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    Teddy Bear Man
    Teddy Bear Man
    Teddy Bear Man
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    Teddy Bear Man

    By R. Richard

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    I'm then led back out to the hanger facility where a large government truck is just pulling in, escorted by a couple of dozen heavily armed soldiers and the CO. On the truck is a stubby winged little craft that might have been a space re-entry vehicle. The little craft is banged up pretty badly and it's even possible to see into the craft through a couple of rents in the outer skin.
    The little craft is unloaded from the truck, via some overhead cranes in the hanger facility.
    The CO then tells me that he's under orders to get an investigation of the little craft started ASAP.
    I think over the matter and decide that, since I'm on an Army base, the Army brass has decided to grab the little craft for their own, before the Air Force can put in a claim. My initial guess is pretty much confirmed when the CO asks me what I'll do first.
    I think for a few moments, then tell him, “I'll survey the outside of the craft first, using a Geiger counter, and recording my impressions in a voice recorder. Then, if everything seems normal, I'll try to enter the craft and survey the inside, again inventorying as I go. What happens then, depends on what I find in my initial survey."
    The CO gets me a Geiger counter, a couple of recorders, a fancy cell phone and then tells me to get started. He'll have me more people to help within a few hours. He then turns on his heel and leaves.
    By the time the CO leaves, the truck and the soldiers who delivered the maybe spacecraft are also just leaving and I'm alone.
    I take a deep breath and decide to start my inventory of the craft and earn my pay. It's obvious that I'm expendable here and that I had better be as careful as I can. However, if I'm to survive, I have to have a job. My current assignment is looking like my only current job possibility.
    I begin to survey the outside of the craft. The Geiger counter tells me that there's a bit of radiation from what must be the propulsion unit, but not so much that the unit needs to be be some sort of atomic powered device. I move carefully around the outside of the craft and record the physical description of the outside of the thing, including the damage. I pace off things like the length of the vehicle and the width. My measurements are really rough, but will give a detail investigation team some idea of the general size.
    I then enter the craft via a hatch in the side. The hatch is released by a simple enough but three step latch. I squeeze inside and find that there's a pilot’s seat in a small compartment at the front of the craft. The display panel is still on and still chirping. I again use the Geiger counter and find no harmful radiation. There's a large red switch in the panel and I release the safety latch and turn the red switch off and the power goes off. The chirping stops and the panels all go dead.
    Behind the pilot compartment there are four 'trays' with restraints for passengers. The tray seats are too small for an adult, at least an adult human. Behind the passenger trays is a maybe storage area.
    In the storage area, there are several cabinets. They seem to contain survival supplies, including some sort of food stuffs. One of the cabinets also proves to contain a very tiny, live alien. I'm surprised and I jump back.
    The alien chirps at me.
    I have no idea what I should do. I finally step back and motion for the little alien to come out of the storage cabinet.
    The little alien comes out. It's wearing some sort of pressure suit, but the face panel is open. It can breath our air, or at least thinks it can. I half expect the little alien to draw a genuine cosmic disrupter ray gun and chirp, “Take me to your leader!”
    The little alien just stares at me. I motion for it to follow me.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Richard
    Release dateJan 3, 2016
    ISBN9781311039002
    Teddy Bear Man
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    R. Richard

    I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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