You grab a wrench and nudge the rats out the hatch. Whew! You breathe a sigh of relief to have those icky rats off your ship. You watch them flutter through space. Then all of a sudden you remember. They weren’t rats at all. They were Coachmen—high-tech navigational devices that could have helped you get to Fara quickly. Big mistake.
Now you are completely lost. You try to radio for help, but you can’t pick up a signal. You fly for hours, getting more hopelessly lost. You’ve missed the competition and you’re still flying when midnight strikes. Your Carriage5000 shudders violently, turns back into Jacko, and promptly breaks down. This time it seems to be for good, because after hours of trying, you can’t get it going again. Maybe you’re not such an ace mechanic after all. You sit and wait, hoping someone in the galaxy will find you. But you’re not holding your breath.
THE END