Pangaea_Eden's Planet by Tom Johnson

Author:Tom Johnson [Johnson, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1497340748
Amazon: B073NWHX1H
Goodreads: 22327309
Publisher: Fading Shadows
Published: 2012-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Danger From The Sky

"You're lucky, Sheri," Doctor Terrill told the biologist as she cleaned the wound in the girl's leg while Roger Manning looked on. "You weren't envenomed, it appears. Thankfully, if there was any venom, the wound bled fast enough to wash any poison out of the puncture."

"I'm not even sure it had a poison gland, Barbara," Sheri told the doctor, "but the cut hurt like crazy!"

"You know as well as I that it doesn't need poison glands," Doctor Terrill snapped. "Just look at the Komodo Dragons—I mean, before the nukes wiped them out. They didn't have poison glands, but there were enough bacterium in their mouths to kill anything they bit. There are probably enough deadly bacteria in that mud to kill one of us, too.

"Hell, I warned you not to get that close to one of those damn creatures," she argued. "What were you doing in that mud to begin with?"

"She was pulling my butt out of the muck, Barbara," Colonel Peterson said from the doorway. Looking towards the door, they saw the commander and Major Cooper coming in together.

"Well, now, where have you two been?" Sheri giggled.

"I was taking a shower in the bio-dome," Colonel Peterson snapped. "I had to wash that damn mud off my legs!"

"And did Major Cooper have to dry you off?" Sheri laughed.

"I told her she would owe me," Major Cooper laughed.

"He did not!" Colonel Peterson growled. "The major was kind enough to guard the bio-dome while I was in the shower."

"Guard—?" Doctor Terrill started.

"From what?" Sheri completed.

"There was a lot of mud!" the commander snarled.

"Doesn't she have pretty legs?" Major Cooper continued.

"Oh, shut up, all of you," the commander ordered. "I was alone in the shower!

"How's the wound, Sheri?" she asked.

"I'll be fine," the biologist argued. "It was merely a scratch, and the blood washed all the germs out."

"I gave her a shot, and cleaned the wound. We can watch it for any signs of infection, but I think she'll be okay," Doctor Terrill told them.

"I was telling the doctor about the Darwis attacking us," Sheri said. "She thinks I'm delirious."

"It's true, Barbara," Colonel Peterson nodded, "they attacked in a pack, like a bunch of coyotes.

"Flash Gordon was quick on the draw, thank goodness, or I wouldn't be here to tell the story. However, I did fall into the swamp, that's how I got so muddy. Sheri pulled me out while the major drove the creatures off."

"I think the Darwis have learned to gather in packs for protection against the larger predators," Major Cooper agreed. "It's probably nothing more than a learned trait."

"Even at that, it's odd, though," Sheri said. "We haven't seen that trait in any of the other species yet."

"And we may not," Roger Manning said. "This species may merely be the forerunner of the apes, and their brains may have evolved beyond that of the other animals. After all, you said yourselves that the reptiles were evolving into mammals all ready."

"Would you listen to who's talking about evolution?" Doctor Terrill asked.

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