Supreme Leader of Anstractor: A Sci-Fantasy Space Adventure (The New Phase Book 3) Read Free

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    Rafian had two las-swords working now, using the Mera-Ku technique of constant movement. Spinning and twisting amongst the Crak-Ti, he seemed like a deadly dervish that left death in its wake. This rallied the Phasers and the marines to fight even harder, and even Marian got caught up in the fever as they began to get the upper hand on the Geralos. Before long the force field was down and the park became a melee of flashing swords, gunfire, and screams of pain.
    “Commander, we are getting overrun. There are just too many of them!” a marine captain screamed.
    “Our lives for the civilians, Captain. Stand strong. The Crak-Ti are only so many,” Rafian said. “Stand with me and empower your marines. Don’t let them see doubt in your eyes.” The woman looked up at him and when their eyes met, she found something in the way he looked at her.
    “FOR MELUVIA!” she screamed as she hoisted her rifle into the air. The marines that remained picked up on the scream and echoed their own as they fought back harder. She shoved Rafian’s shoulder with a bloody grin and he nodded solemnly before turning his attention back to the chaos.
    As he made to run to fall into the Geralos, his comm lit up with the face of Yuth Varience. He hadn’t heard from Yuth since they rallied the Phasers into Meluvia and he didn’t know how long ago that was. Yuth seemed surprised when he answered, and let out a little laugh, as if he was relieved that Rafian was still alive.
    “Supreme Leader!” he shouted.
    “Yuth!” Rafian replied. “Where are you, brother? We need your superior las-sword skills.”
    “I am above you, and I can see that you don’t have time for a full report. Listen, Commander, I need you to jump all of our people out and as many civilians as you can. I can’t even explain what I am about to do, but you need to move, as fast as a Phaser.”
    Rafian tried to guess at what Yuth was planning but the only thing he had time for was trust. Was he going to call in an airstrike to level Dystalis, or had he planted a bomb in the city somewhere? It didn’t matter. Yuth was an ace, so he called Marian over to tell her the plan.
    “We need to drop crystals and get everyone out. Most of the soldiers know nothing of the crystals, so prepare for resistance from them and the civilians,” he said to her.
    “Sounds like we’re about to level the city,” she said and turned away, motioning for the soldiers to come around for a quick meeting. The Phasers dropped crystals to open teleportation portals, which caused the civilians to react negatively. They assumed that it was a Crak-Ti weapon that was causing the Phasers to vanish, but Marian did her best to explain.
    The Crak-Ti began to see the humans blinking out of the fight into nowhere. The sight of it was shocking and amazing, but as they saw them leaving they rushed at the few remaining ones, cutting into them as quickly as possible without care for their own lives. This left them open to the likes of Rafian and Marian, who had made sure they would be the last to teleport out.
    They countered the Crak-Ti, moving in tandem, cutting into them as they showcased the skills of the Phaser agency. Their ploy worked and the remaining Crak-Ti rushed at them in the center of the park. As their enemies crowded in, Rafian grabbed Marian and dropped a new crystal to vanish and appear on the roof of a skyscraper overlooking the park.
    The sky began to show sparks as a large portal opened up and what appeared to be a YV-900 assault ship emerged from it to hover for just a moment. Marian and Rafian turned to one another with smiles on their faces and, as they simultaneously uttered the name “Yuth,” the ship turned on its thrusters and flew down towards the ground at tremendous speed.
    When the ship hit the park, the explosion was deafening. Every Crak-Ti was killed immediately, along with any civilian that had refused to use a portal. The fire and dust from the crash ripped through