Part 3 -WAR!

Chapter 15 -Approach

All was quite at the maian border. The Skedar hadn't showed themselves for days, and captain Alømø of the starship Grensevakten was sleeping peacefully in his cabin, dreaming of a holiday. His ship was the best at the border, and all the other ships were under his command.
DRING
Alømø jumped several feet in the air in surprise as his communicator buzzed noisily. He was really pissed off because some one had awoken him, and he grabbed the communicator, ready to de-rank the guard at the other end.
"Captain! The Skedar are attacking! One of their ships has de-cloaked in front of us!"
"How dare you wake me? I'll make sure that you never see your home again! What stupid thing were you going to say? ""Captain, I can`t sleep""
"But, but, the Skedar!"
"Don't but me sonny jim, I'll make sure that…the Skedar? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!? Raise the shields, prepare for battle, for no ship can stand in my way!"
Captain Alømø ran to the bridge as fast as he could, and he had no time to get changed from his pyjamas.
"What's the position of the ship?" said captain Alømø.
"A Skedar ship has de-cloaked near us. It started firing at us so we raised the shields, what shall we do now? It's stopped firing at the moment. Aren't you a little out of uniform?" said the guard as he looked at Captain Alømø in his pyjamas, trying not to laugh.
"The first person to laugh will immediately be shot!" cried Alømø, "call the entire border fleet to our assistance, we'll surround the ship and make it surrender!"
Five minutes later, the entire border fleet had surrounded the ship. It was a flawless plan and the ship had no means of escaping. Captain Alømø established a communications link with the ship.
"SURRENDER! We have surrounded you! You have no means of escape!"
"…………………………………………………………………………………………………………."
"I repeat surrender and we will not harm you!"
"…………………………………………………………………………………………………………"
"This is your last chance! Surrender now and we will give you all a pain free death!"
"…………………………………………………………………………………………………………"
"Why aren't they answering?" he asked a guard.
"It appears that there no life on board the ship! It has no crew!"

Meanwhile, the Skedar fleet had approached the maian border. Captain Skadra was in charge of the fleet, and his war plan was fully operation. Skadra's tactical war plan was working as predicted. The decoy ship would attract attention, and the entire border fleet would surround it. Meanwhile the entire Skedar fleet would surround the entire maian border fleet and get them from behind. The decoy ship was full of explosives, and the explosion would weaken the maian's shields, ready for an easy attack from the Skedar. Skadra pressed the button on the remote detonator!

Captain Alømø flew five metres across the bridge as the explosion hit it, making him hit his head on a control panel.
"What is our status!" he screamed.
"Shields are down to 5% and our weaponry is damaged!"
"What about the other ships?"
"All the small border ships have been destroyed, and the other ships are as damaged as we are!"
"The Skedar will pay for this!" screamed Alømø "they can`t be far away. Find them."
"We don't have to Captain, the entire Skedar fleet has de-cloaked around us! We're surrounded!"
"NNNooooooooo! Destroy them, do anything!"
The Skedar began destroying the remnants of the border fleet. They showed no mercy and the maians had no means of defence. Soon it was all over, and the fleet was destroyed. One tenth of the maian fleet had lost miserably, and in all their confusion, they forgot to warn the others. Skadra set the course and the fleet went to their destination: Earth!

Later, when all was calm, and they were safely back on the captured maian vessel behind the moon, Krijy called for a meeting, and a party for their success and newcomer.
"Greetings everyone, I want to congratulate you on your success of getting the location of the mega weapon. I sent it via ultrawave just a minute ago, the Skedar king has seen it, the fleet is on their way."
"What about the maian fleet? Surely they'll come to earth once Elvis has told them where we are?" said Budge.
"Somehow, I don't think Elvis will tell the fleet. If he did, he would ruin his chances of coming back to find the mega weapon again."
"He won't be doing that", exclaimed Sultry, "soon we'll have the weapon, and the maians will be history!"
"How does the fleet intend to get the weapon?" asked Bill.
"They will use a tractor beam to raise the ship from the ocean, and then they will invade it and get the weapon", said Krijy.
"And once we have the weapon, we will destroy Earth and the entire maian empire!" chuckled Death, as they all laughed.