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Gigi rolled his eyes when Remy blinked down at him.
 The replicator tried to eat you?
Gigi nodded rapidly and pointed down the corridor.
Remy sighed and set Gigi aside. He started down the corridor,
Gigi right on his heels. Gigi stopped when they reached the doors to
the mess hall. He bounced nervously from foot to foot as he bit his
bottom lip.
 Maybe you shouldn t go in there, Gigi said.  Maybe you should
get Tank or something. Tank was even bigger than Remy. He could
stop a spaceship takeoff.
 Gigi, the replicator is not going to hurt me.
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Remy opened the door and stepped inside. The next thing Gigi
knew, Remy slipped and went down in the white foam. His heart
thundered in his chest as Remy totally disappeared from sight.
 Tank! Gigi screamed at the top of his lungs as he went running
down the corridor again. Gigi grunted when he ran around a corner
and right into Tank. He bounced back and fell on his butt.
 What s the hurry, Gigi?
 The food replicator ate Remy.
Tank s eyebrows shot up.  Excuse me?
Gigi jumped to his feet and grabbed Tank s hand then yanked him
down the corridor toward the mess hall. He stopped again when he
reached the two large metal doors and pointed.
 The food replicator tried to eat me. Remy went in, and now he s
gone. Tank started to step forward, but Gigi grabbed his hand.  Wait,
shouldn t you have some sort of weapon?
 I m sure I ll be fine, Gigi.
Gigi bit his lip and started bouncing again as Tank opened the
door and stepped inside. Gigi caught just a blink of white and Tank
was gone, swallowed up by whatever was in the room.
Gigi wasn t taking any chances this time.  Colt! Crank! Blade!
He shouted as loud as he could as he backed away from the mess hall
doors.  Help! Emergency! Help!
The three large men came running from every direction with their
phasers drawn. Gigi just pointed. Colt frowned as he went in first,
Crank and Blade hot on his heels. Dread began to fill Gigi when they
disappeared the same way Remy and Tank had.
Now it was just him. He was the only one left to save everyone
from the food replicator. And he didn t have a clue what to do. Gigi
chewed on his thumbnail for a moment until an idea hit him.
He ran back down the corridor to the small storage closet just
outside the living quarters. He remembered seeing rope in there when
Remy had pulled out the personal communicator for him to use. Gigi
grabbed the rope and raced back to the mess hall.
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He tied one end around the bulkhead and the other end around his
waist. If he got lost inside the room of white foam, at least he d be
able to find his way back. He hoped. Gigi drew in a deep breath for
courage then stepped inside the mess hall.
He was met by a large wall of white foam. Gigi dropped down to
his knees and started searching the floor for Remy and his men. Fear
filled his chest and made his heart thunder. He had to save Remy. Oh
yeah, and the crew.
 Remy? Are you alive?
 Gigi?
 Remy? Gigi sat up and searched the blinding whiteness for his
man.  Remy, where are you?
 Just follow the sound of my voice, angel. I m right over here.
Gigi started crawling, moving faster and faster toward Remy s
voice.  Remy?
 I m here, angel, just a little farther.
Gigi felt a thick muscular leg. He grabbed onto it and followed it
up until he could see someone s face.  You re not Remy.
Tank chuckled.  No, little one, I m not.
 Where s Remy?
 Killing the replicator.
Gigi frowned.  I told you the replicator was trying to eat Remy.
 And next time, I ll believe you. Tank chuckled as he wiped
foam from his forehead.  Trust me.
 Is anyone else alive?
 I m here, Crank called out from somewhere to Gigi s left.
 I m lost, Colt said from behind Gigi.
 I can t see a thing, Blade said,  so I m not sure where I am.
The whizzing noise suddenly stopped, and the room went silent.
Gigi gripped Tank s arm a little tighter.  That s really creepy, he
whispered.
 I think Remy killed it, Tank whispered back.
 Angel? Remy called out.
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 I m here.
A moment later, Gigi felt Remy s arms wrap around him. He
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