object appear and move away at an incredible speed. He activated the jump drive and followed it. • • • Cinny arrived at Ana’s location and flew quickly into the landing bay. She deactivated her armor and ran to the bridge on bare feet, “Ana, we’re going to join the battle.” Whippet heard her and yelled, “You’re what?” “All systems are at optimum. What are your instructions?” “I want to destroy as many of those yellow warships as possible. Assume that the Lovely ships will fire on us if they are given an opportunity. Keep your distance from them as best as you can.” “Jumping in three seconds. You have control of the weapons.” Anna put her helmet’s faceplate down and saw the tactical scan appear on the center of her visor. She flew in on one of the yellow ships moving into high atmosphere and lined it up on her helmet’s crosshairs. She squeezed the button on the ship’s control lever and it blew up in a massive blast. The blue beam blew through its force field like it was non-existent. She whipped the ship around and fired instantly on another yellow ship and it blew up in an even larger blast. The Lovely Warships saw the small ship attacking the yellow warships and the fleet Commander said over his communications system, “We have a ship assisting us. Do not fire on it.” He received confirmation from his ships and saw that his ships were no match for the yellow warships but that small ship was blowing them apart at an incredible rate. Ana announced, “I’ve intercepted a communication from the Lovely Fleet Commander. He’s ordered his ships not to fire on us. Cinny looked over her shoulder, “Whippet, take control of the missiles. Use your helmet to target them!” Whippet rushed to the chair beside Cinny and put his hand on the missile controller. He immediately saw yellow warships scrambling to reach high orbit and jump away. The view on his faceplate was incredible and as ships would turn red on his visor he would launch a missile. He ignored what happened but continued to target yellow ships and fire missiles. The view in his helmet was unbelievable. It was like he was in open space watching everything happening around him. He lost himself in the moment as Yellow Ships were blasted into clouds of vapor and debris. The Ship Leader on a Yellow Warship saw a blue colored missile moving in on his ship at high speed. He took control of his ship and dove back into the atmosphere hoping the speed of the missile would burn it up in the atmosphere. His Scanner Leader stared at his panel and said, “Impact in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…” The Ship Leader screamed as the missile blew through his force field and struck his ship in the center. It blew up in a massive blast and fragments rained down on the planet below. • • • The Yellow Fleet Commander activated his communicator, “Sire, we’re being attacked by the Lovely Fleet and a strange ship. We’ve lost ninety percent of our forces.” The large Yellow Commander picked up his communicator, “WHAT? REPORT! I SAID REPORT!” “Sire, I’m commanding one of the transports leaving the planet and all of our warships have been destroyed. The Lovely Ships are now turning on us and are attacking the transports that were on the surface. We can’t stand up to their beams.” “Send me what you have on that strange ship!” He waited but heard nothing more. He looked over his shoulder, “Launch a probe.” The probe jumped away and when it arrived, it found nothing but a massive debris field above the planet. None of his ships had survived. He leaned back in his chair and felt a wave of fear wash over him. He now realized that unlike the first time where he had set a trap, this time he was set up for a trap and it had worked. He heard the Communications Leader say, “The Principal wishes to speak with you.” The Commander activated his display and lowered his head knowing he had but a few moments to live, “Yes,