Chapter 45

Despite it providing shelter, they left the broken ship far behind at Kobrah's insistence. He worried about power core radiation turning them into organic puddles.

A valid worry, and even if the worst that happened was mutant powers, there was no point in sticking by the ship. There was no way of repairing the damage done to it. It was a miracle they'd even survived.

The only one who seemed happy about their mishap was Karo. With Moppet tucked under her arm, she skipped by Kobrah's side, not minding at all his order to keep close. The alien planet seemed benign on the surface, but experience had shown it only took one bite from the wrong local insect or the brush of some fauna to find out just how deadly the unknown could be.