Four spacecraft appeared in the distance and were soon surrounding Wildstar.
"Attention alien spacecraft. You will not resist. You will allow us to escort you to the chancellory on our planet. Failure to comply will result in annihilation of your vessel."

"Could we survive the firepower of their four ships combined?"

"With our defense shield it is assured, Miss O’Malley."

"That's nice, but let's do it their way."

Ann communicated her willingness to comply.

The Kadromians sent one craft to escort them from in front. The other three would follow from behind.

"Nice of them to show us the way," said Ann, "Do you have the answer now?"

"Confirmed, Miss O’Malley. I can present proof of our allies' innocence to emperor Kibok."

*          *          *          *

Ann O’Malley and Butler One were shown to the throne room of emperor Kibok.

"Now earthling, explain why you attacked my guards at the touring depot."

"I am a friend of Space Force. I came here on a desperate reconnaissance mission, to discover why your touring vessel exploded. I would do anything to stop the war that you must have started. My robot was able to analyze and record data about a Space Force missile. When I distracted your guards, my robot could also analyze one of your touring vessels. He could explain his analysis to you himself. Do it, Butler One."

"Emperor Kibok, the metal shells of the Space Force missiles and the metal hull of your touring vessel have a special property in relation to each other. They attract each other like earth magnets. It can now be understood that the sideways movement of the vessel reported by your captain before his unfortunate demise was the magnetic pull of the missiles. Your vessel was displaced only slightly by the force of the attraction. Being a larger heavier object, the vessel soon exerted the greater pseudo-magnetic force and sucked the nearby missiles out of the Space Force patrol craft. Your vessel drew the missiles towards it, resulting in the unfortunate but inevitable explosion of your vessel."

"We were afraid it might happen again right here, if we brought the missile with us, so we analyzed both objects and compared their chemical properties using Butler One's computer mind. So it was really an unfortunate accident."

"Then we are as much to blame as your Space Force for the accident. Our ignorance of science has caused us to make an error of judgment. Communications officer! Contact the leader of the attack fleet at once."

Kibok made contact.

"Kadrom leader here, emperor Kibok. We are about to engage the Saturnians in battle. We appear to outnumber their approaching defense ships."

"Leader you will disperse and return to Kadrom. I am given to understand, that the explosion of our vessel was an accident. I have been given proof of this by a visitor to our planet."

"Yes your excellency."

"Ann O’Malley, please accept our apologies. I will make contact with the Space Force headquarters and explain what you have done for our two planets. You can rest assured that we will stop to think before hurrying into any future wars."

*          *          *          *

"Before you leave us, Ann O’Malley, I was curious when I first saw you. You do seem rather small for a human being."

"Well that's because I am only a young girl on my home planet, earth as your excellency already guessed."

"A mere youth has saved the relationship between two distant planets. Amazing!" said Kibok.

"We'll have to go now. I'm wanted back at the fields where I live," said Ann, wondering if anyone had spoken to her robot double, "So farewell to the people of Kadrom."

*          *          *          *

"Approaching earth, Miss O’Malley."

"I'll soon see the blue sky again."

"Negative, Miss O’Malley. It is night time in your continent."

"Of course. We were right, you know. The different colours of clouds and sky on Kadrom is like the unusual fact that their hulls would be like magnets to Space Force's missiles. We must never want everything to be the same as the things to which we are accustomed."

1996…

“Wow! I know I’ve said stuff like this earlier tonight,” said Martin, “But I’m going to be eaten by a secret super hero who saved two planets from war in her high school years. Can I run my arm over your tongue water?”

“Sure,” said Ann, “I’d like that.”

He reached into her mouth and slid both his arms over her tongue a few times and then removed them.

“You picked a good time,” said Ann, “The next adventure was largely underwater.”