The world wasn't sustainable.
Planet Earth was home to millions, possibly billions, of lifeforms, ranging from the simplest bacteria to the lumbering elephants. But one of these lifeforms stood out. Humans. This race had become the dominant lifeforms on Earth, developing many technologies over it's history, from spears to laser guns. But now, Earth is a desolate wasteland, devoid of anything that could sustain life. Humanity was the cause. With global warming, habitat destruction, and all out war, it destroyed Earth.
Humanity was forced to the stars. But with so few resources left on the surface that was able to be mined, they could only build one "Ark." This spaceship was the savior of humankind, and launched on September 3rd, 4375. It's mission was to look for a new planet for humanity to inhabit. For three years, it floated in space, speeding at a fraction of the speed of light thanks to nuclear energy.
But that didn't matter. On what on Earth would be November 9th, 4378, the ship was attacked by an alien pirate fleet looking to sack the ship. The ship's defenses were overwhelmed, and the Ark was doomed for destruction and humanity's subjugation to whatever these aliens planned for them. But, a few escaped. The escape pods managed to launch, though only three people could be fit inside one pod at once. Over twenty of them were launched, managing to escape the pirates and the destruction of the Ark. One of these pods happened to land on a planet that was recently discovered by those on the Ark before it's destruction. That being?
Scoria 34.
The pod began to heat up, flames going around it as it descended into Scoria 34's super dense atmosphere. After a few minutes, the pod managed to break through the atmosphere, though still a ball of fire at this point. It crashed through a tall "algae tree" before landing on the forest floor. This alerted the natives of this forest, and one species in particular decided to investigate.
It seems odd that this race looks eerily human. Except for the grey skin, clawed hands, and a scorpion tail at the end that they used to hang in the algae towers like a monkey, they have everything a human would, like hair, developed, human-like eyes, and even a true mouth. They made chirping noises, swinging around to try and get a good look at the pod from a distance. They had never seen human technology before.
A female peered through the blade-like leaves of an algae tower to get a look at the pod. Her mate and their child were nearby. They began to speak to each other before the female began her descent down from the tower. The male tried calling her back, but she didn't listen. Reaching the bottom, she slowly approached the pod. She looked at every inch of the pod before looking inside.
She was shocked to find that those inside almost looked like her kind, but with pale skin and no armored arms or legs. Heck, they didn't even have their tails at all. Inside were three of them. One of them seemed to be the oldest, with short red hair, a picture of a strange creature under her right eye, and a beautiful body. The second oldest was a boy, with hair like hers, but blonde, and the start of a small beard. The last one was the youngest, and only a child from the looks of it. She has curly grey hair and what looks to be very soft skin around her nose and mouth.
She motioned the others of her kind to approach, as the three seem to be asleep. A few hesitated, but the rest of her kind came down. They slowly approached the pod as she tried to open it, with no success. Inside however, they could here a voice. It wasn't emanating from the three inside, but seemed to be from the pod itself.
"Atmosphere composition: 52.6% argon, 26.6% methane, 20.8% nitrogen," they heard it say. Then, a compartment opened up, putting what seemed to be masks and a gas tank onto the three. The female began to back away as the pod opened up. Steam poured out of the ship, blocking everyone's view of those inside. Then, a shadow stepped out of the pod, blocked by all the steam.
She awoke with steam all around her. Her mind was still hazy from her trip, but she slowly regained her bearings. She looked back at the pod, finding that the two her parents sent with her were still asleep.
"Toni, Tiana, wake up," she said, gently trying to wake them up. Tiana woke up almost instantly, hugging onto her in fear. Toni was still asleep however.
"Just five more minutes," he told her, snoring loudly.
"TONI!" The boy shot up with a gasp, but calmed down and rubbed his eyes. It was then he realized he was wearing an oxygen mask.
"Odd? Where did we land," he asked.
"I don't know. That's what I want to find out," she told him. Finally, the steam cleared...and they were already surrounded by what they first thought we're humans with scorpion tails and grey skin. "Well...were definitely not on Earth."
The three took quick glances at their surroundings. Tall algae towers, similar to those found in the ocean back on Earth, towered like trees above them. Algae vines hung from these towers, some connecting to other towers. Tiara stopped looking around, and stared directly at one of the female humanoids that was starting to approach.
If she looked more human then she does now, then she would get a guy's attention with her pear-shaped body. She has frizzy brown hair, amber eyes, and a small scar on her cheek. She was wearing a simple top and a tribal skirt, both made out of algae from the towers that are around them.
The two stared at each other for a while, not bothering to speak, if they even knew how.
"Yo! How yah doin? Don't think we've ever seen each other before. The name's Toni, these are Tiara and...uh, what's your name again," Toni asked the eldest of the three.
"Cari."
"Ah, yes, Cari." The humanoids looked at each other. They apparently didn't understand a single word that came out of his mouth. "Uh, hello!? Do I need to repeat myself?"
"Toni, I don't think they understand us," Cari told him.
"Ohhhh..." the female finally approached them. She tilted her head a little before looking at every inch of Tiara's body. More approached as the female was fiddling around with Tiara's hair. They all seemed interested in the three humans. Tiara didn't mind much.
However, The next thing they noticed is how it felt more heavy here. They turned back towards the pod's screens, and noticed one of them said that this planet had 1.25 times more gravity than Earth, as well as saying the atmospheric pressure is over thirteen times greated than back at home. And boy was it hot. The scanners told them that's it was currently at least a hundred degrees Fahrenheit.
"Looks like we're going to be staying here for a while," Toni stated, a young female poking his cheek with her clawed hand.
"Of course we are! I don't think any of the inhabitants of this planet even know what a spaceship is," Cari told him. Then, she felt something grab her chest. Looking down, she noticed one of the males squeezing her breasts with his claws. She blushed a little, but didn't get mad at him. He probably didn't know anything about humanity or their customs, like the rest of his kind. He did let go, intrigued when touching her breasts made her blush.
"Hehe, looks like you got an admirer," Toni joked.
"He is not! He's just...confused. Like we all are," Cari told him. She looked back at the male. "C-can you speak?"
The male tilted his head at her. She was right, they couldn't understand them. She wished they knew how to speak their language.
"Scot arp iou?" The male spoke. They did have a language. But it didn't sound like any language the translators recognized.
"Allow me," Toni told her, stepping in front of the male. "Dolazimo u miru. Što biste trebali biti?" The male, along with many of the others, stood back in shock. They regained their courage and the male spoke.
"Mi smo štipaljke," he said. Cari simply stood there, flabbergasted at the fact that they spoke and understood Croatian. Toni was from Croatia after all.
"They call themselves Scorpinoks," he told them.
"I...can't believe it. How...can they speak...Croatian...but not anything else," Cari questioned herself. She looked to be having a mental breakdown, but she regained her composure.
"Što biste trebali biti?"
"Bili su ljudi. Dolazimo s drugog planeta," Toni replied to the male.
"Toni, I'm putting you as our official translator," Cari told him. The boy smiled before the Scorpinoks approached them again. The young ones also appeared, and were clambering over their parents to find out what was going on.
"Dugo će biti zaglavljeni ovdje jer je naša matična kuća uništena. Imate li što protiv da se zadržimo," Toni asked. The male looked around at his kind. They were giving him reaffirming nods, which lead to Carib believing that he was the chief. He turned back towards the three and spoke.
"Dopuštamo ti da ostaneš. To je najviše što možemo učiniti ako je vaš dom uništen."
"He said that they will allow us. It's the most they could do since your ship was destroyed. I guess they thought the Ark was our home," Toni explained to the other two.
"Oh...okay, that's fine," Cari said. The male grabbed her by the arm, dragging her off to apparently show her around their algae forest home.
"Hey! Wait up!" Toni put Tiara on his shoulders and quickly raced after them.
This is going to be a big ride, and the three humans could feel it.
And were done! *drops phone* Ah, crap, didn't mean that.
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