Siege of Terra (The Mavrik Woods Series, Book 1)
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I close the door behind me; it’s a tough call where to go.
First thing’s first though. I’ll return to my home and collect whatever I can salvage from the place, before we landed I’d flown over that area, luckily there were still a few buildings standing, my apartment building’s one of those lucky enough to survive the bombardment.
I’m on my way to the hanger when I feel a small hand grab my own, I look down. It’s Kate.
“Are the bad people gone now?” She asks.
“Yes they are, and they aren’t coming back,” I pick her up in my arms.
“I heard that you’re leaving.”
“And where did you hear that?”
“People say many things when they are happy or sad.”
“Well, what you heard was true, I am leaving. I plan to come back here though,” I think of Syreena still frozen in Cryostasis.
“Is there a chance that I can go with you?”
I look at her, a surprised look on my face, “why would you want to come with me? You have a family here, they need you.”
She shakes her head, “my mama and papa died.”
Right, I completely forgot about that. It’ll be a hard life as a child living in a strange world, a world that I’m going to, “you can come if you really want, but let me tell you this first, it will be a hard and dangerous life, one that I can't guarantee your safety, I’ll do everything in my power to protect you though.”
Her face lights up with joy at the sound of that.
“First things first though. We need to stop and pick up a few friends that I promised could come along.”
I set Kate back down on her feet when we reach the lift. The doors open, we step inside and I hit the icon that’ll take us directly to the surface.
When the doors open up to the main level light comes flooding in. Kate laughs and raises her arms to block out the sun. It must’ve been a long time since she’s seen the light of day.
Seeing as there’s no actual regulation to where one can park their space ship, the ship that we’d flown back in is parked just a hundred or so meters away from the door. The ramp leading up to the ship is already down; Jayon and another figure are standing on the boarding ramp, waiting for us.
As we get closer I realize that it’s Krystil, she’s obviously feeling better to be walking around after she’d been injured on one of their previous missions.
“Glad to see you are up on your feet again. What exactly happened anyways?” I ask her.
“When we were flying supplies to one of the bases I was in the cargo bay double checking the gear when the ship was attacked and we were hit multiple times. The hull was damaged and the valves went off, a bolt shot of right into my side,” she pointed to a spot just right above her left hip.
“Are we ready to go?” Jayon interrupts.
“I believe we are. Let’s get on board shall we?”
We all climb aboard, the ramp hisses shut behind us.
It doesn’t take long to get to the bridge, after spending an entire day onboard I memorized the complete layout of the ship. My ship.
We arrive at the bridge, the doors whir open, Jayon gestures to me to take the pilots chair. I sit down in the leather chair; the Holo console pops up in front of me.
“Did we ever find out what the name of the ship is?”
“Yes, it’s the Phoenix.”
My name is Mavrik Woods, we’d recently discovered the planet Terra, after colonizing on it alien hostiles showed up, a short but bloody war. Many lives have been lost; there’s no way to tell whether or not my current plans will a success. A vast Galaxy awaits my crew and me as we make our way out towards the stars. Since the start of the war I’ve been reborn, a completely different person, I can never look at anything the same now. It’s a suiting name for my ship then, my legacy.
The Phoenix.
Epilogue
A lone ship floats through the emptiness of space; a planet had once been here, not too long ago in fact. The ship is of an odd design, similar resemblance of the shell of a beetle.
Two life forms onboard. One of them barely registers.
The ship's main engine starts to ignite and glow a cherry red. All hell is about to break loose when they arrive at their destination. Fresh coordinates lie in the navicomputer, the destination is unknown amongst the stars.
The ship blasts into a hyperspace window, leaving nothing behind but the rubble of the planet.
Many will wonder how the ship managed to survive the blast wave as the planet exploded; others will believe that nothing survived. No one will know for sure until the evidence will say otherwise. Many will be proven wrong.
About the Author
Robin MacMillans love for writing took him farther then he thought when he first started writing almost 7 years ago. His first novel, Siege of Terra took him nearly a year to write before releasing it out into the world for millions of people to enjoy. He currently lives on the outskirts of a small town in Alberta Canada where he continues to write.
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Message from the Author to all those that have read Siege of Terra.
"Dear Readers, thank you all for reading this book, im glad that i could share this with so many of you. It has been my dream for the longest time to get my work out into the world. If you enjoyed this novel then please, leave a review if you want, every single one is appreciated! I cant wait to share book #2 of the Mavrik Woods series with you in the future. Robin MacMillan."