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Samantha,” Ignas said to me.
    Next, Dalia gave Nojus the warmest look, and flashed a beautiful smile. “Protect our Ruler at all cost, My Champion. That is your responsibility.”
    He reached out and kindly touched her shoulder. “I give you my word, Dalia. No harm will come to her.” 
    At sundown, after going home to change, I flew to the space pods and met with the soldiers. A crowd had assembled around the vast terrain, cheering us on as we prepared to leave for war.
    Nojus found me and kneeled. “We are ready, My Ruler.”
    “Very good, My Champion.”
    Everyone went to their assigned space pods and got inside. There was a ship docked on every space pod, and two spaces on the floor for the soldiers who would operate the ship.
    Thousands of caregivers from around the world had come to help Giedre and the other caregivers in our region send us into orbit, standing by with their sijas at the ready.
    Giedre was waiting by my space pod. I climbed inside and moved around the ship that was docked on the surface. I went to the spot on the floor for the passengers and lay down. After adjusting my body, the metal straps came out and locked me in place.
    From outside, Giedre called to me. “Are you prepared for takeoff, My Ruler?”
    “Set and ready to go,” I shouted back to her.
    She pressed a button on her sija that closed the space pod. The lights on the inside came on, and I heard the buzzing sound of the machine increase. I felt the space pod rise, and within seconds, it blasted away at faster-than-light speed.

Part Five—War On Turkland
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Chapter 19: Emily
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    I n a flash, we arrived at our mystery planet and the metal straps that held me and my ship in place came down. I sat up and pressed the button on my sija that opened the space pod. Once open, I froze and checked the area. Right away, I saw heavy rain coming down and listened to it spatter on the metal roof of the open space pod.
    I felt a cool breeze whoosh over me and tightened the hooded cloak I was wearing. I got up, moved toward the edge of the floor and looked down. We had landed on a foggy, muddy landscape, and there was an unpleasant stench oozing in the atmosphere.
    From above, I saw a gray, cloudy sky, and in the distance, I saw thousands of space pods, and I knew there were hundreds of thousands more spread out further than my eyes could see.
    The soldiers began to climb out of their space pods and undock their ships. A soldier caught me still standing in my space pod and walked over to me.
    “Are you all right, My Ruler?”
    I looked down at her and nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine. Thank you, Soldier.” Finally, I jumped out of the space pod and my feet splashed in the mud, sending clumps of mud onto my black-and-red outfit.
    Disgusted with the environment, and annoyed that the fine wardrobe Linas had made me was now stained with mud, I blew out a sharp gasp and brushed some of the mud off. “I hate this place already.”
    A moment later, I met up with Nojus. “Are we ready, My Champion?”
    He gave me a bow. “Yes, My Ruler.”
    “Then let’s move out.”
    He lifted his arm and radioed to my fleet and the ground units. “Begin the investigation.”
    The soldiers assigned to the fleet boarded their ships and took off. With Nojus, I led a ground unit down the lumpy terrain in search of any inhabitants. Thousands of soldiers stayed behind to watch the space pods, and the other ground units went in opposite directions from us.
    We marched for miles with nothing in sight but fog, and walking through the mud was an irritating experience. “If the rebels are here, I hope we find them soon.”
    Nojus glanced at the slushy land we walked on, and I saw repulsion on his face. “I concur, Your Greatness.”
    Finally, after what felt like hours, we found some evidence of life. Just ahead, there was a collection of huts, clearly built for shelter from the rain. Carefully, we moved toward them with our