1 : Ghost Opera

Book 1 - The Lost World : A radioactive meteor storm hit Earth. The storm last 88 days, it destroyed almost all life on Earth. On Earth there are two kinds of people left. The healthy ones live in the shelters, the radiated savages live in the outdoors. Approximately 20 000 people in Space City and Moon Base are the only true survivors of the storm. The survivors try to rescue healthy people from the shelters. Unfortunately there isn't organic material in Moon. The possible sources, nearest planets are too far away from the survivors and their space ships. The only available non-radiating organic material is the two million healthy people in the shelters, on Earth. In order to provide food and life to the rescued healthy ones, the survivors have no choice, but to slaughter part of the non-radiating people in the shelters. And that's not all. The savages turned out to be violent, and hostile towards the survivors and their rescue team.

- - Night cap at penthouse living room - -
Tuesday morning, 2nd of Hope, year 1.

Jack is sitting in the dimmed living room. With a glass of milk and sandwich. Robyn comes from the bedroom.

"Morning darling. Hopefully I didn't woke you up." Jack says.
"Morning darling. Not you, the phone." Robyn answers.
"It was Chin." Jack says.
"In the middle of the night, was he drunk. Looking for a friend perhaps ?" Robyn asks.
"He doesn't drink. They managed to save Pinky. Asked where to tow it." Jack answers.

Robyn wraps herself into Jack's lap.
"Can they repair it ?" Robyn asks.
"Chin said, that they get it going within a week." Jack answers.

The couple sits quietly on the couch.

"Wish that this isn't true." Robyn says.
"Who wouldn't." Jack comments.

"Would you like to have a glass of milk and a sandwich, darling ?" Jack asks Robyn and takes a bite from his own.
"No thanks. I am not hungry. Could taste yours." Robyn answers.
"Okay." Jack responds.

"Is he going to use firing squads, and shoot the healthy people ?" Robyn asks.
"No. They have injections and sleeping pills." Jack answers.
"Just like the veterinaries put old dogs and cats to eternal sleep." Robyn confirms.
"Yes. Isaac's medical lab developed a harmless narcosis for the execution team." Jack says.

"Where they are put to the eternal sleep ?" Robyn asks.
"In sonic. Monster has bigger engines, it can carry bigger loads than Pinky. They turn Monster's trunk into a mortuary. Chin escorts people to sonic, and they get their pills and injections in mortuary." Jack answers.
"Are they going to tell people, that they are going to kill them ?" Robyn asks.
"Don't know. It's up to Chin." Jack answers.

Jack opens the screen. and shows Isaac's news pages for Robyn. There is a picture and diagram from a new space gadget.
"Look. Every now and then Sun throws carbon clouds to the space. Isaac's team is developing a carbon collector."
Robyn looks at the screen. "It has an engine." She says.
"It chases carbon clouds from the nearby space." Jack says.
"Do not have to slaughter as many people." Robyn says.
"That's what Isaac hopes." Jack says.

Robyn yawns. "Darling. I think, that I go back to sleep."
"I'll finish these. And follow you soon." Jack shows the milk glass and sandwich.

Robyn raises and goes back to bedroom.

- - Arrival to Rescue Team's Base - -

Monster is approaching rescue team's base, old space cargo station. Carrying broken space lift and Pinky over it. People and small space lorries are waiting the triple to come. In the space station's control room the operator activates the airstrip. The big resistors under the strip start to heat the surface and the air above the strip. The area changes it's color from gray to reddish.

Monster lands slowly onto strip. The captain steers Monster near to outlet tube. After Monster stops, the telescopic outlet comes out, and attaches itself to Monster's door. Mr. Chin, Thunderbirds and other rescue team members come out from Monster.

The space lorries start to detach Pinky from the lift. A bus like crew lorry goes to Pinky's door, and takes the crew from Pinky. Then it flies to space lift's flight deck door, and picks the crew from the lift. From the space lift passenger lorry flies to station's garage.

Mr. Chin is walking to the station's lobby. He is accompanied with his sergeant and station keeper. Thunderbirds are walking behind the group. Scott in front, almost with Mr. Chin and his group. The lobby is loaded with steel tubes, plates, tools and furniture.

"What are these ?" Chin asks from the station keeper.
"A present from Robyn." station keeper answers.
"A present from Robyn ?" Chin wonders.
"For modifications. You must modify the station for refugees and further use." station keeper answers.
"Me ?" Chin asks.

Station keeper takes a paper from his pocket "A message from Robyn. Heads of the stations are asked to start the modifications for the refugees and further use immediately." station keeper reads Robyn's orders.

"Do we have to do construction work here ?" Scott complains.
Chin looks at Scott. Then he thinks a while. Finally he answers. "Why not. Strong, healthy men and women. Nothing to do until we get Pinky going again. Keeps you in good shape." Chin answers.
Behind Scott's back Virgil whispers to Alan. "And away from booze, too."

After all crew members are in the lobby, the outlet door is closed.

"Dinner and coffee in the dining room" station keeper shouts, before he leaves to his own facilities.
Sergeant looks at Chin. Chin bows. "Attention ! Dinner and coffee. Everyone." sergeant shouts to the team members. 

Troops start to walk to accommodation facilities and dining room in there.

- - Dinner at Rescue Team's Base - -

Chin and his group comes to Dining Room. And sit into table. Monster's and Pinky's captains come to Chin.

"Chin. We would like to talk with you in private." Pinky's captain says to Chin.
"There is an empty table. Lets go there. Take some food from the kitchen. Self service here." Chin says. He takes his plate and walks to the table. Captains go to get their portions from the kitchen counter.

"What's on your mind ?" Chin asks after captains sit into table.
"When do we go again ?" Monster's captain asks.
"After Pinky is ready to go. We stay week in here ?" Chin says and looks Pinky's captain.
"Yes they estimated the damages from sensor data, said that they could get it going within a week." Pinky's captain says.

"Where do they take it ?" Monster's captain asks.
"Nowhere. After they get it off the lift, they take it to the garage. They send all spare parts and service staff to here." Chin answers.

"You said, that Jack is just like before." Monster's captain begins.
"What did he actually say, when you talked with him ?" Pinky's captain continues.
"Just told you. He said that the mission lasts over a year. The planes are here during the time. Said, that it would be far more convenient, if spare parts and service staff are here."

Captains look at each other.

"The hit . . . did he say anything about the hit ?" Monsters captain asks.
"He talked quite a lot about the hit. Wondered what went wrong with the defense system. Said that it has ten unique missile controllers. After first is reserved, the second should activate automatically. Said that before we go, Monster's defense system must be checked for the same malfunction." Chin answers

After a small break he continues. "He did not give any special orders from you two. Asked you to be careful with Monster. If you want to hear the whole call, it is still recorded in my phone's flash memory."

"Okay" Monster's captain says. 
"What next ?" Pinky's captain asks.
"We have construction work to do. We must start to build apartments for the refugees. Most of the people are building Iron City in Moon and Office Quarters in Space City." Chin answers.
"Iron City. Official name ?" Pinky's captain asks.
"Yes. The first district opens next weekend. We take part to the parade. Read the name from the papers." Chin answers.

"Coffee for dessert ?" Monster's captain asks.
"Tea for me." Chin answers. "Coffee, please" Pinky's captain answers.

Monster's captain takes the plates away and brings coffee and tea for all. Chin takes cigarette box from his pocket. First he offers cigarettes to captains, Pinky's captain do not smoke, Monster's captain takes one. Finally Chin takes his own cigarette from the box. Monster's captain offers fire to Chin, and men are ready to drink their coffee and tea.

Thunderbirds are sitting few tables away from Chin and captains.
"Look. They got Pinky to the wires." Gordon looks out from the window.
"It is quite deep in the tank." Virgil comments the sight.
"They start to lift it now" Scott comments.

- - Detach Pinky : Rescue Team's Base - -

"One. Two. Three. Go !" commander lorry informs the others. Wired lorries start to take more altitude and drag Pinky away from lift's air tank.
"Careful now." supervising commander lorry warns. Pinky start to raise slowly from space lift's air tank. Right-back is not raising at all..
"Commander. Right  back is stuck." lorry with wires to Pinky's right back informs the commander.
"Lorries stop. Keep your places. Men. Go and check the right back" commander orders the others. 

The passenger lorry flies to near Pinky's right back. Men with space suits come out from the passenger lorry. They lower themselves inside the tank.

Inside the tank there is quite a mess. One bigger center beam has punched Pinky's right wing. Sad looking Pinky is surrounded with broken support beams. There are pieces from lift's fabric like tank covers everywhere. Pinky has lost part of it's right wing, remaining has holes and cracks in it. Loose, sparkling wires are coming out from the wing holes. Another engine is missing. Right side of Pinky's body is full of small pits and cracks. 

"Commander can you hear us." group leader asks.
"Yes. What is the matter ?" commander asks.
"One center beam has made a hole to the right wing. It is holding the back like a socket. We'll cut it from the top surface. Not possible to dive under the wing. It is too dense for anyone to even try." group leader answers.
"We will wait your message." commander answers. The passenger lorry drops more men and tools to the air tank.

In the air tank The men take cutters and cut the beam. One man throws the beam aside.

"Commander, we are ready. We'll stay on the wing until it is off the hook." group leader speaks to his helmet radio.
"Okay. Lorries. Start the lift. One meter up, then stop." commander instructs the lorries. Lorries start the engines and take more altitude. Pinky raises slowly from the air tank.

"Lorries. Service team here. Pinky's back is loose now. Stop the lift, we'll go back to ship." lorries shut down their engines. Service team goes back to the passenger lorry.

Lorries start the engines. Pinky starts to raise from the air tank. After few minutes Pinky is in the free space. Lorries release the wires. One lorry starts to tow Pinky to station's garage. 

Station keeper releases broken space lift from Monster's top pads. One lorry throws a wire to lift. It tows it to the garage. Another lorry wires itself to Monster and drags it away from the sight.

In the dining room Chin's sergeant raises and breaks the silence.
"Attention everyone. The show is over now." sergeant begins the shouting.
"Our next mission is in here. We must build apartments and facilities for the rescued people. Most of the work is mechanic. Bolt screwing. Part holding. Part carrying. Your corporals will question you from special skills, which could be used in construction works. We need people with electrical and pipe work skills. And now. Dismiss." sergeant ends the shouting.

The rescue team starts to walk away from the dining room.

- - Smart Suite in the morning - -

"Where were you last night ?" Pen asks on the morning coffee.
"Morning darling. I was searching for you." Max answers.
"I was in the voluntary works." Pen answers.
"So was I. But they didn't have anything for an agent." Max says. "They said that all entertainers already have agents, and they threw me out of there."

"Max. Where were you ?" Pen gets suspicious. 
"In voluntary works. There is big sign in the lobby. I went in, and they started to ask all kinds of things from me." Max says. 
"It is recruitment office for Voluntary Works." Pen says. 
"Yes. I know that." Max surprises Pen.
"You knew it. You went there to search me ?" Pen asks.
"Not exactly dear. Wanted to do something for the new world. With you." Max answers.
"And they did not have anything for you." Pen says.

"No. I am nothing. Just a worthless piece of trash." Max says sadly.

"Poor Max." Pen says. "I am in Justice Group. We set rules for people and businesses. Quite sure that you can join us."
"Thanks Pen" Max says, and comes to kiss Pen. Pen smells odor of old booze from Max's breath.
"Max what did you do after they threw you out from Voluntary Works. Came here to cry ?" Pen soothes Max gently.
"Yes. Dear. That's what I did. Came here to cry a little." Max says proudly, but voice shaking a little.
"I'll ask today, if our supervisor would take you to our team." Pen promises.
"Darling. You're an angel." Max answers. Pen picks an empty rum bottle from the floor and throws it to trashes.

Pen looks at the clock. "It is almost eight clock. We must go to work now."

Pen and Max leave the suite.

- - Week for hard work : Rescue Team's Base- -

In the morning rescue team gathers to the dining room for breakfast and getting orders from sergeant and corporals.
"Scott. " Alan begins.
"To you. Corporal, may I speak with you. And when I come to your bunker, you all stand up, and shout attention." Scott corrects incorrectly formatted speech.
"Scott." Virgil says.
"Just joking, just read the book for the corporals and sergeants." Scott answers.
"Written by Mr. Chin . . . perhaps." Virgil suggests.
"Yes, many years ago . . . Alan. What you were asking ?" Scott asks
"Gordon asked, who the flight captains are." Alan says.
"Monster's captain is Charles Bleriot." Scott says to Gordon.
"And Pinky's captain ?" Gordon asks.
"I do not know." Scott answers.

"His name is Louis Lindberg. Former fighter pilots and war veterans both. In Kosovo 99, they shared the room. Someone placed drugs, injections and stolen payroll money into their closets, and asked MP to raid their room. Looked like drug addicts. Lost their jobs, medals, reputation and everything." an elder rescue team member from the table knows.
"Thanks." Gordon says.

"Finished with breakfast ?" Scott asks from his team. "We can check our next mission with coffee."

Scott's team cleans the table and pick coffee to themselves. When they are returning, garage's outer air lock door is opened. Monster comes out and flies quickly away from the sight.

After team sits down, with the coffee and tea, Scott takes a map from his case. He spreads it to the table. The map is a floor plan from rescue team's base.

"Our mission is here." Scott points to an empty spot on the floor plan.
"We have three days to assemble six apartments to this area. Space cargo ships are bringing the parts and modules to the base. Our mission is to assemble them properly. Install electricity, water pipes and drains to them." he continues and keeps a small break.

"Any questions ?" Scott asks. No one says a word.

"If not. Lets go to work." Scott finishes his sentence.

Scott and his team raises from the table and walk away from the dining room.

- - Moon's Orbital Station - -
Sunday, 8th of Hope, Year 1.

On the Sunday morning a sight ship flies to Moon's Orbital Station. Orbital station is quite small space station. A big space cargo ship is anchored to the station. Few moon carriers are parked around it's cargo space. The sight ship lands to station's airstrip. Then it rolls to the outlet tubes, and stops there.

In the lobby there are people working. Installing counters, chairs and benches to lobby. Robyn, Jack and their children come to the station's lobby. Isaac and few other people follow them. The station keeper joins Robyn, Jack, Isaac and others.

"This used to be a cargo station. Quite primitive. We are modifying the station for passengers. Adding benches, reception, bathrooms and a small cafeteria to the lobby." station keeper explains the on going work to the group.

"You are working on Sundays." Isaac says to keeper.
"Everyone does. It is the best way to forget the past . . .  You get mad, if you do not have anything to do." station keeper says.

"Dad, what are those ?" eldest points the cargo ship lift with a finger.
"They are moon carriers. They come from Moon Mines. Loaded with steel plates. They unload the cargo to cargo ships here." Jack answers.
"Nowadays most of the things they bring, are beds, tables, chairs, and parts for the modules." station keeper corrects Jack.
"Moon Base Module Facilities were opened last week." Robyn continues Jack's briefing.
"I see. Good. I didn't know that." Jack says.

From the window the group sees a Passenger Carrier coming to the Station.
"Your transport to Moon is coming." station keeper says.
"What is that ?" Isaac asks.
"It is a moon carrier. Boys added windows and seats to it's cargo space, used sight ship spare parts for the modifications. Now it acts like a bus. We gave it a name Moon Bus." station keeper explains.
"Progressing all the time." Isaac comments.
"Do you have more than one of those ?" Robyn asks.
"We have two modified carriers. They start regular flights after we get this lobby system ready. We use sight ships for the flights between Space City and this station." station keeper answers.

Another inlet tube opens in the lobby.
"Moon is waiting for us. We must go now. Thanks for your time." Robyn says and thanks the station keeper.
"Not at all." station keeper answers.
"Keep up the good work." Jack says. The group walks into the outlet tube, which leads to Moon Bus. After the group has gone, the tube door is closed.

Moon Bus departures from the Orbital Station. Quite soon it vanishes to Moon.

- - Sight and Flight over Iron City - -

The group's Moon Bus flies over Moon.

"Below you can see the first quarter of Iron City." Nice looking young guide says to microphone. People in the ship looks down.

On the ground there is a big coned area. Under the cone there are four high buildings in block. In the center of the block there is an empty yard. The block is surrounded by a wide streets.

"How are you building these ?" Jack asks Robyn.
"Four 20 floor houses per block. They have nine staircases and room for about 2 000 refugees, or 700 families." Robyn answers.

"How many blocks you have per suburbia ?" Isaac asks Robyn.
"Five to six blocks per unit. Around 10 000 inhabitants per quarter. Quarters are surrounded with greenhouses and factories." Robyn explains.
"About the same size than the old cargo stations." Jack comments.
"Yes darling. We thought, it would be better to keep communities rather small." Robyn answers.

The ship arrives to Moon Base airfield. "We are arriving Moon Base. Please fasten your seat belts." guide instructs the passengers.
The ship lands to the reddish, heated airstrip.

The group enters Moon Base lobby. Base keeper joins the group.
"Welcome to Moon Base. Your suites are in the second floor. On Saturday we have a small round trip around Iron City. The podium and cameras are already in Iron City's main street. We have over 2 000 men and women working in three shifts, in order to get Iron City ready." keeper greets and guides the group.

The group walks to the elevators, and go to their suites in second floor.

- - The Iron City in the Silicon World - -

The live broadcast from Iron City begins. The screens all over Space World are opened for the big event. People have stopped working. They gather to restaurants and public places.

In Iron City, the sides of the street, which leads to Iron City are full of people. Cheering and making noise. Iron City's entrance is closed with a ribbon.

The orchestra starts to play happy music.

Robyn begins the event. She comes to the gates. With big silver scissor in her hand. The tense drumming begins. Robyn opens the scissors slowly. Then she starts to move the opened scissors towards the ribbon. The drumming accelerates. 

Finally Robyn cuts the wire. The drumming stops. Moon's atmosphere is colored and filled with enormous firework launch. During the fireworks people, who built the city, start to walk to the sides of Iron City's main street.

After the fireworks, long parade start their journey on the main street. Besides the rescue team, there are dancer groups, clown groups, and ordinary people rejoicing in the parade.

After the parade Robyn, Jack and Isaac go to the podium.

"People !" Robyn shouts.
"People ! Take your glasses ! And drink to the Iron City !" Robyn raises her glass, and continues shouting.

"We will survive !" Jack shouts when he raises his glass.

"Nothing can stop us !" Isaac shouts and raises a piece of white cloth to the air.
"Isaac. What is that ?" Robyn turns to Isaac.

"This ? . . .  This is our future. This is a cloth made from silicon." Isaac answers.
"Silicon ?" Jack wonders.

"Yes. Silicon. We do not have carbon, but we have silicon." Isaac says.
"Isaac. What can we do from silicon ?" Robyn asks.
"Fabrics, windows,  furniture, matters for beds, paddings, boxes for apparels. And we are developing new usages for silicon all the time." Isaac answers.

"Is there anything you can't do from it ?" Jack asks suspiciously.
"Food. We can't make food from silicon." Isaac says.

"Where did you got it ?" Robyn wonders.
"We get it from Moon. Moon is made from iron and silicon. Almost 50 percent from Moon's surface is silica." Isaac answers.

Robyn and Jack have a small conversation between each other. The conversation ends to the closing and enforcing engine sounds.

"What's that ?" Isaac wonders and tries to find the sources for the sounds.
"Ou. That. Thunderbirds Two, Three and Four are showing themselves. Boys coated them with radiation proof layers." Jack answers.
"What do you do with them ?" Robyn asks.
"Two and Four are assigned to the rescue mission." Jack answers.
"They do not have weapons ?" Isaac comments.
"Monster gives air and ground support to Thunderbird 2. Pinky to Thunderbird 4." Jack answers.

Thunderbird Space Ships fly over the Main Street. Side by side, at same altitude. They have been equipped with smokers, and leave colorful smoking trails behind them. After passing Iron City, they turn around and come back. Scrolling around the horizontal axis. Alan in nimble Thunderbird 3 makes also some additional maneuvers. Over the main street they quit the scrolling and start to fly on their backs. At the turn point the ships start to take more altitude. After getting high enough, they start the vertical rush to the ground, scrolling around the axis. At few hundred meter altitude, they straighten the ships and start to fly horizontally. Alan does not straighten Thunderbird 3, he makes few loops in the air.

After small break Robyn says "And Thunderbird 3, is it broke ?"
"No darling. Space Net pilots are testing and using it." Jack answers.
"It goes to Venus ?" Isaac asks.
"It is too small for rescue operation. It does not have a cargo space. The engines are too small for carrying cargo. But Thunderbird 3 can land on Earth. . . . and Venus too." Jack answers.
"When does it leave to Venus ?" Robyn asks.
"As soon as possible." Jack answers.

After Thunderbird flight show is over, Robyn turns back to cameras and audiences. She raises her glass.
"To Silicon World ! To the people, who built this city." She shouts and takes a drink from her glass. The people hoorays and joins Robyn.
"Dinner is served at the restaurants, to each and everyone." Jack invites people to dinner.
"Please join us." Isaac finishes the speech.

Robyn, Jack and Isaac walk away from the podium. The camera follows trio's walk to Iron City's first restaurant.

The broadcast ends, and the fun begins. People start to walk to local restaurants and cafeterias. In Iron City unfinished building's street levels were converted to temporal restaurants.

The screens start to show recorded footage from Iron City, it's houses, greenhouses and facilities.

- - - -

Robyn, Jack and children are sitting in their own table in the front.

"Mom, I am tired. Want to go to sleep." youngest says.
"There is only dancing and drinking left. We are free to go." Jack says.

Robyn, Jack and children leave the restaurant. The orchestra starts to play dance music.
Isaac and his wife begins the dance. Chin and his wife follows Isaac.

Ann and Jacques are celebrating the occasion in the same restaurant.
"May I" Jacques asks Ann. Ann and Jacques enter the dance floor.

"You think they practiced the podium jokes ?" Jacques asks his partner Ann.
"Don't know. Looked very real to me." Ann answers.

"You got a transfer to here." Jacques says.
"Yes. Office work in Moon Module Factory." Ann answers.

"What do you do there ?" Jacques asks.
"Build walls and cone parts for Iron City and Space Cargo Stations." Ann answers.
"I was thinking about your work." Jacques corrects Ann politely.
"Me ? I write reports, take orders from the construction teams." Ann says.
"Secretary." Jacques says.
"Amongst many other things. Yes." Ann answers.

The song ends and couple walks back to the table.

- - - -

Robyn returns from the bedroom to the living room.
"All sleeping now darling ?" Jack asks.
"Yes darling." Robyn answers.

"Tired ?" Jack asks.
"Something special in mind ?" Robyn answers.
"Saw that the first greenhouse module is ready. Could go to there . . . if you are not interested in going back." Jack proposes.
"Why not. Nanny sees after kids." Robyn answers.

Robyn and Jack leave the suite.

- - - -

Isaac, Chin and their spouses are sitting in the restaurant.

"Where are you from ?" Isaac's wife asks from Chin's wife.
"I am from Singapore. Isaac where are you from ?" Chin's wife answers and asks.
"I am from Space City." Isaac answers.
"His thoughts and opinions were too radical for the country, where he was born." Isaac's wife explains.
"My October manifest led me into jail. Lost my status as respectable scientist too." Isaac finishes the answer.

"Chin where are you from, Singapore too ?" Isaac's wife asks.
"I am from Space City, too." Chin answers.

"What happened to you ?" Isaac's wife continues.
"Many years ago I worked for police. As chief detective. I had problems with booze. Internal affairs got interested in me." Chin answers.
"He was sentenced to jail for few years. From corruption and drug sales." Chin's wife answers.
"Jack believed in me and my innocence. Or then he did not care. He asked me to join his organization." Chin answers.

The group in the table goes quiet.

"What if we go dancing." Isaac lightens the mood. The group leaves to the dance floor.

- - - -

Thunderbirds have landed and parked their ships. Thunderbird pilots come to the Iron City's restaurant.
"There are Jacques and Ann." Virgil comments.
"Let's go there." Alan says.

Thunderbirds sit to Ann's and Jacques' table.
"You are going to Earth with your ships." Jacques begins.
"Not to the first flight. The coatings are not yet ready. All men are working with Pinky." Virgil answers.
"And you're going to Venus." Ann says to Alan.
"No. I stay with my brothers. I am co-pilot to Gordon. Space Net pilots take my ship." Alan answers.

"Scott. What do you do ?" Jacques asks.
"Trying to find a waitress." Scott answers.
"He co-pilots me." Virgil continues with the old issue.
"Here she comes . . . Six Barbadian rums. Quickly" Scott says to waitress.
"Something to eat too ?" waitress gives menus to Thunderbirds before she leaves to pick the rums.

"What is wrong with your hand ?" Ann asks Scott.
"He hammered his fingers last week." Gordon explains.
"Hammered ?" Jacques asks.
"We were building apartments to the rescue base." Scott answers.

The waitress brings the rums and takes the dinner orders.

"The apartments. Are you building them to yourself ?" Ann asks.
"No. To refugees." Alan answers.
"We have rooms in the old facilities." Virgil continues.

"We got nice new apartments from Iron City." Jacques says.
"Singles ?" Alan asks.
"We are currently dating. Not sleeping together . . . yet. " Ann answers hastily.
"Progressing all the time . . . There weren't any singles available. Doubles are the smallest available apartments." Jacques continues.
"Are they very primitive ?" Virgil asks.
"Not very primitive. There are beds, tables, chairs. Fully decorated." Ann answers.

"Here comes the dinner." Scott notifies the waitress and puts his rum glass on the table.

Thunderbirds start to eat. Ann and Jacques go to dance floor.

"Look. Robyn and Jack are walking on the street." Gordon notifies the others. Others take a glance through the window. Then they continue with the meal.

- - To Moon Park - -

Robyn and Jack are walking on main street. On the other side there is the first Iron City block. On the other there are basement constructions for the next block. In the front there are big holes for next two blocks.

"People are eager to move here. From Senior City and Space Hotel. Getting transfer requests from people all the time." Robyn says.
"The apartments in here are bigger than suites in Space City." Jack says.
"Gravity is better in here. Do not have to be afraid that you hit your head to the roof." Robyn says.

"You got this ready very quickly." Jack thanks Robyn.
"Thank you darling. We used Space Hotel suites. Punched door holes into walls, and combined two to four per apartment. Turned additional toilets and baths to closets." Robyn says.

"Are they strong enough ?" Jack asks.
"We are building new modules from stronger material, Moon steel. Using the old suite modules in top floors." Robyn answers.

The couple walks away from the quarters. Robyn sighs deeply. Jack wraps her under his shoulder. He gives a small kiss to Robyn's hair. The couple chooses the road, which leads to greenhouse area. 

- - Meanwhile at Space Hotel - -

Pen and Max are having their dinner at Space Hotel.

"Food was good." Max says to Pen.
"Yes it was darling." Pen answers.

"Going to get drink from the bar. You want something, darling ?" Max asks.
"Barbadian Rum" Pen answers. Max leaves the table. The restaurant is far from full, and Max gets drinks quickly.

"Almost everyone went to Iron City" Max says.
"People are saying, that it is very important to make children. What do you think about it ?" Pen begins.
"People talk what they talk." Max answers.

"Dear Max. I meant us having children. I could leave the pills for a while." Pen corrects Max.

Max changes his color from white to red. Then he loosens his tie. Sweat drops fall from his forehead.
"Father . . . Me ?" Max stammers.
"Yes. You darling." Pen says.

"We don't have very much room in my suite." Max answers.
"All couples, who are having children are privileged to the apartment in Moon Base." Pen answers.

"We don't have money to make children." Max opposes.
"No one does. First payday is at the end of Hope." Pen responds.

"I have been under pressure lately. Not sure if it works properly." Max tries.
"You didn't have any problems last night." Pen responds.

"Your new friends . . . I knew they were up to something." Max says.

"So. It's a deal then. I left the pills already yesterday." Pen smiles from happiness.

"Would you like to dance with me ?" beaten Max proposes.
"Yes. I would love to darling." Pen answers.

Pen and Max walk to the dance floor and start to dance.

- - At Moon Park - -

The road to Moon Park runs in transparent tube. Outside the tube cold rocky Moon spreads to all over. The city is in canyon. The canyon walls cut the sights to all directions.

"Are these cones made from silica ?" Robyn asks.
"Yes. They are." Jack answers.
"Thought you were mining steel from here." Robyn says.
"Silica did not have big markets and need on Earth. We used it for the cones in here and Space City only." Jack responds.

"Here it is. Moon Park." Robyn says. 

"Look how kangaroo jumps." Robyn says and jumps few times at the greenhouse area.
"Where are the animals." Jack says and looks around.

"They haven't come yet." Robyn says from the high rock. Jack takes few steps and jumps to over 3 meter high rock.

"Look there is a lake." Robyn shows Jack.
"It's nice. And river too." Jack says.

"Cannot watch Moon from here." Jack says after twisting his head around for a while.
"You forgot it, huh ?" Robyn says.
"Sort of a moon maniac." Jack answers.

Robyn jumps down from the rock. "Let's go to lake. Catch me if you can." She says and runs to lake. Jack follows Robyn.

At the lake the couple sits down on the natural lake front. Jack grabs a small bottle of champagne and two disposal glasses from his pocket. He opens the bottle, and pours the champagne to glasses. Then he gives another glass to Robyn.

"To my beautiful Robyn." Jack raises his glass.
"To my handsome Jack." Robyn raises her glass.

Jack grabs cigarettes from his pocket.
"Darling. Did you bring my cigars ?" Robyn asks.
"Of course I did darling. " Jack answers.

Jack puts his cigarettes down. He grabs Robyn's cigar box from his pocket.

"Here you are darling." Jack offers cigar and light for Robyn. After that he takes and lights a cigarette to himself.

The couple sits quietly at the lake. Stars shine above. Every now and then Jack throws small rocks to the water.

"Jack." Robyn begins.
"Yes darling." Jack answers.

"Should we make more children ?" Robyn asks.
"Why not. You are only 32, not too old. Do you have time ?" Jack answers.
"I was thinking about you darling. You are getting old." Robyn answers.
"I am only a human. Can't help it . . . You are quite busy at the moment." Jack says.
"You could do part of my work." Robyn says.
"Yes of course darling." Jack answers.

"Should we move to here ?" Jack asks.
"Build a house to here ?" Robyn asks
"Yes." Jack answers.
"Don't know. I would love to, but it takes so much time and people to build it." Robyn says.
"You're right darling." Jack answers.
"Your penthouse in Space Hotel is big and nice. No need to move away from there." Robyn says.

"Talking about houses, sent Monster to secret mission last week." Jack says.
"Where ?" Robyn asks.

"To Earth. They scanned the areas around your residence in Africa." Jack answers after a small break.
"Why ?" Robyn asks.
"Searched a temporal place for the people, we save from the shelters." Jack answers.

"The savages ! They are breaking into the shelters and killing people in there." Robyn exclaims.
"Yes. That's why" Jack confirms.

After a small break Jack continues "Isaac was absolutely sure that people will come out from the shelters after they run out of food. They either join or get killed by the savages."

"Very easy to believe that." Robyn comments.
"Yes it is darling." Jack verifies.

The couple gets quiet for a while.

"How was it ?" Robyn asks.
"Could've been worse. Far away from the oceans and floating radiation. One meteor swarm had hit the area. Air strip is okay." Jack answers.

"Did they get contact to bunkers ?" Robyn asks.
"Yes. There is around 500 people in the bunkers and caves." Jack answers.

"Lots of savages ?" Robyn asks.
"Not as many as on Fairy Tale island. Not as heavily armed either." Jack says.

"Was there anyone inside the mansion ?" Robyn asks.
"No, they had closed the building and escaped to the bunkers." Jack says.

A fish jumps in the lake.
"Look there is a fish in the lake" Jack breaks the sad conversation. 

Robyn starts to look at the lake with Jack. Another fish jumps in the lake.
"There is another one." Robyn rejoices.

"Would you like to go swimming. Fresh and warm water." Jack asks.
"Why not." Robyn says. Robyn and Jack go into water.

"Jack what are you thinking." Robyn says to Jack, who seems to be in his own thoughts.

"I was thinking about the name for this romantic swim. Cannot use the old moonlight swimming in Moon." Jack answers.
"How about starlight swim. Stars are shining above." Robyn responds.
"Excellent idea darling . . . we are having a starlight swim . . . would you like to join me for a starlight swim . . . fine . . . you are a genius darling." Jack thinks about the new name for the nightly swims.

"I know. That's why you wanted to marry me so badly." Robyn says modestly.
"Thought you spelled me with the female magic ." Jack answers.

"No darling. You fell in love with my brains and intellectuality." Robyn says.
"Glad to hear that darling. Thought that I fell in love to your beauty and nice character . . . but whatever you say darling." Jack answers.

Robyn and Jack raise from the water. 
"Darling what time it is ?" Robyn asks.

Jack takes watch from his clothes.
"Two a clock in the morning. Wagons turned into a gourd, and gown into rags two hours ago. It is time for Cinderella to run home. Working day tomorrow." Jack answers.

The couple dresses up and walk away from Moon Park.

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- - Song Introduction - -

Ghost Opera is based on Music Box melody 25. Last melody of the series. Nice, but short melody. Thought that it would suit well for the opening song. Made quite soft opening for the song, so that visitor who come read the Maxwell story, can stand the opening tunes.

Before we made this song, we tested how Rihanna's single, We Found Love, sounds as an instrumental. In We Found Love backgrounds are played with organs. Could not play the organ track with Ghost Boxes. We twisted one organ to play the Ghosts. Used the Ghost Organ also with this track.