Venom and Azalia were already flying to the brown-color planet.
"This is the planet Krosus!" Azalia recognized, "It's great that they sheltered us."
"I would not say so," Terok interposed, "Lately they have disliked you. I advise you to throw something in order that they do not recognize you."
"This is absurd!" she protested, "We are fighting against the Metarex together."
"Then much is changing," Terok drawled.
The planet itself was civilizationally advanced. The cities consisted of square but tall skyscrapers. Some of them were moored by space shuttles. But the colony that they needed was located in a half-empty stony wilderness.
"What a gradation," Venom noticed.
"Most of the refugees from different parts of the sector live here," explained Terok, "They are few who can afford to think about it. Although the conditions here are not the best, as you can see."
Their shuttle landed in the distance of the settlement. There was not a soul on the street. They themselves soon came to one house. Knocked on the door.
"What do you want?" the flap opened slightly in response, from where they could see a tall figure.
"Shog! It's me, Terok," he stretched out his arms.
The door closed, but after it opened, where the seedrian man appeared.
"Come in, friend," he smiled.
"Thank you, but this time I'm with friends," Terok pointed to his companions.
"It can not be!" Shog stiffened at the sight of Azalia, "Come quickly!"
Soon they were met by his family: his wife and two children.
"We have not met with our brothers and sisters for a long time," his wife began, "Terok says that our home is no more, but we do not want to believe it."
"He's right: we fell," Azalia said quietly, "We were forced to flee Green Gate on a colony ship."
"Poor Lady Earthia! I hope we'll be home soon." she saw Azalia shake her head, "What is it?" she asked with fear.
"The Metarex reached us. Most likely, we are the last..." she whispered.
"Why do we need such a fate?" Shog got sad, and then returned a little, "But what if there are still others like us: those who flew from Green Gate earlier to colonize new places?"
"It would be great, of course," Azalia agreed, "Do you know others?"
"Alas. We lost contact with the outside world and could not even contact your colony, let alone the house. Strange show," Shog quieted down, "that we are not even allowed to fly out of the planet, and the local people are looking askance at us."
"It's unusual to see the krosusians. They are our friends."
"And now you seem to be under the hood," Venom noticed.
"It does, so," Shog breathed, "Although we live peacefully here."
There was a short silence.
"There are shelter, and thanks for that!" said the wife.
"We need to look for ours," Shog noticed, "We need to be together."
"Can you tell me more about the colony?" his wife asked Azalia.
Venom and Terok simply sat silently.