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reassuringly.
    Zoren and Sabri joined Valon in the living space.
    ‘That sounded very close, almost as if it was just outside the window,’ Zoren said to Valon.
    ‘There’s nothing out there, I’m telling you,’ Valon replied.
    Zoren glanced at Sabri to check she was all right. Her mouth was open in stunned surprise and her eyes were fixed on the window. He looked to the window.
    ‘What the!’ he said. ‘The planet… it’s... it’s disappeared.’
    ‘That’s not all! All the stars have disappeared too,’ Valon added.
    There was a bright flash of light in the space outside, which lit up the room. Zoren instinctively flinched, closing his eyes, before moving his hand to shield them, but at that moment, and without warning, the ceiling of the room caved inwards. There was a suddenly rush of air into the room, followed by a deafening roar.
    Zoren was blown off his feet and thrown across the room.
    For a moment he lost all senses, and then he felt winded and disorientated. His ears were ringing and all he could hear were muffled screams. His vision was blurred, and he was finding it hard to make out where Sabri and the others were. He tried desperately to move, but his leg was trapped underneath the debris from a large girder, which was swaying perilously above him.
    Zoren noticed a figure rush over to him. ‘Zoren! Are… you… all right?’ Sabri said, panicking.
    He could barely reply.
    ‘I… I don’t... know.’
    He turned his head to the right and, behind Sabri, could just make out some fuzzy shapes, which he assumed were Supora comforting her two children. He squinted as a large black figure appeared behind her. She turned and appeared startled, before Zoren heard a dull clap and Supora collapsed to the floor, as if she had been shot. The children froze in shock, then the noise sounded again and they both slumped to the floor.
    ‘Sabri!’ he cried out, turning back to her, but at that moment she was hit and collapsed next to him.
    Dazed, he looked up to see four figures dressed in black space suits and helmets. Another entered the room, and then two of them carried Sabri away.
    ‘What do you want to do with this one?’ the muffled voice of the man who was nearest to him said from within his space suit. ‘He’s trapped.’
    ‘It’ll take too long to free him. Leave him!’ another replied. ‘We have all the others. There’s no more time. We need to leave.’
    ‘Who… are... Who are... you?’ Zoren tried to say, but his vision blurred again and the room started to spin. He felt light headed and fell unconscious.

Chapter Three
     
    Zoren awoke and took a sharp intake of breath. There was a strong smell of burning dio-plastic all around, and the room was now filling with acrid smoke, which was being circulated throughout the space station by the air conditioning system. He coughed violently, and then felt his chest, which was tight and painful after being bruised in the explosion. In fact, his whole body felt sore, like every muscle had been stretched and twisted by a psychopathic masseuse.
    He opened his eyes and glanced quickly around. Sabri and the others seemed to have disappeared and there was an eerie silence, which at first made him think he had been deafened by the blast, but as soon as he shouted out, ‘Hello, is anyone there?’ he quickly realised that was not the case.
    He was lying on the floor with his leg still firmly trapped underneath the debris of the fallen ceiling. He called out again, ‘Hello! I need help in here! Is anyone there?’ and listened intently for a reply.
    Why is no one answering?
    ‘Help! I need help. Please someone. Sabri!’ he shouted even louder.
    There’s no one there, he thought in frustration. He coughed again. I wonder if everyone’s dead. But where are the bodies? He immediately felt an intense feeling of fear. I’ve… I’ve got to get free.
    Zoren tried desperately to pull his leg out from under the large beam, but each time he pulled, the more