Alvin watched Crystal, who looked both pained and exhausted, down her fourth glass of Whiskey before she sank into a deep sleep...
Carefully laying her flat on the couch, Alvin glanced at the big dog Tetanus, who had crawled over on its two front legs after its injuries improved...
"Protect her!"
Alvin vigorously scratched the big dog's head and said, "I'm going to butcher those two aliens, along with those Monsters.
You keep an eye on Crystal..."
The big dog nodded with startling humanlike understanding, then placed its front paws on Alvin's thigh...
Alvin reached out and shook the big dog's paw. With a complicated look on his face, he said, "I can't guarantee that you'll get a perfect ending, but I guarantee that not one of the aliens or Monsters who hurt you will get away..."
The big dog Tetanus let out a whimper that might have been pain or gratitude. It nudged Alvin's leg several times with its massive head, as if urging him to leave quickly.
Alvin stood and glanced at Harvey, who had been guarding the door the entire time. He smiled and said, "Look after this girl. No one should be treated like this!"
Harvey looked at Alvin through the helmet of his protective suit and said in a muffled voice, "No problem. Little Crystal is BABY's friend...
BABY had a hard enough time making a 'good person' friend...
I'll take good care of her..."
Alvin nodded and left the room. He let the two guarding agents spray him with a strangely scented disinfectant, then entered an empty room next door and called Zhang Qiang...
Zhang Qiang answered almost immediately...
"Alvin, I just finished docking with the Pangu. I need to wait until the supplies here have been transferred before I can act.
That process