When Cithians Attack

  The ground shook as the plates beneath the ground moved. It cracked in half as it turned over and all of bloodshed fell into the ocean. Drayer rose into the air. Kursta looked at me.

  “Don’t just stand there. Shoot him!” he said. I shot at him with a beam of light. Drayer turned into a mirror. The beam hit off of him and back towards me.

  “Now, what I’d do?”

  “A combination orb.”

  Me and my brothers shot four gray orbs into the air and they combined into one huge orb. The beam hit into the orb. It absorbed the beam. We all threw the combination orb at Drayer as he fell into the ocean.

  My dad’s orb fell to the ground. Drayer looked at us.

  “You can't be alive, Bradley! Nancy killed you.”He said

  “Only temporarily. The Darkness can’t imprison an innocent soul forever.”Bradley said

  “Doesn’t matter! You’ll die, now!”Drayer said

  Drayer ran towards Bradley with power orbs raised.. I stood in front Bradley.

  “Leave him alone, I’m the one you want.”

  “Skyrid, do you know what you’re doing?”Bradley whispered

  “Yes. I hope so.”I said

  “Fine. Kaiser, take the boy.”Drayer said

  “Stop!”the Pegula said

  Drayer gasped.

  “You’re... the...”

  “Ultimate Sayis? Yes, I am.”

  “What’d you want?”

  “The boy’s Father.”

  “Never. Unless of course, you beat me in a duel.”

  The armies backed up a few steps. The Pegula and Drayer stepped back two steps away from each other. Pegula shot a beam of light and a blue beam towards Drayer out of each of his hands. Drayer jumped to the side to dodge them, and threw a beam of Darkness at them. When the beams hit together, a blue-white orb emerged and hit Drayer unto the ground. He couldn’t get up no matter how hard he tried.

  Drayer’s army split in half again, Pedro hit dad’s s orange orb with a beam of light. The orb broke in half as my dad fell to the ground unconscious.A yellow orb appeared with my pendant inside it. Dropping it into my hands, it disappeared. I ran towards my Father’s body.

  “dad, wake up!”

  He didn’t budge.

  “dad, please! You were right! Furliceo was way too much for me to handle.”

  Tears streamed down my cheeks.

  “dad, I can’t lose you now. You’re all I have left. Forget what I said before, coming to Gailems was the best thing for me.”

  I touched his face. His eyes opened and he coughed hardly.

  “dad?!”

  “Skyrid?”

  I put my arms around him.

  “You’re alive!”

  “So are you! I’m so proud of you.”

  My dad’s face lit up and his chains came off. The ground shook as the ground came back up. A grey portal appeared. Out came a group of Aliens called Hithians(Aliens From Hiton). They looked like us expect they had orange and red rings around their wrists. The rings were twisted into the shape of helix. These Hithians were dressed in gladiator armor and had shield with crosses on them in their right hands and a spear in their left.

  The leader came forward. He was a Striker. General Harnett to be exact. (General Harnett is General Clayton’s big brother)

  “You destroyed our cities and our homes. Now, it is your time to die.” he said.

  “That wasn’t us. That was Furliceo Woolsley and Drayer Jets.” I said.

  “No. Furliceo wouldn’t ever do something like that.” he said.

  Thoughts ran through my mind. Are they blind!? The first attacker was a person with a blue face. Furliceo is the man with the blue face. The second looked exactly like Drayer. So Drayer is the second attacker.

  General Harnett shot a beam of light towards me. I jumped over it. Mitchell turned into my mythical creature form. General Harnett laughed.

  “You don’t scare us, Cithian. “ he said. Mitchell lifted huge ball of Hitonian plates into the air.

  “Do you fear me now?” Mitchell said.

  “A little.” he said. Mitchell lifted seven of those same things into the air and put an orb of light into each of them.

  “Please don’t harm us, Cithian. We’ll retreat on our own.”

  A grey portal opened as they all jumped into it. Mitchell fell to the ground. I ran up to him, touching his face. Mitchell coughed harshly as he looked into my eyes. I helped him up.

  Chapter 25 a saving grace

  Kursta walked over to me.

  “Chaser needs your help. He’s in spirit prison.”

  “Why?”

  “He was damned because he had never had been baptized.”

  “How can I help?”

  “I want you to be the proxy for his baptism.”

  A grey portal appeared. We all walked into it. We came upon a misty lake. Bradley walked up to me. Chaser’s body laid in a coffin on the other side. Candles went all around it.

  We both jumped into the lake. Bradley put his right hand into the air and I held onto his other hand.

  “Skyrid Crop, I baptize you for and behalf of Chaser Jerricus; who is dead in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.”

  Bradley dunked me into the water. We both walked out of the water. I knelt down on the ground. Bradley placed his hands on my head.

  “According to the baptism which you’ve had, You will embody the true Chaser. The greatest Cithian of our generation is what he was. He embodied what real mankind should act like. He was the last of the goodness in the world. You’ll encounter many wars in your lifetime. But, I bless you to be diligent in your calling and you will lead your armies well. ~ Amen.”

  He got on the Pegula.

  I came up to him.

  “Thanks for everything.”

  “You’re welcome. Remember, sometimes innocent people have to die for Kursta’s purposes to be realized.”

  “I will.”

  I looked at the Pegula.

  “Kursta, take care.”

  They flew away.

  “dad, where’s Bradley going?”

  “I do not know. Bradley has other worlds to attend to.”

  “Will he come back?”

  “One day he will probably.”

  Chapter 26 Chaser’s substitute

  A few days later, a group of contractors rebuilt our Living room wall and cleaned up all the stuffing. It took three weeks to fully rebuild the living room wall that was right next to the Fireplace. While housekeeping cleaned up the boys’ dorm,everyone gathered in the Hall of Sayis Dragons. Vogler, Tovar, Kiraces and Adagar stood in front of us with Richard between them. Richard extended his hands and stepped forward.

  “For those of you who don’t know, Chaser died in battle by the strike of a self-shooting arrow. Because of this, he must be replaced as Gator Sayis. Adagar, please state your nominee.”

  “Skyrid Crop; because of his courageous sacrifice for Chaser. Voyage, go.”

  “Mitchell Crop; because of his selfless act on saving us all. Kiraces?”

  “Well, I’ve chosen Parser Jerricus for his effort in trying to protect his dorm. Tovar?”

  “Jaren James; because of his effort to resist becoming Darkomega.”

  Richard put his hands to his sides.

  “Will the nominees please come forward now?”

  Mitchell, Jaren, Parser, and I walked up to the front of everyone and turned around to face them. Richard came between us.

  “The First Round of Voting will happen now. Vogler will be first. “He said

  “Skyrid’s mine. Kiraces?”

  “Jaren is my vote. Adagar?”

  “Mitchell Crop. Tovar, you’re the final vote.”

  “Mitchell Crop.”

  I know Tovar can’t vote for his own nominee. Mitchell saved us from a possible extinction though. So, I believe he was the better choice than Jaren. I am glad with his vote.

  Richard narrowed his eyes.

  “Tovar! Mitch
ell killed thousands of aliens! He should be put in chains, not given Sayis Powers!”

  “He saved us all though.”

  Richard rolled his eyes.

  “Parser and Jaren, since you both had the lowest number of votes you are eliminated. Please go back to your seats.”

  Parser and Jaren walked back to their seats.

  “Now for the last round. Mitchell and Skyrid, would you like to say anything before we proceed?”

  I glared at Richard. Why’d he yell at Tovar? He is right. Mitchell did save us.

  “Alright. Skyrid, you’ll go first.”

  “Chaser died as a Martyr for all Cithians. He embodied someone who was friendly, courteous, someone who cared about me and a trustworthy human being. He’s gone, but his example lives inside us all. I was the one who tried to save him and had to move on with my life. Or, I would be stuck in the past. The Council Members should choose the person who embodies Chaser’s soul the most.”

  Tears streamed down my cheeks. Mitchell patted me on the back and put his hands back to his sides.

  “I don’t want to face my Brother, but I know that these people will choose the right person. So, may the best Warrior Win.”

  Richard looked left and right as the members nodded and Kiraces stepped forward.

  “Skyrid is my vote. Vogler?”

  “Mine is Skyrid. Tovar?”

  “Skyrid’s mine. Adagar?”

  “Mitchell.”

  Richard stepped in front of us.

  “Mitchell with one vote, you have been eliminated and Skyrid is the new Gator Sayis.”

  Everyone cheered.

  “Silence!”Richard said.

  We all went silent.

  “Michael Crop was running for President last year. Today, which is January 8th, 2053, he has won his spot in the Red Mansion. He’ll be moving into his new home with the rest of his family while Brian Gunderson (the old President) moves out.”

  We all cheered Michael on. My dad came forward and raised his hand in the air.

  “Say your last goodbyes. It’s time for everyone to go home.”

  Jaren came up to me.

  “Thank you, Skyrid. At least you tried to save him.”Jaren

  “No problem. Chaser was a great friend.”

  “Have a good time being the Gator Sayis.”

  “Will do.”

  Parser came up to me.

  “Congrats. You definitely embody chaser more than anyone in this room.”he said.

  “Thanks. I was just trying to do the right thing though.”I said

  Crystal came up to me along with my Mother.

  “Skyrid, thank you for freeing me. Nancy was a Psycho.”

  “You are very welcome! I fear there is even more to come than this though.”

  I walked up to Michael.

  “Hey Bro! Or, should I say President! You did it!”

  “I did! Now, I can overrule the Cithian Outlawing.”

  “That would be nice. So, good luck.”

  “You too. You’ll do a great job as a Sayis!”

  Kodyack walked up to me.

  “It is just like I thought. You decided to take control of powers! How does it feel?”

  “Good. We won the War.”

  “True. Unlike last time.”

  Mitchell, Michael and I held hands. My parents and Crystal held our hands. We all turned into crystal white orbs. We all flew into a green portal.

  Chapter 27 time to move

  We appeared in front of our home.Two moving trucks from Madrid's moving company were parked in the front. Movers had already packed everything but the furniture. My dad and I got into the first moving truck. Crystal took the mustang along with my three brothers.

  My mom got in the second moving truck. We follow the dirt road as police followed behind us. On the way, we passed Siraka and saw it in all its rubble. We could hear the cries of thousands of innocent people. We could see it all in our minds.

  The Strikers were trying to mislead everyone by destroying my hometown along with two cithians; Drayer and Furliceo. They wanted everyone to believe that Cithians are bad news and must be destroyed. But, they are just misunderstood people. Some of them have malfunctions that possess them; making them do evil things like destroying hometowns. Others are killed by their own powers or kill people during their malfunctions.

  This event changed my whole perspective to think that: Cithians are just everyday people but with powers and I know that now I used to hate the Cithians because I didn’t understand them. But now, I sympathize with them.

  “They’re right about everything, Dad. There shouldn’t be any ranks. People should be able to live without being criticized of who they are whether they have powers or not.”

  “You know, you’re right. People shouldn’t have to live with that stuff.”

  “Exactly. Maybe Michael will change all of that.”

  ***

  When we got to Jay City, we parked outside the red mansion. We all got out and stood behind Michael as he stood on the podium. A Striker came forward and placed the Secret book of Aliens (The Alien Bible) on the podium. Michael put his left hand on the book and raised his right hand to the sky.

  “I swear to uphold the duties of a president. I swear to protect the constitution. I swear to treat every person as they act.” Michael said. The Striker took away the book. Michael looked towards the crowd.

  “Today, all the ranks will be abolished and the Cithians will live in peace in with all of us.”

  The crowd booed.

  “Sure they destroyed our homes;but consider this: Put yourselves in their shoes for a moment. Imagine you had power that was beyond your control. The Cithians that destroyed your homes were possessed.

  I have told you since the day I began my campaign that I was a Cithian. I don’t know what you were thinking when you voted me in, but maybe you thought I was different. I assure you’re all right. I want peace between the ranks more than anything.

  I want everyone to be treated as who they are and what they do with their lives. We shouldn’t have to be judged just because we’re different. No two humans are alike. We all think and breathe differently.” he said.

  The crowd cheered as we all walked into the red mansion. I walked up to Michael.

  “You handle criticism well, Mike.”

  “I know. But, I fear one day that Nancy will be revived.”

  “How?”

  “Witchcraft, maybe. But, more than likely they’ll use the revival necklace.”

  “What’s that?”

  “It’s a pendant that can bring people back from the dead.”

  “How’s it supposed to be activated?”

  “By the healer’s diamond.”

  “Then we must destroy it.”

  Michael laid the parts on the table in the dining room. They all turned into the healer’s diamond.

  “Adagar told me another way to destroy it.” he said.

  “How exactly?” I said.

  “It was created by a Sayis and his representative. So, it can be destroyed the same way.”

  Adagar came into the room. His dreads hung loosely down by his ears. He had a trimmed beard that you could only see if you looked at him really closely. His bright green eyes twinkled like the stars. A red cloak dragged on the ground from all around him as he walked up to me.

  “Kawthar!” He said as he lifted the parts into the air. I shot a beam of green light at them. They all disappeared.