Kyla: -yawns- I'm so tired...
Hiei: Don't you have work today?
Kyla: Yeah.. so?
Hiei: You shouldn't be writing.
Kyla: Aw, get off my back already... I'll do what I want!
Hiei: -rolls eyes- Fine, Kyla does not own Oban, never has and never will.
Kyla: That's right! So, enjoy the chapter! Dunno how long it's gonna be or if it's gonna be short, so... be ready!

Alien Experiences
Chapter 6
by
Kyla

Eva furrowed her brow thinking, Who could it be..? After a moment, she smiled, "Maybe it's Prince Aikka!" she said excitedly under her breath, as Jordan scowled, and hurried over to the door, where Koji stepped aside to reveal...

"Setis?" Eva stared down at the Avatar's right hand alien in surprise.

"Yes, indeed! I just wanted to drop by and say good race! Very clever ramming Fironious into that wall.. Very strategic, indeed," Setis said, a wide smile on his face.

"Uh, thanks," Eva murmured in confusion. Now Setis was just stopping by to congratulate her? She was kind of mad at Setis.. She had thought it would have been Aikka at the door, but it wasn't, so now she was confused, disappointed, and annoyed.

"Oh, think nothing of it," Setis nodded then waddled off humming to himself.

Eva sighed and shook her head to get her mind off her thoughts. Shutting the door, she made her way to the rest of her team.

"Who was that?" Jordan asked suspiciously, thinking it might've been Aikka come to see Eva, and if it was Aikka, the gunner thought about running after the prince and beating him up, even though Jordan would probably lose in a fight against the Nourasian prince.

"If you must know, Jordan," Eva scowled at the gunman as she spoke, "it was Setis. He came to congratulate me on winning the race."

She doesn't need any encouragement.. She's already cocky enough, Don thought, annoyed. He sighed, "Alright, that's enough. Stan, Koji, let's get to work on the Arrow 2. Jordan, Molly, give them a hand. I have something to attend to." With that, he left up the stairs and into his office, where he shut the door behind him.

Up in his office, Don sighed and rubbed his temple tiredly. "The farther we go into this competition, the more dangerous it gets..." he said to himself over the quiet of the office.

"Hey, everyone! I'm back!" Rick called as he waltzed through the door of the hanger.

"Rick! I was getting worried," Jordan laughed as Rick joined them beside the Arrow 2.

"Yeah, where were you?" Eva asked curiously. "Did you even make it to the race?" was her next question. She felt bad if Rick didn't come to watch her race. She needed everyone's support, even his, if her races kept getting harder.

"Don't worry, little mouse," Rick answered smirking and patted the girl on the head. "I saw your race against Demora. Done like a true pilot."

"Thanks, Rick," Eva beamed, "but where were you before the race?" She could tell he was hiding something... She just didn't know what.

Rick chuckled, "Just out sight-seeing. Nothing wrong with that, is there?"

"Well.. I suppose not," Eva sighed, "Did you have fun?"

"Of course. Why wouldn't I have fun? I'm on another planet," the ex-pilot laughed. He breathed an unnoticeable sigh of relief that the others was buying his excuse. He had actually been out looking for the alien responsible for sabotaging his race with Groor. Those explosives were set by someone... but, as to who it was, Rick had no idea, thus his roaming around the area to see if he could find any clues.

Meanwhile, Aikka reluctantly met up with Toros a little while after the race. They met in a side alley, and Toros was already waiting for the prince by the time Aikka got there. He hadn't wanted to come to this meeting, but he had no other choice. He had to at least listen to what Toros had to say, no matter how much he didn't want to.

"Ah, there you are, Prince," Toros sneered, stretching the word prince out sarcastically."I'm glad you and your father are cooperating with me. Now, let's get to business, shall we?" He held a small black box in one hand. "This," Toros indicated to the box as he spoke, "is a bomb, set to explode whenever I press this," he said and held up a small hand-held white box with a black button on it. "You must place this bomb somewhere on the Arrow 2 where it will knock the humans off course and slow them down. Understand?"

"Alliance does not mean servitude, Toros," Aikka stated calmly with a frown and made no move to accept the bomb.

Jordan had been passing by on his way to pick up some things that they needed to fix the Arrow 2 when he heard Aikka and Toros' voice. He ducked behind the corner and listened intently, knowing nothing good could come of this.

Toros' eyes narrowed to slits at the prince. "It is not servitude. It is what you must do to keep the peace between your planet and mine," he growled and threw the small black box at the Nourasian, who reluctantly caught it.

Aikka brought the bomb up to eye level to inspect it carefully. He wracked his brain for a way out of this. "I will do... what I must," he muttered vaguely and tucked the bomb into the folds of his cloak.

"Good," Toros sneered, "that's all then." Aikka nodded and turned smoothly on his heel, walking straight past Jordan without seeing the gunner and disappearing into the crowd.

"That good for nothing..." Jordan broke out into angry grumbling, glaring at the last place he had seen the Nourasian, and stomped off back to the Earth team pit.

"What do we have here?" Toros asked icily from the shadows of the alley, "An eavesdropper..? This could work to my advantage..." With that, the alien colonel chortled evilly, "I'm not sure I can trust the prince.. He might turn on me, so I must get rid of him... along with the humans."

((...To Be Continued...))

Kyla: Hm.. Kinda short, I know.. I'm sorry, but I really need to go and work on Crescent Kat.
Hiei: Hn.
Kyla: I should be able to write a lot this week, but I'm not sure when I work, so I guess that all depends on my writing time, lol.
Hiei: Alywas with your excuses...
Kyla: -glares-
Hiei: -glares-
Kyla: Anyways, review! Wow.. I've got 100 reviews for this story so far! How cool!
Hiei: -rolls eyes- Why do you encourage her? -glares at readers-
Kyla: -glares at Hiei- Hush up, you. -bonks Hiei on the head-
Hiei: -growls-
Kyla: -starts humming- Anyways, till next chapter!
Hiei: Hn.