Impenetrable by Scholey C. L

Author:Scholey, C. L. [Scholey, C. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Amazon: B008Y6BCWC
Goodreads: 15835477
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press
Published: 2012-08-15T06:00:00+00:00

5

Chapter 6

Piper stared at the massive mound-style apartment building. It was incredible. It looked like a beaver dam for an eighty-foot beaver, minus the water. Inside, trees the likes she had never seen were woven together on level after level to create the most spectacular living spaces. Like the ship, there were no stairs. The spongy ground was soft under her bare feet. The walls were smooth and just as spongy. On the main level, Piper could see open rooms where people had gathered together. She smiled when she heard a woman’s laughter.

Panels of glowing buttons were situated on each level and Piper guessed it was a type of intercom. Huge rectangular windows allowed massive amounts of sunlight from the two suns outside to brighten even the farthest corners. When Piper touched a window it was like touching water. It shimmered.

Her hand disappeared within for a second until she touched hardness beyond and could reach no further.

“I didn’t see windows from outside,” Piper mused aloud.

From outside the structure looked like a massive bump of woven colossal trees.

“They don’t show from outside. There’s a cloaking device around the entire structure at night, but during the day only the windows remain cloaked. Our species needs the suns to regenerate our shields. The suns’ light can penetrate the 5 windows and it’s absorbed through the semipermeable mass you felt. The rays are filtered and only the richest sources are gathered and distributed throughout the structure,” Jago explained.

“When we landed I didn’t see these structures,” Piper said. Her head fell back as she looked way up toward the roof.

“The planet is shielded at all times. The shield acts like a solar panel to gather energy. It’s how our replicators can run so efficiently; I believe your people call it photosynthesis. The cycle never stops. Creations are endless in the form of food and clothes. It’s how we provide for everyone. With the amount of vegetation surrounding us outside even with the shields down, it’s impossible to see the structures,” Jago replied.

True enough. Piper had never seen such lush plant life.

Trees higher than skyscrapers reached toward the heavens. “Is it always this temperature?” Piper asked. It felt as warm as the ship. Not unbearable, just a pleasant warmth and there was the rare ruffling of wind when she had been outside.

“Yes.”

No wonder these beings were so tanned. Given time, she imagined she would be as well. From the window in front of her, Piper saw butterflies that stood a foot high. Their colors were brilliant. She watched one flutter to a beautiful white flower the size of a basketball. The flower dipped under the butterfly’s weight. Piper blinked and gasped. A massive wooly creature lumbered in the distance. Its trunk raised and water cascaded down across its back. Her gaze shot to Jago.

“Is that a mammoth?” she asked stunned.

Jago chuckled. “It would seem Cobra has a fond liking of your prehistoric and Jurassic era. Look,” he said, pointing.

6 A long-winged pterodactyl flew low. As it flapped its wings, the breeze it created stirred ferns and long grass.

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