I am momentarily distracted from chasing after Al and Marvin by a giant shadow in the sky. "This is how the Dinosaurs must have felt when that asteroid was about to hit them..." Several yards away, the bird hits the ground, close enough for the concussion to knock me over. Several more yards away, the second Helmacron ship is also raidly descending.
So, I basically have no choice, do I? Be the size of an ant forever....and quite possibly become dinner FOR an ant...or approach that ship. I make my way towards it.