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ran to
Jesela. She had a panicked look on her face.
    “What’s
wrong?” he asked.
    “I
don’t know.” She tried her best to use the console. “I’m pretty sure the Avoni
has taken heavy damage.” A look of shock came across her face. “The bridge…”
    “I’ll
go!” Brian shouted. As he ran by Seles’s Zero he shouted up to her. “Seles,
deploy all of the mobile suits in a close defensive formation!”
    “Alright!”
she shouted back. Seles jumped back into her seat and activated her com system.
“All pilots report to their mobile suits!”
    Brian
left the launching bay and ran as fast as he could to the bridge. Everything
appeared normal until he reached the center of the ship. Checking the elevator
to the bridge and finding it unusable, he jumped up and bashed the ceiling
inside the elevator. He climbed up the shaft as fast as he could. Finding smoke
coming from the bridge as he came to the door, he drew his rakna and
forced the door open. Once inside, he saw the back area of the bridge was on
fire while both Valis and Kivi on the ground. Zae started coming back to
conscious, sat up and saw Baed and the others unconscious. A look of fear and
panic came across her face. It subsided once she saw Brian coming towards her.
    “Check
Baed!” he shouted as he started checking Valis and Kivi. Zae did so and found
that other than a small cut on her forehead, Baed was alright. Brian could tell
by the injuries that both Valis and Kivi needed immediate attention.
    “Is
she alright?” Brian asked.
    “Yes,”
Zae answered. She looked at the captain and commander. “Are they alive?”
    “Yes,
but they need attention now.” Brian went to the captain’s chair and activated
the com. “Sickbay, we need a medic on the bridge immediately. Both the captain
and commander are seriously injured.”
    “I’ll
be up there in a moment,” Mira returned over the com.
    He
ran up to the top of the bridge and activated the fire extinguishing system.
The room was filled with gas and smoke for a moment, until the air filtering
system cleared the bridge. Brian ran down to check Valis and Kivi once more
before going to the captain’s chair and turning on the battle plan Valis had
been working on.
    “Zae,
run a diagnostic,” Brian commanded.
    “Of
course,” she said while focusing on the task on hand. Baed started waking up
and noticed what was happening.
    “Baed,
steer the ship into the nearby moon,” Brian said. “The Daevoni and Reinkar have
already moved inside.”
    “Yes,”
Baed said before turning the Avoni in the right direction.
    Outside,
Seles and the other Rakna pilots put up a defensive formation as the Avoni
retreated. They blasted a few Grey ships into stardust as they fled inside the
moon. A few moments later the ship and her defenders entered the safety of the
moon. They flew deep inside to a cavern of rock and ice where the other two
ships, along with the Reiki vessels, were hiding. Mira and three medical
officers entered bridge and ran to Valis and Kivi to attend to them. After a
few minutes of work with regenerators and scanning the two over carefully, Mira
went to Brian.
    “Both
of them will live,” Mira said. “Unfortunately, neither of them will be ready
for action for at least two weeks.”
    Brian
looked at Valis as she slept peacefully. Kivi had the same look on her face. He
activated the com to make an announcement.
    “This
is Lieutenant Commander Peterson with an announcement to the crew of the Avoni.
In the last attack, Captain Valis and Commander Kivi have been injured. With
rest they will recover, but as of now, I’ll be taking command of the Avoni.
Prepare to send all of our injured over to the Daevoni. That is all for now.”
After turning off the com he turned to Mira. “Please do the same for the
captain and commander.”
    “Okay,”
Mira answered. She motioned for the medical officers to get a pair of
stretchers.
    “Do
we have a plan?” Zae asked as she turned to speak with