For a moment Rzk and Trri thought they were safe. Space
raced by all around the little escape pod. Soon they saw the second small pod
flying away and following them.
"There's a planet!"
Rzk yelled.
"This close! Maybe the people on it
aren't safe either!"
Trri said.
"Maybe, we'll fly further."
Rzk agreed.
"Rei!!! Zrnak Gerv!"
"Gerv? Nak ne."
"Hoz! Karr!"
Interplanetary Translator:
Captain! They have escaped!
Escaped? Can't be.
Really! Look!
Trri cheered as the second life pod
came closer.
"We're going to make it, Rzk!"
he said.
"Yes!"
his brother said and turned away from the font window to join his brother at
the back and watch the two humans get closer. Neither of them saw the
turning of the big ship until it was too late.
The lightning beam hit the second life pod. At first it seemed as though the
pod would pull through, but then it gave in and started hopping and smoking.
The little ship plummeted down to the planet and soon was no more than a
dot.
Inside their own life pod Rzk and Trri didn't dare think of what was going
to happen to them.
"They're coming our way!"
Trri shouted death-scared.
"I know. Maybe if we push some of these
buttons!" Rzk said and started tapping
buttons at random.
"Not like that!"
Trri yelled, his brother never had been a true seer like himself, he didn't
understand the way of the things.
Trri pushed his older brother aside and followed the codes the buttons gave
him. A soft glare emerged outside their ship as the stars faded to stripes.
"I made us go faster!"
Trri yelled out happily.
"It isn't stopping them!"
Rzk reported from the back window.
"Maybe there's a shield?"
Rzk nodded and looked back outside, keeping a close eye on the canons. His
brother might know how to push the buttons, but Rzk knew how to watch.
Nothing ever escaped his eyes. Rzk strained his eyes to see the canons on
the big ship, light-years away. They were still glowing from the last shot.
"The canons need to cool down!"
Rzk reported, "we have about 15
minutes."
"ok."
Trri did what he could and managed to get the basic shield up, but he needed
human passwords for the better shield, not just sequences.
"We won't win if they get their canons
ready." he said.
"What if we stop. Wouldn't they race by
us?"
"Yes, but they would be back here within seconds."
"And what if we do it near a planet?"
"They would just take us again."
"Oh, yeah." Rzk said, the humans
had made him forget the danger sof the Grlp.
"Maybe we can do the electric pulses of
the Adults?" Trri said.
"It's worth a try."
Rzk said, shrugging, It wouldn't get them into more problems.
Both Tervlians concentrated, looking at the ship. Imagining the rays of
light they had seen so many times on their home planet. Some static
electricity lighted in the area, and outside a tiny ray emerged.
"That won't be enough."
Rzk remarked.
"No, wait! What if we do it like the
jelly fish?"
"Huh?"
"One big light, so we wouldn't have to aim."
Both boys concentrated again, seeing the big orange light of the jelly fish
around them. And finally they did see some result. The alien ship glowed
orange for a second or two and then lagged back."
"It worked!"
Trri shouted.
"Now can we drop out and hide on a
planet?" Rzk asked.
"Sure."
The alien ship slowed down. Looking threatening above the
unexpecting planet.
"Drzgk El Rezn?"
"Narg, Fler merxi."
Interplanetary Translator:
Should we follow them?
No, Dragon planet.
Rzk and Trri watched the planet
grow bigger and more colourful as they got closer.
"Where do you think we are?"
Rzk asked.
"I don't know."
A little burst of homesickness and fear made the two boys shut up for a
moment. But however they turned it, they couldn't go back.
"Do you think the people there will be
afraid of us?" Trri asked.
"Maybe we should be afraid of
them."
The planet seemed empty as they
fell down. It looked they were going to hit water. A soft splash was all the
boys heard as the pod finally went through the water and started to sink.
"We've got to get out!"
Rzk yelled.
Trri looked around afraid of what might happen to them. Finally he
remembered where the hatch was. He snatched it and pulled.
"Push"
Rzk said and helped.
Water poured in as the opened the hatch inch by inch. Every time they got to
a certain point though the hatch closed again due to the pressure of the
water.
Trri, seriously panicking looked at the front window and started to bang it.
Rzk joined in and soon hairline cracks appeared. A little while later they
couldn't see through the glass anymore and finally after what seemed hours,
but were only seconds the window broke. Trri went out first, closely
followed by Rzk, who held on to his brother's foot.
Under the water a new problem presented itself. Where was up?
Then a big dark figure appeared from one side and grabbed them. The figure
swam in a single direction which must have been up because they resurfaced a
few seconds later.
"Welcome to The Vella Crean."
the figure, another human, said.
What happens at the Hatching?
Rzk - Trri
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