<em>Humans were a bit late in the universal space race, but once they joined the rest of us, they, for some weird assed reason, decided it would be a good idea to try to take over other planets. As you can imagine, this did not end well. Most other civilizations were far more advanced than them, and though the intergalactic law enforcers, the Peace Keepers, tried to explain to the humans to stop, their advice went ignored. Now there are few, if any humans left, their colonies destroyed and their home planet nearly disentegrated. <br/><br/>Human artifacts are now incredibly valuable, for people who collect the relics of the forgotten race. Pirates roam the Earth ruins and colonies trying to make an easy buck, but there have been some strange discoveries lately. The PKs are trying to keep them under wraps, but it seems that humans aren't entirely gone just yet....</em><br/><br/>Hikari had heard that some explorers had stumbled upon the ruins of an ancient race, but she hadn't believed the rumors that it was human ruins. Now, as she looked down at the excavation site, one tired leg propped up on a pile of rubble, a devious smile spread across her lips. Human relics had become quite valuable now that their race had been declared extinct, and this site was nearly unguarded. Hikari would've thought it was a trap if she weren't so damned excited. There were two others in her party, which she sent in opposite directions around the crater to check for guards with a silent flip of her hand. They returned shortly, informing her that no one was on the upper lip. She should've grown suspicious, but instead began the climb down the side of the excavation.<br/><br/>Hikari could see the main focus of the dig: a huge metal door that they seemed to be having trouble finding a way to open. There were plenty of human goods in the outlying buildings, though, and she sent one of her team to go back and inform the rest of the crew that it would be easy pickings. She and the remaining man went on ahead, scouting out the inner buildings. She didn't realize they were being hunted, and she found herself trapped on the upper level of an old house when several PK officers swarmed the bottom floor, demanding her to give herself up. With a smirk, she kicked open a window and crawled onto the pane, looking down as the last of the officers went in. She took a deep breath and lept out the window, rolling as she landed. The last of the guards heard her land though, and turned to fire a shot. It went straight over her head as the ground beneath her crumbled away and she found herself sliding down a rusty tube at high speed before splashing down into fuck-knows.<br/><br/>Coughing and spluttering, she surfaced, wiping at her facing so she could try to figure out where she was. It was pitch black, but she could feel the edge of the drainage, and lifted herself up onto it. She dug into her pocket and pulled out a portable light, snapping and shaking it on, holding it above her head to see around her. It was a tunnel of some sort, that much she could tell, and it ended at the drainage pipe. Only one other way to go, and so she plodded on, her boots squelching with each step. The tunnel branched out into some sort of labyrinth, twisting this way and that. Several times she ended up in dead ends and had to backtrack. At last she found a door, but it was sealed.<br/><br/>(Halt right there!) a voice rang through the tunnel and Hikari's hands flew up instinctively. (Turn around, slowly) the voice ordered her, and she obeyed. Two officers had their guns trained on her. (You're under arrest)<br/><br/>"Oh, am I?" she asked, not able to keep the smug grin off her lips.<br/><br/>(Yes, you are.) When he moved to cuff her, she ducked the opposite way, narrowly missing getting shot by the other officer. Sparks flew and everyone froze, looking up at the smoking control panel as a siren began to blare. (What did you do?) the first officer asked his partner frantically.