When I woke up I was in a dark cell. There was absolutely no light anywhere, except for a little bit coming from a small airplane-like window high up on the wall. I got up, walked over to the window, and looked out.

I gasped when I saw what was outside. There were planets and stars! Which meant, that I was onboard a ship of some kind. I was so busy looking through the window, that I didn't hear the footsteps behind me approaching.

"Hey, you're awake." Said a low voice.

I turned around to find silhouette of a short lopsided creature, which I assumed was Lob, my kidnapper.

"What do you want with me?" I demanded.

"It's not me that wants you," he grunted, "It's my boss."

"Well, take me to him! I wanna talk to whoever's in charge!" I shouted at him.

"You really shouldn't shout, princess. I am the one in control now." He said. I could hear a hint of amusement in his voice. "Anyway, I'm here to take you to them."

I heard the click of a button and suddenly my hands were forced behind my back, while some kind of contraption fastened itself around my wrists. Then the same thing went around my ankles, and they gave me enough room to walk, but not to run.

Lob opened the cell door and led me out. I followed him since I could not run away. I had nowhere to run to. Not only was it so dark that I didn't know where to go, but I wasn't familiar with the ship I was on. Also, it would be hard to get away since it was a ship and we were in the middle of nowhere in outer space!

Finally I saw some light up ahead. Lob led me to it and we came to a doorway. He took me outside of it and there was light everywhere. It took me a while to get my eyes adjusted, but when I did, I saw we were on a balcony of some sort. It was a big circular room, and the balcony stretched all around the edges of the room.

I walked to the railing to see what was below, and when I did I almost screamed. I turned around to face Lob.

"T-this is the Massive!" I said.

"Yep, while your daddy and uncle were getting ready for you to become tallest, they forgot all about their most prized ship." He said in a mocking voice.

"But there's usually thousands! No . . . millions onboard! I didn't see anyone down there!"

"Well, that's 'cause a large percentage of them are Irkens and other people taking college classes to prepare them for a future career." He said. "Whatever, I need to take you to the bridge."

As he led me to the bridge, I couldn't help but stare at the ship and everything below. I had been here many times as a kid, but lately I didn't have much time for it. The reason everyone was gone was because it was time for their "summer break" as humans would call it. That's the reason Liz came home. So with all the people gone off the ship, it was a very good time to attack and take over it, especially without a tallest in charge.

When we got to the bridge I saw all the mechanics and pilots and their normal stations, but they looked like they were under stress. This further proved my point that the Massive had been taken over, and the staff was under control of whoever was in charge here.

Lob told me to wait on the bridge. One of the pilots turned around and mouthed, "help me!" I gave him a apologetic look, and then heard a door swish open. The pilot quickly went back to his job.

I turned to look at who it was, and froze.

"Mom?"