Free Razing Pel by A.L. Svartz Page A
Authors: A.L. Svartz
short dark hair
didn't move out of place as he did so.
"Hey man," the young Daj said to
Kaj. He seemed happy that someone actually wanted to talk to
him.
"Hey," Kaj responded back.
"Aren't you excited?"
"You bet!" The Daj shouted.
"I won't miss this place for a second. Nothing but bad
stuff has happened to me here. I'm glad we're all getting a
second chance to live our lives. To be more than the sand
crawlers our galaxy thinks we are."
"I'm defiantly going to miss this
place," Kaj admitted. The young Daj gave him a weird look,
but allowed Kaj to explain why. "It's just … we've lived our
whole lives here. We don't know anything else about any other
planet. I don't know what village you grew up in, but we
weren't taught anything about any of the other planets in our solar
system in my village. Even though we all knew this day would
come, that the Galactic Soldiers would leave and our planet being
destroyed, they still taught us about our history. Teaching
us all about where we came from and how our world became how it is
today. They taught us about life before the Oce came here.
They taught us that all life is sacred. They taught us
to never give up. And that's exactly what I did."
The young Daj didn't really know
how to respond to Kaj's speech. "We didn't have any teacher
at the village I was at," he said. "It sounds like my village
wasn't as good as the village you grew up in. I guess you
were the lucky one then."
"Next!" The Galactic Soldier at
the front of the line yelled.
"Well, it was nice talking to you,
huh?" the young Daj said, not knowing the name of his new
friend.
"Kaj," he said. They both
shook hands.
"My name's Gaj," he said.
"Hey, I'll see you on board."
As the rest of the people in front
of Phos and Kaj made it on the ship, the Galactic Soldier that
cleared people to get on the ship said he had an announcement to
make. "Last call for shuttle 9812!" He yelled out.
The Galactic Soldier overlooked the area, trying to see if
they were heading to the city right now. He turned to the
Galactic Soldier next to him and said, "That’s the only shuttle
that hasn't arrived. I don't see them."
"Well, we have to take off now,"
the other Galactic Soldier said. "We don't have time to wait
for them. Everyone on board is waiting to leave." He
then walked onto the ship.
"Ok you two," the Galactic Soldier
said, pointing at Phos and Kaj. They both walked up to the
Galactic Soldier. "Show me your passes."
"Passes?" Phos asked. "From
where?"
"Look," the Galactic Soldier said
in a distressed voice. "I don't have time to explain to you
how to get these passes. You either have them or you
don't."
"Listen," Phos said. "I am a
former Galactic Soldier myself you see ..."
"Do you have any proof of this?"
The Galactic Solider asked, interrupting. Phos again reached
into his vest and pulled out his badge. The Galactic Solider
examined it closely. "Alright, you're clear to board."
Phos and Kaj proceeded to board the ship. "Excuse me
son. Where's your pass?"
"Oh, I'm with him," Kaj told the
Galactic Soldier while Phos walked past him. Kaj tried to tug
on Phos' shirt as he walked by but didn't.
"Sorry, you need to have a pass,
son," the Galactic Soldier told Kaj.
Kaj looked over at Phos who just
stood there. There was nothing he could do.
"Do you have a pass son?" The
Galactic Soldier asked.
"No," Kaj said, keeping his eyes
locked with Phos'. Even though he couldn't do anything to
help, Kaj still felt it was Phos' fault that he didn't come over
and at least try.
"Sorry son, I can't let you on,"
the Galactic Soldier said. He pressed a small button on his
wrist. "Start the ship." He pressed the button again.
The Galactic Soldier walked behind the gate that was cutting
off the entrance to the ship from the citizens of United City,
closing it.
didn't move out of place as he did so.
"Hey man," the young Daj said to
Kaj. He seemed happy that someone actually wanted to talk to
him.
"Hey," Kaj responded back.
"Aren't you excited?"
"You bet!" The Daj shouted.
"I won't miss this place for a second. Nothing but bad
stuff has happened to me here. I'm glad we're all getting a
second chance to live our lives. To be more than the sand
crawlers our galaxy thinks we are."
"I'm defiantly going to miss this
place," Kaj admitted. The young Daj gave him a weird look,
but allowed Kaj to explain why. "It's just … we've lived our
whole lives here. We don't know anything else about any other
planet. I don't know what village you grew up in, but we
weren't taught anything about any of the other planets in our solar
system in my village. Even though we all knew this day would
come, that the Galactic Soldiers would leave and our planet being
destroyed, they still taught us about our history. Teaching
us all about where we came from and how our world became how it is
today. They taught us about life before the Oce came here.
They taught us that all life is sacred. They taught us
to never give up. And that's exactly what I did."
The young Daj didn't really know
how to respond to Kaj's speech. "We didn't have any teacher
at the village I was at," he said. "It sounds like my village
wasn't as good as the village you grew up in. I guess you
were the lucky one then."
"Next!" The Galactic Soldier at
the front of the line yelled.
"Well, it was nice talking to you,
huh?" the young Daj said, not knowing the name of his new
friend.
"Kaj," he said. They both
shook hands.
"My name's Gaj," he said.
"Hey, I'll see you on board."
As the rest of the people in front
of Phos and Kaj made it on the ship, the Galactic Soldier that
cleared people to get on the ship said he had an announcement to
make. "Last call for shuttle 9812!" He yelled out.
The Galactic Soldier overlooked the area, trying to see if
they were heading to the city right now. He turned to the
Galactic Soldier next to him and said, "That’s the only shuttle
that hasn't arrived. I don't see them."
"Well, we have to take off now,"
the other Galactic Soldier said. "We don't have time to wait
for them. Everyone on board is waiting to leave." He
then walked onto the ship.
"Ok you two," the Galactic Soldier
said, pointing at Phos and Kaj. They both walked up to the
Galactic Soldier. "Show me your passes."
"Passes?" Phos asked. "From
where?"
"Look," the Galactic Soldier said
in a distressed voice. "I don't have time to explain to you
how to get these passes. You either have them or you
don't."
"Listen," Phos said. "I am a
former Galactic Soldier myself you see ..."
"Do you have any proof of this?"
The Galactic Solider asked, interrupting. Phos again reached
into his vest and pulled out his badge. The Galactic Solider
examined it closely. "Alright, you're clear to board."
Phos and Kaj proceeded to board the ship. "Excuse me
son. Where's your pass?"
"Oh, I'm with him," Kaj told the
Galactic Soldier while Phos walked past him. Kaj tried to tug
on Phos' shirt as he walked by but didn't.
"Sorry, you need to have a pass,
son," the Galactic Soldier told Kaj.
Kaj looked over at Phos who just
stood there. There was nothing he could do.
"Do you have a pass son?" The
Galactic Soldier asked.
"No," Kaj said, keeping his eyes
locked with Phos'. Even though he couldn't do anything to
help, Kaj still felt it was Phos' fault that he didn't come over
and at least try.
"Sorry son, I can't let you on,"
the Galactic Soldier said. He pressed a small button on his
wrist. "Start the ship." He pressed the button again.
The Galactic Soldier walked behind the gate that was cutting
off the entrance to the ship from the citizens of United City,
closing it.