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<cut back to "Fred", two stunned astronauts, a shaking figure under a bed and a radio desperately trying to get a response.>
The astronauts both open and close their mouths, and eventually one manages to say "No, there are no squirrels here." (which is unfortunately picked up by the radio microphone, and triggers what sounds like an apoplectic explosion based around the importance of following orders and leaving the station immediately.)
"Squirrels?" questions the other astronaut.
"Yes," replies Lazy-Scot. "You know: pan-dimensional, hyper-intelligent, meta-evil, time-travelling, dark jedi, pirate ninja creatures bent on the destruction of mankind." And noticing the flags emblazoned on the astronauts shoulders, he adds "and the America Way of Life."
"Pan-d---." Stuttered the station commander in confusion. "You're full of ---"
"Trust me, after that flight, I most certainly am not. And if you don't believe me, look out the window." And with that he gestured towards several objects floating just visible outside the window, and another that appeared to be approaching the station.
"Well how on earth did you get up here?"
"Up here? By MESS. The suit." LazyScot said indicating the suit he's wearing. "A friend who's been kidnapped has some, um, interesting inventions. This is a highly intelligent smart-matter suit that is capable of converting any available, er…, waste into reaction matter which, with the aid of its power source, it accelerates to silly speeds before ejecting it. Or at least that's what the suit said."
"Those look like squirrels." said the other astronaut, who had taken off the radio headset to try and save his hearing, and was looking out the window. "And what is that – it appears to be powered, but I don't see any sign of rockets or jets?" After a pause he handed the headset to the station commander. "There is no way I am report this; you can. I'm going to obey instructions and abandon ship." And with that he headed down to one of the capsules.
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