"I don't want to wake up in the morning to find out that this was just an enjoyable dream. My, oh my, it's five fifty now. The sun starts to rise at about six thirty. It's a good thing that Butler One and I were able to do our work fast and get everything organized in the one night. To think that nine hours ago I never knew anything about this."

“You can always ask me to remind you that it was real,” said Wendell.

He began to wonder if the presence of all this alien technology had replaced his presence in her thoughts.

As if to answer his unspoken query, she found a small pouch, which could be attached to the costume.

“This is for you to ride in, my tiny sidekick,” she said, “What adventures we’ll have together now!”

He immediately felt better, and at peace again.

The platform rose to become part of the roof of the spaceship. Ann O’Malley looked down at the tops of the trees a few feet below the hovering souvenir of another planet. She did not even begin to wonder what Jeradd must have been like. She would never meet a being who no longer existed, not even in the earthly form of a corpse. She would be able to put his equipment to use, though she would take some time to learn about it.

Having programmed his computer with instructions to donate itself and Jeradd's other equipment to the first available recipient, the alien had unwittingly left his legacy of miniature equipment to a thirteen year old girl. She pondered on the possibilities of the spaceship being discovered by a criminal, instead of herself.

"Well that just would not be justice,"  thought Ann, "and I have always believed in justice. Freedom Fields is full of people working things out for the best."

She did not want to jump. She preferred to fly up from the roof of the spaceship in order to satisfy herself that she had mastered the controls of the anti-gravity triangles. Then she would fly down to the ground, stroll out from the trees and sneak back into Freedom Fields. She wondered whether or not she had been missed. Still, even if she were caught, it would be nothing.

Her real concern was to preserve the secrecy of her scientific wonders. She would continue going to school. It was the law, and she did not mind school anyway. She would also continue to live at Freedom Fields, but she would secretly enjoy many adventures; and she hoped that she would be able to do something to help other people as well.

Ann O’Malley emerged from the trees to see that all of the lights in the Freedom Fields orphanage were still switched off. Her decision was one of whether to climb the jacaranda tree or attempt a small flight from the ground using the anti-gravity triangles. She decided to climb the tree, just to prove that she could still do things like that, as well as to remove the risk of being seen from the windows by awakening girls, in the act of flying upwards from the ground.

Ann stretched out her arms, levered herself up to the lowest branch, swung her feet over a nearby branch and began to upright herself. Soon she reached the ledge and saw that Wanda was still sleeping soundly. She could wear her costume when she felt the need, but for now she would lock it in her room's private cupboard, to which she had the only keys, and then conceal some of the gadgets under her ordinairy clothes.

The world's new Mistress of Scientific Wonders climbed into bed and prepared to enjoy two hours of much needed sleep.

1996….

Ann had been telling Martin her story for over half an hour.

“That’s amazing!” said Martin, and then considered that here he was sitting on her hand at tiny size himself as she lowered him gently to her dress, “I was surprised enough to learn that you were responsible for Captain Miniature. But you had that adventure as a teenage girl with a guy who was as small as I am now, but he was from a parallel earth.”

“That was just the start of it,” said Ann, “I had many adventures with Wendell. I’d like to tell you all about them, before I gobble you down.”

“I’d love to hear them,” said Martin, “I feel like dancing with you and kissing you was my best adventure in itself, up until you eat me anyway.”

“Then I’ll continue …” said Ann.