Faulkie was sitting in a pod with Jason, Ming and a new face to Faulkie. He was a very tall HUcast, bending over a bit to fit in the cramped pod. Faulkie was a little scared of Ming, but that was why Jason was there. The new face introduced himself as Garr, and as soon as Faulkie heard the name, he knew who he was. He had heard stories of this android sitting before him. His great skills as a hunter, his losing his master a few years back and his competitive attitude towards life. Faulkie greeted Garr, and felt safer knowing there were two people to protect him if Ming decided to attack. The pod was speeding towards the other moon, and Faulkie could see it in the distance. It shone silver with all the metal research labs on the moon. They would arrive in a few minutes. The four hunters were not alone. In another pod, there sat Kidd, Louie, Serena, Kasi and Itxi, and in a third sat Aerilas, Jason, Aurora (who's name Faulkie had caught while getting on the pod) , Matthew and SirTom909. It would be there in three minutes. Faulkie was wondering what the mission was, and how hard it would be. He wanted a challenge, something to be proud of, but he didn't want to die. Suddenly, there were three loud crashes and they landed into the port. Faulkie was very shaken as he'd never traveled by pod before. Everyone else seemed fine. Garr gestured for faulkie to get out, and he did, followed by Garr, Ming and Jason. Faulkie looked around the high-tech port and saw that the other two pods had been emptied and there were fourteen members of the Star Raiders stood at the port. 'Ok Raiders, follow me.' said SirTom909 and the remaining thirteen members followed him throught the industrial streets of the moon. Unlike the Star Raiders' moon, the air was not breathable and the landscape was barren and rocky, with craters. The streets of the base were under a large glass dome, with artificial air. They walked for ten minutes or so until they came to a large hall. They went into a reception area, and told the receptionist who they were. Upon hearing this, she looked excited and let them in right away. The room they were in now had a very high ceilings, and all kinds of stone ornaments, such as gargoyles around the edge. 'Nice place' Kidd commented. Straight ahead, there was a large pedastol with an old man behind it, and four pillars around the edge of the area in front of the pedistal. Faulkie didn't recignise the old man, but Aurora gasped and whispered 'That's the president of Pioneer 2!'. There was a quiet muttering from the Star Raiders until SirTom909 hushed them. After about thirty seconds, the president talked. 'Hello, StarRaiders. I have called you to partake in a very important mission.' 'What do you want, Sir?' asked Garr. 'Oh, you're not going to be doing anything from now on.' said the president, and with that, the four pillars around them shot out photon, to make a cage with photon bars, and Aerilas tried to break through them by shooting them with his gun, but it had no effect on the bars. Kasi got out her Red Partisan, and that had no effect either. The Star Raiders realised their weapons would be no good. Some people were looking sad, others angry, but Faulkie hadn't moved in all this time. He couldn't beleive that the govournment would do this, and why. Little did he know, his question would soon be answered. 'You may wonder why we just did that. Let me explain. You are the Star Raiders. You are the top, the best! If you decided you wanted to overthrow me, you could. If you decided you wanted to kill civillians, you could. We simply cannot take any risks. Goodbye Raiders! You will now be taken to a cell to be executed tomorrow. That is all.' Then, slowly, the cage sank into the floor, into the room below. The prison level.
