Chute E 25, Inside the Docked Shuttle

The five goblins that had highjacked the shuttle were indeed part of the rare B'wa Kell that had escape capture. It was four privates and a lieutenant you might just know already. Lieutenant Nyle, though having been knock unconscious during the goblin uprising, escaped being captured by fleeing the scene immediately after regaining consciousness. He stayed in hiding forming the plan of a lifetime. Then he recruited four other goblins to help out. This plan was so good; he was likely to be made general when it was all over. He's objective; free all the B'wa Kell members from Howlers Peak and reinstated the B'wa Kell Triad as the most prestigious goblin gang in Haven.

Lieutenant Nyle, as of now was waiting in the cockpit with the captains of the shuttle. He checked his moon-o-meter, 45 minutes till their deadline was up. Then, he will have to kill another passenger. He didn't know if he could wait. Nile loved to kill.

Out in the passenger area. The other four goblins, Privates Wank, Gouf, Leran, and Jim, were keeping watch over their hostages. Private Pronghorn lay in the aisle, near the bathroom, face down, and a nasty yellow ting, to his otherwise green face. Keith Pronghorn was a sprite, and being a sprite the goblins decided to get him where it hurts; in the wing.

Armed with old softnoses, Private Leran and Gouf were ordered to shoot Keith in the wings. Five minutes later Private Pronghorn of the LEP was face down and dead. There was no hope left for him.

Keith's sister, Amelia, who was on the shuttle with him, was now weeping into her hands, with a strangers arm around her. Seeing your brother killed right in front of you is not the best experience.

"Shut up, you hag!" shouted Gouf, over the sobs from Amelia. "Shut up or I'll shoot you, too."

"You won't be shooting anyone," said Jim, the smartest of the bunch. "At least not until the deadlines up."

"Oh, yeah." Said Gouf, sounding a little put out. "Well, still, she's giving me a headache."

Just then, a woman from the back of the shuttle stood up.

"Maybe you should have thought about that before you shot her brother, you...you...you monster!"

Private Gouf was not about to have some strange lady tell him something like that.

"Sit down, elf." Said Wank, seeing what Gouf was about to do.

"No! I will not sit down! You have the nerve to interrupt our vacations, and kill an LEP officer in front of his sister than badger her to be quite! You beast, you animal, you evil rotten –"

But she did not finish; just then Gouf had drawn his softnose and shot at the elf. Shaking with rage he his aim was untrue and hit her arm, giving her a big gash on her upper arm. She spun sideways, hitting her head on the shuttle wall, and sliding down, unconsciously, into the aisle next to Keith Pronghorn's dead corpse. Laser on the other hand hit the back of the shuttle, which not only left a mark but also rang out like a gong.

"What the hell did you do that for?!" shouted Jim at Gouf. "I told you, we are not suppose to kill anymore hostages till the deadline comes!"

"She was making me mad!" shouted Gouf.

"What's all the noise about?"

It was the Lieutenant. He had obviously heard the shot and came to see what cause it. His eyes swam over the scene in front of him. The unconscious elf, the laser mark, and Private Jim berating Private Gouf. Goblins were dumb but they could put a body and a laser mark together and get that someone shot a hostage when they were not suppose to. And by the looks of things, that someone was Private Gouf.

"I thought I told you not to shoot anyone till I gave the okay?" said Nyle bearing down on Private Gouf.

"She... I... eh" stamped Gouf as Nyle conjured a fireball.

"I gave you orders, Private, and you disobeyed them. I don't like when people disobey me. Open his mouth you, two." He spat at Wank and Leran. "Jim you hold him down."

"No... please... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to!" whimpered Gouf but Wank and Leran grabbed his head and pried open his mouth. Jim on the other hand grabbed his hands and held them behind his back.

"Another think I don't like; people who beg." And with that he shoved the fireball down Gouf's throat.

At that moment in the cockpit the pilots began to talk.

"Captain, look!" Said the co-pilot, pointing to the screen.

"Yeah, I noticed it, too. They're feeding us a loop. They're trying to pull something." Whispered the Captain, "Let's hope it works."

"Let's hope what work's, boys?"

Nyle had just returned to the cockpit. The pilots remained silent.

"Don't make me repeat myself." Said Nyle, drawing his gun. "I'd really hate to have to hurt one of you."

Yeah right, thought the captain but he answered anyway.

"The LEP is feeding a loop to the surveillance system." He said dryly. Their last hope; gone.

"And?"

"Well it means that instead of seeing what's really going outside, we see about the same ten seconds over and over again."

Nyle was angry. How could this have happened?

"How do we get ride of it?" he spat.

The Captain knew how, but he wasn't going to tell him. I'll make believe I have no idea, he thought.

"I don't know." He said finally.

Nyle placed the gun's tip on the bridge of his nose.

"I'll give you 5 seconds to tell me and then your going to fry."

"But the time limit!" said the Captain, sweat dripping down his face.

"It's already been broken." Laughed Nyle,"5...4...3... 2..."

"We'll tell you!" shouted the co-pilot.

"There's a good lad. No how do I get rid of this loop."

"You have to reboot the system. Shut it off, then turn it back on."

"Alright then, do it!" said Nyle, "and without the LEP knowing. And you," he turn to the Captain, "a lot of help you were, say good-night." And with one quick swipe he hit the Captain over the head with the softnose, knocking him out.

"Get to it!" he shouted at the co-pilot.

Within 2 minutes he had outside surveillance back in his hands. And, there was something new on the screen that showed the electrical box. An LEP officer was clipping wires. Nyle did not seem perturbed by this. Oh no, actually he seemed quite happy that an officer was trying to enter the craft. He left the cockpit for the passengers' area.

There Private Gouf lay, smoking, on the floor.

"Listen you three," he said. "The LEP is sending an elf to try and get in. We are going to have a surprise for that elf when it gets here. Understood?"