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[00:34.87]Chapter 1 AOL
[00:39.35]Five hundred kilometres over Europe,
[00:42.88]Ship OM-45 moved north．
[00:49.32]In a room at the back of the ship,
[00:52.59]Kiah watched the numbers on the computer in front of him．
[00:59.14]'Time for dinner,'Rilla said．
[01:04.70]The numbers changed quickly and Kiah's eyes didn't move．
[01:13.26]Rilla went across the room to his table.
[01:18.30]She began to watch the numbers,too．
[01:23.32]'What's wrong with the satellite?'she asked．
[01:28.36]She was a beautiful girl,about twenty years old,
[01:33.55]with long black hair and big eyes．
[01:38.59]'Nothing's wrong with the satellite,'
[01:41.38]Kiah answered quietly．'It's the AOL．'
[01:47.86]He began to write the numbers in the book on his table．
[01:53.65]Suddenly,the numbers stopped changing．
[01:58.86]Kiah looked at Rilla．'Over Europe,'he said．
[02:05.71]'It's happening．The AOL is breaking up．
[02:11.72]There are big holes in the AOL and they're getting bigger．'
[02:17.75]'You're right!Shall we see Captain Seru now,before dinner?'
[02:26.33]Kiah stood up．He was nearly two metres tall,
[02:31.75]with dark eyes and hair．
[02:34.90]'Yes,come on,'he said．
[02:39.87]Quickly,they went to Captain Seru's room．
[02:44.80]They waited at the door．
[02:48.38]'Come in!'captain Seru called．
[02:52.86]She was a little woman with a fat face．
[02:57.03]'Come in!Would you like a drink?'
[03:01.66]'No,thank you,'Kiah answered．
[03:06.13]'I'd like you to look at these numbers．'
[03:10.07]Kiah gave Captain Seru his book．
[03:14.68]Captain Seru looked at the numbers．
[03:18.89]Suddenly,her face changed．'No,no, 'she said．
[03:26.70]'I don't want to talk．It's late and I'm tired．
[03:31.72]Sit down and have a drink．'
[03:35.69]Kiah and Rilla sat down．
[03:39.84]There was a big window in Captain Seru's room．
[03:44.76]Kiah looked out of the window at the dark sky．
[03:50.54]He saw the Moon．
[03:53.18]It was cold and white in the dark sky．
[03:58.92]'Captain Seru,'he began．
[04:02.91]'It's important．Look at those numbers carefully．
[04:08.58]The AOL is beginning to-'
[04:12.15]'Stop!'captain Seru stood up and put her hands in her pockets．
[04:19.71]She went to the window and looked at the sky．
[04:25.73]'Three hundred years ago,Earth nearly died,'
[04:31.06]Rilla said．'Earth stopped dying because of the AOL．
[04:37.78]But now,over Europe,the AOL is breaking up．
[04:44.25]We would like you to talk to Earth Commander．'
[04:49.79]Captain Seru did not move．
[04:54.04]'Do you remember Adai?'she asked．
[04:58.46]She didn't wait for an answer．
[05:02.26]'I was on his ship,two years ago．
[05:06.94]One evening,
[05:08.86]the satellite gave us interesting numbers about the AOL．
[05:15.35]We went back to Earth and saw Earth Commander．'
[05:20.43]captain Seru stopped speaking．
[05:24.58]Rilla looked at Kiah．'And then?'
[05:29.41]she asked Captain Seru．
[05:33.04]'Gog was angry,very angry,'captain Seru said．
[05:40.94]'In the end,he sent Adai to the Moon．
[05:45.78]Adai's there now,
[05:47.91]Commander of the Moon colony,under the Moon．'
[05:53.70]Kiah waited for a second or two．
[05:58.69]'I know about Adai．
[06:01.52]But we need to talk to Earth Commander again．
[06:05.83]These numbers are worse．'
[06:09.94]Captain Seru's face went red．
[06:13.64]'You don't understand．
[06:16.53]I'm not going to talk to Gog．
[06:19.83]Last time,he sent me to a weather ship in the Antarctic!
[06:26.36]This is my first Ship for two years!'
[06:32.00]And Captain Seru began drinking．
[06:37.27]Kiah stood up．'Thank you,Captain Seru．'
[06:43.60]Captain Seru said nothing．
[06:49.48]Kiah and Rilla left the room,
[06:53.16]and walked slowly downstairs．
[06:57.33]The Ship was dark and quiet.
[07:01.20]It was eight o'clock and everybody was at dinner．
[07:08.78]'What are we going to do next?'Rilla asked．
[07:14.29]'I need to talk to Adai,'Kiah said．
[07:19.52]'OK,talk to Adai．But he's far away on the Moon colony,'
[07:27.03]Rilla said．'Let's visit Commander Zadak．'
[07:33.64]'Zadak?Commander of Australia? He's famous!'
[07:40.49]'Yes．He's my father's friend．
[07:45.00]He worked with my father in Brazil ten years ago．
[07:49.67]Perhaps he can help us．'
[07:54.14]Kiah smiled．'Good!We return to Earth next week．
[08:02.16]I can phone Adai from Kisangani and then we can go to Australia．
[08:08.74]But now,I'm hungry!Let's get some dinner．'