Exoplanet 2

Chapter 17

Written by PD

+ sorry for the mild gore in the other one, I hope you can forgive me.

As I left the carcass behind covered in blood, I wiped the scarlet liquid away from my mouth. Keeping on travelling, I walked through the foliage of Cliffside canopies, the lush landscape paired with the barren mountain on which the structure was on was pretty disturbing yet fascinating. Nature grows anywhere.

Walking and walking, I started to thirst. The flesh had gotten me rather.. parched. I kept walking, hoping to find some sort of liquid to drink. Dense bushes held fruit, but do I risk it?

Grabbing one off the bush, I ate it. Hydration, for only a bit of the day. I ate another. More. It almost tasted like.. strawberries? But that couldn’t be, right? They were only on planets that Human conquered.

Because Earth died. We took the seeds off of it. We harvested everything until there was nothing left due to climate change of the atmosphere. It was a barren land when we left.

Stumbling on a vine, I was sent sprawling. I growled. A scratch. How on earth can I be left scratch free with-

I fell, collapsing to my knees. My mind whirling. What’s going on? It was too strong, I couldn’t fight it, as I just sat there, almost helpless. Time seemed to stop around me, as I stared blankly.

“Homo-sapien. Leave this land, or I will come and force you by any means possible.” A voice called. It didn’t seem human, neither a blank faced, mindless monster who would kill. It left the cracks of my mind, as I slowly came to my senses..

What was that..?