Shadow looked through the ship’s window in wonderment.  Before her lay lush golden leafed trees. Purple vegetation covered the ground with a sparkling of long-stemmed flowers that were spotted in various colors.  If Shadow didn’t know any better, she thought she had just dropped acid.  Phoebe looked out the same window and tears came to her eyes. .She was in such awe over the beauty she saw. 

“Ship crew, we have an important meeting taking place in ten minutes.  Please make your way to the ship’s briefing  room.  All are required to attend,” said Suzie over the loudspeaker.

Captain Cattitude sat at the front of the long table in the briefing room.  He stood up and said,  “As you realize, we have landed on Planet X.  Don’t let  its beauty fool you.  We do not know what is out there. It may be an unsafe environment. We still need to worry about the Shadow Cat Warriors finding us and attacking.  Our priority is to keep Shadow safe at all costs. For now, I have cloaked the ship, so it can not be seen with radar.  The work we have ahead of us will be hard. We need to prepare for an attack and be prepared to fight back.  I have set up media hypno ppds for each and everyone of us to view.  It will teach us how to be combative for an attack.  Once the pod training is complete, your body and mind will automatically know how to defend the ship and protect Shadow,” said Captain Cattidue.

There was a deep silence in the room.  The realization they were not safe yet had kicked in.Phoebe standing close to Shadow reached over and held shadow’s paw tight. She was scared as well as Shadow and everyone could tell. “This is not time for fear to immobilize us. We must all do our best to face the fear and fight if necessary.  Remember, Shadow needs to be protected at all costs.  You may have to kill a Shadow Cat Warrior.  This will be hard, but it must be done if Shadow and the ship is in danger.  Please do you best to put your fear away. And fight as if your own life is in danger because it is.  The SCW’s will be fighting to kill,” said Suzie. 

“The meeting is over.  Please use your media pod immediately.  We need to be in fighting shape ASAP.  The SCW’s were on our tail before we used the catwarp.  We can’t know if they are out there now as I speak.