[ WP ] `` All 9 crew members secure on board '' the intercom said . Were n't we only supposed to have 8 crew members ...

`` Nine? Did she just says nine?'' Duncan said 
 
 `` Yeah, nine. Just like we left Earth with. You, me, Travis, Jill, Cyborg FDR, Amish Caligula, Rainbow Brite, Teddy Fish, and Mr. Poopybutthole.'' Mary said from the acceleration couch next to Duncan. 
 
 `` Oh yeah. I guess that is nine. It's just - I thought it was only supposed to be eight?'' Duncan scratched his jaw. 
 
 `` Oh Duncan,'' Amish Caligula said, `` you always did have trouble with numbers. Remember third grade?'' 
 
 Duncan thought back to Mrs. Martin's classroom in Topeka. He was struggling with multiplication tables - until Calamari Jenkins showed up! CJ, as he was called, tutored Duncan every night until he could pass his math tests. 
 
 `` That's right Duncan.'' CJ said, walking out of the cargo hold. `` And I've been helping you ever since. Remember we we fought The Mathemagician in Laos?'' 
 
 `` Boy, you sure gave me a good shellacking!'' The Mathemagician said. 
 
 `` Yeah, I guess I did.'' Duncan did n't sound too sure of himself. 
 
 `` What about the time your stuffed rabbit butler, Mr. Velvet Ears, tried to have you arrested on customs fees fraud because you did n't declare that candy you brought back from Europe?'' Cyborg FDR said. `` My oh my, was Roy the customs agent mad that day.'' 
 
 `` I sure was Cyborg FDR,'' said Roy the customs agent. `` But we got past it, did n't we Duncan. Because we're family. Just like Dirt Reynolds, Lard Lad, Green Winter, and all the rest. We came with you on this mission because we care.'' 
 
 `` Did all of you guys go down to that last planet with us?'' Duncan asked. 
 
 `` Of course they did,'' Mary said before anyone else could answer 
 
 A tiny alert flashed on the console: BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION. Mr. Velvet Ears quietly turned it off. 
 
 
 [ This is the first time I've ripped off a concept this baldly but I could n't help it on this prompt. ]
