Project Boussh: Winnebago In Times Square
by Alison Sky
     Face finally threw the map into the backseat.  "I give up.  Remind me to
give Vape an extra oil bath, cause I could never be able to navigate without
him."
     Alison had to laugh.  "It's ok.  New York is a complicated place, and no
map can teach you how to get around."
     Face yawned and turned back to look into the winnebago.  Dia, Myn and
Kirney slept whereever there had been space.  Face kept looking, feeling like
something was wrong, but shook his head and turned back to look out the window.
 "So, this is the main city..."
     Alison swerved to avoid hitting a cab driver coming out of 42nd street. 
"Yeah.  We're down at Times Square right now.  On January First at midnight, we
lower a giant ball to mark the new year up there."  She points to the top of a
builing.  "And there are parades that go down the street during the major
holidays."
     "So, this is the most populated area of the city?"
     Alison nodded.  "It's between 5th Avenue and Broadway, has every kind of
shop you can imagine on it.  Times Square has always been the place to be."
     "Did I hear shops?" Kirney said, waking up.  Myn, who was holding her,
tried to cuddle up against her, but she slipped away.  "I'd love to get some
Terran clothing, to be able to match the other people."
     "How much money do you have?"
     "We have republic credits," Face said.
     "No Terran money?"
     "Is it different?" Face asked.  Alison sighed.  "What?"
     "I thought you guys were Intel."
     "We are," Kirney said.  "We just have never had any data on Terra.  Can
you loan us some?"
     
     After stopping at a souviner shop getting "I Love NY" shirts for 3 for ten
dollars,  The group continued to walk around the city.  "Are you sure Kolot
and the bago will be ok in that alley?"  Myn asked.
     "Oh yeah," Alison said.  "Anyone seeing a fierce Ewok in a beat up bago
will walk away.  Let's go over to FAO Schwarz on 5th and play in their Star
Wars department."

     Kolot snarled his teeth at the three people looking into the front
windshield of the bago.  They laughed and started to taunt the ewok.  Finally,
Kolot went to the dashboard and opened the secret panal marked "Ion Cannon". 
A gun implacement popped up, and the three theives ran away. 
     Smiling to himself, he went back to the computer.  ON the screen was the
homepage for the Bronx Zoo.  A notebook beside him, he had written out a
detailed map and a plan for the zoo.  He was ready... and now just needed the
moment to escape and complete his self-given mission.