The Fallen Kingdom

Chapter 4

Garrar left the dining room with horrible memories. He began to remember the day his oldest son, Socoot died. It was on the front-lines, and Garrar could have stopped it. The battle was on High G'at, a settlement on Aurelius. His son chose not to wear armor, for he desired to move quicker and stealthier. He was a scout for the Terrans, Garrar decided against it, yet his son had not agreed.

Garrar marched forward with Solaris General Scowat on his left and the army behind him. Unknowingly, they had walked into an ambush. As soon as they were spotted, Socoot appeared in front of the Terran king. With that the humans had not known if this was a threat and opened fire. Socoot, sadly died almost instantly. He was shot six times: three times in the chest, once in his left leg, and twice in his back. The death was slow, for the Terrans had thick skin, and stone-like muscles.

On that battle Garrar had lost almost all his men. How he survived, he did not know. He was shot twice in his arm, but he had worn armor, so the bullet had not penetrated as deep as it should have. The general had been shot once in his shoulder. One of his shoulder spikes had also been shot off.

Garrar snapped out of the memory, walking to his balcony. He already had enough to worry about and didn't want to be reminded of tragedies. He just needed time to think, time to rest.

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Jet put on his hood to blend in with his surroundings. He was trying to stay in crowds, to not draw suspicion. He hid his dog tags, and hid his camoflauge clothing in his backpack. He told Crystal to do the same and she obliged nt looking for argument since they were worn out from hiding the last few days.

He knew this space port like the palm of his hand. He had been here several times memorizing several time, especially when he needed a quick speeder for missions. He found the nearest restroom and told Crystal to die her hair light brown as opposed to her usual black style. As soon as she came out, he'd do the same.

Jet knew someone who sold cheap space voyagers. He walked over to his vending site and approached him ffrom behind.

"Excuse me, but isn't that the rare RedFalcon 2037 x model?" Jet asked.

"But of course 30 times the strength of the average Blue Falcon model," responded the mysterious vendor.

"Good to see you old friend," Jet laughed at this and embraced the man.

"Good to see you too, little guy," responded the man.

"Crystal, this is Ce'lan. Ce'lan,this is Crystal," Jet introduced yet he knew he had limited time. "Ce'lan I need a space voyager."

"Sure what kind? I've got all shapes and sizes. Each one has a variety of speeds. If you are traveling far, I can even get you in on one with hyperdrive," Ce'lan said proudly with his salesperson voice.

"I'm going to need that hyper drive."

"Where you heading my friend?"

"Aurelius."

"That's halfway across the galaxy. You makin' a getaway?" he whispered the last sentence. As soon as he finished, he smiled and said, "Well I have just the ship and crew for you. It won't draw suspicion and has an amazing getaway crew. In fact, they are the best in stealth, cloaking, speed and of course landing."

Crystal whispered into Jet's ear and then he said, "How can we trust them?"

"Them or me?" Replied Ce'lan

"Both," she replied. But as soon as she did she noticed the markings on his arm and just realized why he wore a sweater. "Oh you are a human-Joltel hybrid?"

"But of course. I know things you don't. I have a life you know," he laughed an raised his voice a bit to average level. "There are species on this ship I bet you guys haven't even heard of. They are Gro'hech, Tremp, Tech'lass, and Ce' li. Plus another thing you don't know is I am blind."

"You are?" Crystal was pretty suprised to hear this. First he's part Joltel and Human, now he's blind?

"He is," Jet responded smiling. He even laughed at the look on her face. "He is great at hiding it since he's Solaris and Hydros mixed. This increases his senses way more. Don't you remember? Hydros are excellent when it comes to sound, and Solaris are great at heat detection."

"Well when are we leaving?" Ce'lan asked casually.

"We?"

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General Diaz was in his office when the Lieutenant called him about the news. "He did what!" Where is he now?"

"We have reports that say he is still on Orto. Yet one of ours has stated that he might be traveling here to Aurelieus. Other than that we have no other indication of where he is."

"Thank you Lieutenant. You may be dismissed," They saluted each other then he left. Diaz furrowed his brows and slammed the desk.

How could he be so stupid?

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Author's Note: Sorry for the delay I know I haven't posted in a while. I have just been so busy. Well thank you for reading and staying this long. I would love feedback. Please vote if you liked it. and also please share my story. I will have the next chapter posted as soon as possible.