Irken Chambers, Planet: Iota

Mika threw papers and books around the room. He couldn't find his clothes! Since they got back from Phunk they had been missing, even his under wear! He was O.K. at the ball when he had to wear a suit, but now he couldn't find anything other than his Irken uniform. It looked like he have to wear it, because there was no way he would walk around naked. Mika sighed; it looked like he was going to have to wear the illegal pants. It was a great effort, but he finally got the uniform on.

"I can't go out in public in this." Mika wailed at his reflection. The uniform gave him a feminine appearance, one he didn't appreciate.

"Mika what's taking so long?" Ember asked opening the door.

"No don't come in!" Mika shouted.

"Why? You're in your uniform." Ember stated, finally looking at Mika. "…you look different."

"I… This is my first time wearing the uniform." Mika mumbled, he knew he had been caught.

"You used a disguise device to wear more comfortable clothes?" Ember said with a smirk.

"Yes." Mika said meekly, was he saved?

"I can tell you wore flat boots, you're as tall as me now." Mika sighed; he was in the clear for now, but he couldn't let his guard down especially around Ember. "Come on, Phunk's event is about to begin." Ember snickered, though Mika's appearance was a little disconcerting, he pulled Mika along to the arena. What was once a blank canvas was now a dirt ground with two walls, on these walls were two hoops. They walked among the crowd. "Hey where's Zahara?"

"Over there." Mika pointed, they sat next to her.

"Mika," Zane ventured, "what is the point of this game?"

"You could've asked me." Ember said.

"…anyway, Mika?" Zane continued.

"You see I believe the point is to get the ball into the hoop."

"That's impossible, it's so high up!" Zane exclaimed.

"No kidding." Ember mumbled Zane gave him a quick glare before returning to the game. Two Phunk walked onto the court, they had hard shells attached to their backs. Sola walked onto the center.

"This is called a Portable Assessable kit or a PAK for short. A devise inside creates a small worm hole to a dimension that holds nothing. We use it to freely protect our wings from damage. It also puts us on equal ground, we will use these," Sola held up her arms, the extendable arms came out; they danced in the air like snakes. She made them lift her up and had two more extended from the cuffs on her legs. She lowered herself back down to the ground. "to move about the court. The first to score ten points wins! Let the games begin!"

Zane watched Ember more than the game. He kept laughing and hitting on the other girls there. It was making her ill. How could he be so happy, so oblivious after what he did to her? It wasn't fair at all.

"I got to go." She grumbled, storming out of the makeshift stadium to the balcony. The stars were a breath taking sight, when one wasn't angery. To Zane it was like the whole universe was glaring at her. She let out a stifled sigh, why was everything against her?

"I thought you couldn't get angrier, yet here you are." Zod lamented.

"So come to laugh at me some more?"

"No, I hate sports." Zod confessed.

"Oh…" Zane muttered, Zod took a seat next to her.

"Why are you competing?"

"For the glory of Irk!"

"No, why are you competing, couldn't you just send someone in your place?"

"..you won't leave me until I tell you."

"Nope!" Zod grinned.

"I want revenge against my red guard. He's a terrible person with a military status and ego that protects him from me. Then he had the nerve to say that I would never have my revenge! Well not this time, I trained and when I win I'll get all the glory! Then he'll see, oh what he'll see." Zane chuckled.

"Well it sounds like he'll always win."

"WHAT! HOW DARE YOU TAKE HIS SIDE!"

"I'm not, all I'm saying is that he's the reason you trained, so he'll be the reason you won. The best revenge would be to move on with your life and forget about the loser. Otherwise your whole life will be dedicated to someone you hate."

"Why do you care?" Zane snapped.

"I told you, I like you better when you're mask is off." Zod stood and left Zane alone to her thoughts.