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necessary, but with each change of focus, he lost speed. And if he hoped to
stop the attack on the embassyтАж

The embassy.
 They were nearly upon it. Valor put all of his energy into speed, drove
his ship's engine without a care for caution or consequence. The Chitain
behind him kept up, their weapons trained on him again.

Valor fired. Two more of the Chitain ships ahead of him were destroyed
by his assault.

The pair on his tail fired as well, and he had no chance to use his
telepathy to distract them. The crimson flames burned toward Valor, an
easy target in his shining shell.

And passed by him on either side.

His spirit soared as Valor realized what had happenedтАФthey had
thought to be clever, firing on either side in the belief that one of them
was certain to hit the Sky warrior. Lucky again. But his luck was sure to
run out quickly.

They rose above a small craggy peak on the lunar surface, and then the
embassy lay before them. The enemies in pursuit of Valor's ship might fire
again at any time. He knew he had only one more chance, and then he
would have to pull away and come 'round again.

Valor fired and destroyed a fourth Chitain craft.

Then he urged his ship up, up through the lunar atmosphere and out
into the vacuum of space once more. He could sense the brightness of
stars; in his mind he could see their brilliance.

The two ships that had been pursuing him had not turned to follow.
Instead, they had continued on with their fellow warriors to begin their
attack on the embassy.

No! Valor thought.

As quickly as he was able, he began to turn, planning to knife down
toward the embassy and attack the Chitain from above.

But even as he turned, Valor could sense them.

The main body of the Chitain fleetтАФsix troop carriers and nearly one
hundred fightersтАФforged through space toward himтАж to ward the Sky
embassy on the moon below.

Valor fired.