Aakle sat behind a huge computer, amazed that he was still alive. He held his bleeding hand where the bullet had pierced his skin. The sounds of deep breathing and stumbling told him the Aakle wasn't giving up.

   "Come on out." he growled "Let's get this show on the road."

   "Not on my life." Aakle said, slowly crawling behind another computer. Another bullet whistled over his head, just clipping his ear.

   Bang! someone screamed and bullets began to fly over Aakles head as he struggled to keep low. When they stopped he peered over again. Fenton lay dead on the ground. Two of Aakles men were dead two. The other three were standing there, smoking guns in their hands.

   "Let's get out of here." one said "Everyones taken care of, gagged and bound or in the ground." he laughed at his dry humor.

   "Here we go." Aakle began to tap buttons again. The ship began to move before stopping.

   "What's happening?"

   "I don't know." Aakle said. A deep moaning sounded, like something coming closer. Aakle looked on the radar and saw something coming closer. "It's another ship.' he cursed "They're holding ours for captive."

   "What do we do?" one man asked.

   "Escape pods." the other one said, pointing to a sign on the wall. Aakle smiled "Good job.' the four men climbed into one and Aakle pulled the lever. It shot out, giving them a sensation of falling and floating, like gravity was fighting for them.

   "Where will we land?" one asked.

   "I don't know, pray it's not on Oriox." Aakle said. He closed his eyes, nausea rising in his stomach. The small pod began to jerk back and forth.

   "We're entering an atmosphere." Aakle said "We're almost on a planet." The jerking increased until they were banging their heads on everything. Aakle grabbed onto a handle bar, waiting for the worst to move on.

   All at once it stopped and they began to free fall.

  "I want you to know that if we don't survive this you guys were the best companions i've ever met." Aakle slapped them on the back. Then they sat back and waited for impact.