Gilda had said Merlin 5 was not as treacherous of a planet as Draconia, but the Young Six still had to be careful. Merlin 5 was a rainforest planet with very lush plant life and 2,500,000 miles in diameter. So, it was only 1/8 of Draconia's size. Also, the majority of the probes that were sent out from the space station had been sent here. Only one probe had been sent to Draconia. After landing in a fairly concealed portion of the forest and cloaking their ships, the Young Six pulled out their mapping equipment and cameras to begin charting the planet. This planet looked friendly, but the Young Six quickly found out they were wrong after taking pictures of several trees, birds, and other animals. A patrol cruiser arrived and the crew started loud-hailing them with orders to leave the planet.

"Can't we discuss this face-to-face?", asked Sandbar.

The cruiser landed and one of the Merlinians disembarked. She was snarling. She had four eyes, two horns on her head, two arms with six fingers on each hand, and two legs with four toes on each foot. Her name badge said "Trinity".

"Listen up! We Merlinians do NOT like outsiders. Anyone who dares step foot on our world is tracked down and then brainwashed so that they will remember absolutely NOTHING!", she shouted.

"What if we told you we are on a mission to map out regions of space?", Silverstream asked firmly.

"That's irrelevant, young lady. We don't want our existence to be known by anyone. Even the Draconians dare not step foot here. We forced them to leave and ordered them to forget ever seeing us after they were done.", yelled Trinity.

Yona shot a stun blast at Trinity in annoyance and the Young Six fled deeper into the woods. They continued mapping while the patrol attempted to chase after them. Luckily, the trees were so thick that the patrol lost them. It took five days to map the planet, and they were almost back to their ships when Trinity's patrol spotted them again. She fired a weighted net to pin them down and then she got off the cruiser and pulled out a metal rod with a flashing light on one end. The Young Six didn't know what this thing was, but they figured it would make them forget seeing the planet when the light flashed. The Young Six closed their helmets and shut their eyes to resist the flash, and it worked. Trinity became enraged and said they were under arrest for trespassing. In retaliation, Smolder opened her helmet for a split-second to breathe a fireball and destroy the net. Once the net was burned to pieces, everyone stood back up and quickly boarded their ships. Trinity ordered their ships to be seized with restraining beams, but the Young Six were too fast and put their shields up. As they rocketed into the sky, Trinity's temper exploded and she threw her helmet on the ground. She returned to the capitol and went to her father, who was the planet's ruler. He was not pleased that outsiders had escaped with knowledge of their planet.

Author's Note

"Loud-Hailing" is a tactic used by SWAT officers to force suspects out of hiding or to talk to them.