It was a perfect morning. The local sun was shining bright and not a cloud in the sky. Like the weather - everybody’s mood was glorious.

Yesterday evening Remrod had left the Cavalry Command fleet to head toward Planet Arrow. It was a heave populated border planet. It was a place where all kind of salesmen gathered around. A planet with a perfect climate to attract tourists.

After a successful mission, the Star Sheriffs got their three-day leave while the ship was going to be under repair.

They arrived at Central-Arrow-City when the last sunburst disappeared in the horizon.

Without loosing much time, the Star Sheriffs docked the ship at the repair dock to allow the technicians to work on it overnight. They had been here before - so April knew that they were qualified enough to work without her supervision. With that, the Star Sheriffs and Stellar went directly to the previously booked hotel.

In the morning April and Stellar used the opportunity to see the planet’s main city - especially Stellar since it was her first visit to other planets. She found everything quite interesting and amusing. Like a child in the fairytale, she was amazed at each step she made.

After a short walk, both girls went to the café for the breakfast. Soon Saber Rider, Colt and Fireball joined them.

C: "Why do you have to get up so early, Your Highnesses?"

FB: "Yea, you could sleep until noon like any other well-mannered princesses do."

April ignored their smart remarks and finished her salad before she answered them.

"I’ve decided to take Stellar shopping today. Want to join us?" the last question was made just for good manners, she was sure that all of them were going to deny the invitation.

As she foreknew, they started to say something about their own plans for the day and didn’t look at her. However, the girls didn’t even bother listening to their explanations. They quickly finished their coffee along with some hot biscuits and left the café, asking the guys to pay for them.

"Do you guys think we did the right thing of letting them go alone?" asked Fireball when the door slammed behind the girls.

SR: "We’ll contact them in the next two hours. That is if April didn’t forgot her communicator on the ship." their leader told them.

In the meantime, April and Stellar caught a taxi and ordered it to take them to one of the most exclusive and famous Shopping Plaza Arrow, called Lorengo Shopping Plaza. April had heard all about it while she was in the Cavalry Command and she had been wanting to visit it for a long time now.

"I hope you'll like our way of living." said April to her sister.

"I'm beginning to like it now." Stellar answered with the smile.

A: "But you must be careful. Many people here are ready to use your every bobble. So, you better stay near me."

S: "Okay. I’ll try!"

As soon as the girls entered the Shopping Plaza, Stellar completely forgot about April’s warning and walked to the nearest shop. Maybe she didn’t know the meaning behind many things, but, nonetheless, it was still interesting to look at them and guess.

April found her sister at the cash-desk set back in the shop who was buying some fancy articles.

A: "Hey! What are you doing? We don't need all this!"

S: "You don't, but I do!" Stellar replied, continuing on what she was doing.

A: " Stellar, please! If you buy all this much in one store now, you won't have enough money left for the others. Let’s see the other boutiques. They are more interesting than this."

April’s remonstrating worked and Stellar left her trolley, allowing the distracted sellers to put everything back on shelves. Even so, she had managed to buy a small porcelain statuette of a young shepherd.

Numerous big and small shops followed next, where in each of them the sisters bought something. It was a good thing that the credit card with the blazon of Cavalry Command worked like a charm. In some small shops, where the owner himself kept an eye on counter, they were getting a small discounts - 20 - 30% - as a token of a gratitude for protecting the New Frontier.

Somewhere around two o’clock the girls finally decided that it was time to eat. They went into one of the small café with a quick service. Although it was dining time it wasn’t all to hard to find a free table. However, it was a good thing that they had asked to deliver everything to their hotel before that. Otherwise, they would have spent half the time in dealing with them instead of enjoying their lunch. Both of them ordered the special of the house - a hamburger, and the third generation of "7up".

After having gone through the entire Shopping Plaza, April then offered to go to the central part of the city to see what was going on there. Exiting the plaza, the girls caught a taxi, heading toward the city. 15 minutes later, they were already standing on the sidewalk of the main street with lots of people and cars on it, an eternal line of colorful signboards running to the distance.

On top of that, it was so hot and sultry on the street after having used to the conditioned air of the Shopping Plaza. The postmeridian Sun made the asphalt and walls of the buildings so hot, burning like they were in an oven.

April and Stellar quickly hurried to the nearest cafeteria. April gave her credit card, ordering two glasses of lemonade.

The bartender took a look at the card and then at April.

"Hey! I know you! I've served in Cavalry Command myself. You are the Star Sheriff, Miss April Eagle! I saw you once."

April was confused. It was really rare that someone would recognize her. Compared to Saber Rider or Fireball, she would never get accustomed to such meetings, but the bartender at the counter didn't notice her disappointment.

"Hey, guys!" he yelled to his buddies, "A Star Sheriff is here!"

Two young persons showed up from the back room and looking at two girls with amusement. April withdrew her credit card and tried to leave the cafe, but the bartender left the counter and took her to one of the tables.

"Oh, don't worry about paying, everything is on the house. We will serve you the best! How can I help you? That to offer you? Hmm… May I ask who's your friend?" he then turned to Stellar.

Her dark spectacles, which she didn’t want to remove indoors, were hiding half of her face. As a princess she was used to the high-pressure receptions and honoring, but even she was stunned a little with such a force.

April tried to answer but was interrupted by the bartender.

"She looks so like you. If I hadn't known it any better, I would say that this is your twin."

April opened her mouth, ready to answer him, but never got the chance to do so. Words were spreading from him like pies from a hole in the bag.

"No matter as long as she's with you, we will serve her, too!"

The bartender started to wipe out the already clean table. Some of the visitors turned around to see what was going on. Some of them stared at them, guessing who they might be. The news that there was a Star Sheriff in the house spread quickly. Within a minute, the cafe was filled with all sorts of people, but there was nothing but curiosity in their glances.

"April, it's strange. Have they never seen a Star Sheriff before?" wondered Stellar.

They were in the public for a half-day now and nothing happened out of the ordianary.

"Well, the Star Sheriffs are famous, but we prefer not to appear on Stereo TV. That's why they don't know us in the person. The Cavalry Command has a special Public Relation department to keep the press satisfied. A guy named Alex Lightweight is usually the one who gets all the attention. Personally, I don't like it when someone gapes at you like you are part of an expensive shop." She tried to joke, but Stellar didn't even smile.

"Do you see the one over there?" Stellar showed the direction with her eyes, "He looks at you as he knows something. There is no curiosity in him as in others, he's not like the others. He's different."

These words alerted April. After a few minutes, during which girls exchanged meaningless phrases, pretending that everything is ok, April took a careful look at the specified person.

His glance literally burned through April. It took all her skill to save a visible tranquillity in this critical situation. This person was indeed different - he was an Outrider, and he knew that she was one of those who were standing in his master’s way to conquer the human dimension.

April decided to leave the place, but not to offend the bartender, the girls finished their drinks quickly. After that, they both got up from the table and walked out like nothing had happened. April even waived to the bartender.

As April and Stellar walked a little away from the cafe, April decided that it was time to contact the boys. It was strange for not having heard from them all morning. She didn't want someone to see her talking into a walkie-talkie. Besides, it was too crowdy on the street. With a lot of grace and self-confidence, the girls have turned from the populated streets into a narrow lane. It was almost deserted there. From the entrance of the big building on the other side of the street went out three young persons and walked to the car, not paying any attention to the girls. April took out from her purse a tiny receiver. She pressed some buttons and waited for a response. There was a strange silence in the air. Other than that, it was completely quiet.

"Something wrong?" Stellar noticed some perplexity in her sister.

"Nothing!" April pressed some more combinations and shook the device.

It stayed quiet as before, "Probably the batteries went out. Good thing they are standard size and not the Cavalry Command's special-long-playing type which can nowhere be found."

"Is it possible to buy them somewhere?" by this question it became clear on how quickly Stellar got accustomed to the new situation and understood the main rule - money could buy anything.

"Certainly. There are a lot of small shops specializing on radio-video-photo and other related goods."

Both girls returned to the main street. Looking around, April quickly found what she needed. Right next to the Radio-video shop, Stellar saw a jewelry shop. April, without any fluctuations, let her sister to go in it.

"Meet me outside in 10 minutes. I'll look for some more stuff in there. OK? Wait for me if I'll be late."

Smiling to each other, they headed off into different doors.