I have been in a fair number of fights in my life. I fought a fellow human on Eelong, fought a few Bedoowan knights on Denduron, and had once gotten into a fight with Andy Mitchell back in the third grade. But nothing could have prepared me for this. And Saint Dane knew it…

Saint Dane first fired a few lightning shots at me and I ducked for cover. Then I found the trigger on my lightning gun and shot one back at him. Saint Dane had great dexterity and agility so he was able to dodge it without barely moving. But it gave me the few seconds I needed to jump to my feet.

So we just stood circling each other, guns pointed at each other. Then I don't know what happened but we both shot at the same time. Our lightning bolts met and created an explosion that knocked both of us off our feet.

Saint Dane quickly jumped up and fired several well-placed shots at me. I tried to scurry away on the ground, each shot barely missing my head or chest. Saint Dane then graciously gave me a brief few seconds for me to stand up before he pelted me again with numerous lightning bolts. I saw a stack of metal black boxes and chose to hide behind them.

Now normally this would have been crazy and when that lightning bolt hit I would have been toast. But remember, I wasn't on Second Earth anymore. Aploshion different laws of nature. I remembered when Saint Dane shot at the wall that it had absorbed the lightning. So little did Saint Dane know (or maybe he did) that he had given me a clue that had just saved my life.

The shot hit the boxes seconds after I ducked behind them. I was relieved when the lightning was absorbed by the metal boxes and I came out behind them to fire a few of my own shots back at Saint Dane.

If Saint Dane was at all surprised, he didn't show it. He did an awesome 360 flip backwards and landed on his feet, all of my shots hitting the wall behind him. I took the time though to back away further. I think Saint Dane could sense that I was scared so he gave up shooting for a few seconds and just grinned. I didn't know if our lightning guns had limited ammo or not but I was determined that if they did Saint Dane would go out before I did.

But I did fire one shot straight at his head. Saint Dane then surprised me by shooting one of his lightning bolts straight at mine. I was sure he was going to get caught in the explosion until I saw him leap away in the last second. I was mesmerized by the explosion for a few moments then turned to see Saint Dane standing right behind me.

I got so freaked out I stumbled backwards and fell while Saint Dane just lazily fired a few shots at me. I scurried up and began to back away again.

I knew I couldn't beat Saint Dane and I needed to circle around back to the door from which the robots and I had entered. Maybe there was a chance that the door was unlocked, though I doubted Saint Dane would be that foolish.

Saint Dane grinned and as if reading my mind said "Looking to escape Pendragon? Well, let me end your torment."

Saint Dane then looked above me at the ceiling above my head and shot a lightning bolt at it. I quickly looked up and saw that I was standing below a giant fluorescent light. Before I could react it was struck by the lightning and came crashing down. I tried to escape but it fell and nailed me to the floor. I then fell unconscious, hearing Saint Dane's maniacal laugh slowly fading…

When I finally woke up I could tell something was wrong. I wasn't still on the ground of that weapon room where Saint Dane and I had been battling earlier. No, I was lying on a small, blank, metal bed. I stood up and then saw that I was in a prison cell! Yeah, I was in a tiny prison cell and instead of bars there was a giant glass screen. But the glass was so tough I knew I would never get through it.

I looked around outside my cell. Other cells lined the hall as far I could see, which wasn't very far. Some of the cells had people in them, some were empty. The people in them looked sullen faced and depressed. I was so confused at first that I laid back down in the uncomfortable bed and rubbed my eyes, wondering if this was all just a dream.

But bad news for me because it wasn't and a few seconds later I heard a sharp knock on the glass. I looked up and saw that a small robot was waiting there with a tray of food. I looked at him blankly for a few seconds, wondering if he noticed that I was concealed behind an unbreakable glass wall.

But then the robot finally spoke up and said "Greetings Prisoner 089. Would you like your first meal?"

I asked quizzically "Where am I? What is going on?"

The robot then replied "You are in the Official Okil Prison Cells. As for 'what is going on' I'm afraid you will need to state your question more precise."

The Okil Prison? What was I doing there! I then asked "Okay then, why am I here?"

The robot answered "I am sorry but I am just a meals unit. Perhaps you should ask one of the human guards. Would you like your first meal?"

I answered yes and the robot pushed some button on the outside of my cell that I couldn't see and a little flap opened up in the middle of the wall. The robot then slid my breakfast (first meal) into my hands. It was just a bowl of some simple darenties. The robot then left to deliver first meals to the other prisoners.

I ate my darenties slowly on my metal, hard bed contemplating how I could have gotten into this cell. The last thing I remembered was the fight with Saint Dane. I didn't know how long I had been unconscious but I guessed for a few hours maybe.

I wondered if Kiah had noticed I was gone. Of course, she must have. I was a Traveler and a Lead Traveler for that matter. I don't mean to sound self-centered but if anything had happened to me and I had been killed it would have been devastating for the other Travelers and territories. I was sure that eventually Kiah would walk past and free me from this crappy cell. But she didn't and eventually after what seemed like hours, I fell back asleep.

I was then later awoken by two Aploshion guards walking down the hall talking to each other. They were slowly walking towards my cell. When I listened close I could just make out what they were saying.

One guard was telling the other "It really is incredible that such a small and sickly-looking person could have caused such a devastating feat. I mean don't get me wrong, it is truly a sickening tragedy, but still incredible that it could have happened."

The second guard said "Aye, Burbos but I had friends on that station! Believe me, if I get the chance I will make sure that little demon has a nice, slow death."

The first guard who must have been Burbos told the second one "You know Malakali, some early researchers and investigators are saying that he was just insane. We'll just have to wait for the interrogation later. But I mean, for that young of an age to have…"

Burbos and Malakali stopped talking as they passed my cell. I pretended to be asleep but I could tell that they were probably looking at me. Burbos and Malakali didn't talk anymore and eventually I could no longer hear their footsteps as they trailed further away down the hall.

Now I was just down-right scared. Was that me that they were talking about? Whatever had happened sounded like it had happened quite recently and as if it was something terrible. I would just have to wait for more answers, which I was sure would come soon. Luckily this time I didn't have to wait long.

About ten minutes later I was greeted by a friendly face at the glass. I saw that Kiah had found my cell and was immediately punching in some buttons on the outside wall, hopefully to get me free. I saw that she did not have her usual friendly face though and was instead replaced with a more serious, determined face. She didn't smile when she looked at me. But I didn't care, I would just be happy to get out of there.

Sure enough, a few moments later my glass barrier slid open and Kiah whispered to me "Quick Bobby, we must make haste."

I followed her down the hall to a single, silver door. As I passed the other prison cells I looked at the prisoners in them. Most wore dirty clothes and looked as if they hadn't cleaned in days. Some of them snarled at me showing their jealousy of my obvious escape while others just looked at me calmly and nodded their approval.

Once we had gotten to the door and opened it I saw that it was a small elevator. Kiah and I stepped in and she pushed a button on the wall that made the elevator start to go up.

Kiah gave a breath of relief and said "I'm glad you're safe Bobby. But you must explain to me what happened. I just know it couldn't have been you but…oh, I'm so confused."

I just replied "Hey Kiah I'm just as confused as you are. I'll explain my story as soon as we get somewhere safe okay?"

Kiah considered this a moment and nodded in agreement. Then the elevator stopped and the shiny doors slid open. We stood in a big, empty room with a few desks lined up along the left side of the room. I followed Kiah as we hurried through the room and as we left the room I noticed a sign that said: OFFICIAL OKIL PRISON COMPLEX A. PRISON CELLS BELOW.

As we stepped out into the familiar white hallways of Okil I heard Kiah mutter to herself "Well, at least most people will be in their homes."

As Kiah started to walk away I caught up to her and asked "Why Kiah? What's going on?"

But Kiah would say no more only put a finger to her lips to silence me. We must have walked through different halls of Okil for at least half an hour. Every time we would reach a corner or intersection Kiah would peek around the corner to see if anyone was coming. By this time my fear had overtaken my curiosity so I kept my mouth shut.

We finally came to Kiah's recognizable apartment. We stepped in and Kiah quickly shut the door. Kiah then pushed a button and spoke to the mysterious computer that was in her door. She said "Please cancel all cleaning robots for today. Thank you."

The computer in the door then said "Yes order confirmed."

I followed Kiah as she sat down on her silver couch and I sat in one of the silver chairs. Kiah then said "Well Bobby, if you honestly haven't heard the news yet let me explain it to you. A terrible tragedy has happened to the people of Aploshion. Last night, one of the closest space stations to us, Nexelake, was hit by a fired missile from Okil. The whole space station blew up and everybody on it died. Yes that's right, not one survivor on a station carrying over a million people.

"Well immediately Aploshion security and investigators went to go check out the giant room over in the west complex that holds most of the weapons for our space station. And when they got there, well they found you lying there unconscious. They then checked all the missile turrets overlooking the giant window in that room. Sure enough one of the turrets was missing a missile.

"They then looked to see who pressed the button to launch the missile at Nexelake by checking for a fingerprint on the button. They found your fingerprint on that button! Bobby please, you didn't do it, did you?"

"No! Of course not!" I replied horribly confused and almost dazed from this terrible conclusion to the tragedy.

But then a realization hit me. I thought it over in my mind for a few moments and it all made sense. And my realization made me enraged and furious.

"Saint Dane," I muttered.

"What Bobby?" Kiah asked in question.

"Saint Dane did this! It all makes sense!"

I quickly went over my story with Kiah about last night's events and then concluded by saying "So don't you see Kiah? Once I was unconscious Saint Dane morphed into me and fired the missile himself. Remember he can change into people? After he did that it would have been easy to remove the fluorescent light that had fallen on me and made it look as if there had been no fight."

Kiah ran this through her head and questioned "But why would Saint Dane do something like this Bobby?"

"Because he's evil," I replied simply. "But I'm sure this wasn't just about making my life a living hell and destroying countless lives like the heartless demon he is. I'm sure he had his reasons for wanting Nexelake to be destroyed. Although I doubt these reasons will be discovered for a long time."

Kiah was thinking to herself. She then said "Well then the question is what do we do now? I mean it's obvious we can't stay on Okil any longer. I mean after they realize you are gone you will be the most wanted person on all of Aploshion Bobby. Right now most people are still in a state of shock so if we are to escape, now is the time."

Yes, I was now a wanted criminal. An even harder conflict to cope with besides the fact that I didn't blend in with the people here. I had to decide on something that would probably save my life and I didn't have much time to do it. But I was the Lead Traveler. It was my duty to decide something. Because right now, that was the way it was meant to be.