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  After he had picked himself up, Will looked at the man who had followed him into the room. Apart from the vicious-looking weapon pointing directly at him, the man didn’t look like the kind to mess with, so Will slowly raised his hands to show submission.

  The man’s lips were moving but, as they were both wearing space suits in the vacuum, he had no idea what was being said.

  Eventually, the man, realising that Will wasn’t able to hear him, gestured him towards the rear space using the weapon.

  Will carefully edged past the man, so that he was now in front, and entered the large space. Two more individuals approached them, both with raised weapons. One fell in behind Will, alongside his fellow, with one leading the small group. As they walked along, Will looked around. Now that he had more time, he realised that the space looked much the same as the hangar that held the two space ships but was swarming with people, all dressed in black military-looking space suits. As far as he could tell, looking at the one leading them, and the ones he had seen close up, a range of insignia was visible, which he assumed showed their rank. High on the left shoulder, they all wore a small version of the logo he and Billy had seen on the space ships.