Chapter 7

Z arfloots! Why didn’t they give me my own private shuttle? This is going to be the longest 329-quadrillion-mile trip ever-even if it does last only twenty-seven seconds. It’s enough to make my stomach churn! Which reminds me… I’m hungry.

Double zarfloots! Children and space travel make a horrible combination. Come to think of it, children and anything make a horrible combination. Because of the children part. They’re just so… yuck.

Especially these children, since they belong to those infernal Klosmos. Those two have been robbing me, Erik Failenheimer, of my glory for longer than I can remember. So Klyde Klosmo designed a robot to destroy asteroids headed toward Earth. Big whoop. So did I.

Okay, so mine had a few glitches, but nothing a few thousand minor adjustments couldn’t have taken care of. But did they give me a chance? Nooooooooooo! They just used Klosmo’s bot instead. They always choose the Klosmos. For everything!

But now, at last, things will be different! The top scientists from all over the galaxy are being brought together at the Galactic Science Hub to work on a top secret project. This is my chance to show what brilliance I am capable of! This is my chance to finally gain the respect that Erik Failenheimer so richly deserves!