Beyond the Solar System

Premise
Nine Cats and a robotic mouse living in a Space Station are Planet Earth’s last hope against a Metal-like alien species.

Plot
The story begins in the Elysian Space Station, where Eight Cats and some humans live in. also living in the space station is the computer called Lalande-85951, The Space Station’s computer, which also inhabits the body of a robotic mouse. But, before too long, the researchers notice a first in Outer Space, a black supernova, where the researchers leave the Space Station, to save themselves, but leave behind the cats, as the nova shrouds everything in the nova’s explosion, just for a few minutes. Once the darkness lifts, one of the cats, Minestrone, an Egyptian Mau, enters an unexplored part of the space station. Another of the cats, a Khao Manee named Phechr, explores an opened vent and slowly enters it, and spots an unfamiliar cat, an American Shorthair Cat named Jaeger, a stowaway, and explains why He’s in here.

A few hours later, the researchers return but pay no mind to the cats and go to the control room, sending the space station past the reaches of the Solar System as Lalande, fails to override the Space Station Controls. The Space Station lands on a planet, where the dominant species are creatures made of metal, that can change their composition like liquid, captures eight of the nine cats. One of them, Ramil, an Arabian Mau, manages to escape capture and hides out in the scorching desert. As the Eight Cats (and the computer-controlled Mouse) are taken to be researched, The Elderly Turkish Van, Angler, explains why He came to the space station, since His mate died, back on Earth. Desperate to escape, Eclipse, a savage Lykoi-breed, Tenra, a gorgeous Siamese-breed, and Behemoth, a Harmless Maine Coon-breed squeeze through the bars and try to find something to free the other cats, with Ramil’s help, but are cut off by the researchers, who are the metal creatures in disguise, recapture the cats and put them in cages.

As the other cats sorrow about their fate, Kangaroo, a Manx Cat, refuses to just give up, and tries to break out, but with little success. Eventually, Kangaroo manages to get out of His cage, and figure out the metal creatures’ weakness, Water. The cats and Lalande split up and make their way to the Elysian, despite the metal creatures’ attempts to deter and capture them. Behemoth with Lalande manage to the Elysian first, waiting for the other cats, who arrive minutes later, to dismantle the ship, but, Behemoth remembering what Kangaroo said, tells Lalande to activate the water control system, flooding the corridors, and melting the imposter cats, who were really the aliens. As the real cats get aboard, and tells Lalande to take off, narrowly escaping the planet. Hours later, As the Elysian only 100,000 miles away from Earth, The Metal creatures in their liquid forms, intent to take the cats back, sabotage the Elysian’s technology, disabling the water supply, launching the empty escape ships, to prevent the cats from escaping. Cornered, Angler controls the Space Station, seconds before the aliens disable the controls, but Lalande sacrifices himself to delay the aliens for a few seconds, as the Space Station makes a splashdown into the Pacific Ocean. As the Elysian sank, All Nine Cats swam away, as the remaining aliens melt away. Knowing that the humans will study them, resulting in their deaths, Angler suggested to the others to find homes, as He himself stays. The cats say goodbye to Angler with heavy hearts.

4 months later, Jaeger and Behemoth live as Mousers in a cheese factory, as Behemoth is to have kittens in a few days. Minestrone and Tenra live at a cattery, specializing in the Spotted Siamese breed, and are parents of four. Kangaroo and Eclipse (blessed with two kittens) live in a greenhouse, to keep out any rabbits and crows. Ramil travels to Hawaii to reunite with His kittenhood friend. Phechr finds romance with a male Khaomanee cat. All of them paying tribute to Angler, who is reunited with His late mate in the next world.