Aurora and Serena were crying, Jason was trying to break the bars with his Baranz launcher, to no avail. Garr, Kidd and Aerilas were also trying to escape, using various methods. Ming, Louie and Matthew were stood still looking angry, perhaps still in shock, and Itxi had given up hope and collapsed on the floor. Faulkie and Kasi were stood silently. Faulkie was thinking about his first, and last mission. He was going to die. SirTom909 looked oddly calm in such a hopeless situation. They were now underground, in the prison level of the base. 'Ok' said SirTom909 after a few minutes, 'We can get out, but we need to put all of our skills to use. Look around, everyone. What resources do we have?' Faulkie looked around, as did everyone else. They were in a square cell surrounded by photon bars on all sides. behind the bars was darkness; the cage was in a room barely big enough to contain it. It certainly looked hopeless. Ming walked over to the bars. She put her finger into the metal part where the photon was created. Her eyes went blank and she made beeping noises. Then there was an immense electrical sound, and the photon stopped. Ming fell to the ground. Her eyes were no longer lit up. She's short circuited again, but this time it was serious. She might not pull through. Faulkie walked over to her. 'I hope you'll forgive me for this.' He said, as he picked her up. 'I might be able to fix her.' He added, this time to the watching Star Raiders. A loud alarm sounded. 'They've detected us! We haven't got long to get out!' Said SirTom909. Faulkie was scared, but also excited. SirTom909 led them out of the room, running, and the StarRaiders followed, carrying Ming on his back. They went through a door, and came to another. This room was a corridor, with lots of other doors coming off. There was a computer lock on the wall. 'Hmmm...' Said Faulkie, 'I just might be able to hack this.' and after about 10 seconds, all the surrounding doors opened. 'Well done Faulkie!' Said Jason. Faulkie was pleased. He wasn't the best fighter, but it made him feel good that he had other skills. There were five possible ways to go, and twelve StarRaiders, excluding Ming. 'Ok, Jason, you stay with Faulkie and Ming.' Said SirTom909. 'Roger!' Said Jason in confirmation. 'Aurora and Kidd go through the first door, Serena and Aerilas, the second, Garr and Itxi, the third, Louie and Matthew the fourth, and Kasi, come with me to the fith. Got it?' Said SirTom909 to the StarRaiders, 'And use the radio if you find something.' 'Roger!' Replied all the other StarRaiders. Everyone went through their doors, so Faulkie was alone with Ming and Jason. 'Sorry you have to keep looking after me, Jason.' Said Faulkie, panting because of having to run with Ming. 'No problem, kiddo. I voluntered.' Before Faulkie knew what to say, his and Jason's Radios went off. 'Kidd here.' It said. 'We're in a little trouble... We found some guards. They're after us! Over.' 'Ok.' Replied Garr's voice, 'This seems to be the exit! All StarRaiders to gate three! I repeat, all StarRaiders to gate three!'. Apon hearing this, Jason became alert. 'Come on Faulkie!' He said, then 'Let me take this junk' as he took Ming off of Faulkie, despite his dislike for her. 'Thanks' Replied Faulkie, as he started to run towards gate three. They ran down the long corridor, until they got the the end. It was light, and Garr and Itxi were already there. They stopped at the end, to wait for the others. StarRaiders never leave each other behind. Serena and Aerilas caught up first, followed by Kasi and SirTom909, then came Louie and Itxi, followed by Aurora and Kidd, shouting 'Go go go go go!!' Faulkie guessed that the guards were got on their trail. They ran out of the door, out into the light. As he passed, Garr took Ming off Jason. 'Thanks mate.' Said Jason briefly. They wer outside, running down a street of the base, led by SirTom909. Something hit Faulkie. Where would they go? And how would they get here? SirTom909 looked like he had it covered. He ran into a military hangar. There was an spacecraft in there. 'Get in everyone, quick!' Said SirTom909. Everyone hopped in, but nobody got into the driver's seat. 'Who can drive this thing?' Asked Itxi. Faulkie thought. Could he do it? He could try! Faulkie hopped in, started the engine by hacking into the code. He pressed a button... was it the right one? The craft took off, right through the hangar roof. Faulkie maneuvered the craft out of the dome of the base. Everyone gave a group sigh of relief. They were free. Faulkie's first mission had been a success!