Excerpt from part 2: Mission to Sythos, home of the dragon lords.
Brief explanation - Violet travels to the planet of Sythos with orders from her Grand Master to locate and study the dragon lords.
To one side, she noted the green vegetation
of a swamp. Curious, she veered towards the verdant marsh.
Green ferns predominated in the swamp,
surrounding a dark pool of liquid, presumably water. Clouds of steam arose from
the pool under the blazing heat of the sun. Violet flew cautiously over the
limpid surface of the pool. As the shuttle passed over the water, a huge, open
mouthed head burst up, raising circles of ripples. The grotesque head was
followed by a long sinuous neck. Its round eyes focused on the flying vehicle, and
the monstrous head shot toward her, its jaws gaped wide to swallow the shuttle.
Violet hit the accelerator and zoomed up rapidly.
The enormous tooth-rimmed mouth snapped shut, barely missing the shuttle.
“Too close, by thunder!” The deep growl of
her Grand Master came from her collar.
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That's a BIG dragon... Sounds to me like studying those brutes is best done at a very safe distance.
ReplyDeleteLuckily it's not a dragon.
ReplyDeleteTalk about a tourist trap. They need to put up a sign or something. I like that you added that it "may" be water - made me think what else it could be and what kind of beast would live in it.
ReplyDeleteRemind me not to go fishing on that world. Sheesh!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the underwater chase in the first Star Wars film. As long as there isn't something even bigger coming up!
ReplyDeleteGood idea!
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