Tomorrow Was Yesterday

By Gary T Brideau

A five-foot, five inches tall woman with light brown hair by the name of Cathy Loganberry, the morale officer, was minding the communications and stated, "I have you in my scanner Sir, is there any way you can slow your descent?"

"No. I've done everything I could. Tell Cherry I love her." The next thing Cathy heard was a loud explosion, then silence over the communication line. Cathy slammed her hand on the intercom button and screamed, "Red Bird down! All emergency response teams report to the tarmac immediately! Thor's star car has crashed fifty miles south of the Institute!"

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9781669862437

Gary T Brideau

I was born in a small house in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1947 and moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut as a small boy. I met Lauren, the love of my life in1985 and were married years later and moved to Bristol, Connecticut. One night, I had a vivid dream that caught my attention, that spurred me to write it down, and sent it to my sister T. Jene Brideau, for an interpretation who also is a writer. She wrote and told me that the story was good. I took her encouragement and my imagination went to work. That’s when I discovered my God-given talent to write great space adventures stories. From then on, I have written over fifty stories of which only seven of them have been published with great reviews.

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Tomorrow

was

Yesterday

Gary T Brideau

Copyright © 2023 by Gary T Brideau.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Rev. date: 01/10/2023

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Contents

About The Galaxy Sentinel Series

Characters List

Chapter 1     Windstorm

Chapter 2     A Trap For Joe

Chapter 3     Pharez

Chapter 4     Down Under

Chapter 5     The Lost City

Chapter 6     A Walk In The Park

Chapter 7     One Down

Chapter 8     On The Run

Chapter 9     Lucy

Chapter 10   Human Or What?

Chapter 11   On The Sly

Chapter 12   On The Prowl

Chapter 13   Thor On The Lose

Chapter 14   Cherry Stromberg

Chapter 15   Sassy

Chapter 16   Truly Alone

Chapter 17   The Last One

Chapter 18   A False Trail

Chapter 19   The Last Trip To Odessa

Chapter 20   Lucy On The Run

Chapter 21   Thor’s Ace In The Hole

Chapter 22   Lucy Is What?

Epilogue

Many thanks to my sister, T. Jene Brideau,

Who started me writing and my late wife who kept me writing.

About The Galaxy

Sentinel Series

Thor, or Thor Manning Stromburg, is the Galaxy Sentinel, six feet tall, with dark brown hair and rugged features. He is in charge of the Institute, a five-story red brick building that sits on top of a mountain, jungle-dominated planetoid.

The Institute is a five-story red brick building that houses the galaxy’s most feared and dangerous criminals, guarded by a highly trained staff of two hundred and fifty men and women.

Thor does not work above the law; he works with the law tracking down hardened criminals and locks them up for good, out of society’s way.

The law of the Planetary Alliance says that if a felon is caught committing a crime. There is no trial to determine if he is guilty, his actions are a testimony against him, and he is without excuse. A hearing is held to determine the criminal sentence. No lawyer, no long, drawn-out trial. The man was caught in the middle of committing a crime.

However, if there is a shadow of doubt about whether he is guilty, there is a trial to decide his fate.

Thor’s wife, Cherry Ruth Blossom, a six feet tall, shapely woman with brown hair, stands by his side no matter what. She was born on Planet Haskell Prime, slightly smaller than that of Earth. Cherry’s younger sister’s name was Jasmine; she disappeared and was presumed dead at sixteen. But she was found later on Earth.

When she was five years old, Cherry’s father died in a fiery crash while serving on an ore spaceship. From then on, Cherry and her mother lived on what they could afford, which was not much. As the years went on, Cherry received Christ at nineteen and developed an attitude that she had to work extra hard for the simple things in life. She hoped to make something of herself at eighteen and struck out on her own. She went from one dead-end job to the next as misfortune hung over her like a cloud.

At thirty, Cherry finally landed a great job and a wonderful place to live. When hard times struck, causing her to lose her job and her home all in the same day. Distressed about her life, she sat under a Cherry tree in a park weeping, not knowing what to do next. Thor found her, and they became the first husband and wife-retrieval team in the galaxy.

The Galaxy series also consists of Leprechauns, Sprites, Will-o-the-wisps, which look like six-foot fairies, and various aliens. The Institute is a vast complex comprising an Arboretum, a beach at the foot of the mountain, a large housing complex with a cafe, a large store, and a Three-Dimensional Particle Acceleration System on the fifth floor of the Institute that is far better than any hologram, and an underground tramway.

Characters List

The Institute: sits on top of Mount Baldwin, some seven hundred feet above Smile Lake. Two hundred fifty men and women guard and work at the Institute.

Thor: or Thor Manning Stromburg, he grew up on a farming planet and was more trouble than he was worth because of his powerful desire for adventure. His parents did everything they could to teach him farming, to no avail. When he reached nineteen years old, Sam took him under his wing and gave him a job working for the Agency on the planet Avalon Prime.

Cherry R. Blossom: was born on Planet Haskel Prime, slightly smaller than Earth. Cherry’s younger sister’s name was Jasmine; she disappeared and was presumed dead at sixteen. But she was found years later, on Earth.

Cherry is a six-foot-tall, well-built woman with long wavy brown hair who loves pastel colors and red lipstick. She is soft-spoken and gentle. She is the first one to give an encouraging and uplifting word to others. If you’ve seen cherry blossoms in the springtime and their beauty, then you know why she is called Cherry Blossom, or Cherry for short. She can handle herself quite well in times of trouble and is an expert in firearms.

Tammy Lee Winters: A shapely six-foot-tall woman in her mid-thirties. An undercover agent scoping out Earth to see if it is ready to join the Alliance. She also has the host for Thor.

Cherish Apple Blossom; Thor and Sam accidentally cloned her. She is an exact duplicate of Cherry. Cherry’s twin sister Apple died shortly after birth. Cherish was first called Likeness. Cherish has a heart-shaped birthmark on her tailbone, and a mangled big toe, on her right foot that Cherry doesn’t have. Cherish likes showing off her body, but Cherry doesn’t. Cherish has a mole in the center of her chest, whereas Cherry doesn’t.

Rock: Thomas L. Buttermen is his real name; he was born to a wealthy family on the Planet Avalon Prime, where people told him that he should rent himself out as a beanpole. Rock was skinny through his adult life but worked out and now is muscular. He is six feet four and has blond hair; he is the chief of Security at the Institute.

Rose M. Bud: married to Rock Buttermen. She wears perfume, which gives off a gentle scent of roses. She is six feet tall with long, silky brown hair and a fair complexion. She loves long flowery, pale-colored dresses. Her bright blue eyes sparkle when she speaks. She was suspended in a timeless void for fifty years as Agar used her as his means of strength.

Gideon Bear: he is a two-foot-tall, blue Three-Dimensional Particle Acceleration bear. He is the messenger bear around the Institute and is a favorite of Thor because he saved his life. Gideon is also known as Gideon the Avenging Bear and carries two Katanas on his back.

Sam: was an orphan at the age of eight and grew up in a home for boys. There he had to learn to defend himself against those who were twice his size to survive. At eighteen, Sam joined the Avalon Prime Space Patrol and quickly moved up through the ranks to the position of Admiral. After his turn in the space military was over, Sam formed; a company called The Agency and was referred to as Admiral Sam the Stout. Sam has red hair around the sides of his head. He is an adventurer, gung-ho, is this a private fight, or can anyone join, type of person. He is short, about five feet three inches tall, and rather plump.

Gumshoe: is a mischievous blue nose monkey found on the same planet as General. He is very loveable and obedient. Gumshoe favors Cherry since she found him on the beach in the lagoon trying to steal her towel. He goes on all the missions because of his keen ability to know when danger is about to occur.

Kara: Tippy’s best friend and the only crippled Will-o-the-wisp, who is an embarrassment to the Wisps because she is disabled

The Will-o-the-wisps, Are six-foot pixies; they live in secret; when an infant Will-o-the-wisp is born, it is snow white, and as it grows older, they change to yellow in its youth. Then, adult women are red; the men are dark green. The military is blue green; the ruler is always deep blue, whether male or female. As the human population grew on Dicapl, the Will-o-the-wisp were seen less and less until Harry and Bitsy came along and helped the humans and the Will-o-the-wisp live together in harmony.

Ab: is a tall, thin figure in a white robe with light orange skin, dark blue oval eyes, and a small slit for a mouth. His full title is Master Ashdothmpisgah Shechaniah Bashanmhavothmjair. The name Bashanmhavothmjair was taken from Dut 3:17. He is the leader of a planet called Mystera and is suspended between time and space. The only way to visit Mystera is to be taken there by one of the leaders.

The Zamzummims: commonly called ‘The Greys. The leader, Noleck, his saucer ship weight seventy-five thousand metric tons. Their planet is a warm tropical world that is rich in mineral resources.

Pixy: she is a Sprite, 35 inches tall, from Slandor.

Jay Bright: a sprite who is a geek.

Todd, sprite, 37" He is in love with Mary Bell, but all he can think of is getting in bed with her.

Moonbeam Victoria Dakota: A female sprite with yellow hair 36 inches tall" from the tundra of Dicapl. She has extraordinary powers when she holds onto a person and can tell what their emotions are. She loves yellow to the point that most of her clothes are yellow.

King Franklin, Arthur, Samuel, Mex the IV is from the planet Slandor and is 40 inches tall. He is excellent with a sword. He has brown butterfly wings and is an excellent swordsman and takes every opportunity to test his skill.

Patrick: a leprechaun or Patrick Seamus, Fionn Oisin Colm O’Donnagái O’Brien

He is 38 inches tall, a leprechaun from the planet Kylee, formerly the Mad Planet. He likes to tell people he is from Earth; Patrick has a computer watch, from which he can access anything from a sandwich to a part for the star car. All the data is stored in his shirt, which is made of memory fibers. Patrick usually pops in from time to time and is always forgotten

Chapter 1

WINDSTORM

Thor, a six-foot-tall muscular man with brown hair, woke up early in the morning, kissed Cherry, his wife, a six-foot-tall woman with brown hair, and said, The First General wants me to go to Earth and bring Tammy-Lee back. She is an undercover agent scoping out Earth to see if it is ready to join the Alliance.

And Miss Tammy-Lee got herself into trouble; now, little ol, you have to be her knight in shining armor.

If you remember I am also the Alien Ambassador of Montrose as well as the Galaxy Sentinel, which means it is my job to haul her butt out of the fire when she is in trouble.

Just remember whose you are and where you hang your hat.

Don’t worry about Tammy-Lee, Sweetheart. I’m not going to get involved with her. I’m old enough to be her father. Hey, I got to go.

I saw the way she looked at you last month when we had to take her home. I had to wipe her drool off you. Stated Cherry.

You’re kidding me. Oh, I’m taking the star car, got to go. Tell my girls I said bye, and I’ll be back to take all of us camping.

Outside, Thor stared up at the black clouds swiftly approaching and ordered, Everybody get to your homes! We are in for a bad storm!

Mary Bell, a cute 38-inch-tall Sprite, marched up to Thor and asked, Can I stay at your place?

Sure, you can pitch in and be my helper, Thor turned to his adopted daughter, Belinda, a 23-year-old woman who is 5’2 with short curly brown hair with a perky figure, said, I’ll get things tied down.

Abbie, a young red six-foot pixie called, Will-o-the-wisp with fuzzy white wings, shot across the sky, landing by her father, Thor, and said, I saw the storm earlier, and I thought to check it out. We are in for a bad one. I had a tough time navigating; through the rain; it was coming down so hard.

What about the wind?

I’d say the gust are about a good eighty miles an hour or more, along with horrendous lightning.

Go to the housing project, and make sure everyone has everything tied down.

Abbie shot skywards just as the wind began to blow the sand around. Cherry and Belinda rushed up to Thor to see if they could help and inquired, How’s the Institute?

Rock and Sam have everything under control, but we better get inside before we’re blown away.

Thor cast his eyes skyward, saw a Sprite struggling to fly in the wind, and hollered to his other daughter, Tippy, a six-foot-tall Will-o-the-wisp with long curly hair, said, See if you can help that Sprite before she’s blown against a tree or something.

Tippy flew up, grabbed the struggling Sprite, and landed. Thor stared at the windblown Doctor and asked, Chrissy, what are you doing flying around in this wind? You are as bad as Sprite Mary Bell.

Come on, Thor, I’m not that bad. I was trying to make it back to the infirmary before the storm hit.

Cherry shouted from the front porch of their cottage, Here comes the rain, Hon!

Thor made it to the porch with Chrissy as a bolt of lightning slammed into a palm tree behind them, shattering it."

Sprite Mary Bell announced from the kitchen, Hot coffee and pastry for the drowned rats!

All that night, the wind howled as the thunder ushered blinding flashes of lightning that split the sky. The following day, Thor sat on the front porch with his family, scanned the beach littered with fallen trees, and asked, Who wants to clean the junk off the beach?

A female Wisp landed at the foot of the porch steps, with her hair matted, clothes barely hanging on her shoulders. Thor inquired, Abbie, what happened to you? You look like something the cat dragged in.

I was up all night trying to keep the idiot Sprites from being blown away because they thought it was fun to fly around in all that wind and rain. Now, if you will excuse me, I’m gonna shower and get some sleep.

Thor kissed his wife and said, I’ll send the maintenance to help clean the beach and around the house.

Tippy rushed up to her father and said, Dad, let me carry you to the Institute. I don’t think the mountain path is passable at this time.

At the Institute, Thor walked into his outer office, saw Stacy busy at work, and inquired, How did you get here? Have maintenance cleared the road to the housing project already.

I was working late and was stuck here for the night. So, I slept in one of the old staff quarters. Oh, Sir, the First General called, and he wants you to know if you can come to planet Dicapl.

Thor entered the inner office, set the Retrieval Computer for Dicapl, stepped on the pad, and activated it only to wind up in the cafeteria. Thor walked back to his office and stated, Stacy, call the Lab and have them check out the Retrieval Computer; the stupid thing sent me to the cafeteria.

A medium-built woman with long black hair dressed in dark blue slacks and a yellow top walked up to Thor’s desk and said, You wanted to see me. Sir?

Miss Vilma Puckett, I see you are looking well. Why do you hide in the lab? Care to explain?

Miss Puckett hung her head and said, My immoral behavior with Branden Burnett was inexcusable, Sir, and I am ashamed of my actions.

It was not your fault. Chrissy found traces of a drug in your system, which made you give in to his sexual whims.

Thank you, Sir. Oh, just FYI, I have not been in bed with a man since. What is it you wanted me for?

The Retrieval Computer is on the fritz.

I’ll have it up and running before you get back, Sir.

Thor fired up the star car and flew skyward then opened a portal to the other side of the galaxy. Exiting the portal on the dark side of the moon then set course for Tammy-Lee’s California-style ranch in Alabama. Thor landed on a secluded road and lowered the wheels of the star car and headed for Tammy’s place, parked in the driveway, walked to the door, and rang the bell.

Tammy opened the door, clad in a short, thin, light blue negligee, smiled, and said, Hi Thor, come on in. I just made a pot of coffee.

Thor glanced at Tammy’s intimate apparel and suggested, I’ll wait outside until you are dressed.

It’s alright; we’re two adults.

"This adult happens to be married to a wonderful woman, so I’ll