Being a hero is harder than it looks

Alexander S. Ryker dreams of becoming a hero, but dreams are hard to achieve when you've caused several million credits worth of property damage. Being expelled from the Mars Police Academy isn't helping his case. Crushed, Alex encounters a girl named Gabrielle Angelise in a meeting that will change his life forever.

Gabrielle is an alien She's also on the run. Alex wonders if this is the chance that he's been waiting for, the chance to finally become a hero. Opportunities like this don't come often, or ever, and so Alex steps up to...