It is Earth year 2165Ad and the world of men has expanded beyond reckoning. they now live of different planet and moons even. but these colonies need to b controlled hence the employment and setup of the Rupid, the elite in law enforcement and protection. it acts as a school and is setup on a man made island on earth's pacific ocean. they get paid by the council of Galatica for each and every undertaken mission
tomas was groggy woken by his alarm clock. when he finally opened his eyes, he yelled, "argh! late!" and began charging arund the dorm room getting read, then left the building and headed towards the school building. unforntanly, he was alte and spent a long time trying to explain to the fighting teacher, Tzen Lee, while many of the other students laughed at him.
but they do not realise something was wrong about that day and the days after that would change there lives forever.

Lyra stepped into the corridor, looking around at her new surroundings. She wouldn't be at the school long. She never was. Lyra and schools didn't mix. She looked up at the classroom door and pushed it open. A sea of faces turned, sniggering at her for being late and for being new. Scannig the rows, Lyra looked out for an empty seat, blanking the teacher...

'and you would be?' said tzen lee....'ah, the new pupil...Lyra, i presume?' he added with a great deal of thought.
'i, am Tzen Lee, as i'm sure you know. i teach my pupils to be strong in body, and to have a strong mind. i feel it is improtant for every one to know each other, please, tell the class about your self.'
all the pupils were staring at her know. she found her self telling the class.

"Well. I was born. I'm a girl. I get moved around a lot and expelled almost as often." Lyra said, a slightly cocky look on her face. "Any questions or is it alright to sit down?"

to her immence surprise he smiled.
'well, well. you do not getr untill you ask, eh?...fine, sit.'
Lyra had heard about this teacher. he has the same name as the legandery Tzen Lee, a world famous hero. that was several hundered years ago now tho.

Keeping an eye on the teacher, Lyra sat down, her mind turning to other heros of the ancient past. Opening her notebook to continue on a drawing that she had started on the journey to the school, Lyra shifted into I'm-really-listening-most-attentively mode. The lesson looked to be 'interesting'...

'...and that is the parry you need when .......blah...blah.......'


'ok, and now can i have a volenteer?' he asked.
noone moved, noone even breathed. it was deafening with quietness.
'ok then, mister Toole. stand up please.'
as a young boy stood up, he was handed a long bow-staff.
'now attack me with it'...........

Lyra laughed as the boy struck out, only for Tzen to dodge with ease. The boy tripped over the end of the staff and fell on his face. No one else laughed, no one even dared to look around to Lyra.

Tzen helped the lad up.
'try again.' he said, handing him the staff. the boy stepped forwards, but befour he could even blink, the teacher had moved and locked the boy in a whole bady lock. for a secound he might have looked at Lyra, but mabee she just imagened it. he let go of the boy, told him to sit down, and asked the class 5 things the mr. Toole did wrong.

"He woke up this morning?" Lyra asked, all innocence. "Well, for one ting, he wasn't aware of what you were doing. He took too long to move..." Lyra carried on, still drawing away.

'and what are you drawing may i ask?' it was not a demand, it sounded like he was genuinly interested. she hesitated for a secound.

Blushing slightly, she handed the book over to show Tzen the drawing of an elfish looking youngster and a girl dressed on black. The girl held a sword, the elf a bow and they were stood in a woodland clearing.

'ah, very good.' he said and placed it down on her desk. he turned around.
'could everyone please take your desks and chairs to the back of the room please' he said loudly, claping his hands.

Lyra looks slightly cpnfused. I her vast experience of teacers, most would have shown it to the class, then put it in their desk drawer, riped it up, or laughed. Shrugging, Lrya put the book away in her bag and lifted her desk up, carrying it to the back.

the boy Tzen Lee refered to as mr. Toole introduced him self as Tom.
'how did you get away with that?' he asked her. 'but i warn you, do'nt be face on rude to this guy.' he winced 'the last person who disrespected him was launched through the window...4 storys high!..eep. thats the problem with this school, the teachers have total power...'

"You think that was rude? I set fire to a classroom once....now, that wasn't very rude, but I'd get in trouble if I told you what was rude about it..." Lyra gave a sly grin. "And jumping out of windows is fun...especially if they're closed."

Tzen Lee looked at her, and shook his head.
'now for some REAL practical.'
he made them all stand in two seperate lines facing each other.
now, lets see if you have learnt anything today, he clapped his hands
and turned away from them. a few pupils looked confused, but others got straight on with what they were surposed to be doing.

Tom was not lookingf forward to what was to come. it always, somehow, manged to get up on teachers backs and knew that this would b no diffferent. however, a tall girl had entered the room and said that she was a new student. she had a pretty face, fair, short hair and a small amulet hung around her neck, similar to one that he himself had but his was red while hers was white. she handed him a note."hmm.... Jen is it," Tzen Lee spoke quietly then further demanded, "and do u have a last name girl?"
"it's...um, Hart." she said after a moment's hesitation.
"well..., Jen Hart, as you are new and sveral minutes into my lessons, perhaps not havcing a clue about the school, maybe mr Toole here can show u around. after all, he knows all the places for which to hide out when being tracked down by teachers," Tzen Lee responded, eying Tom out of the corner of his eye.
"okay then," Tom responded feeling relieved that he got to avoid the rest of the lesson.
"b warned though that you will make this time up with extra homework as well. and don't take my hiding hint as u know that'll i'll track you down in a second."
Though Tom gulped slowly, he knew it was true. Jen and Tom left the room.
"continuing with the lesson now...." Tzen continued
the two when down the corridor slowly
"hi, name's Tom Toole and i assume that ur's is Jen Hart from ur stuttering speech."
"yeah.., i think that my last name is kinda embarassing. thing was, my last name was on that shee.t"
"he's just out to get u, he does with most people but only because he considers each lessons as ur last. he's good though! i'm his number one target. and why u may ask...., actually, enough of that. hey, i gotta show u around haven't i. any particular reason for being here"
"just studying"
"then we start at the library!"

"I'm new, what about me?" Lyra said, a sarcastic pout on her face. The lesson to her was boring. Old routine by now. She went through the exersises like a robot, performing them automatically.

"I'd say you go with them." Headmaster Ripley said as he loomed out of the shadows. He seemed naturally shifty and mysterious. He was cloaked in black with a tattoo over his left eye resembling an Anarchy symbol.
"Don't mind me, I'm just watching."

"Hopefully not when I'm in the shower, perve..." Lyra muttered and went after Tom and Jen. She caught up with them, looking up and down the corridor.
"Right, what time to they lock us up for the night? I'm breakin out..."

"11 pm..." he muttered... "I hear everything, you know..."
He disappeared down the corridors...

'and we do'nt lock the door.' said Tzen lee. he class had just left the room, most pupils, left looking rather beaten and brused.

Lyra grimaced and started walking in the direction of the canteen. Nothing was making her go to the library on her first day, nuttin at all....

Tom and Jen finished there tour of the school at the canteen. "whew! just in timr for lunch, wanna get anything?" Tom asked her but as she was about to answer, Tzen Lee suddenly appeared behind Tom, "nothing for u, Mr Toole. ur coming with me." Tom swallowed hard.

Tzen marched Tom up one of the many stoney corridors.
'well, why were you late?'

Lyra spent the rest of the day, working out the best ways to avoid classes. It wasn't like she really needed them anymore, and the other pupils seemed a little bit dull. Maybe she'd end up like that if she stayed at the school for too long...

aheh! well, actually,it's quiet a funny story. i woke up late....again
Tzen Lee looked less than impressed

Lyra soon got bored, and went back to her room to fetch a book, then she went outside to find somewhere to sit and read in privacy....

Tom trudged back down the corridor and an hour later feeing battered and bruised,because that was what he was. he was told to fight a troglodite with the techniques used in the lesson. thoguh, he didn't defeat it, hew did enough to pass the "lesson".he bumpe, literally, into Lyra on his way down the corridor, partially becasue she had her head in a book which had fallen on the floor, "what's this?" he inquired, taking a snatch at the book which Lyraquickly picked up.

"Get bent." Lyra sneered, stuffing her book under an arm. "Why d'yer wana know for? It's none of your business. It's not like I'm gonna be staying long here. My record for stayin in one school is a week. I'm gonna try and make it one day and see if the 'rents get the message."

"geez! only asking a simple question,what u getting so up tight for. y'know what i think....? i think that deep under that hardened girl is a nic...er person with a friendly attitude. what am i sayin'? THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT U R!"

"Yeah. Whatever. Hard being nice if you're not used to it. It's also kinda hard if your parent's ain't there when your sick, but they're at a meeting for some dumb contract instead...." Lyra muttered, pushing past Tom.

well excuseme for askiing. hey, what u doing anyway? wanna do something. u don't have to b too nice. i'll ask Jen as well, we can all hang out, what do you say?

"Hang out?" Lyra fiddled with the spine of her book. It was falling to pieces, as she had read it so many times now. "I...I'm not staying in this school. I...I dunno. What is there to do in this place anyway?"

this place? nothing much around here but we get staurday free. what about then? we could visit the shopping arcades unles we have a mission, god forbid!

'Shopping? Please...' Lyra rolled her eyes. 'And mission? What missons? It sounds interesting to me...'

Tzen Lee walked out of of the door, followed by several more battered pupils, and a deep roaring from deep within the room.
'i think you will find the princepel wants you.' he said casualy as he walked past. Tom groaned and assumed the worst, Tzen Lee would'nt tell the head he had lost to a troglodite...would he?

Tom dragged his feet up the corridor to the principals office. on his way up there, a minor firend of Tom racedf up to him. "Tom! gald i found u, i got some info. apparently, u're gonna b sent on a mission to Phobos, one of mars' moons. usually, i wouldn't say but it is important that u read this."
he handed him a newspaper article from "The Mars News" dtaed to yesterday. he read it aloud, "REBELLION ON PHOBO fears are being spreaqd that the rebellion on phobos may spread to mars after a devasting attack on the space port by an underground unit called FOP(Fighters of Phobos). the attack comes after the baron of phobos, Rine, declared war on the moon's original inhabitants, the wefon. the attack was lead by a minor in the faction called Zak who showed devasting skill and power as he single-handed obilerated the port and all its security....
the article continued on about fears of the rebellion spreading.
"whoa! thats bad, i hope i don't run into this guy!" Tom said after reading the article
"i'm just saying what ur back and wear ur luckly charm. it's helped u so far."
the lad was refering to hgis amulet.
"yeah, it has but there is no sense in putting my fate on blind 'luck'."
Tom left him and continued towards the principals office

Ripley was waiting in his office. He had an electronic map of Phobos.

"Tom, sit down." Lyra and Tzen-Lee came in as well.
"Ah, Lyra, Tzen-Lee. Glad you could join us. Are you ready for your mission on Phobos yet?""