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Decoder Ring Theatre

Bix Banderson vs the Universe 10

Decoder Ring Theatre

Gregg Taylor

Stories For Kids, Fiction, Kids & Family

4.8661 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The biggest, baddest, most-all consuming Cosmic Empire ever known is about to meet its match:

An eleven-year-old Earth Boy, on the run from summer camp.

Decoder Ring Theatre presents Bix Banderson Vs. The Universe, an intergalactic adventure par excellence written and read by Gregg Taylor, with additional voices by Clarissa Dernederlanden, Tessa Taylor and Maxwell Taylor as Bix Banderson!

This week: Chapter Ten – In which unwanted guests are encouraged to be somewhere else entirely.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Chapter 10

0:06.3

The alert siren in the cargo hold began to wail, and the emergency lights began to flash in triple time,

0:13.9

which was reserved for systems crises rated between levels 8 and 14, which was catastrophic

0:18.5

failure.

0:20.1

Major Bebe knew all of this, as did her squad.

0:23.4

In the instant the ringing began, they slammed their helmets back on and prepped their

0:26.9

sidearms for immediate use. Seconds later, when the door burst open and the robot wheeled in at

0:31.3

high speed, at least six of the guns were pointed at it, but no one fired. Whoa, whoa!

0:38.0

The robot cried, raising most of its many hands and waving them around in a deeply unprofessional

0:42.6

manner that made the major frown.

0:44.7

What is it?

0:45.6

What's happening?

0:46.2

She snapped, sprinting toward the main door, which stood open for the first time since her team

0:50.2

had boarded this madhouse of a ship.

0:52.4

Radiation, Spike!

0:53.6

The robot said, pulling itself together.

0:55.8

The captain thinks we might have lost reactor containment.

0:59.2

As one, the major and her team checked small black devices that each wore in their utility

1:03.2

belts.

1:04.2

The light was a cheerful green.

1:06.7

I get a negative reading, she said, looking around to see if there were any dissenting opinions

1:10.3

and seeing none. Are you sure? The she said, looking around to see if there were any dissenting opinions and seeing none.

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