Escape from Tridon by Ben Kilgore

Author:Ben Kilgore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nextone Inc
Published: 2024-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

He then nodded to the crewmen who started filling the graves. The group stood in silence. Many were thinking about what lay ahead for them.

All the patrols had returned, and the science guys had piles of plant specimens to evaluate. The men returning were tired and full of stories. Several had pushed on further than they had on the first day.

Nairben was with the patrol that hunted the hairy beast. Several men volunteered to collect some of the round tree fruit they had seen the day before and returned with stuffed backpacks.

Down at the firepit, women were still roasting large pieces. They piled platters with small slices to enable everyone to have a bit. Then, they set up a simple rack hung with thin strips. The dried meat would last without refrigeration for days. The Amilikut men liked the dried strips for lunch or snacks.

When the men from the four patrols returned, they rested in the woods where the lander had crashed. Everyone was sharing stories of what they saw. The big story was how they had killed one of the enormous horned animals.

“We started using laser-stun guns,” one explained.

“But three bursts at close range barely phased that monster,” interrupted another.

“So we fired again, six bursts this time,” another said.

“By now, the animal was dazed but just stood there, so Nivekon pushed his rifle against the animal's chest and fired. The beast jumped and ran halfway across the field before he dropped,” the first exaggerated.

There were lots of questions. Most of the patrol had hunted back on Tridon, but nothing this large. Several wanted to know how the small patrol had gutted the beast and cut off its head.

We should call them T^Nesiwa. You know, hairy monsters,” one of Nvetsin's men shouted.

“Yeah. T^Nesiwa! We killed a T^Nesiwa,” laughed another.

At the evening meal, there were platters with small pieces of roasted meat, a pot filled with boiled yellow seeds, and thin slices from the round tree fruit. The Amilikut were eager to eat the chunks of roast and tried everything, while most of the others were very cautious.

But Nireem was pleased. Most had their first taste of local food. The Commander knew the colony's survival depended on living off the land, and he thought giving the meat a name made it seem less foreign.

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