I arrived, did my business.  Then took the shuttle headed back to New York.

The shuttle dematerialized into tachyons, and was shot at the Earth.

The shuttle rematerialized before reaching its destination.

If you get caught between the Moon and New York City…

Fighting his way through some badly-written medieval sword-and-sorcery tale and barely surviving, his mind kept thinking up synonyms to the expression “cruel and unusual punishment.”

He never expected anything like this, when the judge said, “Book him.”