Stardate 3040

The seasons continue to pass

Spring became summer
Fall dimmed into the winter's cold light
Society continued to erode
As the people began to collapse
Under the weight of economic despair

10 years had elapsed since
There had even been a blip of information on the
Whereabouts of the mythical duo

Occasionally a story would be heard
A rumor from an unreliable source in a bar
Or some place like that

Inevitably  it would be discounted as drunken hearsay
Much like area 51 or the loch ness monster
Until they were eventually proven to be true
Of course

One by one the banks began to collapse again
Politicians were running out of flocks to fleece

The middle class had faded into irrelevance

Anarchy had started to peak it's head out

Then  when all seemed to be lost

A small glimmer of light appeared in the distance

Could it be

Back from the great beyond

It's the return of deltron zero and automator