The Survivors: Books 1-6 by Nathan Hystad

Author:Nathan Hystad [Hystad , Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Woodbridge Press
Published: 2019-07-30T06:00:00+00:00

Two

The rover moved along at a far better speed than we’d be able to make on foot. We had to take it around the peak and down a valley cutting through the first range, but once clear of that, it would be smooth sailing for the last nine miles.

“What can it be?” I asked, open to any speculation. We’d been in our suits for hours now. I was getting the itch to tear my helmet off and take a deep breath, but the results on this world wouldn’t be good.

“Could be nothing, but someone was here and left a message. That warrants a visit to the site,” Mary said from beside me. The rover had a single seat in front for the driver, with a bench behind it. Our supplies were loaded in the rear cab.

The tires were large and studded for just such a trip, but the wheels still spun on occasion as Slate took us over a steep hill. Twice we slid back down, and he had to go around. Still, the trip was over before we knew it, and we arrived just as the planet’s sun set behind the horizon. I checked the temperature, and it was dropping quickly.

I exited the rover first and spotted the drone we’d left. It had been easier to leave it for a physical pickup than to fly it back and wait. I’d bent down to grab it and load it in the rover when Slate made an incomprehensible noise. He was running up to the protrusion from the ice.

“Boss, look!” He was already there, and I saw the symbol was much taller than I’d initially thought from the drone’s viewpoint. It had to be sticking twenty feet in the air.

I left the drone on the ground and ran to join him. He was skimming a gloved hand on the matte black material. There were symbols etched in the sides, grooves running a quarter of an inch deep. When I’d looked at them from a distance, I could hardly make them out, but this close, there were at least five symbols repeated over and over. Goosebumps rose on my arms, and the hair on my neck reiterated my uneasy feeling.

“The Theos,” Mary said, even though we had no proof of anything.

“We don’t know that,” I whispered.

Slate was capturing images with his arm console so we could study them later. “Whatever left this was making it obvious.”

“Yeah, but if you didn’t know about the portals, it wouldn’t make any sense at all. They were either commonplace when this was left or it’s a message to the Gatekeepers,” I said.

For the first time since we’d arrived, I remembered why we drove here in the first place. I looked down. The ice-covered ground was crystal-clear, and water slushed against the symbol’s edges. I knelt, peering deep into the transparent surface, and I saw an object below.

“There’s something down there!” I yelled loudly, hurting even my own ears. The other two didn’t seem to notice. They were right beside me in seconds, and Slate was laughing.

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