The light from the door was blinding. Drake and Terry had been in the dark for nearly twenty minutes. Their eyes had just adjusted to the dark.
"Well," Terry said, "You go first..."
Drake was still for a moment. "Alright," he said.
Drake slowly stepped into the blinding light from within the room. He saw Terry drawing his blaster and preparing to fire. Their eyes adjusted to the light after a minute. They were in a small white room with four small cots and a cabinet.
"What is this place?" Terry thought aloud.
"It looks like some sort of medical area," Drake answered.
The two were silent again. "You know, maybe we should report back to Drask before we go any farther into this," Terry told Drake.
"We'll report in a minute, but I want to get a closer look at this," Drake replied.
"Okay then," Terry responded. The two walked towards a door with a control pad to its left. Drake pushed a button to open it up and they both hid behind the wall next to the door. They could hear two people having a conversation.
"Sir, we have found two Imperial Fighters landed just outside the base," the first man said.
"Really? Well then send a team to investigate them, there's no way they can find this place, but they could be out there," the other man replied.
"Yes, sir," the first man said as he turned and walked away. Drake signaled to follow the man who gave the instructions. Drake looked into the hall to make sure it was empty, and it was. The two sneaked out and hid behind a pile of crates.
"You know we really should report this to Drask," Terry again told Drake.
"Just give it a moment," Drake replied.
"Alright, but if we get caught and the mission is compromised, I'll blame you," Terry said.
Drake sighed. "Okay fine, we'll report this."
"Let's go back to that room," Terry said.
"Alright, let's go," Drake replied as they turned and abandoned the man they were following. They checked to make sure the hall was empty and they went back into the room. They closed the door behind them. Terry turned on his communicator.
"Commander Drask, we have news to report," Terry said.
"Yes, what is it?" Drask asked.
"We believe that we have discovered the location of the Rebel base," Terry said.
"Really? Where is it?" Drask asked.
"It's located in a cave on the large asteroid that me and Drake checked out, sir," Terry said.
"Send me your coordinates and I'll be right there with the rest of our squad," Drask said.
"Yes, sir," Terry replied as he turned off the communicator. He pressed another button to send his coordinates to Drask.
"Okay, we're good to go!" Terry said. The two turned to leave the room, but when they opened the door there were two men walking down the hall with blasters. They turned around at the sound of the opening door and began running towards Terry and Drake.
"Hey, you!" one of them shouted.
"Oh no," Drake said as he closed the door and turned towards the exit into the cave.
"We have to go!" Drake said.
"You don't have to tell me twice," Terry replied.
They opened the door to the cave and took off. The sounds of the men chasing them echoed in the cave as they entered.
"Wait a minute," Drake said as he ran.
"What?" Terry asked.
"We could use this darkness to our advantage," Drake answered.
"How could we do that?" Terry asked.
"Like this," Drake said as he pushed Terry to the side of the cave and urged him to squat down. A moment later the men from the base ran past them.
"Well, that worked out nicely," Terry said.
"Yeah it did, now let's get back to that base!" Drake said.
"Are you crazy? We could get killed in there!" Terry said.
Drake thought for a moment. "Wait a minute, we could chase those men down and take their uniforms!"
"Really? I don't know if that'll work. Besides, we would have to be able to knock them out to do that," Terry replied.
"Good idea!" Drake answered as he picked up two rocks. He handed one of the rocks to Terry. "Follow me," he told Terry.
The two ran off in the direction of the two men. The men had stopped now as they realized that they had been outsmarted. As the men turned to leave, Drake pelted his rock at one of the men's foreheads. The man fell to the ground and his companion rushed to aid him. At that time Terry threw his rock at the other man, leaving him unconscious. Drake and Terry looked down upon the two men.
"Better make sure they aren't dead," Drake said as he bent over to listen for the men's heartbeats.
"Yeah, alright," Terry replied.
After Drake found that they were alive, he and Terry switched uniforms with the unconscious men. The uniforms luckily fit them, but very loosely. When you fly spaceships all day you don't have much time to build up a whole lot of muscle.
Terry and Drake turned to reenter the base. Drask and the rest of the squad was surely almost there. When they again reached the door leading to the base, they slowly opened it and checked inside for anyone. Luckily it was empty.
The two pilots walked into the room and shut the door behind them. The room was just as they left it. They went to the door that lead to the hallway and opened it up. Their first instinct was to hide and wait, but they didn't need to with their stolen uniforms on.
Drake and Terry walked down the hall and looked around. The hallway was a mess; there were crates and stools everywhere. The pilots reached a room at the end of the long hallway and entered it. Inside were about ten people in Rebel uniforms working at computers. One of them looked at Drake, and he was afraid their disguises hadn't worked, but the Rebel just nodded at him and went back to his work.
Drake and Terry approached another door that read "Control Room" above it. Terry pressed a button and the door opened up. As the two stepped inside, a deafening siren began to blare.