Ok, here's a quick description of Allie, I missed her off too. Jay looks almost the same as Nathan, just give him two brown eyes and make him taller and there you go!

Allie is a 16 year old mechanic who works in her Uncles garage, building star racers. She has blonde hair that is always tied back and always has some sort of tool on her. She is as tall as Nathan and has blue eyes.

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"Wakey Wakey sleeping beauty." Molly skitted Nathan as he lay sprawled on the chair as if he hadn't slept in hours.

"What time is it?" Nathan asked rubbing his eyes.

"Six in the morning Earth Time, mid day Octrona time." Molly sat down next to him.

"Where are we?" Nathan asked still half asleep.

"Octrona dopey. You defiantly are not a morning person." Molly joked.

"It's not nice to skit a guy so early in the morning." Nathan replied leaning forward.

"Come on, we have to go. There's a welcoming ceremony by the people on this planet."

Molly stood up. She grabbed her bag and slung it over her back. Nathan picked up his own bag and held it in his hand while he waited for Molly to get her mother. He heard a knock on the shuttle door. Nathan looked around. Nobody was there to get it apart from him. He was worried if it was his dad or his brother, then he would be in trouble. He pressed the release door expecting someone to yell at him.

"This is the Earth shuttle right?" The person asked.

"Yeah." Nathan replied.

"Well where is the team manager?"

"I'm right here and you should know better than to answer the door without my permission." Eva commented angrily

"I doubt I'm a stranger to you Molly."

"Molly? Nobody's called me that since…Jordan? It really is you! I've not seen you in 16 years!"

"Well I have been busy, with you know what." Jordan winked.

Nathan looked at the man in the door. He looked like an Army man, but with different coloured hair.

"Can I ask why you have a boy from Mars here?"

"It's a long story."

"You better get moving, the Mars team has already moved on to their boarding's. I've agreed to monitor the race on behalf of the Octronians."

"How many teams are here?" Eva asked.

"About 100 teams maybe more some are still arriving. Jordan explained leading them out.

"Is there a prize?" Molly asked running up beside the stranger.

"Maybe, maybe not. I can't reveal anything at this moment in time." Jordan replied leaving her puzzled and unsure.

Nathan found himself in shock at the fact that there wasn't a car or a train waiting. In fact, there wasn't much of a road to drive on, just a couple of paths and squares for markets and shops. It was practically a water planet. Their transport was a boat, a rather large boat. Just ahead was another boat with a Mars racer sitting on the back. Nathan sighed in relief. Jordan helped Eva up and then Molly. Nathan got himself up and sat at the back with Molly, while Jordan and Eva caught up with old times. There where also a couple of earth mechanics, Nathan knew none of them par two. The same two that often visited them on Mars. Stan and Koji. They went inside the small cabin to discuss, locking the door securely so nobody would nose at their conversation.

"I can't believe it's been about 5 years since we last met in the pits. You where a real jerk then. But you seem alright now, but not when you first get up." Molly sighed hugging her knees.

"You don't know half of the story to why I was in a mood. Did you know that was the same day that I got the first record contract. But I actually was after a race contract. My dad said no."

"Oh. All my friends really like you. Sorry to say this, but they think your cute."

"That's not the first time I've heard that said to me."

"Changing the subject now, did you see the racers we got? They're so cool! I have one that's a rocket seat and the other is completely new. The Mars people have the other one. It was developed on Mars. It's got a board in and looks awesome to pilot." Molly described the ship Nathan had actually helped build.

"Really? I helped build a racer like that on Mars, with my friend Allie."

"Well it's a job well done if you ask me. Can you use it?"

"Course I can. Someone had to test it. Did you know that you can switch between a board and Rocket seat while in flight? I added that bit in." Nathan grinned smugly.

"Oh cool! So I could race it too!"

Nathan looked at Jordan and Eva at the front. For some strange reason he got a funny feeling that Molly looked like Jordan.

"Just asking, but is Jordan your dad?" Nathan asked.

"What? No. I've never seen him in my life." Molly replied.

"It's just you have the same black eyes as him."

"You know what would suit you?" Molly quickly changed the subject off her dad.

"What?"

"White streaks in your hair." Molly grinned revealing a bottle of white hair dye.

Nathan ran his hands through his hair. The white stood out well, but he didn't really understand why Molly had to dye his hair. His room was really quite posh just for a visiting team. But the bad thing was, he had to share. Not just with anyone, but with Molly of all people. She was flat out on the bed reading a magazine on racing. Nathan grabbed his Music player and began playing it loud through the speakers.

"Hey! Turn that down I can't concentrate."

"Sorry. I need to listen to some music." Nathan replied.

"What is this? I've never heard it before."

"It's music from the beginning of the 21st century. It's better than the crap that is made now."

"Just to remind you, you also sing that crap."

"No I don't. I don't do hip hop and dance junk. So there." Nathan stuck his tongue out at her.

"Are you gonna sing along? Or just sit there."

"I prefer to sing on stage thanks."

"Then to me you don't even sing, you just mime." Molly insulted.

Nathan switched off his music and stormed out of the room, feeling bothered and pestered.

"Still the same moody little boy." Molly grinned to herself.

Nathan walked down the street listening to the local music being played and at the street artists and all the strange things being sold. It was like a giant market, buzzing and alive with friendly chatter and the sound of many footsteps. Then there in front of him was the largest building he had seen on the planet. It was filled with beautiful green plants and a waterfall down one side. There where strong looking guards bearing swords and daggers. He felt mesmerized by the castle and considered that this was the royal palace, where the king and queen of the planet lived. He didn't feel like asking if he could walk around the castle so he turned and left the magnificent building and back to the market. He saw a mechanic stall and approached it, in search of some tools to use. They looked unfamiliar to him but did the same basic things.

"Can I help you?" The vendor asked.

"Erm, can I have these, and that. As well as that pointy thing." Nathan pointed to a kit of screwdrivers, a spanner and what appeared to be a set of pliers.

"Do you need anything else?"

"Erm, do you have any hammer like tools?"

"Yes. I'll just go and get them." The attendant walked to the back of the store.

Nathan looked around him, gazing at the other market stalls in hope of one that sold food. Beside him a girl was looking at him.

"You're not from around here are you?" She asked.

"How did you guess?" Nathan replied.

"Are you racing here?"

"I don't think so. I'm not needed. They already have the pilot for the team."

"They need two pilots."

"Two?"

"Yes. Two pilots, no gunners. The pilot has to do everything."

"That's ok. The ship I made doesn't have a gun turret. The pilot fires laser blasts themselves."

"Sounds good." The girl nodded.

The shop assistant returned with the hammer for Nathan and placed with the other tools he had requested. He began working out the price of the tools.

"That would be 50 silver stamps." The assistant calculated.

"What, 50 silver stamps?"

"Here."

"What! No you can't pay for these. They must cost a fortune!" Nathan refused her to pay for the tools.

She picked up the bag and pushed it into Nathan's hands.

"Don't worry, in your currency it's only about £2. It's not that much so don't worry."

"But I don't even know who you are!" Nathan called.

"My name is Kara. My brother is racing in this race so I tagged along."

"Nathan, I'm here to show my dad that I can race too, well once he knows I'm here."

"I have to go. We have lots to do back at our pit. I'll see you at the opening ceremony in 1 hour." Kara waved goodbye and left.

Nathan felt incredibly lucky. This was the furthest he had ever been from Mars, and a complete stranger had just brought some tools for him. He ran across the market dodging all the stalls and the people.

"Right, find what you need then get back to the pit." A familiar voice ordered.

Nathan stopped and looked around the corner. There was the team from Mars, and his father and brother. Standing against the wall was Allie tightening some screws on her little side project.

"Can I ask something?" She asked lowering her tools.

"What?"

"Why am I the only girl in this whole team? And why didn't you hire my partner? He designed most of the racer. I just built it."

"Because he was unavailable when I asked for him before we left. Your manager said he didn't leave a contact number. Also you're not the only girl, we have girls on our other team from Earth. Now go explore the market and stock up on things." The team split and Allie walked Nathan's way. He slowly moved across the wall backing away.

"Nathan? What are you doing here?" Molly asked.

"Er, making my way back."

"Come on. We have 15 minutes. You're going the wrong way. The pit is that way. Look I want to go shopping, but my mum told me to find you so I wasn't alone. She thinks there are 'funny men' around these markets." Molly complained.

"Fine. I'll tag along to wherever you are going. It better be interesting."

"Forget I said that shopping with girls was interesting." Nathan moaned holding 6 bags filled with clothes and accessories.

"Shopping is fun, especially with prices like that. Who knew they took Earth currency too." Molly happily said swinging her two bags by her side.

"Did you two have fun?" Eva asked looking at all the bags.

"Yeah! I got some really nice stuff at the market. I got something for you too." Molly began searching her two bags for her mothers present.

"Looks like you did some heavy shopping Nathan."

"No, all of these are Molly's." Nathan dropped the bags.

"Hey. Here mum. I hope you like them." Molly grinned.

She had produced a set of bracelets, blue in colour. They almost looked like they had the sea moving in each bead

"They're beautiful Molly. Thank you. I'll put them somewhere safe. Go sit in the lounge. I'm having a meeting with the whole team."

Nathan walked up the stairs into the lounge. The rest of the mechanics where adjusting the Earth racer for Molly. He flopped onto the couch to wait. Molly followed him with half of her bags.

She sat one seat away from him looking at some of the things she had brought. Eva strolled into the room and called the Mechanics through the loud speakers on the wall. They all gathered into the room and sat opposite.

"Ok, all we have to wait for now is the Mars team." Eva concluded sitting down on a chair.

Nathan looked at Molly in panic. He couldn't miss the meeting, but if he did stay then his dad would recognise him, so would Allie. Then everything would be blown.