‘What is happening?’ Djon yelled as he pulled the ship in different directions to dodge the incoming blasts.

‘I don’t know!’ Hawk yelled too as he held onto something.

‘Since when does the council immediately start to attack?’ Veronica asked but she didn’t expect an answer. Instead, she tried her best to stay standing.

‘Can we land?’ Eto quickly asked as he grabbed the same chair Veronica held onto from falling down.

TYO tried to get close on his tiny wheel but kept getting moved back and forth due to the quick movements of the ship.

‘It’s a 54% chance we can’t land!’ he screamed in fear.

‘Can you please tell us something more positive! Like how much chance we have at actually landing,’ Veronica yelled.

TYO tried to look at her, feeling complicated by her question.

‘Landing % is lower than not landing. Therefore it is not a positive number, therefore I would like to tell you the option that is more likely to happen.’

‘Shut up!’ Djon yelled frustrated as he had much trouble flying the ship.

Through the glass, it seemed like all the ships on this side of the planet were firing at them.

‘Can we get out?’ Hawk asked while looking at the monitors.

‘No chance,’ Djon said. ‘We don’t have enough fuel. We have to make it to the surface and find something there.’

At the same moment, the ship shook after an explosion was heard.

‘Is that?’ Veronica asked and Djon nodded.

‘We are going down fast if we don’t do something.’

Hawk looked at Veronica and Eto and thought of a plan.

‘We have to escape. The escape pods can be launched at the planet,’ he said and looked back at Djon who wasn’t looking amused.

‘I don’t like the sound of that but it’s the only option. Go!’ he yelled at the end and Hawk started to pull Eto and Veronica away into the hallway. TYO jumped behind them and started driving fast to keep up.

‘Morning python!’ Eto yelled and even though Hawk didn’t like it, he was sure Eto would get her himself if he didn't.

‘One moment,’ as he took another way to get the assassin.

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Veronica and Eto kept running and in the room with the pods, they waited until Hawk came with the assassin.

At the back of the ship, three ball shaped escape pods were positioned in the wall.

‘We'll mark the planet as a landing point. It would shoot us straight through the blockade. Jon could make the ship go on autopilot.’

Hawk pushed different buttons on the panels next to the pods. Soon they started to glow and shed light as if they were activated.

Hawk pushed Veronica into an escape pod and let her take over the assassin while Eto took his place in the pod next to it. TYO jumped in next to him.

‘Djon, we are you?’ Hawk said while he pushed the communicator button.

After a few explosions outside and the ship shook a few times, Djon’s voice was heard.

‘I told you I don’t like the sound of that,’ Djon said and a laugh could be heard.

‘What do you mean?’ Hawk asked and the laughter continued.

‘I won’t abandon my baby. Go escape to the planet. I will make sure I get there with the Tortoise, ' Djon answered.

‘That is suicide!’ Hawk yelled through the communicator and Djon started to laugh even harder.

‘My whole life is a huge suicide mission. I will make it. Now go!’

Hawk wanted to argue but they didn’t have much time. He looked at the pods and based on the sound of the explosions, this was his only chance.

He jumped in next to Veronica, not wanting to leave her alone with the assassin.

‘What the hell is happening?’ the assassin asked but no one responded.

Hawk pushed a few buttons and a communicator opened up.

‘Eto, can you hear me?’ he asked.

Eto could be heard on the other side, answering he heard him.

‘I set the destination for both pods. We will rendezvous on the planet and mark our location to Djon.’

‘Jon isn't coming with us?’ Eto asked surprised and Hawk could feel the surprised look of Veronica staring at him.

‘No,’ he quickly mumbled and he pushed a few buttons.

He could hear Eto yelling for Djon but it was too late. Hawk had already put in the coordinates and pushed the button.

He heard a loud bang coming from next to them until they were too shot into space.

The pressure inside the ship pushed them against the wall, making the pod shake and spin while it was shot at the planet.

‘I don’t like this!’ Veronica yelled and even though Hawk didn’t make a sound, he felt the same.

In the other pod, Eto and TYO were launched against the wall while the pod made a landing towards the planet.

‘I’m 67% sure we will not make it,’ TYO screamed in fear and Eto started to laugh loudly.

‘How can you be so sure? Isn’t it 50-50%? Eto asked while laughing.

TYO looked at him with his lens and couldn’t tell if Eto was serious or not.

‘Warning, warning. Overheat detected. Escape pod coming into location,’ was heard through a speaker.

‘Almost there,’ TYO said, holding his little hands like it was praying.

A shot could be heard outside and before they figured out what happened, a part of the pod blew away in a tiny explosion.

In a quick glimpse, blue air could be seen outside but that was not the point of attention.

TYO was sucked out of the ship and swung into the sky.

‘Eto!’ it yelled before it vanished out of Eto’s sight.

‘TYO!’ Eto screamed as the half part of the pod started to spin really hard and before Eto could grab something, he felt how his body got swung out of the pod into the air.