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Leader for the Shivans 3: Journey from Dunwitch Hill
By James Moores
Second Epilogue
Coming of the Twilight
Somewhere in the Ross 128 System.
A boot crashed down into the dirt. The man had a large, dark
cloak on. A Cybernetic hand was clenched in a fist at his side. The man
stepped out across the desert. He looked over at the Dragon fighter, sitting,
in the dirt. It was covered by dust now; it hadn’t been touched in over
thirty years. A Shivan’s skeleton rested on a tarmac in the middle of the
ground. The man in the cloak laughed slowly. Two Shivans flanked the man.
“Over here.” One of the Shivans said. The man in the cloak turned
slowly, and for a moment half his face became visible, he seemed familiar.
Then he was covered by darkness again.
“Yes.” The man said slowly, his voice rasping. “The wreckage
of Too’aki’nar.” Its charred hull was half covered by dust and sand. The
man with the cloak climbed through the wreckage. “It must be here.” The
Shivans picked up pieces of wreckage in their giant claws and tossed the
pieces of metal out of the way.
“Leader.” One of the Shivans yelled. The man with the cloak turned
sharply. “Over here.” The man with the cloak stepped over rubble, and clambered
down into a deep crater. But he knew that the Shivan had found what he
was after.
“Yes.” He said slowly. “You will be rewarded handsomely.” The
man with the cloak said. The Shivan stepped out of the way and allowed
the Terran in. “The Blade of the Twilight is mine.” The man with the cloak
reached out and took the hilt of the sword. He pulled it from the wreckage,
its black blade shone beautifully in the twilight of the sun. “And now,
Leader for the Shivans.” The man said smiling. “You will meet the Devil!”
A red beam shot from the Man’s eye, and glinted of the sword. He let out
a furious laugh.
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