A Door Into Time: An Alex Hawk Time Travel Adventure by Shawn Inmon

Author:Shawn Inmon [Inmon, Shawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travel, adventure
Publisher: Shawn Inmon
Published: 2020-03-30T22:00:00+00:00

“HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN like this?” Alex asked Yosta-ak.

“No. They had obstacles. Fallen trees piled high, mounds of dirt, a few guard stations, but nothing like that.”

Still, it doesn’t prove anything. They’ve improved their defenses against the world. That’s a good idea in a world where gigantic bears and dire wolves roam.

The men stood in the clearing, watching the activity in the town far below.

Technology’s not all bad. If I had my field binoculars, I might know what’s going on down there.

From their distant viewpoint, all that could be seen was a steady stream of people flooding in and out of the gate.

Yosta-ak turned to the three Winten-ah members. “I know that this new defense does not prove anything. I just wanted you to see it before we got too close.”

Alex looked at Sekun-ak and Doken-ak and saw that they weren’t going to say anything.

Maybe Ganku-eh should have sent tribe members who actually spoke. Or, maybe that’s why she sent me.

“What now?” Alex said.

Yosta-ak looked down at Alex. “Now, we approach them as friends and ask to be admitted as such.”

Alex didn’t like the idea of walking up to a fortress just to say hello, but it wasn’t his party. He was just an invited guest.

The group hiked down the hill and got back on the original path. Ten minutes later, they stepped into the clearing that led to Denta-ah. From that perspective, they could see a forest of stumps off to their right.

Guess we can see where the wood for this project came from. The forest would have offered protection, too, but not as stout as what they’ve built here.

As they approached the barricade, they saw a few men and women off to the left. Their backs were bent as they busily turned soil. Alex counted a dozen of them, with two men standing over them like guards.

Those guards had an odd-shaped weapon that didn’t look like anything Alex had seen on Kragdon-ah. They were too distant for him to be able to make out what they were.

As the group approached the barrier, the gate slowly swung closed. The people who were outside did not seem distressed to be locked out but continued with whatever task they were focusing on.

Undeterred, Yosta-ak and the others walked to within twenty yards. Up close, they could see how tall the massive fence was. Alex estimated it was at least thirty-five feet.

“Greetings,” Yosta-ak called in the universal language.

There was no response.

“Greetings,” he said again. “We wish to meet with Frema-ak.”

After another long silence, a man poked his head over the top of the wall. “What is your business?”

“We wish to meet with Frema-ah,” Yosta-ak repeated.

“What is your business?” the man atop the wall also repeated.

This could go on all day.

“There are rumors that a tribe is breaking the covenant and is using stama. We would like to talk with him about it.”

I guess that will lay our cards on the table.

Alex stared at the man’s face who stared down at them. He did not seem perturbed at the mention of a broken covenant.

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