I'Son only took a little while to formulate a plan of action. Now that Bleylock had taken interest in their invention,he knew for certain it was not going to serve the galaxy in a good way.

Bleylocks hidden involvement had made him aware, now would be a goo time to strike first. At all cost, their invention had to be kept out of the hands of Bleylock, and if need be, Technoid. Duke Maddox was indeed the leader of Technoid, but it was doubtful he was aware of just the extremes some of his employees would go to, to obtain power to rule the galaxy.

And Technoid was the tool they used to do it. But General Bleylock was more slippery than most of the sharks. He himself did not associate with them, not any more. But it was clear, Bleylock had no scruples with whom he used, or trampled over, to obtain that power he sought. And since the meta flux could not be detected...the very thought of what Bleylock could do with such a weapon, was enough to make I'Son very fearful.

He could not let that happen.

There was only one thing left. He had to flee Akillian and everything, along with Helena and their baby. They had to start over, somewhere else, new identities...

How he was to bring that about, he did not know, he only knew, he had to prevent disaster, with his own life on the line.

"Is the container for the capsule ready?" he asked Labnor, whom nodded.

"Open the hatch, I will hide it, somewhere it can do no harm" he said.

Labnor looked at him.

"That is crazy. You will get killed before you even get off the base" he said, looking utterly shocked.

I'Son looked at him.

"I cant take the chance of doing nothing. Bleylock is a very dangerous man, let me assure you of that. He will stop at nothing, to obtain power. It is in his nature. As long as I have known him, in any type of business dealings, he will say one thing and stab you in the back at the next moment. I dont trust his assuring one bit. I will take the risk" he said.

Labnor nodded, slowly.

"I will try to stall them here as long as possible, buying you as much time as possible" he said with a serious face.

I'Son nodded.

They opened the hatch and placed the capsule in the casing Labnor had made. As soon as it was securely closed, the two scientists shook hands, knowing the odds they would see each other again were very slim. When Technoid found out what they had done, all hell would break loose. One of them faced torture. The other faced certain death if he was captured. Out of the two of them, I'Son stood the best chance of escaping Technoid and making it into safety to hide their invention.

I'Son had started a light jog, to make sure he had as much distance to escape as possible. There was sure to be alarms here, especially with Bleylocks involvement. How long had he watched from the shadows? It was a quite uncomfortable feeling to know they had been watched, by someone as crazed as Bleylock, for an unknown time.

He had made it out of the lab, when the room all of a sudden flashed with alarms.

He had unknowingly triggered it.

Now there was only one choice left...run for it!...

The techno droids came tramping into the laboratory where Labnor cleaned up things. After today this project would be permanently over. Bleylock entered. He noticed the empty power core, and looked around.

"Where is the Meta flux? And where is I'Son?" he snarled at the frightened scientist.

Labnor was sweating bullets. This was about to turn ugly and fast.

"You are too late, he figured out what you planned on doing. And if that is true, I am all for what he did" Labnor managed.

Bleylocks face was a mask of anger.

"Sir!" A guard yelled as he came running into the room.

"A small shuttle just took off. The surveillance cameras show I'Son storm on board, carrying a small casing" he reported.

Bleylock gritted teeth.

"Follow him and try to cut him off. He must not escape"...

It only took minutes before a hail of lasers was fired at him. I'Son activated the bionic shields of the ship as he pushed the speed to max. This was no cat and mouse game, this was a run for your life game. As he pushed, he called Helena.

"Pack only the most necessary things honey, something has happened, something bad. We have to leave Akillian, start over somewhere else" he said, with a desperation in his voice.

Helena looked shocked, but realised this was no joke.

"How far out are you?" she managed.

"30 minutes. Only the most necessary items. We need to travel light, and we need to be fast" he said.

Helena nodded.

"I will be ready. Please be safe my love..."...

He had managed to win a few minutes, by mixing with the crowded highway. His hands was close to cramping where he steered his shuttle. Any manuver to outrun the chasing ships that would buy some time, he would use. For a while, he felt he had lost them. As he felt it safe, he sat a course for home.

Helena had a few bags and boxes ready when he arrived.

I'Son quickly put the things inside the shuttle and then, he took a moment to look at their home. Something told him, they would not return here. Helena looked sad too, this was where they were to bring up their son, and now, they had to flee. But at least, they were all together.

I'Son looked at her.

"Im sorry Honey, I never meant for things to be this way." he said.

Helena looked compassionately at him.

"We will pull through, together" she said silently.

As soon as they were strapped in, I'Son started the engine again and they took off.

I'Son had no real plan for where to go now, other than away from akillian. Their shuttle would bring them away from here, to somewhere else. He would have to worry about new identities then, first of all, they needed to get out of here.

He held a high speed, and no one knew if it contributed to the events that followed, but in a matter of minutes, he had two small ships in pursuit. And as they came close enough, they opened fire.

I'Son could tell he had not not enough power to activate the bionic shields. And what was more, he had his very pregnant wife with him,

So, he made the call to try to outrun them.

Helena felt the stress, she clutched her big belly, clearly in pain.

I'Son took a look at her, with worry. Was she in labour from all the stress? But she sent him a look that told him to focus on the road, she would be fine.

But sadly, as the ships in pursuit came closer, their lasers shot out their engine.

I'Son felt how the steering was harder to control. The ship was getting hard to control. She would not be flyable much longer.

"Hang on Honey, its gonna be a rough landing" he warned her, as his control panel told him they had to land. Thank the galaxy he had taken this possibility into consideration in his plan, and asked an unadarian friend for help.

The landing was hard, tearing up the wing on Helenas side of the ship.

I'Son unfastened his seatbelt. The hard landing had struck Helena unconscious. He quickly freed her from her seatbelt and carried her out of the ship and laid her down. She was out.

It got him worried.

"Honey, Honey, can you hear me? Answer me, please" he beggged.

Helena slowly opened her eyes, and smiled at him, she would be ok.

"I'Son?" a voice called behind him.

I'Son turned, to see who addressed him.

"Its only me I'Son, We were supposed to meet, remember? Do you have the Meta flux?" The unadarian asked.

I'Son put a hand to his shoulder. This man had just rescued the entire operation.

"Its in there" he said, and beckoned to the crashed wreck of his own ship.

"Put my wife in your ship, and be ready to take off. And take care of her" he said as he once again entered the wreckage to get the meta flux, the weapon that was the cause of this situation.

As his friend took his wife to his ship, I'Son pushed aside boxes and other things, to get to where he had hidden the damn thing. There, he opened the box, to take the capsule in his hands.

Outside, he heard the ships in pursuit had turned, and they now targeted his friends ship and his wife. He saw them take off, without him.

It was like a scene from a horror movie played out before his very eyes. His friend and wife took off, clearly in an attempt to lead attention away from him, so he stood a chance to get this weapon out safely. But they did not get far.

The lasers hit the side of the ship, with devestating force, tearing the ship up, making it unflyable.

I'Son could not believe what he saw.

"NOOOO!" he yelled in disbelief.

That could not have happened. He did not just see that.

"Oh my God, It cant possiby be.." I'Son said, putting a hand in front of his face.

But the danger was not over. Bleylock had planned on not leaving any loose ends. And that meant to assure that I'Son was dealt with. He and his co conspiritors.

Now the Technoid ships once again targeted him, shooting at him. It caused him to fall, loosing the capsule with the Meta flux. No!

I'Son was quick to his feet, and chased after the sphere with the Meta flux. He hardly noticed that his crashed ship blew up behind him. No evidence to be found. Technoid was thorough in covering up their tracks with this one.

I'Son chased after the dangerous sphere, trying his best to avert another catastrophe today. He had just lost his wife, his unborn son... What else could go wrong now?

Once he thought he could reach it by launching himself forwards, he did, and fell short to grab it.

I'Son could only watch in horror, as the sphere rolled over the edge, and thumbled down towards the unsuspecting city below.

"NOOOOOOOO!" he yelled, looking in share horror at what had happened.

He had doomed them all, his wife, his child, even himself.

Maybe he should have surrendered to Bleylocks offer after all.

A sharp glimmer of light and the explosion was close to unbearable. He was over fifty stories above it, unprotected and exposed, and could only turn away from it, yelling in pain from the sharp light...

They had found the wreck site, no sign of I'Son. Bleylock tried to seem unphased. This was not like him. He was clever, somehow, despite what the evidence suggested, he had survived this. He was sure of it. He knew this man, I'Son was a survivor. He did not believe him to be dead, just yet.

"Search all astro ports and possible points of exiting the planet. He will try to make his way out,He could have gotten injured. Find him, and bring him back to technoid. We will make sure to take care of him" Bleylock ordered.

"You wont escape me I'Son. Keep running all you want, but I will find you, and when I do, I will see to it, you create a new badge, willingly or by force. You are too valuable to Technoid and me, to be let go of. You belong to the company, as the companys employee, by contract. You will fullfill it."

He grinned evil. This battle was not over yet...

Three days later, in the Shiloh archipelago, The leader of The Shiloh Pirates, Magnus Blade, a ruthless man, taken with espionage and stealing from the most profitable companies in the galaxy, was handed a report. It interested him.

They had found a small shuttle near the outer limits of their territory. On board a single passenger. A young man, dressed in a technoid lab coat. The man seemed a bit distraught. The pirates that found him, had brought him to their lair, blindfolded. Till now, the young scientist had been sitting idle in the holding cell he had been put in, awaiting accessment from him, the leader. As he finished reading through the report, he found that he wanted to see this man.

"Bring him before me, I want to see him!" he ordered.

Minutes later, two pirates, holding a tall, blonde haired man, dressed in a technoid uniform, before him.

The man did not appear to care what was happening. Had he been injured by them, like so many others, and was in need of the kind of medical treatment they could give him?

And could this man possibly have knowledge about Technoid, that could be to their benefit?

The Pirates would often take in new members in need of help. Something told him, this man was in need of help, he was not going back to Technoid. He had fled from Technoid, the reports they had managed to get from Technoids system, had named him as I'Son Danvers, and he had stolen something from Technoid, and caused an iceage to start on Akillian. They considered now to go out, offering a reward for any information of his whereabouts.

Magnus nodded as he read this.

Corso, a silent war veteran of the flux wars,later turned pirate, was called to Magnus.

"Corso, this young man, I'Son, take care of him, teach him our ways and see what is needed. Give him the choice, to join us as a member, or to remain our prisoner. It wont be long before they put out a wanted poster for him" he said.

Corso nodded.

"You think he will join us? There is something about him, he has seen things, I can tell, he will need a friend, or more to get through all of this trauma he has suffered" he asked.

Magnus nodded, pleased with Corsos response.

"I think you would be the best choice Corso. You have seen your fair share of trauma. Help him channel his rage against Technoid he is ready, we will give him the choice. For now, help him get used to our ways, and lets prepare him, he will change his name and assume a new identity" Magnus ordered.

Corso smiled as he saluted and headed off to the holding cell, ordering the young scientist released into his care.

I'Son looked suspiciously at him.

"I am here to introduce you to the people onboard. How does a shower sound? You look like you need one" he said, studying his soon to be bunk mate closer.

I'Son nodded. Corso had brought him the things he needed, and a new change of clothes, the ones Magnus ordered.

I'Son looked sceptically at them. Corso grinned.

"Technoid clothes dont work here. So you get the same kit the rest of us have. Now, how bout that shower?" he smiled.

I'Son nodded with a small smile.

Corso showed him to the showers, and showed him how it worked. He made ready to take a shower himself. The Pirates were like brothers, a family of thieves.

And I'Son would hopefully soon take the pledge and join them. He looked over at the other man, whom let out a sigh of relief, as the warm water washed over him. Corso smiled as he heard that sigh. Then, he came to glance over at him. And his face turned to a mask of shock. This man was seriously traumatized. The scars littered his back, he looked like he had been savagely beaten. Corso had seen this before, and he knew what it meant. It could not be that he had experienced it too, the same thing his little brother Kuhn had? He had to know, even if it opened up raw wounds again.

"I'Son, not to pry, but those wounds on your back.. They must be hurting" he tried carefully.

I'Son seemed uncomfortable as he turned off the shower, and put the towel over his back as if to hide the wounds.

Corso knew he had to step carefully.

"I am not going to push, everyone here has their own story of pain,and secrets. Should you choose to share, I am here to listen. I happen to know herbal medicine, I got something that can help ease the pain and speed up the healing some" Corso offered, placing a hand softly on I'Sons shoulder.

He felt the other man jump. Ok, this would take some time getting used to.

I'Son said a name barely audible to his ear. Corso leaned closer, to hear what he said.

"You want to know who is responsible for my injury? I will tell you, about a man whom is a devil in sheeps clothing. A snake and a lawless scum. I saw him murder a friend, and my wife, and also, my unborn son..." he started before his voice broke.

Corso nodded, the typical story of murder, lost love and family, nothing new about that around here.

"The name of this scum is General Bleylock, and I will avenge my wife and my son, or die trying"...