The spaceship was parked in the valley, just as reported. Lon and Jenny could see her from the ridge. Lon finally said: We'll keep walking. We will go deeper into the hills. Shaara Channel There is a stream there. "And when they get to Shaara?"
By George Hillman
The spaceship was parked in the valley, just as reported. Lon and Jenny could
to see it from the ridge. Lon finally said: We'll keep walking. We will go deeper to penetrate between
the hills Aroz Shaara &#;8211 There is a stream there.
"And when they get to Shaara?"
Lon turned around slowly. Her eyes were a dormant, smoky explosive
to flare ups They will not be angry. forever. This was her way, the woman's way
Quiet and patient, and always by his side, following in his footsteps.
She was his wife. She left the shining city with him, when the bombs fell from space
They began to fall, and the black mist clouds covered the surface of the sky, she hurt
her hands when she helped him build the log cabin, and washed the clothes in water
the stream; She stained her hands with blood when she slaughtered the hunted animals,
They were not alone. Others also rushed to the great mountains, the backbone
of the continent. But they scattered among the slopes and channels and hid in the cabins
And the systems "when they get to the rest..." Lon shrugged his shoulders.
"I know. I know. I shouldn't have said that. impossible
To think of such a big and scary thing.
He thought: when it's so big and scary] the mind just can't absorb.
You keep doing what you did before.
He noticed a glimmer of light down the mountain. Just a few hundred meters below it
Anio stared in the same direction and saw the figures moving towards them. the light
There was a reflection. The reflection of the sun's rays on one of our strange instruments.
Come on Jenny!!!
"To the cabin?"
“No, no, we'll have to leave the cabin -, they'll find it out in a day or so
two days "The Sara channel..."
They headed north. He took one last look at the spaceship in the valley. She
It was elongated, cylindrical and shiny like a mirror. She matched his expectations:
The radio reports of the past month have repeatedly described the other ships.
One by one the radio broadcasts stopped with the fall of the cities.
They walked along the ridge, but kept to the shadows of the trees. Onion
The trees were cooler. They did not run, but advanced with quick steps.
To his left Lon noticed bits of sky, revealed between the tops of the trees, and in the valley
the largest that extended in the west. From time to time he could still see you
The hunters, climbing up the mountain, as if they wanted to cut their way out.
Sometimes the wind carried their throaty voice in his ears. At the northern end of the ridge
The slope went down. Lon and Jenny started down the mountain. Shaara Channel, Beka
In the mountains, stretch to the right at a distance of about two kilometers. They heard an explosion.
which echoed among the cheers. The sound of the explosion emanated from the ridge behind them, and they knew
that the hunters are on their trail.
They reached a dry stream, at the foot of the slope. Lon jumped towards the other and reached out
his hand to Jenny. She tripped and sprained her ankle.
"Oh, Lon"!
"You have to go on, Jenny - you have to go on;' go!”
"Yes I know"!
He wrapped his arm around her waist and helped her up. He saw how she
Hiding her pain. She bit her lips every time her leg was touched
on the ground, except that she kept a calm expression on her face. He looked at her face
in silent wonder. Her features were still pleasant and gentle. she does not
Changed as a result of everything that happened. She remained calm. A loving and understanding woman.
He remembered what she had said about a year ago, when the intruders first appeared
from space Planes took off against them shooting fire.. some from the spaceships
were destroyed , Lon and Ginny saw one ship explode over the city. She
became a large ball of fire in the sky, surrounded by flames and clouds of smoke. Jenny
She said: "These poor, poor creatures caught in the flames:"
Then they ran away. They were lucky. Lon worked in an aircraft factory, and he had
Kataham private jet flew west, fly at night so that the rolls
The brilliant will not notice them. They begged for fuel, and sometimes had to steal,
Finally they crash landed in the mountains, and used the fragments of the mast to build the cabin
Another shot rang out, and this time from close up, he dared to turn his head, the hunters
Starting to dismount, they waved their arms and called to each other, "Here!"
Lon led Jenny to a grove of trees, Jenny pursed her lips, but
A sigh came from her throat: he held her tightly and lifted her up. his heart
wildly His legs hurt. Jenny - gentle Jenny &#;8211 was
He stumbled heavily, and she fell with him. They lay there, at the foot of the tree,
Embraced and silent, and they looked into each other's eyes and knew they couldn't
keep going. They heard the screams.
She said: "I don't feel anything. odd. I'm not angry or scared
or nothing else.”
They clung to each other. He kissed her cheek and hair and wiped away the tears.
from her face, and mumbled things without tears.
"I'm glad we're together," Jenny said. They heard the snapping of the twigs.
He jumps to his feet, bracing himself against the approaching footsteps and pumping his fists.
His eyes widened wildly. "Cursed shall you be, cursed shall you be; Damn you
", He called:
"That's their way," Jenny said. "They are hunters. This is their way.”
There was no anger in her voice
One creature appeared from among the trees. He stood there and fixed his eyes on the balloon:
Then he looked at Jenny lying on the ground. He looked a little scared himself, then
raised his weapon.
Lon stared at him for a long time, taking in every detail - it was the first time
In it he saw closely one of those invaders from the planet called 'Earth', which was the star
The third from the sun and with only one moon he waited for the sound of the explosion, wondering if
will be able to hear him.
(Published in "Olam Khakar" Issue No. 1)
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