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Two friends ran as fast as they could. Exactly two minutes, and they both stood out of breath at the foot of a massive humpbacked hill.
«I want to ask you something, friend. Shea put a hand on Luan’s shoulder.
– Ask what you want, brother! Luanu smiled a dazzling white-toothed smile.
– When we get back home, please go with me to the temple. I want to pray for my parents.
I want you to be with me in
this day. We are on the verge of great changes, perhaps after we settle here, I will never be able to return to their graves and be with them.
I want to say goodbye.
Luana nodded in understanding.
The sun began to set below the horizon. And the two friends hurried back to the ship.
It was a little more difficult to go further. Both Lemurians were already a little tired. And every time, when a huge mouth of an insect-eating plant appeared on their way, they sighed heavily and started vajras.
Over time, they were able to reach a large flat area, where a surprise awaited them.
On the second plateau, which they reached, there were predators – the very earthly predators about which they were warned at home. Not having time to figure out what was happening, the two friends rushed scatteringly, in different directions, thus involuntarily separating and losing sight of each other. Now the question of self-preservation was very acute for them, and each of them rushed into the forest thicket of the jungle to protect themselves from the predator running after him.
Despair. Luanu now felt only despair.
In his hands was a piece of this monster’s paw, but there was still the «rest» that was walking around somewhere nearby. It had been six hours since Luana had lost sight of Shea, and he didn’t even know if he was alive.
His hands were shaking, his eyes clouded with a wound in his side, which was bleeding and aching.
Luanu was thinking convulsively how
then he should do it. If it is something somewhere nearby, then the only way to break through to the ship is to run ahead. He understood that the vajra resource would be enough to cut through the fern thickets, but it was unlikely to eliminate the monster. It was too big. He tried to lean on the ledge of the rock, and look out of his hideout to understand where his enemy might be now. A super-large specimen ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS became LUANU’s opponent. They were famous for their bloodthirsty disposition. They attacked spontaneously, in packs, often on even larger predators. The five-meter Lemurian fought him desperately, using all his strength to defeat the monster. But allosaurus was too strong. Slightly yielding to him in power, and giving him a hole in his side, Launu hid behind a rock ledge, while the monster was distracted by small boars at his feet.
There was no longer any delay. Luanu quickly ran out of his hiding place, and rushed through the thicket towards the ship. As they walked, snatching out a portable communication device through which they were supposed to contact Shia in case of danger or unforeseen situations, Luanu began to shout in a hoarse voice into the speaker:
– Shea, Shea! Can you hear me? I’m running away from that giant gorilla in the sowing area black part of the plateau!! Shea, tell me you’re alive!!
In response, there was only a series of wheezing and groaning radio waves from the speaker.
Luanu put the device back in his backpack in a heartbeat and raced even faster, accelerating the pace of movement by about half. A little tired, he stopped and looked around. His monster acquaintance was not visible on the horizon, but he saw several pteranodons circling over some prey. Perhaps someone else was the victim of this bastard. Luana prayed THAT LIGHT that Shea would be alive. He did not want to lose a friend, and besides, he could not manage the ship himself. Luanu was only an assistant pilot and did not graduate from pilot school. If they both die here, their friends will never know what happened to them, what the situation on Earth is like, and how many more years they will have to wait for a new chance to find a new home. After some time, the top of the ship looked out from behind the thickets. Luanu breathed a sigh of relief. At last!
Luanu breathed a sigh of relief to see that his and Shea’s ship was in place, safe and sound. He made his way inside, and, reaching the sleeping compartment, almost immediately fell asleep.
Having previously battened down the hatch, so as not to become a victim of another predator, Luanu made himself comfortable and dozed off.
At this time, Shea rushed at full speed through the jungle, simultaneously slicing through the powerful fern thickets with his weapons. Which was already losing power and required recharging.
Shea was being chased by a beast called Spinosaurus. Spinosaurus skeletons were later found in North Africa. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus were originally from modern Egypt. The lizards reached more than 18 m in length. Shea was also not small in height, but unlike the spinosaurus, he did not have so many sharp fangs-teeth that could bite his ridge in no time. Liera warned her friends to be wary of the tyrannosaurus, Earth’s largest predators. But spinosaurs could be significantly larger than tyrannosaurs.
These reptiles had a long, narrow muzzle and moved on two or four massive legs. Their lifestyle was very different from the lifestyle of other dinosaurs. The structure of the skeleton suggested that they were some kind of a huge crocodile. Spinosaurs led a semi-aquatic lifestyle and were fish-eating predators.
Shea was not a fish, but apparently this did not at all embarrass this spinosaurus, which chased after him from the «darkest plateau».
Shea almost dropped his backpack to get rid of the ballast, but then realized that it would be stupid and shortsighted, given the fact that it has communications, additional attributes of protection and surveillance.
«How do you stop this monster?» Shea was frantically trying to draw up a plan of action. Suddenly, turning near the cliff, Shea saw out of the corner of his eye his opponent stagger on two legs and began to slide into the abyss.
Shea was overjoyed! If he falls off this cliff right now, it will be incredible luck. The lizard desperately clung to the rock with its forepaws. At the same time, biting back into the stone, already under the cliff. At some point, there was a hysterical cry of an animal, and it flew with a crash into the abyss. Shea exhaled. Fuh. It remains to get to the ship, and restore contact with his friend. Around the next bend, Shea saw the ship and gave out a victory cry. Their affairs were improving.
***
Liara looked worried and a little sad. For two days now, Luanu and Shea have not contacted, which could mean that they are in serious trouble. The head of the Lemurian confederation, Sao Pole, told Liera to contact her friends by all means before it was too late. She desperately sent messages into the abyss of the satellite radio signal, but there was still no answer.
The Lemurian Confederation was currently located on the planet FarFarOut, which was about 146 times farther from the Sun than Earth. But in the same solar system.
This planet was hidden from prying eyes, and many alien races did not even know about its existence. Thus, traveling in space, uninvited guests could rarely drop in to the LEMURIANS.
The Lemurian race developed such sciences as mathematics, chemistry, physics, and the sphere of shipbuilding developed.
Each Lemurian was obliged to be, according to the laws of the confederation, a fully conscientious citizen, which meant that, firstly, he would necessarily acquire offspring, and secondly, he would receive a profession that was relevant for the confederation, and would serve all his life for the good of the Lemurian community.…
Liera, tired of pressing the radio buttons without stopping, even managed to doze off a little. She was awakened by another lab worker: Nisu Bas.
Nishu alarmed Liera with his low voice when he entered the laboratory, loudly communicating over the radio with another department.
– My God, Nishu! You scared me! – Liera jokingly grabbed her heart and smiled at Nish.
– Sorry, Liera, I didn’t mean to. Hearing something from Luanu and Shea?
Liera shook her head.
– Silence.
Nisha nodded sadly.
– We must pray to the Light that our guys survive and bring us valuable materials.
– Yes, Nishu.
Now only prayer can help.
Liera brushed a strand of hair that had fallen to her forehead, rose from her chair, and walked out of the lab. At the door, she paused for a second.
– Niche! After all, they are trying for us… It’s really very important. To keep them alive.
Nisha nodded. Liera smiled and walked out of the lab.
Nishu walked over to the monitor. A single, flat signal line floated across the screen. The satellite was silent.
***
Imagine Shea’s joy when he climbed into the ship and found Luana sleeping there!
Shea didn’t wake each other up, but went straight to the food bay. He was hungry as hell! Running with the spinosaurus took too much of his energy.
Shea grabbed a protein shake from the formula drawer, uncorked it, and began to drink greedily.
Only now did he allow his body to relax a little, and his mind to come to balance and calm down.
Shea suddenly remembered that he had promised Liara to report every five hours on the results of the expedition, and in horror realized that he had not contacted for two days. Shea returned to the cockpit, fumbled for the radio, and pressed the power button.
– Liera, Liera. This is Shea. Please answer.
In response, there were wheezes and groans from the speaker, but Liera did not answer yet. Shea repeated the request.
Finally, the voice of Nishu, Liera’s lab colleague, was heard on the phone.
– Shea! How glad I am that you are alive! Is Luanu okay too, I hope?
Shea smiled. It was nice to hear the sounds of civilization in this (as yet) godforsaken place.
– Yes, Lou is still sleeping. Apparently I also had a fun today.
We are safe and sound. Tell me friend, is Liera far away?
Nishu replied:
«She’s out, Shea. I promise as soon as I get back, tell her to get in touch with you.
– Thank you friend. I miss you, brothers. – Nishu could be heard grinning.
– And we are for you. Gather everything you need and come back soon.
– We will try, Nishu. OK, we will keep in touch. Shea said his last words and hit hang up.
***
The leader of the tribe of the primitive Iroquois living on the Gautario River in the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau reservation, the shaman and Indian Hiawatha made an offering to the gods of their tribe.
A small lamb was executed and sacrificed, and now his corpse, anointed with ancient incense (backgammon, incense, camphor, sandalwood, myrrh, musk, amber, operculum) was smoking on the ashes at the altar.
Hiawatha uttered sacred words, a prayer-spell, designed to invoke the mercy of the gods. For the seventh month there has been no rain in their area. The river dried up, the animals died from dehydration, the children were thirsty.
Hiawatha closed his eyes and whispered tirelessly:
Ee Mungu! utuhurumie, watoto wako! tunatamani unyevu! wanyama wetu wanatamani unyevu! wanawake wetu wanatamani unyevu! watoto wetu wanatamani unyevu!
(Swahili version – author’s note)
What in translation meant:
Oh Gods! have mercy on us, your children! we crave moisture! our animals crave moisture! our women crave moisture! our children crave moisture!
The lamb’s corpse was quietly smoldering, and the shaman continued to whisper requests for a change in the weather.
The children of the Mohawki tribe behaved strangely: at first they played, frolicked with might and main, and then everyone sat down on the ground and began to cry. One of the mothers, Arenk, sat down on the ground next to them and began to lull them to sleep with singing. Baby Amedehi calmed down first and began to smile with might and main.
Well done, Amedehi, – praised
Arenk. Now it remains to wait for the rest to calm down. Arenk hugged another girl, Aponivi, and began stroking her head.
Having finished the prayer, Hiawatha approached Arenk and the children sitting on the ground and turned to Arenk:
I trust in our Gods. What are they
will send us rain next week.
Arenk nodded.
O great Hiawatha! I, too
hope it rains soon! We need water so much!
Hiawatha smiled.
The gods will not leave us, Arenk, here
you will see.
He turned and looked towards the thicket.
Avoneko with brothers today
bring some water. Prepare your own and warn other mothers.
Arenk nodded.
The weather is getting worse. May be
Hurricane. – Having said this, she raised her head, and began to peer into the dull gray sky.
Hiawatha closed his eyes and said:
Kutakuwa na siku, kutakuwa na
chakula.
Which in translation meant: «There will be a day, there will be food.»
