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"But it's our intention to travel the solar system before we are extinguished. For this reason I have brought on board something we must immediately attend to. I have brought on board the remaining two Plutonium bombs."

There was silence. Erisa and Randy looked at each other for a second. Erisa's stomach completely turned. She felt she was going to die. These were people she was getting to like. It was like George was her mother and father, without feeling on the inside while friendly on the outside.

Randy toughened. He simply saw George and others as mortal enemy. He decided in the pause to make as many of these people die as horribly as he could. So many friends, good friends, had died in Boston.

No one spoke until George again.

"One bomb has to be re-assembled as a power source. I have components that should allow us to do this. My calculations show that we can pass Jupiter and Saturn. We will use the Moon and Mars as boosts. We may last long enough. We may find ways to last longer. But we will be the first colonists to move toward open space.

"The other bomb will be our last statement. A bomb in space will show half the earth the power of the nuclear bomb. I am convinced people still need the reminder. The result, I hope, will be even more colonists escaping. We will try to insure that no one thinks the threat is gone. It is our job to maintain the threat. By now, I am certain, the FBI suspects us. By now, I am certain, they know that we were involved in the previous blasts. If we disappear now, and in this way, they will not know that we are..."