to get it running again anyway.

I'll call you tonight.

All right, don't forget.

Good night, Mr. Mller.

Ja. Ja.

Father, now that I come

to think of it, maybe it's...

It's not here.

Frieda, swat them with the broom!

Our speed is diminishing.

We're now in the atmosphere

of Earth.

Where are you going?

Our universe is vast.

Full of wonders.

I'll explore.

Perhaps find another Metaluna.

A place inhabited by beings

not unlike myself.

You see, I'm more adventurous

than you imagined me.

Exeter, you've used all your power

bringing us here.

Even if you had a place to go,

you couldn't make it.

Come with us.

We'll heal your wounds.

I'm afraid my wounds

can never be healed.

You've things to teach us.

Thank you.

We're over your Earth now.

It's time for you to go.

Farewell.

Ben.

Ben?

- Yeah?

- Hey, I got it working again.

Everybody's at the movies.

Get over here right now.

- Well, what is it?

- Jeez.

You know, Ben, you are such

an obsessive person,

and that drives me crazy.

Because you can't get emotional

if you're going to study

anything scientifically.

Now, what we have here,

as near as I can tell...

...is an electrically generated

point of force.

What?

By typing in coordinates, I can make it

move anywhere in three dimensions.

Even as far as slamming it

through a few books or a brick wall.

How?

- This is a vector graphic of the lab.

- You mean a drawing?

Well, yes. But in technical terms,

it's a vector graphic.

OK.

That's where it'll be

when it comes on.

- Where?

- Oh, you mean in physical form.

Oh, well, it's right there

somewhere.

I can't see it.

Sorry, I miscalculated.

I can't see it.

Oh, yeah, I'll fix that.

It's pretty neat, huh?

- Wow.

- Yeah.

Here. I waited for you to get here

so that we could make

the official document.

- Can I touch it?

- Go ahead.

- It's pretty solid.

- Yeah.

- How come we can see it now?

- Power modulation.

See, this variable changes

its diameter.

See, it's a perfect sphere.

- Wanna see it move?

- Yeah.

I'll move it from here to there.

Boy. This is pretty weird.

- Sure you know what you're doing?

- Ben, I'm a scientist.

Hello.

Hey, look out!

Oh, my God!

Hey, what the hell's going on

in there?

Darren! Come on, get in here!

It's that thing we found.

It's going crazy.

- You guys weren't kidding.

- No.

Hey, it's destroying the neighborhood!

Get it back in here!

I've tried, OK? I've already tried.

- Can you see it?

- No, I don't see anything.

Come on, get it back in here.

Help. Help.

Watch it!

Damn.

It's gone.

Well, so is most of the basement.

Look at this mess.

Oh, no.

- What now?

- It's my parents. They're back.

If my dad sees all this,

he's gonna stuff me in a test tube.

You guys, sneak out the back,

and we'll continue

testing tomorrow, OK?

This is crazy. I'm not coming home

with the house like this.

Bad kitty.

So, what'd you tell them

about the basement?

I told them it was

a rocketry experiment.

I just mentioned Wernher von Braun,

and everything was OK.

That wouldn't have worked

at my house.

My brother and I used to come

up here all the time.

That was before he went

into his jerk phase.

Boy, you can see the whole town

from up here.

There's Lori's house!

Who's Lori?

She's this gorgeous blond.

- Where's she live?

- Never mind.

I made a rough sketch of the terrain

in graphics mode for referencing.

I'm gonna look for something

to experiment with.

Ben...

...don't touch.

Mr. Professor.

It's my dream, and I can

touch it if I want.

Is he always like this?

Just about. I mean, it doesn't

make him so intelligent

just because he has a computer.

I can do it. I mean,

it's not that tough.

That's where it's gonna be

when it comes on.

Can you make it bigger?

Sure.

How do you make it come on?

Like this.

Help! Ben!

- I didn't know it could get that big.

- Get me out!

- Me neither.

- Turn it off, man. Get him out of there.

I'm...

- Come on!

- I'm trying!

It's... It's just not working!

Ben, get me out!

Help!

- Where's he going?

- Where's he going?

This is like Journey to the Center

of the Earth.

Are you crazy?

He's on his way to China!

Wolfgang!

Oh, God, man, I'm sorry!

Are you all right?

I mean, are you OK?

I didn't mean to turn it on.

It just came on.

I couldn't breathe in that thing.

- What was it like?

- Well...

...it was airtight.

I couldn't feel myself speed up

or slow down.

Do you know what this means?

Do you realize what it means?!

No.

Trgheitslosigkeit.

That's German for "no inertia".

- No...

- Inertia.

If we had something to sit in,

all three of us could

fly around in this thing.

We could look in top

of the girls' gym.

I have got a great idea.

Oh, no. Ben, no.

Are you serious?

A little higher.

That's it. I can almost see in.

Oh, my God.

There she is.

She won't be undressing this early.

She's talking on the phone,

and she's eating some...

It looks like...

It looks like Boston cream pie.

She's got some stuffed animals

on her bed,

and it looks like some

Thompson Twins records.

He's got it bad.

Idiotic.

I can almost read her lips.

Get me closer!

Quick! She'll see me!

Get me down!

Here she comes.

Who is that?

Is that you, Ben?

Yeah. Yeah.

I guess so.

Well, what are you doing

down there?

I saw a cat in your tree,

so I thought I'd get it down.

She wants me. I know she does.

Once we get this built,

how fast will it go?

Well, imagine being in a car

and accelerating from zero to 90

in less than a second.

You'd be instantly squished.

But in this force field,

you have no inertia.

No resistance to acceleration.

You can start, speed up,

stop without slowing down,

and, basically, you won't

get squished.

How fast?

Well, it depends on the amount

of power that you put into it.

Well, to give you an idea,

this is the amount of power

that I'm putting into it right now.

- Who's Roger?

- This old guy.

He won't notice

if we borrow anything.

Do you come here often?

Yeah.

Got my own key.

That's Bozo.

I always come over here at night

to get parts.

So I kept bringing things

to make friends with him.

Bones, meat... Nothing ever worked.

Finally, I found out what he likes.

Gum?

He likes gum?

Don't you?

Well, yeah.

I guess.

Doesn't he swallow it?

No.

Bozo's pretty weird.

Maybe someday I'll teach him

how to blow bubbles.

I used to hang out here

when things got bad at home.

Pretty neat, huh?

Oh, yeah.

- I could live here.

- Not me.

There's some old carnival rides

over there.

Bunch of rats live in them.

Well, I mean, we don't have

to go there. Right, Ben?

- Ben?

- Don't worry, he'll find us.

Oh, there you are.

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