Part 15 - Across the Deadly Plain -Tenchi- So…we were heading towards our doom across millions of light years of enemy territory. "Washu’s totally insane." I stated, "I’m gonna go to Ken-Ohki, we’re gonna need a lot of fire power." Ryoko nodded. I walked over to Ryo-Ohki’s space docking bay where Ken-Ohki was. "Well this is gonna be fun…" I grinned once I was out in Ken-Ohki. Walking down to the manual targeting, I stated making the adjustments Washu said to make. Juraian intelligence proved that you had to adjust your weapons frequency or anything you fired would be deflected by the enemy shields. But then again, Juraians rarely ventured out this far into enemy territory. We were all alone out here…It was gonna be hell. We were going to do the unthinkable. Go out into unknown enemy territory, and try to survive. I watched as the screen showed the possibility of success. 0.1% "I love an adventure, don’t you?" I asked the small picture of Ryoko in the top right-hand corner of my screen. "Yeah, fun…isn’t it?" she mumbled obviously not to happy to be going into enemy territory… I was upset to, but not this upset, something was wrong. -Ryoko- I sat down in the chair centered in the middle of Ryo-Ohki. Almost everything we’d been coming across came back to me. Blood Slice had been mostly made of Minaven. I had a…dislike for Jurai at that time, for I thought no one should have that much power as did they. So I had joined with the Minaven until one night. This had been before I had rescued the children. They had a Juraian prince tied up and tortured him. I still can remember as I watched afraid of what would happen if I helped him, the whip going down against his bare body. Though I still think he had too much power, no one needs to go through the pain he endured. I set him free. That was the first thing that started turning me against Blood Slice. This had also all happened before I met up with Kagato. I wasn’t as famous as a space pirate then, but I still was pretty wild. Now I’d again be going against Minaven. I closed my eyes and laughed. Not even Tenchi and us could make it through this, it was insane. "We’re going to hell…" I laughed, "Hell, when you’re not dead!" -Kiyone- This was way out of the Galaxy Police’s jurisdiction. Only the top officials of Galaxy Police dared to enter the territory we were entering. 5 Hours Later BEEP!! BEEP!! My eyes shot open as I glanced around. "Minaven army fleet ahead. Minaven army fleet ahead!" The computer beeped sending the flashing red light warning. "MIHOSHI, BATTLESTATIONS!" I yelled. -Tenchi- "We’ve got company…" I hissed to Ken-Ohki as I took a view of the fleet, "Holy shit…" 5 Battleships… 20 cruisers… This was over doing it. I’ve studied many alien cultures and the way of the Juraians. This was unheard of! A normal fleet has 1 Battleship and 10 cruisers. "Ken-Ohki, fire the main cannon!" I yelled. A brilliant flash of purple light erupted from Ken-Ohki. YES! A battle ship was taken down. I slipped into manual driving. This would be fun. 2 Cruisers were on my tail. I fired engines up straight towards the battleship. I slammed on the brakes then shot straight up as I watched the 2 cruisers collide with the Battleship’s bridge. "Tenchi you have 5 bogeys on your tail!" Ryoko yelled. I fired up maximum burn and tried to escape the 5 cruisers. "I can’t shake ‘em!" I cried. I watched as the cruisers powered up and fired. -Ryoko- "TENCHI!" I yelled as I watched Ken-Ohki explode. I swerved Ryo-Ohki around aiming at the cruisers. "Missiles 1, 2, 3, and 4, AWAY!" I screamed. That was when I saw a blue glow from where Ken-Ohki exploded. Tenchi was there with Ken-Ohki, both being protected by the Light Hawk Wings. -Mihoshi- I watched as Ryoko swooped by and picked up Tenchi and Ken-Ohki. Suddenly the alarm went off again. I glanced at the screen. 3 more fleets closing in on us. One from the left, one from the right, and one from behind. "It’s a trap…" I hissed under my breath. 5 Hours Later "Man this sucks!" Ryoko moaned. We were in a Minaven prison. They had out numbered us 50 to 1. "I’M GETTING OUT OF HERE!" Ryoko yelled firing a ball of energy. It bounced off the wall at me. I ducked just in time and it bounced towards Washu who caught in her hand. "I TOLD YOU, YOU CAN’T BREAK OUT!" Washu screamed. I took out my hairpin and walked over to the door trying to pick the lock. I heard a click and opened the cell door only to be met with shock. Being blown back from the intensity of the shock I fell unconscious. -Kiyone- I ran over to Mihoshi’s fallen body. "She’s not breathing!" I cried as I put my hands on her chest. Tenchi walked over to assist me. "1…2…3…Breath!" I yelled. Tenchi exhaled into Mihoshi. "1…2…3…Breath!" I yelled again. He once again exhaled into her. "*COUGH!* *COUGH!*" Mihoshi choked. Her hair was a bit black around the edges. "They must’ve put a forcefield up, a strong one, I had no idea that the Minavens actually had shock-field ability." Washu stated. Tenchi pulled out the Master Key. "Lets see if this work…" he said as he ran at the forcefield. He rammed the sword straight into the forcefield. He was blown back across the cell hitting a wall. "Whatever shock-field they have up can deflect Juraian power." he coughed standing up. "That’s not the reason, it’s because the Master Key is away from the ship… But… Lets try this then…" I said as I loaded the anti-matter shot into my gun. I fired at the force-field. A big swirling pool of gray and white sucked up the force-field. BEEEEEP!!! BEEEEEP!!! A red light flashed and a siren sounded. "Lets go!" I yelled. -Mihoshi- We ran down the corridors of the Minaven prison. A guard or two popped up but I shot them down. We emerged into daylight out of the prison. I heard guns click. Snipers all around us. "You guys go ahead, we’ll take care of them!" I yelled at the others. Kiyone and I both kneeled down and started firing at the snipers. They had the advantage. I watched as 10 more snipers exited the upper corridors to join their buddies. And I also watched, as the head one, aimed a rocket launcher. "RUUUUUNNNN!" I screamed. I grabbed Kiyone by the wrist hoisting her up, then pulled her along with me as we ran to the others. "We have to get to the docking bay, that’s where Yagami, Ken-Ohki, and Ryo-Ohki are!" Washu yelled. "You guys run along, I’ll cover you!" I stated, "GO!" I aimed my gun at the row of coming soldiers. I fired 5 times. All of them fell down with a bullet in their head. I turned around and ran to the docking bay. BANG! BANG! I felt the bullets pierce both my legs. "Auggghhh!" I cried in pain. Falling to the ground, I pushed my self up into an upward position push-up, and dragged myself along with my hands. A boot fell in front of my face, followed by another. I looked up to see the man who had had the rocket launcher knock me out. -Kiyone- I heard the gun fire and the scream Mihoshi let out. "I’m going back for her." I hissed to the others turning around. Tenchi grabbed me. "You can’t save her if you die yourself…" he said, "After we get to our stopping point, Jurai, we’ll think up a plan. Then, Washu can go get her son." He shot a cold look at Washu who only nodded solemnly in response.