Altitude Adjustment by charles duncan One day, Not long after Rynogoff had been sent packing, Casey wandered to explore the planet the Incorporateds were staying on, as he wanted to know more about the grey people Carolina wasn't talking much about, when suddenly, from out of nowhere, Speedster gave him a call, looking very tired and upset.. He'd claimed that Daftec had managed to land on the planet and was looking for someone to test a new device on casey.. And told him to be wary as it looked like daftec wasn't having a very good day, what with being recently sued for 'bad products' his mind was churning out. Casey said, "Hey, indeed, I personally don't think there's nothing he can invent that could derail me.. after all, he started out a moron!" Speedster said.. "Just be careful, please. I am concerned for your well being." Casey said, "Hmmph. Can't leave him behind for a moment.. like there's nothing he could do to me so upsetting i'd be humilated or something.. " Casey wandered over to a nearby cliff and began climbing it, when suddenly from the top of the cliff Daftec stared down, and said. "hello, Casey. So I hear you lead the incorporateds. How would you like to field test something that might interest you very much." "Uh.. i'm kinda like busy.. can this wait until later?" Daftec said , "No THIS can't wait until later", as he aimed a weapon at casey, and shot him in the face....Causing casey to suddenly rise... "What the heck ?", Casey said, as he rose and rose and rose, and Daftec said.. "I would like to introduce you to my newest weapon, the anti-gravity gun. I'm sure i f i use it on more beings like you you'll wind up going into the stars and flying off forever. But i shall depart for I need to find more things more suitable than some cat who's prone to flights of fancy.. like I'm sure you will be." "Oh man", Casey said, as Daftec departed, and only by grabbing a vine did Casey not float off forever into the sky. A few minutes later, Speedster called, and said "You need help or something?", and Casey said "YES, I kinda need help.. now". === Later that night, as Casey was having dinner in the house, with Gazlennia looking on at all the food that Wilson was eating a lot of.. Speedster looked visibly upset, especially since they had to tie Casey to the ground to keep him from floating away. "Is there anyway we can undo the effects of the antigravity gun", Speedster said as he felt uncomfortable... "AND BY THE WAY, I TOLD YOU TO BE CAREFUL!" "Well, perhaps we can get wilson to build a gravity gun to undo the effects, but that would require some reverse engineering and we'd probably need the original, but man, that came out of nowhere what daftec did to me!" "Indeed, " Carolina said as she began eating a lot too.., "Because I'm sure not floating away from this world just as soon as i got here.. IN spite of some people who wonder who the heck do I know." Wilson then said "I hope indeed I could undo the effects.. though if you could control how you flew it might.. well, make you better able to fight in midair and all".. "JUST UNDO WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME, BECAUSE I'M NOT INTERESTED IN FLYING INTO ETERNITY!", he replied. "Ok..I'll see what I can do. but in the meantime try not to fly away. " ==== Later that day, Daftec called the house of Wokon Chone after the Emperor had given him the phone number but not the address, as the Emperor had a lot of problems of his own dealing with getting many of his soldiers out of prison and back to their regulary scheduled mayhem... and asked for exact directions to the house, as he was leery of giving his location considering how the security on the world might be looking for him.. but Wokon Chone hung up on him, saying "Oh no, I will not be helping IDIOTS like you who got everyone on that Terzel Xerxes scandal messed up! Because indeed I have enough problems with the neighbors already!" "I'm just going to try to go over there and see if I can send them all into space or something, really. Because I have ideas which could make this universe a lot safer for villiany, but noone really appreciates them." "Fine, just go walk around the beach. Maybe forever and ever and ever until you fall into the ocean or something, you idiot." "I.. um... am not the idiot you think I am, I recently got a lot smarter and I need to test some things.. Like this", as he fired into the phone the ray, and there was screaming at the other end that slowly dwindled into the nothingness.. "Well, that was unexpected", Daftec said, "AND man, if he knows where the phone number of the place why doesn't he just go over? What a coward." ==== So anyway, a couple of days later, While casey slept on top of the ceiling, and Wilson did scans of casey to find out where the antigravity of the situation was coming from, Speedster wandered the house trying to figure out where the heck San Hose was he never quite found the way to at the time, when he heard a knock at the door, and Daftec was there.. asking for directions to this house of Wokon Chone who'd had problems with the incorporateds lately. "Are you here to cause trouble", Speedster said... "Because we can't seem to find Wokon Chone indeed, as somehow he floated off into eternity and they're having problems finding his body to be brought back and continue to be an ambassador". "Uh.. Yes", and Daftec fired at speedster who barely dodged the blast, though it hit the wall and bounced off a while, as it hit someone in the house who screamed.. hey, I don't want to weigh nothing!! I'm enough on a diet as it is!!!" "YOU IDIOT!", speedster said, as halifax came running down the stairs into the hallway, half peeved.. and yelled.."Hey, Carolina doesn't want to float away, you fool! WHo fired that thing because I'm going to give them the beating of a lifetime!!" "DOes it matter", Speedster said, "for we have a guest in the house who doesnt' get the point he should, like not be shooting guns in the house when noone is there!!" "Ohhkay...", Halifax said, as he looked at Daftec indeed in the doorway.. "YOU give me that gun or you will be in trouble for we don't like having guns fired at us, eh!" "I don't think so, because I'm not so stupid as I used to be.. And how would you like to fly away!!!" "Er....", Halifax said... as he stared at Daftec.... "I would not. I fly enough with my limbs as i ".. And then Wilson walked by and made a lunge for the gun, and nearly got blasted.. as the beam bounced around in the house a bit, causing more chaos... and managed to tackle Daftec who fell to the ground, blasting beams into space. "WHat the hell are you thinking blasting that gun like that, " Halifax said, as he pummeled Daftec some.. "A lot more these days than you possibly could imagine", Daftec said, as he fainted from the blows. --- Later that day, though Wilson managed to get Casey and Carolina both de-antigravified, Daftec still vowed to build another gun... and keep blasting away again as he was hauled off to prison... for having technology that kinda, like , was hazardous.. Casey indeed wondered.. How come everyone tries to get me when I'm out exploring the world around me indeed? Though for some reason, as Carolina was nearby.. He wondered... "Would It matter someday if I could fly..?" TO be continued..