Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:24:58 +0000
From: Douglas DD DD <thehakaanen@hotmail.com>
Subject: The Boys of the Lady Lex  Interlude

Ben pauses to take us on an interlude as Harrison Wolfe, Kalon Masters, and
Zjan-Ren take a look at a simpler time before the universe starts to
unravel around them.

The Boys of the Lady Lex
Interlude
"The Savoy Special"
Written By Douglas DD and Benjamin T.C.

	Kalon Masters sat in his room with a big tub of popcorn on his
lap. He found and pulled the remote for his television out from underneath
him, and aimed it at the TV. Just as the movie started, there was a knock
at the door. A disgruntled Kalon paused his movie and got up to answer it.
	"I found the book you requested," said Harrison Wolfe, standing in
the doorway holding an old, worn out book.
	"I don't need it now. I found the video. I was just about to watch
it. Why don't you join me? I made popcorn and everything."
	"I prefer not to watch movies. They fail to capture the essence of
the book. Yes, one's mind interprets and paints a better image of the story
told through words on a page then it does when shown on screen."
	"Look, I have just about enough time to watch the movie before the
hockey finals. Now get your literate ass in here. Movies are so much more
enjoyable when you watch them with someone."
	Wolfe let out a long disgruntled sigh. "Very well, but why the
sudden interest in this story?" Harrison Wolfe entered the room which
looked like no maid had entered it in months.
	"One of my kid's shuttles was named after a character in this
book. And ever since the shuttle became FUBAR, he hasn't been the same. And
with the baseball finals tomorrow, I need to find a way to get his head
back in the game."
	"Ah yes, you are referring to Master Collins and the Wonder Boy."
	"Yes I am. That broken down shuttle was a piece of Ben. He worked
on her to bring her up to what she was before burning out her systems and
causing her to be put to rest."
	"I would imagine that, when Master Collins piloted the Wonder Boy,
it was the only time he felt in charge and free at the same time. Even when
he is crouched behind home plate he might be in charge, but he is not
totally in control. I can see why he is taking the death of the Wonder Boy
so hard."
	"Well, I hope by watching the movie I can find out a way to bring
him out of this funk."
	"Did you try giving him a new shuttle?" asked Wolfe.
	"I thought of that, but unfortunately we are fresh out of
shuttles. Besides, I don't know if that would do the trick or not." Kalon's
attention turned to his door as there was a knock on it. Kalon opened the
door and saw Zjan-Ren standing there.
	"I'm sorry I'm late, but I had to find Young McDowell to borrow my
baklava. I plan on some self training this afternoon after the hockey
finals."
	"I didn't think you were going to show up."
	"I've never seen an Earth movie before, so this should be rather
amusing. Oh Mr. Wolfe, are you joining us?"
	"Although I am sure the movie will be entertaining, it will never
capture the same feeling as the book."
	"Yeah, whatever," said Kalon, as he flopped on his bed. Zjan-Ren
sat in an empty chair. Kalon once again pulled the remote out from
underneath his body and clicked on "play." The movie began.
	"So this movie is called `The Natural'," remarked Zjan-Ren.
	"That must be him there in those old clothes, sitting in the chair
on a porch," said Kalon.
	"That's not a porch, that is a train station," said Wolfe.
	"That must be the train there," remarked Zjan-Ren.
	"That must be him when he was younger. My word the gloves have
changed over the years," said Kalon as he saw the star, Robert Redford,
think back when he was a kid and his father was teaching him the game of
baseball.
	"Roy, that must be his name," said Zjan-Ren.
	Wolfe shook his head. He knew that these two weren't going to shut
up during the movie.
	"You got a gift Roy. But it's not enough. You gotta develop
yourself." said the actor who was portraying Roy Hobbs' father. "Rely too
much on your own gift, and you'll fail."
	"Now that is very sound advice," agreed Zjan-Ren.
	"But sometime your gift is the only thing you have," said Kalon.
	"But what I think he is referring too is not to take your gift for
granted."
	"Oh look, the old man just keeled over," said Kalon.
	"Humans don't have strong hearts like Kritons do."
	"That's ok kid. Father's don't amount to much anyways," said Kalon.
	We watched, as the tree that the old man died under was struck by
lightning. The young Roy Hobbs saw this and immediately took to building a
baseball bat from the tree's wood. In a slow pan, the camera revealed the
name that Young Roy Hobbs burned into the lumber.
	"The Wonder boy," pointed out Kalon.
	"And look, it has a lightning bolt on it just like our Wonder boy
shuttle. How remarkable," replied Zjan-Ren.
	"The boys were to name their shuttles after something from
literature. The crew of the Wonder boy did just that. And they added to it
by putting a lightning bolt on it," said Wolfe who was being disturbed by
the two men talking throughout the movie.
	"Iris must be his love," said Zjan-Ren. "Yes it is. He just asked
her to marry him. I am glad he is going to play baseball. This will be
good."
	"I bet he boffed her," said Kalon.
	"Boffed?"
	"Yeah, fucked her."
	"Oh...boffed. We call that Donkish in Kriton."
	Wolfe tried watching the movie. But it was hard to concentrate as
Zjan-Ren and Kalon kept commenting about the movie. After Roy Hobbs said
goodbye to his girlfriend the scene switched to a train where two men sat
playing cards. The scene progressed where one of the men was a big time
well known power hitter, known as the Whammer, and the other was a sport's
journalist Max Mercy. The Whammer had his eye on a mysterious lady sitting
on the train. When the train stopped to take on water, the Whammer was
showing off his talent by hitting a bunch of homerun hits at a small side
street carnival. Roy Hobbs was with his agent, at a booth where Roy was
knocking over bottles by throwing a ball at them. A small Rivalry started
between Roy's agent and Max Mercy about Roy and the Whammer. A bet was made
that Roy could strike out the Whammer on three pitches. Roy didn't let his
agent down, for he did just that, amazing everyone around, especially Max
Mercy and the mysterious woman.
	Roy and his agent finally got to the hotel, and while Roy was
waiting in his room, he got a phone call from the mysterious women who he
had drinks with on the train after striking out the Whammer. Her name was
Harriet Bird. Roy went to her room, only to find himself looking down a
barrel of a gun and hearing the sound of a blast, as he felt a sharp pain
enter his body. The screen faded to black.
	"How can they kill him right in the beginning of the movie?" argued
Kalon.
	"I don't think he's dead. In the very beginning he was at that
train station as an old man. This was when he was much younger," replied
Zjan-Ren. "Look see, it's 16 years later at Knight's Field in New York."
	"Hey, Fowler!! Don't you know how I hate losing to the Pirates?"
said Pop Fisher, a fat old man in a baseball uniform with the number one on
the back.
	"That must be the head coach," said Kalon.
	"But why would a head coach of a baseball team would want to be a
farmer?" asked Zjan-Ren.
	"He just said he was fond of nanny goats."
	"Look, there's Roy walking down the dark corridor to the playing
field," said Zjan-Ren. "Oh good, he is going to play baseball."
	Roy Hobbs tells Pop Fisher that he is the new right fielder. Pops
isn't too happy. His attitude is that men his age should be retiring from
baseball not becoming a rookie. Pop Fisher is pissed that his chief scout,
Scottie Carson, signed him up.
	The movie went on showing that Pop Fisher wouldn't play the middle
age rookie and the Knights kept losing; not only losing but humiliating
themselves in the process. After a big argument, Pop Fisher was going to
actually let Roy bat at batting practice.
	"Oh look, is that the wonder boy he has?" asked Zjan-Ren as Roy
made his way to home plate.
	"I bet it is," said Kalon.
	"Wow, look at that. He keeps hitting the balls into the seats."
	"I bet Pops wished he played him sooner."
	"I bet you're right."
	They watched the movie as Pop benches Bump Baily, a player who
wasn't producing and put Roy Hobbs in at bat. Kalon and Zjan-Ren sat up and
were on the edge of their seats.
	"He hit the ball!!" pointed out Zjan-Ren.
	Kalon laughed with excitement. "Not only did he hit the ball, but
he hit it out of the park. Look at that. This is great."
	"Nice bat, "said a pudgy boy named Bobby Savoy. He was the Knight's
batboy.
	"You like it?" asked Roy.
	"Yeah. Do you think I'll be able to make one of those bats?"
	Roy looked down as he tied his neck tie. "Tell you what. Go down to
the lumberyard pick yourself out a really good piece of wood and we'll work
on it together."
	"All right. Thanks," said the batboy.
	Roy leaves the stadium only to run into Max Mercy. Now, Roy ran
into him briefly in the locker room when he first was assigned to the
Knights. By the look on Roy's face, he recognized Max from 16 years before,
but Max didn't recognize Roy. But after thinking on it some, Max knows Roy
looks familiar; he just can't finger it where he knows him from. But Max is
determined to figure it out.
	The movie transitioned to Chicago. A beautiful lady with a flower
pattern dress on walks into a diner. Her name is Iris.
	"Did you hear that?" said Kalon. "That's Iris. The girl that Roy
donkished before he got shot."
	"No, the girl who shot Roy was the Bird Lady. This is the girl from
the farm."
	"I didn't mean the bird lady he donkished. Besides, I don't think
he donkished the Bird lady. They never showed it."
	"But they didn't show him donkish Iris either."
	"But I think they did," said Kalon. "But look at the actress who
plays her now. I would like to donkish her myself." Both Kalon and Zjan-Ren
laughed. Wolfe just sat their trying not to pay any attention to them.
	The diner owner and a male customer start talking about a baseball
game and how the cover of a baseball was knocked off.
	"What's the name of his bat?" asked the customer.
	"Wonder boy," replied the owner.
	Iris looked up with confused interest. She takes the newspaper with
the article about Roy Hobbs and his Wonder boy in it, and looks at it with
great interest.
	Pop Fisher had a heart-to-heart talk with Bump Baily.  If he didn't
shape up, Roy Hobbs would replace him. Bump didn't like that idea, so he
started to play better ball in his very next game. The only thing, was that
he was running after a fly ball and ran into the right field wall and
crashed through it. In the next scene in big white letters on a black and
white view of the Knights' score board read Fond Farewell for Bump
Bailey. Funeral at Knights Field.
	"That's one way getting rid of a character. Just kill him off,"
said Kalon.
	"I bet Roy gets his position," replied Zjan-Ren. "And there he is,
going up at bat. And marvelous. He hits a ball up into the rafters on the
first pitch. Brilliant."
	The movie progresses as the team comes alive and starts winning
games. All because of Roy Hobbs and the Wonder boy. Both Kalon and Zjan-Ren
cheered as they saw Hobbs make nice plays and hit balls into the
stands. Wolfe showed no emotion, but he was watching the movie.
	The next scene showed Red, the assistant coach, and Roy getting
their shoes shined. They are talking about the Judge, who is Pop Fisher's
partner owning the Knights. The Judge has not yet been seen in the movie,
but in an earlier scene they heard him talk to Scottie Carson on the phone,
asking him about Hobbs, and making sure that he wouldn't help the Knights
win.
	"Let me tell you something about Pop," said Red. "He thinks he's
jinxed."
	"What do you mean?" asked Roy.
	"Last season he had some financial problems. He had to sell the
Judge 10% of his shares. That makes the Judge the Majority stockholder of
the Knights. But he got one condition in the contract. If he can win the
pennant this season he can buy the shares back, and the judge is out. If he
loses he's out, and he has to sell."
	"And winner take all," said Roy, Kalon and Zjan-Ren in unison.
	"I don't know who this Judge is, but I don't like him," said
Zjan-Ren.
	"Neither do I," replied Kalon.
	Soon, Roy was called up to the Judge's office. It was dark and the
Judge was not a good man. He tried bribing Hobbs, but Roy wouldn't give
in. He informed the Judge that he intended to play to win and there was no
way he would let the Judge steal the team. After Roy left, the Judge knew
it wouldn't be easy to get Hobbs on his side, but he didn't give up.
	The next scene, Max confronted Roy and said he finally remembered
where he had seen him. He tried to get the story from Roy about where he
has been the past 16 years, but Roy wasn't giving.
	Max then introduced Roy to this woman named Memo Paris, Pop
Fisher's beautiful niece; a niece that Pop felt brought bad luck. Roy
started seeing her and soon his game went into the toilet where he kept
striking out, and not playing the ball he played before meeting her.
	The Knights went to Chicago and Roy wasn't playing like he should
be. Then going up to bat, he looks up in the stands and sees a woman in
white. A woman he recognizes. For that woman was Iris, who he hadn't seen
in 16 years. Roy dug into the plate and swung twice, missing the ball both
times. Iris stood up and Roy hit the ball into the clock of the scoreboard,
thus helping the Knights win the game.
	After the game, Roy meets Iris at the diner. They find out that
neither of them are married. She tells him that she doesn't get
lonely. They talk a little bit and by the looks on their faces and the
sparkle in their eyes, that thing that they had many years ago still
exists.
	Memo Paris continues to try to dig her claws deeper into Roy, but
it doesn't work. Roy is back in the game and hits more homeruns to win more
games. Of course Memo is trying to dig her claws into him for the Judge, to
throw his game off.
	Roy meets up with Iris once again, and this time they go for a long
walk; a walk where, for the first time, Roy tells someone, his childhood
love, what happened on that fateful day with Harriet Bird. And he continues
to explain what he has done since.
	"Figures they end up at her apartment after the walk," said
Zjan-Ren. "I bet he boffs her again."
	"I bet he does too," replied Kalon. "Just as long as he stays away
from the Memo chick. She is bad news, working for the Judge like that."
	"Did you hear that? She just said that glove Roy is looking at is
her son's," said Zjan-Ren.
	"She's not married, and she has a kid," said Kalon. "And she just
said that his father lives in New York."
	"The Knights are from New York," said Zjan-Ren. "I bet he is the
father, from when they boffed in the barn, before he got shot."
	"I bet you're right."
	Wolfe took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, as he tried to
watch the movie and tune out the babbling viewers.
	The Knights got back on another winning streak. Hobbs was back on
his hitting streak. There was still hope for the Knights that they might
win the pennant for Pop Fisher. But the Judge was concerned.  Friends of
his told him not to worry; it won't happen.
	Roy is showing no more interest in Memo, but he is still showing
interest in Iris, even though he has been unable to get a hold of her. Memo
keeps trying to get hold of him, but he isn't biting anymore.
	Roy shows up at a party where he is pursued to side with the Judge,
but he isn't budging. Memo then gives him something too eat. And shortly
after that, Roy collapses. He wakes up a few days later in a hospital to
find that the Knight have lost 3 games already.
	He finds out that the interior of his stomach has been being eaten
away by a silver bullet head that's been in there for years. The doctor
warned Roy that if he plays ball again, it could cause his stomach to
explode and kill him. But Roy doesn't want to give up on winning the
pennant for Pop Fisher. Memo tries to act concerned and tries to keep him
from playing again, but he isn't buying her charade. He still wants to play
ball.
	Roy and a few of his teammates sneak out of the hospital and go to
the field to see how well he does. After a couple of swings, he falls to
his knees. It doesn't look good for Roy.
	"So Roy is being visited by the Judge," said Kalon.
	"Listen to him, he is trying to bribe Roy not to play," pointed out
Zjan-Ren.
	"Look, he has police photos of him lying on the floor shot and that
Bird Lady dead on the street. Shit, that mother fucker is trying to black
mail him now. That low lying bastard."
	"Roy's not like that. He won't give in."
	"He better not," said Kalon.
	"Oh shit, the Judge just hinted that he has a key man on his side,
who will help the Knights lose. This isn't good."
	Wolfe just sat there, watching and observing them talk about the
movie.
	Zjan-Ren and Kalon were both happy when Iris came to the hospital
to visit Roy. Even though she was confronted by Max, who had the police
photos, before seeing him, she just ignored Max and went on to see Roy.
	The sparkle between them shined even more as she helped him and
gave him a pep talk. Telling him that there are two kinds of lives; the
life you learn with and the life you live after that. Roy was pleased to
find out that she was going to go to the pennant race game with her
son. This was it. The Knights had to win this game. No ifs, ands, or buts
about it. And in order to do so, they needed Roy Hobbs.
	Kalon and Zjan-Ren cheered as Roy entered the Judge's office and
returned the money that the Judge used to bribe him with. He informed the
Judge, Memo and the Judge's other crony that his plan was to hit away.
	The scene went to Pop Fisher and Red shaving in the locker room. "I
wanted do win that pennant worse than I wanted any god damned thing in my
life. You'd think I could, just this once, wouldn't you? I didn't care
anything about the Series. Win or lose, I would have been satisfied. I'd
have walked away from baseball, and I'd have bought a farm," said Pop
Fisher.
	"Nothing like a farm," said Roy standing in the doorway. "Nothing
like being around animals, fixing things. There's nothing like being in the
field by yourself with the vegetable, corn and the winter wheat. The
greenest stuff you ever saw."
	"You know, my mother told me I ought to be a farmer."
	"My dad wanted me to be a baseball player."
	"All my dad wanted was for me to disappear out of his life," said
Kalon. The image of Jake Masters falling dead to the ground flashing before
his eyes.
	"Good, Pop Fisher is letting him play," said Zjan-Ren.
	"And just listen to that crowd go wild for Hobbs!" said the
announcer as Roy took the field. "Unbelievable! He looks like he's set and
ready to go. This is for the National League pennant. The Knights versus
Pittsburgh! The playoff game!"
	"Play ball!!" yelled the umpire.
	For the first time since the movie started, Kalon and Zjan-Ren were
quiet. They watched with great interest as the announcer took them through
the game.
	"Al Fowler on the mound for the Knights. Two outs as he faces
Schaffer. The pitch! Schaffer swings! Fly ball going out over the field!!
Hobbs goes back fast!"
	Kalon and Zjan-Ren cheers as Roy makes the catch. But they start to
get concerned as they see Roy hobble a little, trying to hide the fact that
he is in pain.
	The announcer continued. "The Pirates go down 1-2-3 in the first
inning."
	"Look at him. He's in pain," said Kalon. "He can't go on."
	"Ah, but he will, Kalon. He is a warrior, a knight. He will fight,
wounded or not," assured Zjan-Ren.
	"Hobbs kneels next to Bobby Savoy, the batboy for the Knights. Now
batting for the Knights, Number 9, Roy Hobbs."
	Kalon and Zjan-Ren are into the game. They are cheering and yelling
as if they were there at the game itself. They lost all consciousness that
this was just a movie, and not a real game. Even Wolfe was getting excited,
though he wasn't showing any signs of emotion. Kalon threw the remote
across the room when Hobbs struck out in the first inning.
	After three innings the board remained scoreless. Kalon and
Zjan-Ren were on edge. They wanted Hobbs to succeed. They wanted Pop Fisher
to get his pennant. They wanted the Judge to go down. They wanted the
Knights to WIN. But Roy was showing signs of fatigue and pain.
	"SHIT!!" yelled Kalon, as he watched the Pirates score off of a two
RBI homer. "That damned pitcher is throwing the game. I just know it. And
look, Roy knows it too. He is telling the pitcher to play like he should. I
think this is going to get Roy hitting again. I just know it."
	Kalon cursed yet again when he was proved wrong, and Hobbs struck
out yet again. "Hey Iris is going somewhere. I bet that is his fuckin' son,
and in that note she is trying to get to him tells him about the son. See?
She just said that he doesn't know his son is in the stands. It is his son
from when they donkished in the barn."
	Roy got the note and read it. He paced the dugout and stepped out
and looked into the stands. He is thinking now. A new spark just entered
his eyes.
	In the 9th, still two to nothing Pittsburgh. With two outs." said
the announcer in the movie.
	"Yes, the Knights got a man in scoring position," cheered Kalon.
	"But they need to get him in and get another guy in to at least tie
the game," said Zjan-Ren. Then he erupted into cheering himself when the
first runner advanced to third and the batter made it to first. Roy Hobbs
and the wonder boy step up to the plate.
	"Ball," yelled the umpire on the first two pitches.
	"Shit, they are bringing in a new pitcher," said Kalon.
	"Here comes the pitch," said Zjan-Ren.
	"He hits it!!" yelled Kalon. "Right into the glass window,
shattering it on Max Mercy. This is too great.
	"The pitch!" yelled the announcer.
	"Strike!" yelled the umpire.
	"Damn, it's 2-2 count. He better win this thing," said Kalon.
	"Look, it is now lightning out. I think that is a good sign," said
Zjan-Ren.
	"It better god damned well be," said Kalon.
	"Will Hobbs take them all the way?" said the Announcer. "The pitch!
Hobbs hits! Fading, fading, it's foul ball!"
	"Son of a bitch," said Kalon.
	"Back!!" cursed Zjan-Ren.
	"Oh my God!!" said Kalon in shock. "The Wonder boy is broken. He
broke his mother fuckin' bat. This is not good."
	Roy walks up to his broken bat in disbelief. Bobby Savoy the batboy
runs up to it and picks it up and shows it to Roy. The young boy looks at
Roy with a look of "tell me what to do."  Roy looks at his broken bat and
then looks at Bobby. "Pick me out a winner, Bobby."
	"OK," was the only thing Bobby could say. He, too, was in shock,
and scared that things wouldn't go the way they wanted them to. For a bat
that couldn't be chipped or nicked was now broken.
	Bobby runs back to the dugout with the broken Wonder boy. The bat
that will never be used again. Chills shot through Zjan-Ren's, Kalon's and
even Wolfe's bodies as the music started up and Bobby grabbed a new
homemade bat with the name Savoy Special burned into it.
	"I bet that's the fuckin' bat that he made with that kid," enthused
Kalon.
	"They're gonna do it. I just know. Look at him with the new
bat. This is it," said Zjan-Ren.
	"Roy doesn't look too good. Oh my God, he's bleeding on his
side. Shit!! I don't like this," said Kalon.
	The Pitch! The Swing! The Hit!
	"And it's spinning way back up, high over the right field!" yelled
the announcer. "That ball is still going! It's way back, high up in the
air! He did it! Hobbs did it! The Knight's win the pennant!!"
	Kalon and Zjan-Ren were both standing up, cheering and jumping as
Roy Hobbs ran around the bases with the sparks flying from the lights that
the baseball was hit into. Wolfe just sat back calm, cool and collected,
but inside he was cheering like Kalon and Zjan-Ren.
	"Now, that was a good movie," said Kalon. "Probably much better
then the book, wouldn't you say Wolfie?"
	"Yes, this movie was an adaptation of the book by Bernard Malamud;
the plot has been changed for the movie to be more uplifting," said
Wolfe. "But I must say, several of the characters and symbols are heavily
influenced by the writings of Homer and Greek mythology. Roy Hobbs is
Odysseus trying to find his way home. Max Mercy is Vulcan, God of Fire and
Forging; he can either make you or break you.  Did you notice he was always
seen in red and brown clothing? Pop Fisher signifies Zeus, King of the
Gods. Even his uniform had the number one on it, and both the oak tree,
lightning bolt, and the Wonder boy bat are his symbols. The Judge
represents Hades, God of the Underworld, always in the dark, a.k.a. death,
and the dead were `judged' in the underworld. Memo Paris was Calypso, a sea
nymph who held and distracted Odysseus from returning home. Odysseus had an
affair with her. Calypso means `I will conceal'. And Iris represented
Penelope, wife of Odysseus, the love from whom he had been separated during
the Iliad & Odyssey, roughly 20 years, while she raised their son."
	"I don't know much about Earth Literature, but that movie was
spectacular," said Zjan-Ren still overflowing with excitement. "When that
boy gave Roy the Savoy Special, I knew he was going to do it."
	"That's it," said Kalon. He quickly put on his shoes.
	"Where are you going?" asked Zjan-Ren.
	"The past few months I was Pop Fisher to those boys in the
shuttles. Now it's time for me to be Bobby the batboy," said Kalon.
	"What?" asked Zjan-Ren.
	"Bobby the batboy. I need to go get our Roy Hobbs, known as Ben
Collins, his Savoy Special." And with that Kalon disappeared out of his
room.

 *****

	"What's this?" asked Ben as he walked into the shuttle bay. "You
drug me all the way up here to show me this piece of junk?" Standing before
Ben, Douglas and Kalon was a rundown looking shuttle. She had major dents
and scratches, even some phaser blast marks.
	"Never judge a book by it's cover," said Kalon. "She might look
like trash, but she has much magic in her."
	"Hey Ben!! Look!! Her name is Savoy Special."
	"I named her," said Kalon. "I thought the name was fitting."
	Ben looked at her. He didn't want the Savoy Special, he wanted the
Wonder boy. But then Kalon explained to him how the name came to be. He
continued to explain how this shuttle once belong to Jake Masters and since
Jake had no use for it anymore, Kalon was able to get it to replace the
Wonder boy. Ben learned that the systems were set up for that of a
smuggler. So she was definitely a good bounty hunter.
	"Savoy Special, huh?"
	"That's right," said Kalon who saw that the shuttle was appealing
to Ben. Douglas saw that Ben was getting out of his funk too. "I know you
don't have that last chance at bat available to you like Roy Hobbs when he
was given the Savoy Special.  All the Capture the Flags games are over, but
if you guys win tomorrow, you will need her for next term."
	"Can I take her out for a test spin?" asked Ben eagerly, who warmed
up to the idea of the Savoy Special after hearing the story.
	"I thought you'd never ask," said Kalon. "Let's climb aboard."

To Be Continued.....