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Chapter 5: The Kersna

Al left feeling like a huge burden had just been lifted off his shoulders. He

wouldn’t have to hide them the fact that he was alien from now on. It was such a relief to be able to be himself at least around them. He had never been wrong in judging characters and he knew he wasn’t wrong now either. He could really trust this family. These people were like the family he never had. He didn’t know anything about his family. All he knew was that his parents had died during the last Kersna attack. The Kersna were the most dangerous intelligent creatures in the Milky Way. They raided planet after planet killing everyone in their path. They rarely took prisoners but once in a while they did take prisoners as their old slaves died and needed to be replaced. He was an infant during that attack and he was found after the battle was over among

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the ruins of what used to be his home. His parents were never found and he grew up in an orphanage among other children whose parents had been killed. Valentinians never abandoned their offspring but since the first Kersna attacks about 400 hundred years ago orphanages had to be built for the surviving children whose parents had died. The Kersna were manipulative evil creatures who were nothing like his race. They were the exact opposite. They were technologically more advanced than the other races because they were the most ancient race in the galaxy and had had more time to develop. Now their planet was dying as they had used up all its resources. So they started to plunder the surrounding planets to refill their own supplies. Whenever they attacked they left mayhem behind. The Kersna were tall skinny creatures but with a high intellect. They had hollow eyes and longer necks than people or Valentinians had. They had no hair whatsoever on their bodies and six fingers on each hand and only four toes on each leg. Their skin was dark grey. Their strength was their intellect alone. They had no sinew, no physical force. Quite the opposite, they were feeble beings. But they had smart gadgets and weapons to compensate for that. So their intelligence made them so dangerous.

Al hoped they would never venture this far into the galaxy so they

wouldn’t find this planet. Everyone deserved to live but humans were very primitive compared even to the Valentinians which meant they would stand no chance against the Kersna. He just hoped this little planet would remain hidden from their view. When he got home he fell asleep almost the instant his head hit the pillow. So much had happened in such short time and he needed rest. That night he had nightmares of the terrible Kersna attacking this little piece of heaven which he now called home.

The Kersna were a walking nightmare. They were pure evil and had to be

stopped once and for all. He just wished that his race would sign the treaty with the other races and make an alliance against them. It was the only way to stop them. United they might just win whereas divided they would suffer defeat after defeat. With the Kersna gone, the Milky Way would be a much safer place.

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