The mayor's jaw dropped at his hereo's refusal to go by the rules.  They were heroes, weren't they?  Why were they this upset about the Zem Games on a planet that adored them?  In the beginning it was hard not to ask them for their autographs and grovel at their feet.  Now he was watching the image of his heroes crumble and crack.  He swallowed and cleared his throat, "Thank you for the wise words Unique, but I simply won't let the rules of the Games be broken, not while I'm mayor."  He then turned over to Nightmare, "It's up to- oh wait," he then turned over to Virus, "You haven't been died yet?  You're still leader?"  The mayor didn't wait for a response before continuing, "It's your decision.  Whether you play in the Games or not, I will give you information on S.E.C.R.E.T. that should be more than of help.  If you play in the Games there's a high chance one of you will win the prize.  Quitting the Games now doesn't mean your future is changed back.  Perhaps competing in the Games could result in a better future than we recorded."  The limo stopped in front of the hotel.  "Please, make your choice."

"I-I don't think we should quit," Star said rather pathetically.  She wasn't used to speaking out with the Rebels yet since she was the youngest and newest member.  "He's right, our future is changed.  Maybe this will change us for the better if we can fight enemies harder than Poison and Hunters."

Nightmare shook his head, "It just sounds like a waste of time.  Instead of wasting our time training for some stupid tournament- no offense, sir- we should be spending time training to go up against S.E.C.R.E.T."

Ally carefully considered both Rebels' points and gave her own, "I think Star's right.  Putting our training towards this game will be no different from training to fight S.E.C.R.E.T.  The Zems have higher technology that we'll have access too, and we should go to the fighting trainers to learn, if not brush off.  We've been going against Hunters, that's totally different than going up against humans or aliens.  In the end if it makes us stronger I think we should go for it."

"But we're still wasting time!  S.E.C.R.E.T. could be storming the library right now and we're here playing some silly alien game!  At least when we're on earth there's a chance we'll be back before everyone is killed!  Here we have no way of knowing what's going on!" Nightmare shouted, shadows forming around his body.