Author's Note: For those of you who are wondering why the content of my story has change, I am in the process of rewriting my story. If this chapter has left you confused, please read the altered versions of chapters 2 and 3.

The swarm of droids fired a barrage of laser bolts, forcing Lance to zoom away to safety with the blonde girl still tucked under his arm. The droids followed per suite in a high-speed pursuit as Lance weaved in and out between multitudes of rock formations. A number of the droids were unable to maneuver themselves quickly enough and wound up crashing in fiery explosions against the rocks. The remaining droids merely rushed past the small fires, undaunted in their chase.

"Sheesh! What'd you do get them this mad at you?!" The girl was astounded by the persistence of the droids.

"No clue!" Lance shouted as a laser bolt exploded close to his side, "But trust me, stopping to try saying sorry doesn't work!" Lance couldn't help but remind himself of another robot chase that had occurred not too long ago…

"WHOA!" The girl's yell brought Lance's attention to what was in front of him, his throat went dry. A large ravine was up ahead, Lance wasn't a hundred percent sure if he could make the jump. The girl let out another shout, but this time not in distress. The girl's eyes began brimming with yellow energy and a large ramp of earth started growing across the ravine. Lance traveled across the newfound bridge as it continued to form.

"Almost there…" the girl said under her breath, the path was almost complete. But then the stone ramp stopped growing and it quickly began crumbling away at the tip. "NO!" The girl shouted in despair. Why did things have to go wrong now?!

Lance was still going, he was too far along as it was. There was no turning back now. Lance leapt as the ground beneath him gave way. Lance landed on to one of the falling rocks that had once been part of his path. He leapt again on to another rock, and then again on to another rock, getting closer to the other side of the ravine in the process. After a few more jumps, Lance made a massive leap of faith off of one last rock…

Lance and the girl landed safely in a heap on the other side of the ravine.

"Phew, w-we made it," panted Lance.

"Y-yeah," the girl actually gave Lance a small smile. The smile quickly vanished when odd noises caught the attention of both the girl and Lance. The two looked up to see that the swarm of droids had not only caught up to them, but had also surrounded them. "Or maybe not…" The girl felt herself get scooped up again as the droids released yet another barrage of laser bolts. Lance tried breaking through the droid ranks to escape but a series of small explosions blocked off his path. He turned in another direction to try again, but the laser bolts prevented him from finding a different escape route. It was no good the droids had Lance trapped.

After yet another unsuccessful attempt at freedom, Lance was tripped by an exploding laser and sent tumbling, dropping the girl in the process. The girl fell rolling onto the ground before stopping a few meters away from Lance. She pushed herself onto her knees and brushed a few strands of blonde hair from her face. The girl looked spun her head around until she found a blue alien dinosaur that was in the process of getting up, and about to be fired upon.

The girl quickly began gathering energy into her palms. Sure this guy had ambushed her earlier, but if he had been willing to help her, he couldn't be all that bad. A whirlwind suddenly picked up and the droids were caught in a vortex of dirt and rocks. Lance stared in astonishment as the droids were swept around like dandelion seeds that had been caught in a breeze. The air was soon filled with the many explosions of droids colliding with both debris and each other. The wind died down when the very last droid had been destroyed. "Whoa…" That was all Lance could say. Lance turned around wide-eyed towards the girl, whose eyes and hands were still brimming with yellow energy. In a mere matter of moments she had finished what would have taken Lance much longer to do. In his surprise, Lance hardly noticed the dial on his chest when it began blinking red.

This time it was the girl's turn to be surprised. After a red light engulfed the blue alien dinosaur, a normal looking teenage boy was left sitting in its place. "Wait?" The girl stared in shock, "S-so you're not a—" the girl frowned, "A uh…" What had he been?

"No, I'm just your average guy." Lance got to his feet and began brushing himself off. "Thanks for the help," Lance's smile then became a small frown, "Sorry about sneaking up on you earlier…"

"You're welcome and it's okay," Answered the girl. She gave a small smile. "So, do you have a name?"

Lance, who had just been about to continue on his way, was taken aback by the question. It had just been so long since anyone had tried making conversation with him. "Uh sure, it's Lance." It had been a very long time. "What's your name?"

"Terra, my name's Terra"

"Well Terra, thanks again for the help…" Lance turned around, "I'll just—"

"Wait? After that y-you're justwalking away in the middle of nowhere?" Terra asked disbelievingly.

Lance stopped in his tracks. "Sorry, it's just something I'm used to doing." He turned himself back around looking abashed. "It's just that whenever I run into those things," Lance pointed to the smoldering droid remains, "Even more wind up after me, so I—" A thought just came to Lance, "Wait a minute, what are you doing out here?"

Terra's back became slightly rigid. "M-me? I'm just doing a little sightseeing that's all…" Lance could have sworn that he had seen a hint of unpleasant emotions flash across her face. For some reason Lance felt that it would be a good idea not to press the matter.

"So I guess getting chased by a bunch of robots is a normal day for you too huh?" Lance attempted to lighten the mood. It worked.

Terra gave a small laugh. "Yeah, you could say that." She looked up towards the sky. "Well, the sun's still out, we've got plenty of time left for traveling."

Lance couldn't believe his ears. "We?"

Terra placed her hands on her hips. "Come on, do think after nearly getting vaporized we're just going to split up?"

"It's just that this kind of my problem…those things are only after me so--"

"I nearly got fried too, remember? We're both in this." Lance couldn't help but feeling that he had heard a conversation like this before…Ironic that he was now being the one lectured. "Besides, it'll be fun!" Concluded Terra. She then began walking past Lance. "Let's go slowpoke, we've got a lot of ground to cover."

Lance remained where he was for instant before he finally decided to concur with Terra's reasoning. He had to admit it, Terra made several good points. One, they did stand a better chance of surviving if they traveled together. Two, after working together against the swarm of droids it only seemed logical that they should continue staying together. And three, a little company wasn't really all that bad…

"Right behind you!" Lance made to trot in Terra's wake, feeling oddly happy at the chance of being accompanied by a fellow trekker. He glanced at his surroundings, he was in the canyon and it was far from being sunset. It would seem that some amount of good had come out of today. What Lance didn't see was a dark figure lurking in the shadows of one of the rock formations.