by Bryan Nyaude
“The nightmare is finally coming to an end,” the captain commented to me, “it’s all thanks to your efforts and determination. I always knew there was something special about you and that is why I bet on you.”
What! Yeah right! Did he expect me to buy that? I didn’t believe any word coming from him. I mean, he was the one that got me almost killed, thanks to that bet. I didn’t say anything to him though, since I didn’t want to sound rude.
“Den, are you still alive?” Ali’s voice came through the com link. “Answer me if you can hear this?”
“Yeah, I am still kicking,” I said, not trying to sound too mean, “are you surprised?”
“You idiot,” he bashed at me, making my ears ring. “All that commotion you made has just awakened a hornet’s nest. Do you know what you have done? I just asked you to do one simple task, but you had to end up getting involved in a war. We really need to get off this planet before things get really bad.”
I had no idea what he was talking about; I had stopped listening after he had called me an idiot. I knew what he had to say was important. Just didn’t want anything to ruin this feeling of victory I was feeling right now. Even though things had turned out different, I had conquered my fears and acted on my resolve to stop a mad man. Now wasn’t that worth celebrating?
“We have the supplies,” Dalla said and sat next to me. She tilted her head towards me, and glared at me through her headgear. “Don’t you think it’s time we went home?”
Yep! I couldn’t agree more, there was nothing I wanted more than that. Being on this planet had really changed me in so many ways. I mean the gravity no longer affected me as it did before, and I could breathe this noxious air without suffering lethal consequences. In fact, a lot of things had happened to which I had no logical explanation to. I scratched my head slightly—while trying to block every stress making questions still left inside my brain. After this ruckus, I was in need of a long vacation. If possible, for two to four years at the least. Someone silently walked by me and halted behind my gaze. I turned my back and saw Kristin, standing stiffly, looking at the surroundings in wonder. How many allies and friends had she lost? She was perhaps even questioning if she made the right call by allying with me and my crew. I couldn’t even begin to imagine the turmoil that was going on in her mind. On the bright side, both my crew had and her armies were kind of getting along. We were not fighting, which was more than I could ask from anyone. Definitely not going to be easy to explain to them what had occurred in these past few days, but oh well.
“What will you do now?”
With their leader gone, the country would surely fall into chaos unless a true leader was chosen. Kristin looked ready to step up to that challenge; I was confident of that.
She smiled and said, “We will rebuild our country back to its former glory. Our pride has not been shattered yet—we will survive and prosper again. We owe you and your comrades a great debt for your role in this civil war.”
“I didn’t really do anything that special,” I blushed, trying to be modest. I was never good with attention and a crowd; this was definitely something new. “And what about the people who were under his mind control?”
“They’ll be fine,” Kristin added. “When the lab got destroyed, the device controlling them was destroyed as well, freeing their minds from the hypnosis.”
“That’s good,” I looked up, supporting myself by placing my hands on the ground.
It seemed the war with the terror beasts was soon coming to an end. With the data in my possession, we had gained a means to stop the powerful creatures on earth. All of their strengths and weaknesses were stored safely in my armor database.
Dr. Vegai!
He wasn’t a very bad person after all—it seemed revenge had tainted his heart and made him that way. Could I become like him if bad things happened? I had felt the urge to act on my impulse and finish him off the moment I had defeated him. But I knew well what going down that path would lead to, and it wasn’t pretty.
Blankly, I halted all my other thoughts and focused on the last thing I had asked Roldo, Peter, and Danack. Apparently, there was another force controlling the government from the shadows. Just who were these people? Danack was rather serious about keeping this information a secret, meaning it was mostly true. The truth was definitely stranger than fiction. I mean, would anyone believe me, if I told them a bunch of 500 years old leaders had something to do with us being here? I would have an easier time convincing a monkey that a banana was blue compared to that. But for now, it was probably best not to let the others know about this yet, it would only freak and anger them. However, one thing though was clear, something big was going to happen on earth. We needed to get there as fast as we could and stop it.
“Are you ready to go?” Rick said, slithering past our alien allies, weaponless, and stood with one foot above a metal cag, while gazing deep towards the sun. Even though the debris was almost suffocating, I could still feel a sense of calm and freedom surging from within.
“Just one minute,” I sighed, closing my eyes, taking a deep breath of air. For some reason, the blue sky I so disliked seemed peaceful and warm today.
THE END
Thank you, reader, for taking an interest in this book. A thousand apologies for some of the typos and grammar errors, I am still just a novice, but updates will be made every time an error and typo are found. I hope you buy the book 2, which is now available on amazon.com, and join me for another exciting and intense adventure.
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