Another kind

"Is everyone ok?", asked captain Maguire raising his voice just above a whisper as he crouched in the dark amid the fading light.

"Yes captain", replied captain Lucinda urgently whispering back while crouching beside him in the long grass. "I did a head count, everyone is fine, there are no reported injuries.

"Good, it's time to get the hell out of here", whispered captain Maguire, wiping out his communicator from his utility belt.

"Shuttle return!", ordered captain Maguire raising his voice just above a whisper.

"Sorry captain, I am currently unable to comply with that order", came the prompt response over the communicator.

"What do you mean, you are unable to comply!?", asked captain Maguire whispering urgently into the communicator.

"I am attempting to lose a pursuing flock of angry terraductus. I 'm afraid I can not turn back to your position at present", explained the shuttle pilot.