“Ode to Pennies” by Aaron Gambrell

“I was sent from my planet to protect Earth from dangerous attackers in space. There are a lot of my kind that were sent to protect planets that have life on it. You have to tell your king what I just told you,” Tedsor said. “I have not left my house in a long time and I am just an old guy that lives in the middle of nowhere. I can’t do what you ask.” Not long after, there was a flare of dust from afar. The military were coming to see what caused the earthquake, but didn’t think they were going to see a spaceship. They surrounded the spaceship and asked Tedsor what he was doing here, and he told what he had told the old man. A few weeks went by and they prepared all their weapons, and waited for the attackers to come. Then, in the middle of summer, there was a breach in the atmosphere and the army launched missiles at the object. However, it was just a distraction. The attackers came with huge spaceships from all around Earth and sent rockets to the capitals of all major cities, and destroyed buildings all over the world that made everyone flee their homes. They landed their spaceships and killed everyone they saw. Tedsor helped fight with the human and killed all of the invaders, until only him and their leader were standing, having their back towards Tedsor. It was dark and foggy, and when he turned around, it was the old man from the beginning. Tedsor took out his sharp sword and swung it at him, but the man teleported to the other side and stabbed Tedsor with his blade. Tedsor fought hard to kill him, but he was too powerful for him. With his last breath, he swung but wasn’t a match for the man. Tedsor was bashed to the ground and was stabbed from his back right through his heart. 21