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Sarillion’s Struggle for Freedom

By Jorian Clarke

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Chapter 3

The Chase from Sarillion

Spec didn’t need to say anything to Kimma about maintaining silence as thespaceship slid out of the palace and into the courtyard. She couldn’t have made a soundeven if she had wanted to. Her mind was racing with the events that had just takenplace. She had gone from riding Nabu for fun to riding in this strange looking spaceshipfor her life.While she knew she wasn’t supposed to read the minds of those around herwithout their permission or unless it was an emergency, she couldn’t help but do it nowwith the twins. They were mind speaking to each other as twins from Machoo often doand their conversation was very loud in her head. She was amazed at their lack of fearand their determination to keep her safe no matter the personal cost to them.“Tra,” Spec projected his thoughts to his sister. “Look out for that large man witha bow. It looks like Angry Cloud has equipped him with Invisible Hate Arrows he isshooting at the crowd. I don’t want us to get hit by accident and give away our position.”Spec’s plan had been to glide invisibly over the crowd just 10 to 20 feet abovetheir heads. He was hoping that by staying low until they were free of the palace groundsand cutting through the forest, he could avoid being picked up by Angry Cloud’s radar. It

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45would be best to leave the planet without attracting Angry Cloud’s attention. He didn’twant any reports going back to the Darkness that Princess Kimma had escaped.“Spec,” mind sent Tra. “You better go sideways with the ship and hug thebuilding wall, I see five more men coming with a tall ladder. We don’t want to be hit withthe top of it if they set it up on the ground.” Tra was positioned differently than Spec asshe was outside the ship in shooting position. Just like the earth orbits around the sun,the Demistifier Gyra Shooter was a small one-man bubble-pod in constant orbit aroundthe spaceship. Whoever was in this position of defense in the bubble-pod could see allaround the ship and fend off any attacks from any angle. The Demistifier Gyra Shooterhad a special chair inside that could spin in any direction so that the person in the chaircould see up, down and all around. Tra was now rotating 180 degrees carefully from leftto right strapped into the gyro seat as the bubblepod circled the ship in a constantlychanging orbit. Occasionally she would spin in a full rotation in the bubblepod as she dida circle orbit around the spaceship to check the safety from the top and bottom views.This rotation caused her to suspend upside down from time to time as the gunnery chairspun around in the bubble to give her a complete view to monitor their progress. Kimmawas amazed at Tra’s ability to not be affected by the constant movement of the chair inthe bubblepod nor get sick from the ever-changing orbit of the Demistifier Gyra Shooteraround the ship. Riding the Demistifier Gyra Shooter was even more challenging thanthe roller coaster rides she had taken on Washi or the steepest Nazar dive she had beenon so far. At least with a Nazar, you knew to expect straight down. With the DemistifierGyra Shooter you could be down one second and the next be up, facing left or right oreven hanging upside down.“Come on baby, let’s tip and hug,” Spec said under his breath to the spaceshipas he carefully guided it so they were now tipped sideways hugging the wall. Kimma’sseat adjusted so she was still sitting right side up but now she had a better view of thecrowd below them. She couldn’t believe her eyes. There were seven or eight angry