Commander Axle “bloodhound” Griffon stood on the bridge of his capital ship, the Red Wolf. He was quite young, only being 21 but his eyes held wisdom beyond his years. His attention was drawn from the colors of slipspace and his musings as alarms began to ring in a pattern he dreaded, “All hands to battle stations, fighter pilots Get ready to launch On my mark. I repeat all hands to battle stations, fighter pilots to their ships, Get ready to launch On my mark.” lines of worry creased through the generals face. His orders were being relayed through the PA system. Antique as it was in the face of Modern HUD systems, it still worked. “Sir, fighter craft are standing by, waiting for orders.”

A boom was heard as the ship was pulled out of slipspace forcefully. “Mark” The commander roared into his Phone. Somehow his engineers had managed to hook it up to the PA, he didn't know why he never used it when giving orders.

”Sir burn and slip?” the engineer asked. He shakes his head

“We Don't the range of whatever pulled us out” his grizzled face showing, Once a poster boy for the most elite unit, the shadow hounds. He was now just another face in the crowd, A fixture lost to the sands of time. His attention was drawn back to the present when the same tech shouted “Sir! something Big is coming out of the slipspace in front of Us!” A massive station as big as a small moon appeared, and everyone, Even Axle, stared in Awe. “that's gotta be as big a small moon” One of the techs whispered.

“Sir?” Axle was frozen. It can't be, all three were destroyed. “Sir a strange energy reading is coming from that ship”. Axle’s eyes widened.

“Get to the escape ships and pods Get out of here, fly as far as you can'' Axle ordered running for the escape vessels. “All hands abandon ship, Fighters scatter to the nearest bases in the secet And place yourselves under their command until such a time, I can get in contact with You” he yelled frantically into his phone, reaching a ship, and getting In, Just as the deadly laser fired and cut the Red wolf in half. Luckily the ship launched in time and boosted away from the debris and he saw The fighters and the lucky crew members' ships disappear with a swirl of colors into slipspace, and as finally as he dared to look back, enemy fighters and circler ships began to scan the debris. He suddenly vanishes in a flash of light, as the colors of slipspace Overtook his vision. He clutched a star pendant tightly, As sat back down in the chair. Memories of the Galaxy wars swarmed his vision. Ships being cut in half, and the laser dreadnought being destroyed as well as the station. His eyes glazed over, as he was drawn into memories past. Commander. Run! what the hell is that thing? Flashes of the past, Names, faces, and ships, he realized he was shaking and gripping the armrests tightly. He let go, it didn't stop though, Just like the nightmares. “In and Out Axle” he muttered, breathing in and out, clutching The pendant tightly. Men's life drained out of their eyes As he could do nothing, But watch. He snapped out of it barely though, as the Ship came out of slipspace. He looked around, only to find nothing, But a small moon and a planet, which looked Like a barren desert. He was heading towards said planet. He checked for his pistol, only to find an old-style revolver, The Gun and its bullets were plated in Gold And he felt his breast pockets, he somehow had 3 full rounds In it, His friend’s hand probably slipped it in there. What about His standard issue? He began to panic and a gleam of silver made itself known, he reached and found Nothing. This was Just peachy, wasn't it? He rubbed his as he entered orbit And then everything started to shake. He was pushed back into His chair and heat began to form around the ship, creating a wave of plasma. Alarms started to Blare As his ship started to fall apart, and then suddenly it stopped, it was still going fast though as he slammed into the sand As the ship skidded and then everything stopped and he was thrown through the glass cuts forming along his body as he tumbled down a dune And stopped. He gingerly lifted a hand to his head and touched It, His forehead seared in Pain when he did so, bad idea. He removed the hand and looked at it, it was covered in blood. “Well that's bad” He muttered while hobbling along The dessert, Back to his crashed ship. He got there And climbed into the ship careful not to get any more Of his uniform torn or cut. He fumbled under the broken control panel and pulled out a beacon. He looked at it once and sighed, it was broken, but it could at least send out a distress signal within a few miles. He activated it and hoped for the best as he fell asleep. A few hours later, He heard the sound of horse hooves against the sand. He groggily pulled himself Up, the revolver slipping into his hand. He heard two people talking

“I doubt anyone is in this wreck,” A boy said calmly, His voice was a deep baritone.

“You think So?” a softer voice asked, “look if we are Wrong and someone or something Is in that wreck of a spaceship We are dead Dennis,” she said calmly, almost like it was a fact.

“Where the hell am I” He muttered softly, then the boy responds

“So what, Lily? We gotta take the risk. We are dead either way” he almost yelled. A distinct whirr of sand speeders could be heard, Axle calmly Stepped Out And followed their gaze, keeping a safe distance, Sure enough, a sand speeder with its tracks was racing towards them. “This isn’t Good” the girl muttered and axle took a Look At them both. The boy had brown hair and a light tan, while the girl had white skin and shoulder-length black hair.

"They won't attack," the boy says confidently. "We have nothing that they want anyway" The speeders stopped and 4 People Got Off. The first person to remove their helmet was a girl with blonde hair and sea blue eyes. The second person to step off, a black-haired male with brown skin and sparkling green Eyes turned to Dennis and Lily. The 3 and fourth person were identical twin girls, with brown curly red hair Black eyes, Both held warmth like a fire. "Jane, Rico, Cassie, Lexi" the duo rattled off in sync and stepped forward to hug the four People. "No time We have to go Now," Rico said firmly.

"What's going On?” Lily asked in a panicked voice. He could tell, This person never gave orders unless necessary.

"Just get on your horses and go,” He said, his voice brokering No argument. More whirring could be heard and five tank-like Vehicles raced towards them.

"Slavers" the girl Named Cassie muttered Pulling out a Glock, As the others grabbed their weapons. Axle gripped the revolver tightly and cocked back the hammer. He had to make this count. In Out In Out. the slavers exited their vehicles heavily armed.

"Take the girls, they will make Good slaves and the boys will make good gladiators" a tall burly man Ordered. As the slavers Came in range, the man named Rico Opened fire hitting two as One of the girls charged and ducked and dodged kicks and punches stabbing hard. Then A boom and the cycles blew up and the horses were dead. "Crud" One came into My line of sight. A bang and he dropped like a rock. He turned around And shot another One. "Nice One Rico.” The girl called Out.

"That wasn't me Cassie '' He yelled back, shooting one that tried to sneak up On him. Axle stepped forward, He was next to Rico Now. He shot two and turned around shooting another One that tried to sneak Up Behind Jane. Axle ran back to his ship and reloaded, downing two More that had tried to sneak up behind Rico. Suddenly Axle Was aware of a rocket coming toward them. Rico raced to his position and Axle Pulled Him In then pushed him to the ground As the girls rushed to them Axle grabbed One with each hand pulling two of them In As Rico Grabbed The other girls and the two Kids were so near. Lily dived into the wrecked spaceship, Dennis was still far away but he was running. "Can't do anything" Axle grunts. In a flash, Rico hopped Over the barrier And raced towards him, and threw Him In as ran back The rocket exploded in front of him and he was propelled forward, Right into the ship Luckily. "Lay him down on the chair On his belly," Axle said without preamble. "Take any clothing he has One His chest Off." Basic first aid was taught, All personnel were required to be able to at least bandage Up a wound and able to Make a splint for broken bones. He also took CPR and stitching classes.

"Who Are you?" Lily asked fiercely.

"Do you want your friend to die? No? Then do as I say” Axle says calmly, digging around the ship. He found a compartment with medical supplies. It was a first Aid Kit. it would have to do for now. He grabbed a needle and some threads, before carefully ripping off the man's shirt. "Be careful with that,” lily squeaked. Axle shot her a glare, his back had a gash. The blood was getting in his eyes and he banged his arms, legs, and forehead. He then went to work stitching the smaller wounds As the people at the entrance kept firing. He then started on the big gash across his back finishing it Up. it was by no means perfect but it would Hold. he grabbed the gun of the man and started shooting, after what felt like hours the men dispersed. "Look they are leaving". Now answer My question, Who are You?" Lily growled. Axle sighed and stood up straighter.

"I am Axle Griffon of the first Navy Core Former commander of the Red wolf," He said "Happy Now?" he shot them a glare.

"You? You Are the bloodhound? And what do you mean, former?” Dennis asked in Awe. "Yes. My ship got blown up. Obviously,” he says coldly. He was out of ammo and it would be harder to find more bullets. Nobody sold them after all, it just wouldn’t be profitable. “How the hell are we gonna Get Home. the horses are dead, And the cycles are blown Up” Dennis muttered “we could walk?” axle queered lifting Rico carefully. Somehow he still had the strength to Keep Moving. “It’s not far only an hour and a half at the least.” Dennis chimed In. “the only reason we brought the horses is Incase we could scavenge it.” Lily muttered. "I still say we should have gotten the speeders instead of the horses" Dennis muttered angrily. "Hey you wanted the horses in the first place" Lily tossed back and Dennis’s eyes widened. "Enough Let’s get moving," Axle said sharply. Something in his voice made them Pause and Dennis stopped giving Lily a death glare. "Somethings never change, no matter what planet you End Up On" he muttered as he followed them.