Mark looked at the flames lighting up the night, destroying everything they touched, and he prayed for yet another rainstorm to come to their aid. Up in space Magnus Smart simply laughed, until Mabel Smits interrupted his good mood.
“Sir, a large starship has just come out of hyperspace; I think that it is a space cruiser from the space fleet of Earth.” Smits reported anxiously.
Fear flickered across the face of Magnus Smart as he turned to look at the scanner monitor, then he turned to Captain Isaacs. “Get us out of here Captain, return to Earth, quickly.”
As they fled the scene, a massive rain storm swept across the forest and prairie and once again drenching the land and quenching the flames.
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Robbie and his team had stayed at the cave, following Mark`s orders after he had heard of the lack of success, and it was a very surprised Robbie who heard an English voice coming from the Communications Centre that had been left switched on.
Space cruiser Illustrious calling the colony of New Caledonia, are you all right down there?” Lieutenant Miles, the communications officer aboard the space cruiser asked.
“This is First Officer Jenson of the starship Ark, we are really glad to hear from you, we have been fighting a war ever since we crashed landed upon this planet.”
Captain Reynolds of the space cruiser Illustrious took a shuttle down to the surface of New Caledonia and landed on the scorched prairie near to the twisted ruins of the dead starships.
“Our agents in deep space traced signals from Aldebra to New Caledonia, Space Command feared that the colony could be in trouble, especially when individual colonists could not be brought to the radio to speak to their relatives on Earth, so here we are. But please, tell us your story, and how so many of you survived.”
Joyce Marley had joined Mark and Susan and she told the captain and his officers their story, of death, of heroism, and of one man who beat the Aldebran army and outsmarted Magnus Smart.
The End
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About the Author
I was born in London, England. Like most of the world, I had to work hard to pay my mortgage and all the other bills, so I only had the time and the energy to write some short stories. My wife and I have a son who is now married to a lovely wife and they have five children of their own. Since retiring to the Greek island of Crete, I have finally found the time and the energy to write some full-length Science Fiction stories.
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Other Books by the Author
Colonies of Earth Series in order
Galaxy Spies
Time Storm
Rebirth
Trial by Ordeal
The Colonies of Earth Collection
Horror Stories
Strange tales; three short mild horror stories
Rob Hinds black magic stories
Kidnapped and Bound for Hell
The Satanists
Dreamscape
Rob Hinds science fiction horror story
The Harvesters (coming soon)
David Charlton stories, a science fiction series
Rescue Mission to the Stars
The Treasure of Altaraus
Return to Mazere
Other science fiction stories
Quasar
The Venetou
Invasion Earth
Short children`s stories
Three Journeys of the Scary Kind
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