Chapter 1

He was going fast. Sub-light atomic debobicle or something like that. He didnÕt know all that mumbo jumbo about space stuff, he just knew he was going fast. He circled the planet of Thraine multiple times before worrying how he was going to land. It was his first solo flight but he tried not to think about that. A blip came on the screen.

ÒNot again.Ó He sighed. Anton Deevion had tried this stunt at least 8 times in the past year. He would jump in, in a different ship each time(his family was way to easy with money), plead innocence and act as a victim to a pirate attack. He would land, threaten ChaseÕs life, then almost immediately 20-30 of his friends would jump out with stun guns and riddle the staff at the dock with stun laser shots. Then the security of ten would shoot one in the arm with a pain gun. All the others would jump into the craft as Anton would scream about how he would be back to get Chase. The one boy that had been shot would squirm on the floor for an hour or so until the pain wore off he would then be sent back to the slave market on his home planet. If his parents were to ashamed to pay enough he would be bought by some other person and put to work. It was a major offense to make an attempt on the owner of every shipyard from Azdoo to ZebnonÕs son.

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ÒWhat's going on here?Ó Sam Asher raged at the un charted blips on the holo radar. The planet Thraine was set way back behind a string of at least 30 uninhabited systems. It was like that on purpose so no unwanted vessels could get to it. Only certain ships with certain daily changing codes could find a certain place on a certain planet and be tele ported to Thraine.

ÒWe donÕt know sir, but there are ten heavily armored vessels out there and they look about ready to die because of low armor.Ó It was very odd for a run down ship with 9 escorts to make it all the way by jumping. "Well let them through so we donÕt have space debris to clean up.Ó

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An evil cackle escaped the lips of the usually solemn and grim leader of the Dragons. ÒOne time for all those times you got me in trouble, one time for all the times youÕve beat me back, one time for all the times youÕve embarrassed me, one time for all the marbles!Ó