Chapter 12 -Escape!

Sultry was lost. So far she had only come across a hanger and a lot of corridors. She went into a room, marked: Deadly! It was a small room with a frozen canister in one corner. She took a closer look at it and saw that a Skedar was frozen in the ice! How could anybody do such a horrible thing! Those horrible humans, researching the Skedar as if they were some primitive kind of animal. She burst the canister and released the Skedar. It was slightly frozen, but quickly melted. Was it still alive?
Suddenly it jumped up and knocked Sultry to the ground. It raised its arm; ready to strike, but saw it was one of his own kind.
"Did you save me?" it asked.
"Yes", said Sultry, "but there was no need to scare me like that."
"I`m sorry. I've been frozen so long now, that I don't know what to do. I was captured years ago, by those horrible Maians, who thought it would be funny to dump me on this planet."
"Don't worry, I think you're safe now. I have to find my friends; if you come with me I can probably get you out of here. Take this gun. What's your name?"
"My name is Leo. What's yours?"
"Sultry, lets go."
They ran into the corridor and continued the search for the others. A door opened up ahead, so they hid. A team of maians and humans walked out, together with Syric.
"Oh my god!" whispered Sultry, "Syric is a traitor!"
"That's the maians that gave me to the humans", said Leo.
"Shhh, they're about to say something."
"Don't worry Syric", said Elvis, "The door can only be opened from the outside, so your friends are safely out of the way."
"What about Sultry, the one you captured?"
"I just sent captain Santiago to deal with her."
"Come lets go to the jumpship."
Suddenly a man came running down the corridor.
"Master, Master, the Skedar has escaped!"
"You fool!" screamed Elvis, "take care of her, and then take the second jumship out of here."
Once the coast was clear, Sultry and Leo opened the door to the chamber where Krijy and the others were kept.
"Sultry! You're alive!" cried Budge, "we thought you were dead. Who is that?"
"I'm Leo, I've been held captive here, can I come with you?"
"I suppose so", said Krijy, "but we have to hurry out of here."
"I know the way to the hanger", said Sultry, "follow me."
"How do we know that you're not a traitor to?" said Death.
"I'm not!" cried Sultry, "do you think I would team up with the maians, after all that time I've used on torturing them?"
"I'm sorry", said Death, "I'm still angry about Syric betraying us."
They ran through the base in the direction of the hanger. They turned a corner, and came face to face with a bunch of humans.
"There they are", cried Captain Santiago, "get them."
A mad gunfight between human and Skedar began. Budge took out several of the humans with his reaper, but had to hide from the gunfire. Leo took out a lot with his super dragon grenades. Captain Santiago began firing away with his two Golden magnums, but kept missing.
"We need their leader alive", screamed Krijy.
Bill jumped forward and snatched the two magnums out of Santiago's hands.
"My guns! Guards, get them…guards?"
All the guards were dead, and Santiago was alone.
"Can you fly a jumpship?" said Bill.
"Yes, I can, but what makes you think I'll help you?"
"This gun!"
"Oh. Well in that case I could help you."
They ran to the closest jumpship, and took off, escaping just in time. The secret base exploded behind them, as they set course for the pelagic 1.

Meanwhile, Elvis and Syric were on their way to the pelagic 1 in a jumpship.
"Its very unfortunate what happened to your friends", said Elvis, "but I'm sure they had it coming."
"My friends were good enough, it's just a pity that they didn't believe in the peace I have planned for."
Syric produced a mauler and pointed it at Elvis.
"You believe in peace, yet you stand there pointing a gun at me!"
"Peace cannot be achieved with maians in the game, good bye Elvis."
Elvis quickly knocked the mauler out of Syric's hands and pointed a phoenix at him.
"You're wrong Syric, peace can only be achieved without the war loving Skedar. Care for a bit of fresh air?"
"What?"
Elvis pressed a button next to his seat and the doors opened. Syric was sucked out and fell to his death over the Pacific Ocean.
"I'm sure you do!" chuckled Elvis to himself.