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Simon, who could not stand the smell and sight of blood, vomited right on the captain's torn off leg. There left two more officers alive and the hunter decided to play with them. At first, he threw them up to the ceiling, and then dropped down to the floor with powerful blows. Neil, who thought he was going to go crazy amidst these pools of blood and pieces of bloody flesh, grabbed Simon by the sleeve of his jacket and tried to get him out of this hell. But Simon could not restrain himself on the slippery bloody floor and fell among the pieces of meat that only a minute ago were members of the crew.
"Boss, it's not time to lie down," Neil shouted, grabbing his leg. He did not even pay attention to Stan, because he was sure that Hunter would not touch him. "Can you not see that this beast has gone mad?" Neil added cursing and swearing. Simon grumbled something in return and vomited again. "Neil, wait for me!" Sta ... Read more » |
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Venus made a lasting impression on me. I looked at the screens and could not understand what feelings I had about what I saw there. Compared to Mars, Venus really looked fantastic and alien to humans. It was the world like nothing familiar to us. Our ship was hovering over the planet’s north pole in search of a landing place. We have circled Venus several times, but psychologically we were not yet ready to plunge into the dense clouds that enveloped the entire planet.
On Mars we chose to land an area at the equator, there was at least a positive temperature at least in summer. Here on Venus on the contrary we were planning to land near to the north or south pole. At the equator, the temperature was more than 400 degrees Celsius, and no one had the desire to be in such a place. Of course, our spacesuits are able to protect u ... Read more » |
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The situation with coronavirus showed how fragile civilization is, how easy it is to destroy an established way of life. It turned out that tablets, laptops, iPhones of the latest models, expensive cars and many of the achievements of modern civilization are not able to protect against the virus . All around the world, rich and not rich, authorities, celebrities and other in the same situation. There is no way out. There is no place to hide.
Rich for years hid money abroad, bought real estate. They thought that they had everything foreseen. But the virus came and it turned out that nowhere to run. Abroad, the situation is no better. The virus showed how easy it is to destroy civilization, wipe it off the face of the earth. And nothing will help people. No money, no status, no cars, no one knows whom. Before the pandemic, ever ... Read more » |
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Day 25 We walked with the aliens down the streets of the ancient city and talked about different things. You probably ask how we understood each other? I would also like to know that. We talked and somehow understood. The aliens did not speak in the usual sense, but we understood them, and they understood us.
Paul quietly told me: "This makes no sense. What does all this mean?" I shrugged. What could I answer him. Here we go with the aliens from some planet, we talk about this and that. What else could I say? Nothing. I myself did not understand what was happening to us all. Then, in general, something incredible began to happen. From somewhere a sea with black water appeared and we started swimming. Yes, yes, swimming in this very sea. Then one of the aliens came up to me, took my hand and led me along the sea shore. We walked an ... Read more » |
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Day 24
On approaching Mars, Kelly came to her senses.
"Where are we? Where are we flying?" she asked. "How are you? Fine?" Paul was delighted, "You suddenly lost consciousness. We were all scared." "I'm fine. Are we flying to Mars?" Kelly looked at the screens. Mars was already visible in all its glory. "Yes, why? Something is wrong?" Paul asked embarrassed. "We can't go back to Mars! We have to return on Deimos immediately!" I thought that Kelly had not yet completely regained her consciousness and did not understand what she was saying. "How return? What are you talking about?" Steven was surprised, "I won’t even think about it. I didn’t hire myself to fly there and back. Let Mary examine you first. Mayb ... Read more » |
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Day 23 We stood and looked at the creature.
Steven said: "We are lucky. The aliens literally fall on our heads." “Look, stirring,” Paul said. The creature was dark in color with straight lines and a shiny surface. The head was half sunk in the body. Perhaps from a blow. At the same time, the creature had similarities with the humans and with the large insects. "Well, what are we going to do?" Paul asked, "will we take with us?" "Where? On board the ship? No way. I mind it," Steven objected, "maybe his friends will also fly after him and also begin to threaten us. Well, let him lie here. It's not our business." I suddenly thought that due to all these flights from Mars to Phobos we lost the feeling that we are strangers and everything here is alien to us. It was already beginning to seem that we had been on Phob ... Read more » |
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Day 22 It was hard to say what Kelly was talking about. I was only surprised how she could make all these sounds. It’s even hard for me to describe what it looked like The three of us stood and silently looked at what was happening. Then the creatures parted and disappeared. I did not even believe that all this was actually happening. I thought that we, too, would be dragged onto the ship and taken away to an unknown destination. On the one hand, it is interesting to visit an alien ship. See what's there, how it really looks. Because in the films, this is all a fantasy of people, not the real ships. But then I thought that it’s better to be on Mars than to know where. “Well, yes!” I heard Steven's admiring voice, “what did you tell them? Did you learn their language on the ship?" “Yes,” Kelly answered. "What are we doing? A ... Read more » |
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Day 21 “I need go back on Phobos,” Kelly said firmly the next day. We looked at her in surprise. "Where? Where" Paul even stopped chewing a sandwich. "On Phobos. I forgot something there,” Kelly repeated, “Jason, will you give the Invincible?” she looked intently at Jason. “Take it, of course,” Jason agreed surprisingly easily. "Are you serious?" Paul exclaimed, "Are you crazy all? What's wrong with you? What a fuck Phobos. Have you forgotten what happened yesterday? Kelly, what's wrong with you?" " Will you fly by yourself or take someone with you?" It seemed that Jason and Kelly knew something that we did not know. "If someone agrees, I will not mind." "Okay, damn it. We are flying!" Paul said and looked first at me then at Steven. I didn’t even say anything. Combat space crew, in a word. ... Read more » |
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Day 20 We found Kelly the next day on Phobos. She was unconscious and lay on the remains of a creature or robot scattered into parts. You probably think how we found her? Yes, we did not look for her, because we did not know where to look for her. An image came to the computer from her spacesuit. That's how we found her. "Who will fly?" Jason asked. "I am!" Paul immediately volunteered. "This is clear. Who else? You won’t fly there alone." “Okay, I'll fly,” I agreed. “I will report from the scene. A joke, if what, ”I added, looking at the serious faces of my friends. “I will fly, too,” Steven said, “we already have a type of combat crew,” he smiled wryly, “but we will take a lot of weapons.” “That's for sure,” Paul agreed immediately, “I'll go and take all what we need.” “I doubt that the weapon will he ... Read more » |
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Day 19 I can’t calmly remember this day. Still trembling. In the morning, aliens arrived. Yes, aliens or Martians. Call them whatever you want. They flew right to our ship and told us to get out of Mars. Otherwise, they will destroy us. I don’t know how and what language they spoke, but we perfectly understood them. They looked like narrow sticks with narrow faces and two eyes that moved randomly in large eye sockets. Jason said that we cannot fly right away, because the ship is not controlled. The aliens listened and gave us ten earthly days, not Martian days, so that we have to repair the ship and fly away. We did not mind. But then ... then something terrible happened. No, I can’t even write about it. It’s hard and painful for me. Despair grips me. They .. took Kelly with them. Can you imagine? They took our Kelly and flew away. Paul seemed ... Read more » |