Chapter 10,
Samus and Spire had been flying for three days now. They switched off every few hours. It was Samus's turn now. They were dead in Krikan territory and still they hadn't found any sign of Trace. This was the first time Samus had ever flown in Krikan space; she generally tried to avoid it. So far they had avoided detection, for all Samus knew anyway. But of course they hadn't. They had been tailed from the moment their ship entered the Krikan Empire.
The enemy ships stayed out of radar range and used the more powerful radar of the nearby planets to guide them. There was four of them and when they decided to show themselves Spire was flying and Samus was resting in the co-pilot seat. "Outsiders, land your ship and register," a green floating head appeared on the display screen.
"Great," spire said to himself, replying to the Krikan he said, "Umm… we are making a shipment to the capital city."
"What is your shipment?" Spire said the first thing that popped into his mind.
"Er… boots," idiot! Boots?
"Boots."
"Y-yes, their for all those homeless Krikens." Spire knew he blew it.
"I repeat land your ship and register, or we will be forced to shoot."
Not knowing how to reply Spire just sped up and tried to outrun them. The Krikans followed. Spire kept speeding up when- "Rival hunter detected." Spire pulled such a sharp u-turn that the ship turned on its side. Samus fell out of her unbuckled chair and landed on the window. "Ow! Spire what are you doing!" Samus wasn't wearing her combat suit. She looked out the window she was sitting on and saw the Krikens. "Oh… great."
The ship began shaking as lasers were shot at it. Samus crawled to and egg shaped seat in the back of the ship. She climbed into it and it turned and rose. A visor came down over her eyes and joysticks raised to her hands.
The Krikens were surprised when Samus's ship shot back, from the back. Turrets mounted on the top and bottom began firing. Their right wingman was shot down be them. Spire had by now turned the ship around and was now firing missiles at the group of Krikens. Spire and the Krikens now were headed strait for each other; lasers flying. In a blur they flew past each other, as they past Samus turned the turrets and shot the middle right ship. It tumbled into the middle left ship and they exploded. Now there was just one left. It turned around and chased after Samus and Spire. It was clearly the most skilled of the bunch. Every laser Samus shot at it was easily dodged. It shot at them, never missing.
Samus's ship wasn't built for dogfights. It was big and could not dodge very well. Their shields were quickly run down. "Spire!" Samus screamed, "Stop!"
Not sure he heard right Spire yelled, "WHAT?"
"STOP!"
Spire did stop and the Krikan, not expecting this, flew right past. Spire shot a pair of missiles. They reached their target in a fiery explosion. Spire and Samus both let out sighs of relief at the same time.
Samus, now piloting, landed on the planet where Trace supposedly was. They scouted their surroundings there was a large facility in the hills to the right of them. They hiked over to it.
When they entered the building Spire knew instantly that they had been trapped.
"Fugitives, drop your weapons and we'll think about letting you live, but it isn't likely."