Allor was walking down the row of vegetables with a basket of freshly picked squash under his arm. At the doorway of the farmhouse stood a very pregnant Ova. She looked out at Allor and waved to him. He walked from the field to the house.
“Ova,” she said proudly when he got to the front porch of the house.
“Good, darling,” he said with a smile. She was learning fast.
“Goo dowlin,” she repeated, and smiled excitedly then laughed.
“Yes. Excellent.”
“Cuddle Allor?” she asked.
“No. Not now, darling.”
She looked sad for a moment.
Allor pointed at the sun then pointed at the horizon.
“When the sun goes there, cuddle,” he said.
“Cuddle,” she said happily.
Starvation had started a few months ago. Allor had helped as many as he could. He taught many to grow their own food, but without a language, they mostly failed. Things learned today are forgotten tomorrow without the reinforcement of repetition.
So he grew as much as he could by himself in the mornings. Then he worked his neighbors’ fields with them for the rest of the day. From sunup to sundown he worked in the fields, fighting against starvation.
And every day he cursed Professor Trill. He swore revenge against the man that was killing most of the people of Earth 7. He hated the man who had taken Ova from him and replaced her with a frightened, pregnant child.
One day he would hold Professor Trill’s head in his hands.
But first he had to learn how to deliver a baby.
Revenge would wait.
Well, that’s the end of the story.
Kinda ended on a bit of a downer. Sorry about that. But it wasn’t really such a sad ending.
Wait, I almost forgot to tell you one last bit.
Two tox before Koven’s stolen cruiser departed orbit above Earth 7, a PTD bubble arrived outside the main airlock. Inside was a man shouting “Run away with MinKey” over and over at the top of his lungs. Inside the cruiser, MinKey was running towards the airlock. She was smiling.
There. Much better.
“Happy endings are only temporary.” —The Final McGee
THE END for now
It is all about to get very weird for Koven. Check out chapter one after the Shameless Self Promotion and other books section below. It is just a little different from Earth Seven….hehehe. Shit is gonna hit the fan back on Centrum Kath.
‘Nobody hurts you harder than yourself’ – Graham Parker
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Here are the Titles of all of my Books:
Science Fiction:
Earth Seven and the History Department at the University of Centrum Kath
(Sci-fi Satire)
Mortuis Luna and the History Department at the University of Centrum Kath
(Sci-fi Satire)
The Finite Void and the History Department at the University of Centrum Kath
(Sci-Fi Satire)
The Last Believer (Apocalyptic, first contact….Mo is da man!)
420 Action:
Lioness
Forced Entry – The Unravelling (very noir)
Forced Entry – More Mistakes (very noir)
Forced Entry – The Face of Heritage (very noir)
Higher Education
The Mississippi Sativa Cooperative
The Mississippi Sativa Cooperative 2: Bad Seeds
Political-Dystopian:
The Robespierre Conspiracy
The Robespierre Uprising
The Robespierre Utopia
Steve M escaped from the information cages of Mega Corp after years in the information prison.
He shares stories while trying to avoid recapture.
He stays warm in Florida with a wife, two cats and a dog.
After a long day of thinking.
England 2015