Space Knights: The Arrival by Gregory Samuelson (buy e reader .TXT) 📕

after he found his family he’d contact them and let them know that he was okay. Getting up he crawled out of his shelter and looked around.

He saw that he was alone and then grabbed a quick breakfast. After some reflection he determined that since he was so close to a town he didn’t need his shelter any more. With great care he took it down and cleared his campsite. He then made sure that he had the small bag of clothes that he’d been carrying on his back and all of his weapons. He started out again following the road with a sense of excitement of getting to another town and being able to search for his family.

After a few minutes of walking he came upon a sign indicating that the town, Cassera, was now only two miles ahead. Seeing this he hurried his step to get there. He walked as fast as he could for a while and focused on getting to town where he hoped he’d be able to start his search for his family.

He was still a little hungry so he reached into his pocket and pulled out the money that he still had. He had four gold coins, seven silver coins, and one bronze coin. Althorian money was fairly easy to understand. A gold coin was worth about a dollar, called a current, silver was about fifty cents, called centas, bronze was twenty-five centas, a brass coin was ten centas, a metal similar to nickel was five centas, and copper was one centa. Higher denominations were small bars slightly larger than a domino. Starting out with copper being two currents, nickel was five currents, brass was ten currents, bronze was twenty, silver was fifty, and a gold bar was worth one hundred currents. So in total he had seven currents and seventy-five centas.

As he walked along he adjusted his weapons and clothes. Trance tried to straighten his clothes out to be more presentable when he got to town. Finally the town came into view as he came around a bend in the road. His step quickened and in just a few short minutes he was in town and starting to come across more and more people, robot horses and carriages. He then started to search for a place to eat. His eye caught sight of a restaurant two blocks away and he hurried his pace more.

Outside the restaurant were quite a number of military horses. Trance went into the restaurant and saw the Althorian knights in their armor occupying several tables to the right. He also saw a few businessmen at a couple other tables, and some farmers dressed in leather at some other tables. He made his way to an empty stool at the counter.

Trance scanned the room and took everyone in. He tried not to look directly at anybody and smiled shyly to hide his nerves. As he sat there and waited patiently to be waited on he noticed that he was being watched. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that a young knight about a couple years older than him was watching him. Trance looked away and tried to relax. He glanced back and saw that the young knight was talking to a rather tall and very broad-shouldered knight. Somehow he knew that they were discussing him.

Trance froze as he noticed that the young knight had stood up and begun to approach him. He felt self-conscious and wondered if he’d done something wrong.

“Hello,” said the young knight politely.

“Hi,” responded Trance nervously.

“I’m Zak Karry,” said the young knight, introducing himself. “Sorry for staring, but you really look like a friend of mine’s lost brother. Where are you from?” he asked, curious about him.

“I’m Trance Sonderson and I’m originally from Earth,” Trance answered and quickly explained how he’d been found at the Markem’s farm. He then told about the attack on the town, how he had defended the house, and then his parting with the Markems and his flight from the farm. Trance noticed the young knight’s face as he finished his story.

“I know the town. We arrived shortly after the attack had started and helped drive the Boulthorians back. We were told about an Earth boy in town. I guess that you’re him, you were staying at my uncles farm,” said Zak.

“Yeah, that would be me,” Trance replied modestly and surprised at the connection.

“You must be a good fighter. We came across some of the knights that you slew. We debated what had happened to them. It also looks like you enjoyed Aunt Maxine’s fine cooking,” said Zak, impressed.

“Well, yes I did enjoy her cooking, and at the farm I did what I had to do. Now you said I looked familiar. Who is it I look like?” Trance asked, curious. A slight hope rose up. Maybe he knew his family.

“By the why did you separate from my uncle and his family? And I said you look like a friend of mine’s brother. In fact you have the same last name. May I ask you a question?” asked Zak. He was sure that Trance was who he had thought him to be. However, the first name wasn’t quite right.

“I thought that they would be safer if I covered them as they took off and headed to Chorus’s dad’s place till things cooled down,” Trance answered. Then he felt his pulse started to pound. Could this knight really know his brother and probably his family? “Sure, what do you need to know?”

“What are the names of your family members?” asked Zak with the hope that he had found the missing brother of his friend.

“Well my dad Evan, my mom Eileen, my brother Sammy, and my sister Heather,” Trance answered. Was this the answer to his prayers? Had the Lord led him to meet this knight to find his family?

Zak looked excited. Trance seemed to know the family and was relieved that his uncle’s family was safe at his grandfather’s place. There