“Space Chicken. Oh, yes. I remember it from the Academy. You mean the robot that travels across the universe and uses the resources to multiply itself?” asked Neva. Being one of the top graduates, the other being Dio from the Academy from his cohort meant that Neva was a walking, talking encyclopedia. His “elephant” memory helped a lot. He could recall facts and writings that most students in the current Academy would not even remember after midterm examination.

“What if they  were Space Chickens?” replied Dio with another question. “They came here and all signs point to the fact that they built the pyramids on Earth. So, what else am I missing?”

If this would be another of their unending arguments, I had to stop them there. Having two of the brightest graduates meant I acted more like a teacher than a Captain whenever we were by ourselves, like in that instance. They would often start an innocent discussion and either side would not give up till I had to come in between them as the Captain of the ship.  But in the situation we were in, there wasn’t time for such a discussion.

“Ok guys, let’s focus. What does it matter if they were Space Chickens or space dinosaurs? We need to bring back the ship back to where it was before it disappeared,” I raised my voice but made it louder for my last word. “Now!”

“We know, but this point is important. If they were Space Chickens, then no matter how intelligent they seemed to be, they were still robots. There must be a manual somewhere here.” said Dio while looking at the walls from building to building. I finally understood the point of the aliens being Space Chickens.