Mia had a Planet History class after her morning run & shower with Master Alex. It would be in room 2a. She was a little early so decided to go via the mess hall and help herself to a choc custard. She only allowed herself to have a little a week because she loved them so much and unchecked this addiction could ruin her figure. She had a classic hourglass figure, or she had been told by one of the girls that read all the rich people gossip news, that she had absolutely no interest in. She had left her thick wavy hair out because it was still drying from the shower but now it was starting to annoy her so she chucked it up in a piggy tail and headed for class.
Master Alex was in the room waiting, so was Mac and the other trainees, just Jenny was missing.
“Trainee’s get your comm’s out and open the document Planet Guizer History and start reading until you get to chapter 5.”
There was a collective groan, Mia didn’t actually know much about this planet so she was a bit intrigued.
She Started to read about a planet who was always at war, there were two main people groups, the Zoe and Hoos fighting for control of the planet and because they were always at war, the whole planet suffered. They didn’t have much advanced technology, they had very little formal education, poor nutrition, poor hygiene practices, negative population growth and their life expectancy was about 38 years. How sad, Mia thought.
Just then Mac called out “Hey Instructor Alex, you been to planet Guizer in your life time”
Although we didn’t know much about our Masters, Mac had figured out that if you asked Master Alex the right question, he always had a story about each of the Planets he taught about. We figured he must have had a job that he got to visit a lot of different places, he might have even been rich with some of the resources he had access to. Listening to stories was actually more interesting that reading off a comm.
“Well Alex started, I haven’t actually been to the planet although its not a place anyone would really want to go to either from . . . information I have seen. But I did come across some inhabitants once, they tried to relieve me of my ship and other valuables. As it happens our ship had a malfunctioning ship detection system, so they were able to sneak up on us. Before we knew it they had breached our side hatch and were making themselves at home. I will never forget how filthy they looked and how they stunk. You didn’t need to wonder where they were you could smell where they were. Anyway we couldn’t use most of our weapons because we didn’t want to damage the ship, so we only used hand to hand, I thought they would have been better trained then they were, being from a war planet. They got distracted very easily. One of my female fellow travellers was woken from her sleep by the commotion and joined the fight wearing only her . . .urm . . . sleep wear. As soon as they seen her it was like they forgot they were ment to be fighting. She took down half their number single handed.” He gave a quick chuckle as he remembered the events.
“No way!” Mac said “Your making that up”
Master Alex replied “I couldn’t make up a story that bad, even if I tried. Anyway, I seen you have distracted me again, what’s the time?” At that moment the Supply Ship approach bell sounded. “Oh well that looks like that’s all for us today, please report to the loading bay to help unload supplies.
“Yesss” said Mia under her breath and raced with the rest of the trainees out the door.
At the unloading dock the younger trainees where already starting to carry the smaller parcels inside to put in the mess hall, the older trainees would use the trolleys and move the bigger supplies, that were in metal shipping crates. There were about 20 crates to unload and then empty crates that were delivered last month were loaded abord. The whole process took about two hours.Most of the trainees then wondered back in via the mess hall to check for their parcels they ordered. This was the most exciting time on Planet S610.There wouldn’t be any other classes for the rest of the day so Mia found her parcels and went to her room to try them on. She tried on the cargo pants, they fit her alright although they clung to her legs and were a lot tighter than she imagined they should be, but they felt nice on, the material was stretchy and they moved with her. She then tried her new boots on. Perfect fit. Just as well, normally in the past she would have traded with
Captain jay threw his duffel bag into the boot of his car as it pulled up at the water gate, two mins early. He then removed his pack from his back and climbed into the back seat, putting the pack at his feet.“We leave from the Military Port”“Ok” Benny said, as he eased the car back onto the traffic.“You will need to get your credentials up on your comms for the checkpoint,” said Jay.It was a quiet drive to the port, traffic wasn’t too bad and they made great time.When they pulled the car up out the front of the workshop near the port, Bunny was there waiting for them, she wrapped Captain Jay into a big hug, shocking Kat and Benny.“Come on, grab your stuff – this way.” said BunnyJays team grabbed their bags, packs and Tilly had a case Jay supposed she had filled with explosives. They followed Bunny into the ship she had commandeered. They got a quick tour and met
Day 2The next morning Kat was greeted by Beeves and Boris in the Princesses apartments. Kat had done the night shift and they were to watch the Princess during the day while Kat got some sleep. The Princess was going to visit her Father this morning and all three of them would go as her protection. News had finally come in late last night that her father was out of surgery, but wasn’t out of the woods yet. His recovery would take months if he were to pull through. It had already been arranged that the Princess would go and see her Father at 9.20 this morning. Shimel had greeted Kat with a coffee and she had just finished it when the boys arrived.Boris greeted Kat with “Oh gosh Kat, you look like . .”“I don’t want to hear it” Kat cut in, just to let the boys know she was still sharp, despite how she must look.“Morning” the women both welcomed. The boys now just a bit wary of them, blushed a bit.
They were almost finished their lunch when the surveillance system chimed. Immediately, the boys, got up. Beeves went to see the feeds and Boris to the front door. “Someone is coming to your door,” said Beeves, he picked up the device and held it out to Rota so she could identify the person.“Oh No,” said Rota “Its my Uncle Octave, My Fathers brother. Oh I didn’t expect him here for at least another two days. He normally drags his feet when coming here.”“Did you want us to turn him away?” asked BeevesThere was a knock on the door.“I would like that but no its better to just get this over and done with”Shimel got up at once and took all their unfinished plates from the table “Uncle Octave won’t think it proper, the help eating with a Princess” she said in a mocking tone and put them in the butlers pantry. She then hurried down the hall closing all the doors.
Kat awoke at 5pm after a restful sleep. Oh how she needed that. She checked her comm, there were a couple of messages but none urgent. So she ordered some dinner to be sent over and hit the shower while she waited. Refreshed, dressed and hot meal in front of her she decided to check her messages. There was one from Boris about Rota being visited by her uncle Octave, who was by all accounts trying to get Rota to step away from the crown so he could rule while her Father recovered. He also mentioned his reaction to Lacy’s comment about him next in line to the throne if anything happened to her. Octave also carried an ornate knife on his lower left leg, which had blood on it. There were photos of the knife too. It was swabbed and will be sent to the lab.There was a couple of replies and thoughts on the note she had put up about the trajectory of the Kings shooter.Then she came across a message from her superior giving her a heads up about Octave’s request fo
Day 3Jay was woken up at 4am in the morning by an alarm on his comm. Report to cockpit. Was all it saidHe jumped up and dressed in a hurry and met Tilly heading in the same direction. Benny, and Ryder were already there."What's going on?" said JayRyder started to explain "I have been watching another ship going in the same direction that we are. It appears to be a newer ship with a much higher speed that what his old girl can hold. I have been making our course look like we could have been heading to two other planets at once but this ship ever since I noticed it has been heading directly to Planet S610""I don't have a good feeling about this" said bunny as she entered the room with a tray containing coffee for everyone."Oh Bunny" said Benny almost groaning in delight "you do know the way to a man's heart. . . Jay can we keep her""Careful Benny, she is a wild thing that can't be tamed" Jay warned
“Captain Jay of the Palace guard of Ziion, me and my team are on an undercover mission in relation to the Kings recent assignation attempt. We are on our way to your planet, when we noticed another ship also heading there. We are unsure of its purpose but if its in connection to our case it could be to harm or kidnap one of you trainees.“Can you release the person’s identity”There was a pause“Where you the person who knew our code”“Yes I served in the Ziion Military, and still call Ziion home and King Levis my King”“Ok that’s good enough for me. We have only one source but we believe on your Planet, you have a missing princess, she is a twin to Princess Rota”“Mia” said Alex looking to Dora, Dora’s eyes widened. As they both thought through her circumstances it made sense, she even had similar featured to the king”“Yes it does make se
Dora watched as the smaller ship landed in the docking area. Four men got out in completely black armoured gear with as many weapons as would fit on a body. They confidently strode up to the door.Dora gave an update. “Four men, full battle armour, completely black with lots of weapons”“What is your business on Planet S610,” Dora askedOne of the men with a confident smile took a step closer, he opened his mouth then the smile faded as Dora’s gift started to pull words he didn’t intend to use towards his mouth.“We are here to kill the Princess” The man replied, his men looked at him shocked.“How many men do you have?”He was starting to sweat now “15 plus a pilot”“What is your plan of attack?” One of the men pushed him out of the way and stood in his way, only to answer the question instead. “We have sent two other ships to the north exit and