Read Online MINE! [New World Book 8] by C.L. Scholey - Free Book Online Page A

planet for centuries. When overabundance occurs in the universe, new planets are found, or old ones and new aquatic life is introduced. Who knows, humans could have been made the same way. Suddenly appearing on your planet because of excess death on another such as this planet.”
    “Adam and Eve?” Becky mused. “Stored here and forgotten? The possibility is endless.”
    “Your species could have crawled from the waters.”
    “Indeed.”
    Huck scooped up a handful of water, drank and splashed more onto his chest. Becky took a slower approach. The water was fresh, but her gaze went continuously to the fish. As Becky watched, fish appeared and disappeared. An assembly line of death turned life. Sadness crept through her being. None of these fish would return to Earth. Not for a long time if ever. When she glanced up to ask Huck what he thought would happen to Earth, she noted he was gone. She didn’t panic, simply shrugged and picked a direction. His big ass feet and body left a noticeable trail through bent foliage.
    The sky began to darken. Becky had no idea what direction the shuttle lay; she had been too preoccupied by her surroundings. Overhead, greyish black billowing clouds moved in. She stood still as the cloud movement caught her eye. The dark clouds were flying beasts, long winged creatures gliding through the air, dipping and weaving. Smaller birds she could identify soared on updrafts as the wind bathed her face. A light sprinkling of rain began. When drops reached her lips, she frowned. The rain tasted odd and unpleasant.
    Maybe I should find shelter.
    Her footsteps were cautious, her movements slow. The path Huck was leaving ended and she frowned. A slice of lightning zipped overhead and thunder crashed. The clouds made giant funnels to her left and right. The plant life waved in the breeze created, and she realized the storm was real if the weather moved things. Two shadow figures skipped through her body holding hands. The beings were no more than waist high, obviously dead and sported three horns. Hollow black sockets for eyes gazed in her direction not seeing her.
    The hair on the back of her neck stood on end. Rain dotted her shirt then arms. Soon the entire sky would open, and her heart rate picked up speed. Becky shrieked when she was grabbed and pulled into a dark cave. She turned to smash her assailant two handed in the chest. Huck groaned but stayed put. He captured her wrists in one hand.
    “Be calm, Becky ass kicker. You don’t want to be out in this rain. When the birds come, many have been downed in a severe storm. The death of rain comes with them, carrying them here. A special delivery with pollutants, Earth wasn’t the only zoo quality planet. Other aliens on different planets evolved, though not humanoid. Those beings create toxins to destroy annoying creatures. When an animal is taken by storm, the storm delivers them to this planet with a message. A storm of this magnitude means many dimensions have opened meaning many copies of the same exact creature died at the same time and have come to combine. Watch.”
    Becky peeked around him out the mouth of the cave. A huge winged creature plummeted in a wild mass of wind, hail and now sleet. The creature disappeared. Then reappeared. Then disappeared. Each exploded both into and out of the sky. Wings flailing, black masses rolling, tumbling.
    “What the?” Becky whispered. There was a war going on above her head.
    “The creature has met with several dimensions. They are killed and collide and join. The last death of any being is the strongest and most volatile. Sometimes the creatures die shortly after birth, their recreation too exhausting.”
    “How do you know?”
    “I can call up the images from my ancestors, to a degree; it’s the way of life. It goes back to my beginning of time. It’s how we knew this planet existed; my ancestors were already here long ago. We only returned to see if human females could be sustained but not all