When Cithians Attack (20 page)

At the top of the circle and halfway around it
was a metal band. We all walked out into the battle. Fader walked
up to us.

“What do we do, Pedro? Bloodshed outnumbers
us!”He said

“We fight. We didn’t give up in the First war
like this, and we’re not gonna now either!”

“Pedro’s right! We have to fight for Chaser and
my dad.”

“Thank you, Skyrid. But what I meant was, I
want all the warriors in training to help fight this
war.”

“But they’re...” Kama said.

“Untrained? Yes, I know, Kama. But if I
would’ve let them fight this thing earlier, we wouldn’t have lost
my son!”

“Your son is gone?”Fader and Kama said in
unison.

“Yes.”Pedro said.

A tear ran down his cheek.

“I’m sorry. Chaser was a good student
though.”Fader said

“And, a great fighter.”Kama said.

“Yes, he was... and... a true friend.”I
said

“I’ll gather the students together.”Fader
said

“And, I’ll find the teachers we have left.”
Kama said.

“Wait. Skyrid, call your army out!”Pedro
said

“How?”

“Just focus on them really well and they’ll
appear from a green portal.”

I closed my eyes and focused on the Kazakian
Warriors. When I opened my eyes, a green portal appeared and a army
of warriors dressed in samurai armor stepped out with Zeddark
leading them. Zeddark came up to me.

“You called us, Kazaka. Why?”

“There was an attack. Look!”

Zeddark turned around.

“A challenge it looks like.” he
said.

“Exactly. We’re outnumbered.” I said

“Yes. But if we die, we die with
honor.”

Pedro and Fader gathered all the students
together as we all marched up to the Bloodshed Army. Furliceo
walked out in front of his Army and shot two beams of darkness into
the air. He wore my pendant.

“Pedro, I was right. Furliceo has my pendant.”I
whispered

Pedro looked at Furliceo.

“Yes, he does. Your dad, Alex must’ve activated
it.”He whispered

“He probably didn’t do it willingly
though.”

Furliceo turned into his Sayis form and turned
to his army.

“Bring out the prisoner.”

The army split in half. No one said
a word. My dad strode down the middle of the line, his feet
unsteady. Silver chains manacled his hands and ankles. His brown
beard was back, scruffy and long.

“What’d you do to him, Furliceo?”
“He’s possessed and my prisoner of war.”

Furliceo laughed and looked at
Richard.

“How does it feel to see Alex in your place,
Hecticmaker. By the way, it’s nice to see you in that form
again.”

“What does he mean?” I whispered

“I was once...”

“My prisoner.”Furliceo said.

Furliceo put my Father in a orange orb and he
floated above us uncontrollably. His army came together again and
we met in battle. I went towards Furliceo.

“Furliceo! I want a rematch!”

“Rematch? Your brother saved you last time and
who’s gonna save you now?”

“You’re just bluffing!”

“Am I?”

“It doesn’t matter. Fight me!”
“Alright. I never back down from a challenge.”

Furliceo and I backed up from each other three
steps. He shot a beam of Darkness at me. I jumped into the air and
turned into my Mythical Creature Form. Furliceo laughed.

“You’ve grown more powerful! But, that form is
ugly.”

I roared with my lion head and shot a orb of
light at him. Furliceo tried to shoot out a orb of darkness but,
his Sayis form started fading in and out.

“What’s happening to me?!”

The beam hit him. I shot two yellow orbs into
the air and caught them. I turned back into my warrior form. A grey
portal appeared and the wind blew. A centaur with the body of a
pegasus and the tale of a lion stepped out.

“It’s called the Sayis Curse, Furliceo. When
you mess with Death, your powers are weakened.”The creature
said

“Who are you?”Furliceo said

“The Ultimate Sayis, Pegula Sayis.”

The Pegula extended his hands. My warrior form
faded out.

“Presenting, my son, Bradley
Greenson.”

Bradley came out. I ran up to him.

“Bradley! I thought you were dead!”
“The Darkness cannot destroy an innocent being.”

Chapter 24 A earned
Freedom

The Pegula lifted Furliceo into the air.
Furliceo screamed as his veins popped and the power rings burned
through the skin. They cut slits in his wrists as they came out of
his wrists and into the Pegula's hands along with the pendant. A
yellow portal opened beneath Furliceo as he fell into it. Drayer
stood at the foot of the army.

“We have no leader. But, we fear you not,
Pegula.” he said.

The Pegula threw an orange orb into air.
Jumping into the air, he caught it. He became naked as a white robe
appeared on him. Gray hair covered his head. His eyes turned leafy
green. His face was pasty white.

“Do you fear me now?”

“Still no.”

“Then it’s my wrath you must face.”

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.”