I wish I had a weapon like Tess, it would make walking into the unknown a little easier.

As we climbed aboard the ship we were all aware, keeping our ears open for anything. We headed towards where we thought the noise was coming from. We came up against a door, and the noise was definetly louder inside here then anywhere else.

"I think we've found the source of our noise" I said to the others. "What do we do know?"

We stopped outside the door.

"Alright," I whispered, "are we ready to do this? It could be anyone inside there?"

The others said they were ready. I raised my knife and pointed at a number of metal rods on the ground for the others to use as weapons.

Together we rushed into the room...

"AAARRGGHHHH!!!!"

I grabbed the pistol from my pocket, raised it with my eyes closed tightly and fired three shots off - hoping I managed to hit whatever it was that burst through the door!

"Back you devils!" I cried. I jumped down behind a table and covered my head with my hand.
"Please! Don't kill me!" I shouted, "Please! I don't want to die!"

Well this wasn't what I expected - being shot at by some scared crazy person! We managed to avoid the bullet - just! One of them pierced my jacket!

"Wait! Stop!" I shouted, "We're not here to hurt you!"

However he didn't beleive me as he reached his hand aronud the side of the table and shot at us again. I looked at Emmsi who was standing next to me.

"Maybe you can convince him," I said. After all I wasn't the friendliest of of people in the world and I did come across a little overpowering and scary at times.

"Me!?!?!?!" I said. I really didn't expect this situation. "Ok, I'll try, but I'm not promising anything!"

"PLEASE, STOP FIRING AT US!" I shouted over the sound of the second round of gun shots. I held my hands up to the man to show him that I had no weapon.

I started to walk further towards him, still with my hands int he air. "We don't want to kill you, why would we, we don't know you."

The man seemed to calm down a bit so I edged further towards him. "We wondered if you could help us. We need some answers. Do you know what is happening on the Salt Station? The crew of our ship is on there and the doors have locked and we can't get in, do you know a way to help us get in?"

I slowly dropped my hands down as I looked at the man, and then back at Tess, Helen and Monnana. I hoped he would be able to help us.

Wanted to get into Salt Station? Was she mad?!?!? Why would anyone want to get in there?
Maybe she was telling me the truth... but then again maybe this was a trick! they had tricked me before into coming out from my hiding place! Trying to steal my soul...

"How do I know you're telling the truth? How do I know I can trust you?" I said.

"You can trust us," I said, putting the knife back in my belt. I slowly stepped forward. He was obviously very scared of something. I closed my eyes and felt my brothers presence in the air... good... he was nearby... I reached my hand out towards the man and touched his shoulder.
He instantly felt refreshed. I smiled at him.

"We mean you no harm," I said, "we just need your help!"

Slowly, and still alittle nervously, he climbed out from under the table. He still held tight onto his pistol. I could see that we would have to earn his trust...

The women could see my now. I was only young and only small - about 5"4, and I had long, shaggy hair. The woman looked at me with surprise - I could see they didn't expect someone as young as me.

"I will help you the best I can," I said to them, still not really trusting them, "but I would advise you against going into the station! You'll never get out again! They'll steal your souls!"

What this man said worried me, and I could see it did the others as well by the looks on their faces. But we had come this far, and how would we continue with no captain or crew members?

I made a bold statement, I jsut hope the others will agree with me. "We HAVE to get in their, regardless of wether they will steal our souls. We have no ther choice."

"Yes," I said, "yes of course we must get onto the station... however... I still need to find my co-worker!"

I approached the young man.

"Do you know a gentleman named Eric Glover?" I asked. He seemd to be thinknig so I gave him a momet. I looked back at the other women and gasped! Moanna was no longer with us! Where could she have got too? This worried me... I didn't trust her...