Chapter 4 / Preparations / Perspectives: Robert Niles and Balthar / Denmark, Village/ 9:50 A.M. / Current Perspective: Robert Niles

I woke from my slumber and stretched like I would do on my world. I would crack my knuckles, stretch my legs, and crack my back and neck areas. It felt so relieving after all of this stress hit me. I still can't believe I hit the wrong time on that damned time warp machine. My General is probably alerting the rest of my crew that I hit the wrong time period. Well whatever, at least I'm not in a war or something.

Anyway, I decided to wake up my second half of my brain since he always decides to pester me in the morning. Ah, good morning Robert. Good morning brain, can't believe I'm still here. Yeah that's a understatement you should've been dead on the impact... Yeah I know but at least I was rescued. Unlike that one time in kindergarten... Really? Don't bring it up please. Okay let's just get to the mead hall and see what grub they are cooking. Your right let's go and get something to eat.

I decide to pull out my handy storage unit that I've had this whole time. 'Wait why didn't I think of this earlier?' I thought. I decided to open it and see what I have. I pulled out some armor that Galactic Army Personnel would use. Also in the unit was a M4A1 Laser Rifle, fifteen laser and pulse grenades, a radio, a survival kit, a plasma cutter, about thirty magazines of laser rifle ammo, schematics to create more ammo, and a M45C Laser Pistol. I put all of this on and head out of my room.

As I entered the mead hall, I was approached by the King. I kneeled in front of him. As I stood back up to see his puzzled gaze, I asked him,
"Is the rest of my crew ready to depart?"
"Is that you Robert? I've never seen a suit of armor like this." I forgot to tell them about the Galactic Army didn't I? Well this is going to be fun to explain.
"Well, since I'm from the future, I was drafted into what is called the Galactic Time Warp Army. Since I was going into my first tour of Denmark, I had to have all my gear present. Since I fell here, I've had generic civilian clothing on, but now I have something better. This gear is very advanced technology for this world."
"Well I knew you were powerful, but not this powerful! Your crew is ready outside and waiting for you. They've eaten their food already and have plenty rations."
"Thank you my King. Is that my food over there?" I said as I pointed to the plate of food on the table.
"Yes that is your food. Hope it's delicious."
I started over to my plate and sat down. As I ate, I heard the door of mead hall swing open and the crew came inside and sat down next to me.
"Did you just get up?" Balthar questioned.
"Yes I did, and as you can tell I put on my armor that I would have if I was going to battle."
"Well it seems a lot more resistant than ours!" Shouted Fargor as he punched me in the stomach. Fargor is such a card.
We sat there and talked while I ate. Once I was finished, we started on our journey. We waved goodbye to the king and the people of the village and started our journey. I felt that this world has adapted to my language because in my mythology textbooks, they would speak in Old English or Icelandic, but it seems that they are speaking in modern English. How odd is that?

[Perspective Change Balthar]

My fellow warriors and I have been talking about this 'futuristic gift from Odin' and I feel he's become part of the family. That being said, I feel that he will become weak when it comes to battling. I must show him how to swing his enchanted sword around because that thing isn't a toy. It's the DIAMOND WRATH. This sword hasn't been used in over a thousand years and if he's going to use this sword; he must have the proper training. When I was out adventuring around Greece, I had to make sure I wasn't a target or I would be chained or locked up. So I decided to meet some of the locals and one of these men was named Seth. He taught me more than I could chew. We'd always have a conservation about how our battling skills are. He would then teach me how to defend myself from hordes of men and be able to take down armies with my own fist. I'm glad I met that man.

[Perspective Change Robert Niles]

The whole trip to the path was silent but something was weird about Balthar. He was dazing into some thicket and I thought he was just sick or something. I asked, "Is something wrong Balthar?"

"No, I was just in a trance like you were at the mead hall."
"O-Okay I just want to make sure that your alright."
I wanted to stop and set up camp just outside of the forest because you never know what could happen. I motioned for my men to get ready to create a tent. When I gave them the order they all looked at me like I was stupid or something. Was it something I said?
"What in Odin's mindset is a tent?" Oh sh- I forgot that there wasn't such thing as a tent in this time period.
"A tent is almost like a mini house. Here I'll create one of my own."
I pulled out a little cubed box and sat in on the ground. I pulled out my sword and pressed the button. Then I thought of what a tent should look like and released the aura. It shot into the box and it popped out into what looked like a RV. That's way better than a tent. That's not what I was going for but hey you are right there brain.

My crew were in shock when they saw this 'tent'. It was just like a RV, on wheels and had tinted windows. It was very long and it had a brown and white color gradient. It also had a few doors on the outside of it for storage. I like this one! I walked up and opened the door with my sword. As I walked in, I felt a sense of unworldly powers. I then heard a very shallow voice. It exclaimed,
"Robert, my name is Odin; the sky-father of this land and I want you to explain to me what is this contraption."
I explained to him in a defiant tone, "Odin, this is a RV. It's like a mobile home. You can drive it around and move it from place to place. I wasn't expecting to be a RV, instead; I was hoping it would be just a tent. Guess I packed the wrong cube."
"Robert this is very useful. I will not punish you. Take care of Balthar and the rest of the crew for me. They need to be back in one piece."
"I will do not fray Odin." As I said this, Odin fell back and the unworldly powers were lifted. The inside of this RV was just like the mead hall, however; it was more modernized and had the necessities for a modern family of four. I went back out and motioned for my group of Norsemen to see the RV. We sat down and chatted about this RV and what it can do. It was becoming night, and I wanted to make sure we had enough beds for all of us. This travel trailer was absolutely astounding. It had four beds all ready for us to use and a bunch of storage and living space. We were ready for the night. I locked the RV up and drifted off to sleep.