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was nothing else with them. No toys, no plant life. Their little legs didn’t make contact with the ground; there was no ground for them, no substance. For a moment, Becky’s heart raced.
    “If you kill me here, will I look like these things in ghost form?”
    “I don’t know. I’ve never seen a human on this planet. There really isn’t anything here for a Tonan warrior. There’s been no need to return after our initial exploration. Dead is dead, I can’t kill these things all over.”
    “Why do you kill?”
    “I’m a warrior.”
    “Not all warriors kill.”
    “Are there not warriors where you come from who like to kill?”
    “I suppose, but Earth is dead so kinda a moot point.”
    “You have nothing left. There is nowhere for you to go. I don’t plan on killing you.”
    “Are you telling me to mate with you again?”
    “No. A forced mating is no mating at all. Cobra wouldn’t accept either of us. Me because he would think I’m evil and you because if he killed me it would mean your death.”
    Huck turned and walked into the foliage.
    “What? My death?”
    Becky hesitated for a moment before following. She hated the idea of following someone around like a puppy. He believed there was nothing on the planet more dangerous than him and his tail didn’t grow. Either he was full of himself or correct. It wouldn’t hurt to trail him from a distance. He had also closed the shuttle door and she had no way in but with him. The food he gave her drew her attention, and she fished her hand around in the satchel. Her fingers closed on a hunk of something. She nibbled the cheese she pulled out. He didn’t ask her for anything, and she didn’t offer.
    Huck left his shield down. His broad back rippled with muscles as he moved. Not one scar or tattoo or birth mark was visible to blemish his perfection. His sculpted ass was firm and no doubt rock hard. The tight fitting grey pants weren’t unattractive even if they were the color she loathed; there was something to be said for classic good looks. His arms swayed slightly as he took each step. Huge hands parted swaying ferns near his face. He let them fall back into place without a second glance behind him; it didn’t matter the ferns were over her head.
    A trickle of water caught her attention, and Becky approached the bank of a gently flowing river. He hadn’t given her anything to drink, and she assumed that meant the water was safe. She could see in the water and smiled when she saw shadow fish. A few danced on the water wiggling their tails, but the water made no ripple. They were there and yet not. A huge shadow of a fish five feet in length swam forward as Huck stepped down. Becky couldn’t help herself, she squealed in protest. Huck stepped right through the fish; he turned and grinned at Becky. The fish continued to swim through him, its body parting and rejoining.
    As she watched, the massive fish suddenly disappeared. Becky jumped into the water, peering into tiny rolling waves. The fish was gone. She sent a questioning glance to Huck who smiled.
    “It’s found its new dimension and has been reborn. Look.”
    Huck pointed at a school of fish. They disappeared one by one. Listening closely, Becky swore she heard popping sounds.
    “Them, too?” she asked.
    “Yes. The fish go faster. All amphibians do. Their kind is caught faster. I’m guessing when Earth died, this stream was full to bursting. As well as the oceans. At times a random species is born normally alien to the planet, it happens when this planet has a multitude of excess of creatures. Humans simply thought they discovered new species already on their planet when in fact the species was never there before.”
    “How do you know?”
    “As I said, there is nothing on my planet that can hurt me. Our scientists have open minds about what can and will happen. Long ago we took the approach to make certain different species didn’t suddenly pop up on our planet. Nothing has tried to invade our