A broken battleship, two friends, one mission: stop the alien forces advancing to Earth. The fun fair is not so fun when your friend vanishes and is presumed dead. A decade later, Kade has the idyllic life: a fantastic fiancé, and a new place to live. Yet flesh eating mirrors relentlessly plague him both day and night.  Dragged by his fiancé back to the fun fairs hall of mirrors to confront his phobia. In doing so, Kade not only faces his deepest fears... but is transported to an alternate location amidst a colossal space battle. Reunited with his friend and now in a gravely crippled battleship, they must work together to get out of the mess they find themselves in. Only time will tell if their age-old friendship can endure or if humanity itself is doomed. The countdown commences. NOTE: This is a Royal Road Community Magazine (June 2023) Entrant  What to expect?  Lots of space battles, there is an M/M relationship with two of the side characters.  Friendship, and banter!  Going to see where this one takes me, when it does. I will load the first 12k and then hopefully keep a nice chapter every week for a schedule.This WILL NOT be loaded to Patreon in advance, I barely decided to take part. Wrote 12k yesterday, when I couldn't sleep. I do need to focus on the Cyberpunk.