Pracakien Screams



  JOHN BUCKLEY

  PRACAKIEN SCREAMS

  FOR “ MUM!”

 

  Ratie stood up in shock and looked up at the menacing red face and her mind was filled with terror. She turned to Famaron and said sternly,” We need to get into the city right now. It’s not safe here.”

  Famaron looked at her and knew what she said was true and said sternly,” Everyone grab the Gurits and we’ll leave the battleships behind.”

  “ But they’ll destroy them if we do. How can we take that risk?” asked Ohgood in disbelief as he put his hand on Famaron’s chest.

  “ Because they’ll destroy us along with them if we don’t. Don’t worry, Ohgood, we’ll find other means of transport. Now hurry they’ll be upon us soon,” pleaded Famaron as he looked at everyone and then they all ran into their own battleships with Famaron close behind them into his.

  The Gurits came out of the side of the battleships on top of black platforms. A Gurit is a yellow and red snowmobile shaped craft that goes 50 feet in length. It has the face of Famaron on the front of it, with powerful Gep blasters in the eyes.

  Gep blasters shoot laser beams with tiny explosives attached to the beams that give a one two punch and are square in shape. The sides of the Gurits has a black force field generator shaped like a bird’s wing that can cover the whole ship in the red force field. On the top is a 5 person cockpit that can swivel 360 degrees and has 8 laser canons attached to it. The back of the ship has round jet thrusters in a cluster of 6. And the bottom has powerful square gravity thrusters that pulse red when in use. There are also 5 escape pods in the base of the cockpit shaped like daggers with a single laser canon on the front.

  Inside the cockpit of Famaron’s Gurit he and Camtow sat on a tan leather couch in front of the control panel. The room was the shape of a half moon and had on the back wall 5 red jumper suits of leather that were to be put on in case of disaster and were flame retardant and could withstand an explosion. Beneath the suits there was a glass case filled with Gasou rifles, Boasup mind bombs and a pair of black sunglasses that could see in the dark. There was also a black leather oval shaped couch in front of the case with a control panel in the armrest. On the left side of the room there was a pair of gunners seats built into the wall, and there were another pair on the right side of the room. In the center was a circular over filled with steak sticks and Orcut wafers as well as a collection of chocolate cakes and Pemy pies, with a fountain of Baar soda pop gushing cold out of a gargoyle head. There was also a bottle of Dordanet lying inside a chilled case along with 5 liquid cigars. The front of the cockpit faced out a large bowed outward plasma window. The floors were covered in Baatold fur in a blue and green swirling design carpeting. The ceiling was round and had a dozen staffs floating above the floor with anti gravity rings attached to them that were various colors.

  “ Alright, everyone follow us in. Camtow has friends here in Genver we can stay with,” said Famaron firmly as he was still a little shaken from seeing the face in the sky, but then he looked at Camtow and saw the concern on her face and said reassuringly,” It’s o.k. things will work themselves out, Camtow. We just need some time and a bit of luck. I’ll take care of you alright.”

  Camtow hugged him and let out a sigh and then said softly,” You inspire me, Famaron, more than you’ll ever know.”

  Famaron looked down at her and was taken aback by this and felt a love for her that scared him and he sat silently and couldn’t think of what to say. They flew into Genver and thru the heart of the city and over to the backside and down into a courtyard of a large blue castle that had a massive black marble wall surrounding it. The castle itself was shaped like a tree with several limbs stretching out from the center filled with rooms. The center itself was 800 yards high and was square in shape. There was a large arch in the front of the castle that had a massive red steel gate that slid into the ground when opened and as it did a secret tunnel into the ground would appear leading to an underground labyrinth of rooms. There was a trio of stone fountains along the left side of the wall of a dragon, Gargoyle, and Penn Bottle holding a large sword. Each of the fountains sprayed purple water to the other fountains. The front door to the castle had,” The Keepers Prayer,” a famous poem of a dying soldier written on the 20 foot high brown wooden square doors that read,” If I was a problem then I wasn’t your son, but if I eased your pain then I must explain that’s all I ever wanted. I know now mother I could have been more, but never more than your loving son. I’ll pass now and leave you all alone, but when you think of me remember I never was a second from your loving home as far away as I did roam. Don’t forget our laughs for the joke is still being written I love you mum.”

  Everyone climbed out of their Gurits and walked up to the front doors of the castle. Camtow pressed 3 piano keys on the wall beside it in rapid procession and suddenly a green light above the doors turned on and a beautiful piano concerto began to play titled,” 18 seconds of waiting on love.”

  “ Do you think she’ll mind us all here like this?” asked Ohgood as he looked up at the huge doors and let out a sigh.

  “ It’s a he, and he owes me a favor,” said Camtow happily as she grinned.

  Then the doors opened and there stood Penn Bottle in a white robe and black sandals with a glass of white wine in his hand. He saw Camtow and laughed and said wryly,” Is it favor time already, Camtow? I thought at least a month had to pass before a favor could be redeemed.”

  “ Penn, I am in a bad spot as are you,” said Camtow.

  “ How am I in a bad spot?” asked Penn in disbelief as he grinned at Veata and she smiled back nervously and touched her hair.

  “ Look,” said Camtow as she grabbed his robe and gently pulled him outside and pointed up.

  Penn looked up and saw the face and instantly started sweating and fear gripped his mind and he said nervously,” What in the Permea is that? O.K. never mind, everyone get inside quick,” said Penn sternly as he scanned the sky in terror and then darted inside his castle with everyone close behind.

  Inside there were three 10 foot high red carpeted tunnels that went to the left right and one had a 20 foot wide blue carpeted staircase that went up and around a corner. There were a pair of Penn statues on either side of the left tunnel depicting him crushing a bottle of scotch in both hands.

  Penn walked up the stairs with Camtow right beside him and the rest close behind. As they went up the stairs the tunnel stopped and the ceiling opened up into a massive cathedral. It had hundreds of gargoyle and dragon statues up in the 200 foot high ceilings, with large cross shaped stained glass windows along the right side. And one massive stained glass window on the left that depicted the last days of Gomenu Sept.

  Gomenu Sept was an ancient wizard and philosopher who was a Dorp by birth. He cast a spell on his 7th birthday that made all the birds fly at right angles that is still in effect today. He also cast a spell at 13 that caused a flame to light in his garden every day at 8 o’clock that still lights until this very day. He was

  considered a bit of an enigma as he rarely talked to strangers and spent the bulk of his time with his girlfriend Belpy. He philosophized that when the world was filled with hatred that a wall of flames would start at one pole and make its way to the other scorching all in its path. He said on this day he would be truly happy.

  The room itself had several platforms accessible by spi
ral staircases every 20 feet that had different styles of rooms from every different culture on Permea. On the ground floor there was a large living and dining room. The living room had 4 large holographic platforms that each played a different style of movie from action to adventure movies including Penn’s favorite,” The chasing of air,” which was about a singer songwriter who’s ambition in life was to write the greatest song ever. After 35 years of trying he finally writes the song while in the middle of a large crowd he breaks out in song. The song is so pure and powerful the crowd of 10,000 simultaneously faints with 900 of them dying on the spot.

  There were 4 black felt couches that could turn into recliners of you pressed a button, causing them to fold inward and turn into a chair. The couches were each facing a different holographic movie. There was also a fountain of Penn flying that pumped white wine and was chilled slightly. There was also a dark brown wooden 6 foot tall triangular oven filled with Penn’s favorites like Gake alfredo pasta. In the dining room on the left side of the cathedral there were red wooden tables made to look like a different portion of Penn standing up. Each of the tables had dragon shaped black wooden chairs with thick black padding on them. There were also all of Penn’s achievements inside glass cases surrounded by holograms of all the beasts that Penn had slayed in his life. The floor of the cathedral was covered in dark blue cashmere that was 3 inches thick. At the far end of the room stood a statue and shrine of queen Mench Cru the Meseum queen. She sat in a long flowing white robe with her long blonde hair put up in a bun with the hair going down to her neck. She has dark lemon colored piercing eyes and a button nose, as well as pouty thick red lips that looked like a heart. She also had deep dimples and high cheekbones. In

  life she was 5’8” and very thin waisted, but with large breasts and powerful legs. Her hands were small with her first 2 knuckles larger than the rest.

  “ Alright, Camtow, I need to know what is going on?” asked Penn firmly as he sat down on one of the couches facing the movie,” A dying man’s life,” which was about a 163 year old man who was locked in prison for 40 years only to escape and marry a wealthy queen. After 10 years together she gives him her title and he becomes king. Once king he has all the men involved in putting him in prison blown to pieces one at a time by explosions in front of all the rest of them. He does this as well to all the guards at the prison until there are none. Near the end of his life he asks his wife to do for him one last favor. And when she asks what he replies don’t remember who I was just remember the king. To which she replied that’s all I’ve ever known.

  “ There was a large fleet of black ships that destroyed Gohama. Now there’s that face in the sky which suggests they’re either taking over or destroying us entirely. Either way we need an army and we need it fast,” said Camtow boldly as she sat down and looked at Penn while everyone else grabbed a seat as well.

  “ And this army would most likely need to be wizardly or they wouldn’t stand a chance,” said Solcrist as he eyed the movie and raised his right eyebrow.

  “ Really then we’ll need queen Mench and the Meseums, as well as the Dorps, but if they’re invading what of the others the Haborm, Peom, Sands, and Dirki. We must get everyone or we are in trouble,” said Penn as he felt a pain in his back and rubbed his lower back and wondered if all was lost.

  “ He makes a good point, but we don’t have the time the invasion is now and this was the closest city we could find. What I am saying is queen Mench may be our only hope and this city would be their next target. Penn we must speak with this queen now,” said Solcrist sternly as he looked at everyone and spun his staff in his hand.

  “ You’re right, we can use my holographic phone, but there’s no guarantee we’ll get thru. Let me try,” said Penn nervously then he pushed in a piece of the table and out came a control panel. Then he typed in the queen’s castle and hologram of her empty throne room appeared and Penn said sadly,” We missed her I’m…”

  Then suddenly the queen walked into the throne room and sat down on her golden Gake shaped throne. She had on a black and gold long flowing robe and a black glass crown that had several small 3 inch gold figurines of gargoyles that went around the rim. She also had on a pair of white satin gloves and black heels.

  “ Hello there, Penn, what on Permea is troubling you today?” asked Mench calmly as she softly smiled.

  “ We are about to be invaded my queen, and we need your army to fend them off,” said Penn firmly as he gave her a stern look.

  “ You’re kidding by whom?” asked Mench in a concerned tone as she fidgeted with her hands and then rubbed her chest.

  “ We don’t know who they are, but if you look outside in the sky you will see what I speak of,” said Penn.

  “ Give me a moment to look I’ll be right back,” said Mench then she hurried over to a large heart shaped window and looked up and saw the red face and felt her heart skip a beat and said breathlessly,” Oh god, this is the end of us.”

  Then she ran back to the throne and said frantically,” I’ve seen it, Penn, and you will have my army. I’ll have them prepare to launch immediately. Meet me here at Pospo and bring your staff, magic may be all that saves us.”

  “ I will be there in a matter of minutes thank you my queen,” said Penn warmly then he turned to everyone and said boldly,” we’ve got our army, but we’ll need to take your vessels to Pospo on the other side of Genver.”

  “ Then we shall,” said Famaron flatly and then they all hurried back to the Gurits.

  Once there Penn got in Famaron’s with Camtow and everyone else got in theirs. They sped up over Penn’s front gate and into a thrust tunnel, which was a one way tunnel that had an air jet that thrust you forward at incredible speed. As they shot thru the dark blue rubber round tunnel they went past several red lights and saw computer monitors that said and showed where all the upcoming off ramps went to. They rode for a few minutes and then saw the Pospo castle appear on a monitor and Penn said quickly,” Take the next ramp on the right and be prepared for a sudden jolt as we exit.”

  “ How sudden?” asked Famaron as he pulled onto the off ramp tunnel and felt a jolt that sent him into the air before he righted himself and said sarcastically,” Oh is that all, I almost became a splatter on the control panel.”

  Then in front of them was Pospo. It was a massive dark burgundy face shaped castle that went a quarter mile into the air and looked just like Mench. It had a circle of different colored glass 180 foot tall domes around the outside of the castle on top of 60 foot tall black towers. There was a beautiful flower garden shaped like a Y on the left side of the castle. And on the right there was a square pond that had a spell cast on it that made it have waves and it was surrounded by a black and pink sand beach that had 2 dozen wooden padded chairs around it with white umbrellas above each. There was a statue of Mench in

  the center of the pond made from red marble holding a ball up in the air with one hand with an inscription that read,” Life is a 2 way gift.”

  The 5 Gurits flew towards the castle and as they did they could see a massive army coming out of the hangar bay in Meheluxs and Konno’s as well as over 10,000troops with red and blue gravity jet packs equipped with 2 laser canons on the front.

  “ Fly right into the hangar bay she’ll be there waiting for us,” said Penn as he scanned the army.

  “ Well that was fast, it never occurred to me she’d have her forces right within her castle. That was a wise move one I should have done myself,” said Famaron as he eyed the mass of troops and ships and felt a rush of adrenaline go thru him and then said warmly,” I’m Famaron by the way.”

  “ Oh right, sorry I forgot to ask your names in all the conflict. Nice to meet you, Famaron, I wish we could have met under different circumstances. What are the others names?” asked Penn as he looked at Famaron.

>   “ Ohgood is the young man, Ratie the young woman, Veata the slightly older woman and Solcrist is the eldest of the bunch. You should call them by their names the next time you see them it will give them a smile,” said Famaron slyly as he grinned and steered the Gurit into the hangar bay.

  “ I’ll do just that, we could all use a bit of levity. Go ahead and land near the far wall I can see Mench dolling out orders as we speak,” said Penn as he watched a stern Mench yelling out orders to her troops.

  The inside of the hangar bay was immense and 1700 yards wide and had 1800 foot high black steel ceiling that could open completely and ships could go straight up thru it. The walls of the hangar bay had a large 10 foot wide brown leather padded door every 15 feet that were round in shape and had black square door handles. In between the doors there was a massive mural of Mench’s coronation as queen

  that showed all of her subjects cheering wildly as she stood atop Pospo castle and received the crown from her late father Sorench with a wide smile on his face. The floor had a smooth silver over it with fuel cell regenerator ports every 5 feet.

  The Gurits landed and everyone exited and as they did Mench saw Penn and smiled and walked over to him and asked,” Will this do for an army my lovely, Penn?”

  Penn smiled and laughed and said happily,” It will indeed my beautiful, Queen. These people here warned me of the invasion they are Ratie, Veata, Ohgood, Famaron, Solcrist, and of course Camtow.”

  “ How did he know our names?” asked Ratie in disbelief as she squinted at Ohgood.

  “ Osmosis, it’s common on this world among people named Penn,” said Ohgood smoothly as he grinned and pretended to choke Ratie who laughed and grabbed his hands.

  “ Well it is an honor to meet you all. Now I am Mench the queen of Genver and we were thrown together for a reason and that reason is this. We need to expel these intruders before we are their victims. Now what can you tell me of their fleet and their weapons?” asked Mench as she looked at Famaron calmly and put her hair back from her face.

  “ They have a fleet of small ships that can be destroyed, but the problem is they have a large robot that shoots a triangular ray of magic out the front that destroys everything in its path, from laser fire to powerful spells. Now that said, there is still the business of that face in the sky and what it could potentially represent,” said Famaron then he wiped the sweat from his brow with his forearm.

  “ If it destroys magic then we are in deep trouble. A weapon like that could destroy us all. And the face in the sky could represent an even larger robot with greater capabilities. Here’s what we’ll have to do, we’ll throw everything we have at the robot and see if the sum of our army can overwhelm it,” said

  Mench and then she thought about the loss of life involved and then said,” I know many of mine will die, but even more will perish if we do nothing. What can you bring to this battle?” asked Mench as she looked at everyone.

  Everyone smiled and Famaron held up the Laru and said slyly,” Magic.”

  “ Wizards are you, then I want you at my side in your ships. You have ships right?” asked Mench as she smirked.

  “ We had battleships, but we’re not sure if they’re still there. Could you escort us back to them with your army as we may need assistance if the enemy ships have gotten to here?” asked Famaron plainly as he interlocked his hands and let them dangle in front of him.

  “ Yes I can, let us hurry to my Mehelux and I’ll get my troops to lead the way, this way,” said Mench then she walked over to an air jet on the left beside a Mehelux and was lifted up to her cockpit on a cushion of air.

  “ Here we go again, doesn’t anybody like stairs anymore?” asked Ratie then she let out a sigh and stepped onto the jet of air beside Ohgood.

  Everyone was lifted up to the cockpit and walked in thru a retractable door. Once inside they all sat down on silken green square couches along the area in front of the control panel, with a large throne in front of them where Mench sat and controlled the ship. The walls were covered in the Cru family’s heirlooms like golden staffs, silver Morshito bracelets, and even the mask of Kieck.

  The mask of Kieck was a seal black mask made to look like Mench’s grandmother Vorel and it had an orange light encircling it made of dense magic. It also had an electronic keypad on the right side that could operate an anti gravity mechanism in the helmet. The Kieck had the ability to fire large bomb

  blasts in front of it with just a thought by the wearer and could shift you to a different dimension if you were in danger.

  Mench remembered the Kieck and stood up quickly and said softly,” Almost forgot,” and then she walked over and grabbed the Kieck and put it on her head and as she did a glow went around her whole body and she began to float 7 inches above the floor. She floated back over to her throne and then as she sat down said in a deep animal like voice thru the mask,” these intruders will know a pain all but reserved for fools of their kind. Let us be vile and vicious to a fault.”

  Then they lifted off the ground and flew out of the ceiling in the hangar bay. They flew very rapidly over to the battleships and as they arrived saw the Huness fleet encroaching on the city of Genver.

  “ They’re close we must hurry. I’ll send up a spell to slow them a bit,” said Famaron boldly as he stood up and then raised his staff and shouted,” Plagues are dreams find flight!”

  Then in front of Mench’s Mehelux a 150 foot tall Sarg holding a laser machete appeared and it let out a grunt and headed for the Huness fleet. The red face in the sky inside the black circle was now much nearer to Permea. It filled over a quarter of the sky. Mench landed and everyone hurried back to their battleships.

  Meanwhile the Sarg flew into the fleet slicing thru ship after ship with its red laser machete. It took 5 with one lightning quick thrust. With the Sarg’s other hand it grabbed a pair of ships and crushed them into a ball of metal and flames. Then it kicked its leg forward and knocked 20 ships off into space and destroyed their front ends causing them to explode as they went thru the atmosphere.

  “ Alright everyone lift off that Sarg won’t hold ‘em for long,” said Famaron sternly as he flew his battleship up into the air.

  “ We’re right behind you,” said Ratie as she lifted off with the other 3 just behind.

  “ So what’s our plan of attack?” asked Solcrist as he taxied in beside Mench’s Mehelux.

  “ I’ll send in the Meheluxs and Konno’s that have wizards on board to keep pace with their robot, but where is this robot I don’t see it?” asked Mench in the animal voice as she scanned the sky.

  Everyone else looked and then Ratie saw the Jopow down on the ground and said quickly,” They landed in that grove over there.”

  “ Why would they land there, that doesn’t any make sense?” asked Ohgood as he looked at Famaron.

  “ They’re planning something, so we should too. I say we attack the robot while it’s weak. I’ll try a spell,” said Famaron firmly then he raised his staff and shouted,” Fistfi batue brosi!”

  Then a massive black triangle shaped cloud appeared above the Jopow. It instantly began bombarding it with red lightning bolts that were 40 feet wide. The initial blasts continued to hit the Jopow, but had no effect. Then the storm cloud fired another 50 fiery lightning bolts and a dark smoke billowed off of the Jopow’s outer shell, but still no damage. Then the Jopow rose up and into the air and its loose triangular magic shot the storm cloud and reduced it to a brief burst of ash and then nothing, but a rainbow where it had been.

  “ I’ve got another spell, watch this!” said Famaron boldly and then he shouted as he glared at the Jopow,” Heranical homeslest!”

  Then a flying mammoth like creature with jet engines under its black wings called a Gorocket appeared in the sky. It had missiles for tusks and laser canons
for eyes and was covered in a burgundy fur. It also had a large round mouth filled with loose magic that would fire out when opened. It was the size of a house being 150 feet tall and 100 wide and long.

  The Gorocket launched itself towards the Jopow at supersonic speed. As it did its missiles for eyes fired at the Jopow with the first one getting gobbled up by the loose magic, but the second got past it and hit the Jopow in the back. The explosion blew away a large chunk and exposed a 10 foot tall wizard inside the Jopow in a shielded white see thru dome named Coulot the mysterious. Coulot had seal black super thick long hair that went to his shoulders and looked like a lion’s mane. He had large lime green eyes with the words,” A genius is a fool to me,” written inside the whites of his eyes. He had the holographic tattoo of a Sarg killing a pair of men by eating them in the center of his forehead. His nose looked like a man’s fist and he had a large menacing mouth with along scar from his cheek to the center of his lower lip that he got when he attacked a village elder for drinking the last bottle of wine. He weighed 850 pounds with square massive shoulders and 22 inch long hands and size 51 feet. He had on a yellow flowing robe and a dark brown leather jacket with a pair of red sunglasses.

  “ Finally we did some damage. Who’s the wizard thou?” asked Famaron as he looked at Coulot and grimaced.

  “ Who cares he’ll be dead in a minute,” said Ohgood as he laughed to himself.

  “ Good point, hey why didn’t you use that spell before?” asked Ratie as she sipped a glass of Dordanet.

  “ I didn’t know it, this book is immense,” said Famaron happily as he grinned and watched the Sarg bashing the Huness battleship to pieces.

  The Gorocket fired its laser canon eyes at the Jopow with 2 blasts getting by the loose magic and hitting the undercarriage, but the rest getting gobbled up. The Jopow’s undercarriage split open with the blast and 30 Huness soldiers fell out and hurtled to the ground below and to their deaths. One of them landed on top of 3 others and their bodies absorbed the fall and he stood up and walked away.

  “ Another hit, he’s not indestructible after all!” said Veata boldly as she smiled from ear to ear.

  “ I’m sending all my ships to engage their ships and 2 Meheluxs to help with the robot it’s time,” said Mench forcefully as she pressed the orders into her keypad and floated up off the floor and extended her arms outward and then did a spin.

  Then the 2 Meheluxs flew down at the Jopow while the rest of the fleet engaged the Huness fleet. The Jopow launched its Loars and they began blasting the Gorocket and Meheluxs hitting the Gorocket in the eye and destroying that laser canon. Then the 2 Meheluxs got hit in the side, but were able to fire a Tomcu. The Tomcu went after 3 of the Loars and when it got close imploded sending out a nuclear explosion that destroyed 8 of the Loars.

  “ That looked nasty,” said Ohgood slyly as he glared at the action.

  Meanwhile the Gorocket opened its mouth and shot out a stream of Loose magic at the Jopow. The loose magic devoured the Jopow’s loose magic spray and went thru and turned the front of the ship to a pile of brown fur. The fur instantly flew off in the wind and 3 Huness soldiers fell out the front and down to the ground and splattered. The Meheluxs began bombarding the defenseless Jopow and tore off large chunks of the ship with each shot. Coulot saw the end was near and raised his staff and shouted,” Dreen is life!”

  Then a red dragon with a black Konno in its hands appeared and flew over to Coulot’s orb. He dissolved his orb with his staff then raced into the Konno. Once inside he raised his staff and shouted,” Dremace for love!”

  Then a 10 foot thick purple force field encircled the Konno and he sped away towards Permea’s surface.

  “ One of them is getting away!” said Ohgood loudly as he watched Coulot racing towards the surface.

  “ Let him, there’s nowhere to hide,” said Famaron sternly as he watched the Sarg making quick work of the Huness fleet.

  The Jopow was suddenly only half a ship as the Meheluxs blew it to pieces with laser fire. Then one of the Meheluxs fired a Tomcu. The Tomcu raced towards the Jopow and when it got within 10 feet it exploded and a nuclear explosion destroyed all that was left of the Jopow.

  “ Yes! They don’t have a chance now suckers,” said Ratie coldly as she danced around in her battleship.

  “ They never did,” said Veata smoothly as she ate a steak stick and smiled.

  Down on the surface of Permea Coulot landed and exited the Koon. He took a look around and then pulled a honing device beacon from his pocket and threw it into the ground. Once it hit it sent out a massive flash of blue light and a ring of smoke then dug into the ground and disappeared. Then Coulot pulled out a blue round 2 inch transmitter and pressed a green square button on it then a small hologram of Kalm Deathic appeared.

  Kalm Deathic is the leader of the Huness and is referred to as Tingue. He stands 7’1 in life and weighs over 400 pounds with short blonde hair and colorless eyes that stalk you as you speak. He has a perfectly straight nose with no bump in the middle and a slightly rounded tip. He also has very high cheekbones and rounded dimples in his cheeks. He is a handsome man, but his large hands and feet give him a gangly appearance. He also had a massive tattoo on his back of the Weight of Weirdu.

  The Weight of Weirdu was a popular book about Weirdu Coulbe a boy thought to be a dullard, but after 8 years of his father and mother home schooling him he emerged as a mathematical genius who

  invented a new form of math called Horemics. Horemics consisted of a series of equations to calculate a person’s thought patterns and then eventual behaviors. The idea behind it involved putting a number value to different thoughts and then adding them up every six hours. This led to patterns in the numbers that corresponded to patterns in the person’s behaviors. Thus then when a certain number value had been reached you could guess what the next number would be in the series and thus guess with 95 percent accuracy the behavior the person was about to engage in.

  “ Tingue, I have completed the first stage of our plan,” said Coulot as he looked at the hologram.

  “ Good how much of their army is worthwhile and troublesome,” asked Tingue calmly as he rubbed his head.

  “ Some, but they will fall very easily when you arrive. I will tell you they have good magic and were able to destroy the Jopow, but they are not one army, which is to say that we were not fighting the world only a small fleet from one of the their cities,” said Coulot then he raised the hologram up and as he did it became a larger hologram standing next to him and he then said,” see those ships up there engaged us and no others.”

  “ Fascinating, this world has no idea how to protect itself. Fools, any number of rulers would rush here and destroy them if they knew of this stupidity. How can they live divided it’s almost like they’re all delusional. Well, Coulot, we’re going to have a great bit of fun taking over this Permea and sending its delusional inhabitants to an early afterlife. Nothing disgusts me more than blatant stupidity and naiveté,” said Tingue snidely as he looked up at Famaron’s ship and clenched his jaw.

  “ I agree, Tingue, they are digging their own graves. How can they live like this it’s disgusting?” asked Coulot snidely as he looked menacingly at the battle above him.

  “ No matter they won’t be living long, Coulot. Here’s what I want you to do, tell the fleet to withdraw. Once you have I want you to search Permea for a person sympathetic to our cause. Find a real devious soul, because he or she will know the lay of the land. Then when you feel we have a foothold signal me and I’ll bring the real force of our army. Bye, Coulot,” said Tingue firmly as he thought about how beautiful Permea was and how he’d like to own it.

  “ Bye, Tingue,” said Coulot then he pressed the ceasefire and scatter button on the transmitter.

  Then the fleet instantly began
to withdraw and Coulot hurried into his Konno. Once inside he sped off in the direction of the Bloodlet ocean.

  “ They’ve surrendered look they’re leaving,” said Veata happily as she smiled and then she shook her fist.

  “ That was easy, huh odd battle,” said Famaron gleefully as he looked at the leaving Huness ships perplexed.

  “ They are cowards and all cowards hold defeat just beneath their skin a moment from surfacing. Trust me that will be the last we see of them,” said Mench as she took off the mask of Kieck and smiled and sighed.

  “ Let’s hope so, because they did have a bit of magic and you never know a wizard’s true capabilities,” said Solcrist as he sucked on a Glomer nut, which is a chocolate covered peanut with a dark chocolate center.

  “ This is true, hey look the face in the sky is gone to,” said Ratie excitedly as she smirked and danced around her captain’s chair.

  “ Great, then we get to go back to our lives and take a much needed break from the madness,” said Ohgood as he felt a wave of relief wash over him.

  “ Good point, Ohgood, the question now is where will you live?” asked Camtow in a concerned tone.

  “ I don’t know, the problem is we haven’t much money to start anew. We would need a lot of help,” said Famaron as he looked into Camtow’s eyes and pulled a piece of hair from her face.

  “ Dear boy, I am the richest queen on Permea. I will give you all a place to live and all the money you will need. Trust me after your bravery here today you have earned every diamond coin. Fear not, you will be taken care of, I’ll put you in my castle to keep me safe,” said Mench sternly as she nodded quickly.

  “ Thank you, Mench, we appreciate that,” said Famaron.