The people at the computers rose from their seats and began to run towards a large room. Inside stood the man who Terry and Drake had tried to follow earlier. To avoid people being suspicious of them, they followed the crowd into the room and stood in the formation with the other men.
Terry flashed Drake a worried look. "Do you think they figured out that we're..." Terry stopped to avoid being found out, "That we're... not them?" Terry whispered as the siren continued to whail. Drake simply shrugged and turned towards the man who was about to talk to them.
"Alright, men," the man began, "As you know, we have found two Imperial ships just outside this base." Terry shot Drake another terrified glance. "We have had a crew inspect these ships, but no pilots have been found. We believe that these pilots have somehow discovered our base. How do we know this? Well our scanners have picked up an entire squadron of the Imperial ships approaching our base now. They are expected to arrive here in about five minutes. We could wait to see if they pass by, but I feel that this is a chance to show the Empire the might of the Rebellion. I want all pilots to get to your ships and fight off these Imperials. We will not lose men. Get to your ships now!"
The men all around Drake and Terry turned and ran towards the hangar. Some men ran to the control room to oversee the attack.
"We've got to warn Drask!" Terry said to Drake.
"I know. We have to get back to that cave. It'll hopefully be quiet there!" Drake replied.
Terry and Drake ran for the small medical room. They passed dozens of Rebel soldiers who were yelling and cheering. They were ready to fight Drake's squad.
Terry and Drake found the door to the medical room and opened it up. Terry ran through but Drake stopped for a minute.
"What are you doing? We have to go!" Terry commanded.
Drake stood still for a moment. He turned around and just behind him was a group of Rebel pilots running towards the hangar. One of the pilots slowed and turned around towards Drake. Drake was right. He had known he would see him soon. The pilot was none other than Drake's brother Cole.
Cole and Drake stared at each other. Cole had a disgusted look on his face, while Drake's expression was one of shock. Cole had a new scar across the side of his face. Cole walked up towards Drake until they were only a few feet apart.
"What are you doing here?" Cole asked his brother clearly surprised.
"Why are you here?" asked Drake.
"They brought me here from Naboo," Cole answered. "Did you join the Rebellion without me knowing?"
"No, of course not," Drake said.
"Then I'll ask again. Why are you here... How are you here?" Cole asked.
"I'm on a mission... We believe that you Rebels possess something that belongs to us," Drake said.
"What do we 'possess?'" Cole asked.
"You have our Death Star plans and we have come to take them back from you!" Drake said.
"You think we have those plans here on this base? We have bases scattered across the galaxy. I can assure you that your plans aren't here," Cole said.
"Well in that case, you're wasting my time," Drake said as he turned to leave.
"Wait a minute," Cole said as Drake stopped walking away, "I can't just let you leave. I'm afraid I'll have to take you as my prisoner."
"What?" Drake asked.
"You'll have to come with me," Cole said.
Drake was silent for a minute. Then, he kicked Cole in the shin, causing him to fall over. Drake and Terry opened the door to the cave and ran out towards their Fighters. He realized that Cole wasn't following them. He must have gone to his A-Wing. The two men whose clothes they stole were still laying on the ground. They quickly put their TIE pilot suits back on and left for the Fighters.
"Dang, it must be tough when your own brother joined the Rebels," Terry said.
"I just... I don't know," Drake responded.
When the two TIE pilots reached their fighters, they realized that they hadn't yet warned Commander Drask of the attack.
Terry took out his communicator. "Sir, you have to turn back!"
"What, why would we do that?" Drask replied.
"The Rebels are planning to attack you guys! There's tons of them! You have to turn around!" Terry said.
"That is not the way of the Empire! We will fight until the last man! We will not be bested by this blasted Rebellion!" Drask commanded.
"But sir, they will not stop until you are all dead!" Terry said.
"Well then, this will be an interesting battle," Drask said as he cut off his communicator.
"Well Drake, they're all going to die now. Did you see how many Rebel ships there were?" Terry asked.
"Don't lose hope yet. We have to help them!" Drake said.
The two got into their TIE Fighters and lifted off. They could see the rest of their squad just beyond a rocky cliff. They flew and joined the formation of the squad. They had no choice; they had to fight with their squad.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, nearly a hundred Rebel ships flew out of some small caves in the rocky mountain. The battle would be long and bloody. The battle would be painful for Drake not only physically, but mentally as well. Quickly, the TIE Fighters broke their formation, and began their attack on the Rebels.