45 - 15 - Hijacks a Bug ship

"Uh, Ax-man," I said, "do you have even, like, one little clue?"

<I now have several. I will need several more before I can pilot the craft effectively.>

Tobias fell to the floor with a thud. We'd stopped accelerating. Now we hovered indecisively.

Ax flipped two switches over his head, then pressed a red button. There was the sound of a fan. Warm air rushed out from under the seats that lined the sidewalls. Ax's stalk eyes swung around, puzzled.

"Much better, Ax," Rachel said impatiently. "You have the makings of a great heating-and-cooling engineer."

"Maybe we should read the owner's manual?" Cassie.

<No. No, that will not be necessary,> Ax declared, newly confident. <I have an idea. Rather than search for the tunnel entrance based on clues from Z-space chatter, why not let the Bug fighter guide us? All low-level Yeerk combat ships are programmed to return to base automatically if flight begins to seem, um, erratic.>