Smashed up room

Yesterday, Rome, Rei and Bonnie entered Ursay's study and found signs of a struggle and all sorts of artifacts which didn't bode well. There was no sign of Ursay, Rome's parents and most importantly, Aason was nowhere to be found. Surely Junior would know. After all, he was the one that brought them to Earth. But where was MINIMCOM's son, the starship known as Junior?

     Rome fidgeted in place but nodded silently. Bonnie draped her arm around Rome’s back in a show of sympathy. Rei picked up the cloak from the floor of the cargo bay and placed it around his shoulders. He drew his hands along the front of the cloak and promptly disappeared. Although no hand was seen, the blue stud activating the cargo hatch depressed. The hatch raised and the ramp lowered.
     “Raise it back up,” Rei transmitted back to MINIMCOM as soon as he was on the ground. The starship complied. Once he was sealed up, there was no evidence that MINIMCOM even existed.
     Rei stepped very lightly across the field until he got to the side of the farmhouse which looked no worse for wear. Keeping one hand on the wooden planks making up the outer wall, he crept around the side until he came to the front door. He examined it for signs of forced entry but since the Vuduri never locked their doors, it would be an odd sign for sure.
     After carefully opening the door and closing it behind him, he looked around but saw nothing unusual. He closed his eyes and activated his sonar vision to listen for hints of life but heard nothing. The last time they were here, he remembered the stairs being creaky. Very carefully, Rei climbed the steps one at a time, stopping at each one to listen some more but each time it was deadly silent. Finally, he reached the top of the stairs. What he saw there made his heart sink.
     “You can come up,” Rei said, sadly, broadcasting to Rome and MINIMCOM. He deactivated his cloak and waited until the group of three arrived with Rome leading the way. She got to the top of the stairs, taking one look at Ursay’s study and cried out, “Oh no!”
     All around her were signs of a struggle. The chairs were knocked over. The large flat-screen monitor attached to Ursay’s workstation was smashed. There was a small spattering of blood on the floor. Rome started crying hysterically. Rei came over and held her as tightly as he could.
     While Rei was trying to calm Rome down, Bonnie walked over to the other desk and examined the objects still lying there. None of them made sense to her. There was a black, vaguely gun-shaped object, lying on the desk, with an empty glass tube in it. Next to it was a stand containing three other tubes filled with liquid, one yellow and two blue. The stand had some holes where some other tubes might have sat. She shrugged and turned to wait to see what Rei and Rome would do next.

Hmm. Injectors, vials, a smashed up room. Not good. And where is Junior? Finding him becomes of paramount importance.