Chapter 6

A/N: REJOICE!!! My PSLE (primary school leaving examinations) is over!!! Well, after 6 years of preparation, it's finally over. grins like hell But I'm only free till next year. You'd think after such a major exam the teachers would give us a longer break. But, no! And I still have to go to school. Starts thinking maybe it isn't worth rejoicing after all and the teachers also lined up some "fun" activities for us. Teachers are idiots whose meaning of fun is so totally different from mine. At least I can watch movies in class every day... Anyway, sorry this chapter took so long, but as all of you should know, I had to study for my psle. Soooo... here's da chappie!

It was my second day in the pool ship. Istram, who had been born on board, told me we were to have a meal before we left the pool ship for the kelbrid home world three.

(Three?) I asked.

(The kelbrid population is huge. And their planets are small. So they are split into three groups, one on each of their three main planets. Each planet is split into 54 sectors, and each sector has 21 caves, in which about 13 kelbrids live in.)

(Whoa! That's confusing!) I replied, as we walked to the hall where we had our last meal.

(Not if you've lived here all your live.)

We finished our meal and met The One at the Fleeters. "Visser Six why are you always the last to arrive?!" The One thundered angrily.

"Forgive me, The One who is All," Istram replied bowing our head. The One made some sort of snorting sound, then said, "Visser Two and Six, Enard 4681 will join you in that Fleeter. Visser nine and eleven, you will go with Mikit 3933 to that Fleeter. Visser Four and Rinax 1855 will join me."

We left for our ships. I followed Jake to the departing place. There, we got our first look at the Fleeters. The ships were like a long, oval rod, with a bulge at the end, where the door and engine was. From each side a sharp looking thing, which was similar to the spider legs of the kelbrids, pointed out and curved forwards, past the bridge. Istram told me that was the ships' weapons.

We entered the Fleeter. At the back was the engine and in front, the controls were found. There was a pole-like thing sticking out horizontally from the floor, in front of the control panels.

(That is a perch for the kelbrids. Usually, one controls the ship, one controls the weapons. But an experienced kelbrid could control both at the same time. And that's Enard 4681,) Istram told me as we saw a female kelbrid on the perch at the controls.

"Visser gtwo. Visser gfour," Enard said, bowing her head. "Gthe gship is gready for gtake-off."

"We'll wait for The One's command, "Jake said.

Just then, The One's voice came booming out, not from one place, but it sounded like the whole ship. This world is confusing..., I thought.

Istram, as always, felt my confusion. (Another piece of kelbrid technology. The speakers, hard to find unless you know where, are very small and hidden all over the ship.)

(Take off in five minutes. Put weapons on full and blast through kelbrid force field." The One said.

About a minute later, we took off. (That was fast,) I said.

(Kelbrid five minutes is earth one minute,) Istram told me.

We headed to the weapons control, while Enard controlled the ship and Jake gave the commands. We pressed a button, and out of nowhere, a seat popped out and perch disappeared.

(The ships have been altered to fit chairs, for human and Hock-bajir controllers. Press another button, the perch or chair disappears and taxxons can happily control.) Istram said, sounding rather unhappy.

I was just about to ask him why he sounded so sad when he said, (It's just that in an attack, creatures get killed...)

A few Earth minutes later, I saw a big planet.

(That's the planet. You couldn't see it earlier because the pool ship is stationed behind one of the kelbrids' twelve moons.)

The planet seemed to be made out of red rock, which Istram later proved me right. Then I notice the air looked like it was shimmering. That must be the force field, I thought. But what projects it?

(It's projected from the planet's crust, on the ground. Not from space as you might think.) Istram said.

I could sort of hear dread in his voice. Was an attack really that bad?

The One's voice boomed again. "When you get my signal, full blast at the force field."

Signal?

An Earth minute later, The One's ship glowed bright. So that's the signal, I thought as bright beams of energy shot from all the ships onto one spot.

At first, the force field seemed to absorb the energy. A split second later, there was a mini explosion and part of the force field... shattered?

(Shattered? Since when do force fields shatter?) I asked, confused.

(Kelbrid force fields are made out of pure energy. Too much energy in one spot causes it to shatter. Okay now we need to see clearer...) Istram press a few buttons and the ship became transparent. Now that was unexpected.

(Better view,) Istram said.

We flew above the ground and adjusted the weapons on stun, and under Jakes command, shot the surprised kelbrids.

(You know, I hate it when we take them unaware. But, well... if they knew we were coming, they would put up a really good fight and we might only get three or four hosts,) Istram said bitterly.

The stunned kelbrids lay on the rocky ground. Behind our ship, another fleeter, I think the one with Jeanne and Marco, was picking up the stunned kelbrids. It was a strange sight, the pointy weapons; Istram said they were called mulpons, sucking up the kelbrids.

This is a strange world I'm in, whoever heard of things that were half weapon and half vacuum cleaner?

A/N: okay, ignore the vacuum cleaner part. I don't know, it just popped into my mind. Soooo... did you get my description of da fleeter?? I'll give you a more detailed one if you...REVIEW!!!!! Plus, bonus item for all you people out there! Now that I'm very free with nothing to do, chapters will be posted more often. But if I don't get even one measly review, fat hope you're going to read the next chappie anytime soon. So what are you waiting for? Review, NOW!!!