The Immortal | Prequel Story |

Chapter 41 ~ Planet Magarra

Another week passed before Iérti felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Mallen. "We're almost at planet Magarra," Mallen told him. "I thought you would like to know."

"Thank you," Iérti said in response, his voice almost a whisper. Mallen left him to continue looking out the window as they traveled in space for another hour. He watched an Earth-like planet appear, becoming closer in range as they reached the planet's atmosphere.

The green and blue was a welcoming sight, as were the white clouds they touched upon. The beautiful atmosphere turned quickly into a glittering night sky with clouds keeping watch over the peaceful landscape.

They weren't the only ship that arrived; there were four other ships already on the planet. Blaise landed the ship beside one of them, waiting several minutes for the engines to cool before informing everyone they landed and could exit the ship now.

Mallen, Írásom, and stepped out first. Stellan and Romena were next, followed by Trandafira, Vajir, and the rest of the vampires.

They walked towards the closest settlement. It was star-shaped city with plenty of farmland and houses in between. It was an interesting setup unlike any they've seen in all the planets they've been to so far. The architecture was ingenious with plenty of waterways and land to spare. There were roads and vehicles, as well as small boats and gondolas. Iérti noticed the star-shaped city was newly constructed with no signs of aging or decay. People must've settled here quite early. Hardly a decade.

Further out were futuristic-looking cities with flashing lights and electronic music. The heat signatures weren't as spread out as with the star-cities, indicating crowds of people.

A few vampires scouted ahead to get intel on the planet's inhabitants. Írásom went with them. Blaise remained on the ship to keep an eye on it. Mallen and Iérti sat on a hill just outside the settlement, sensing a large population of human lifeforms in the settlement. Iérti frowned slightly when he noticed there were human-like beings walking and conversing with humans, but they didn't have a heat signature like humans did.

"Mallen, do you know this mystery?" Iérti asked, keeping his voice low in case those strange human-like beings were able to hear as well as vampires did. "They don't appear to be of the living, yet they look and act like humans."

Mallen studied the beings, watching them closely. His long thick raven hair was neatly tied back with a ribbon. "They're not human. They are certainly not of the living. They are immortal like we are, yet they are not our kind. They appear to be of some sort of artificial intelligence, a manmade entity." He tilted his head to the side, indicating the settlement. "Would you like for us to go over and meet them? Inquire as to what they are?"

Iérti thought for a moment, then nodded. "I don't see why not. I don't think they're malevolent."

They slowly approached the settlement, their footsteps silent and imperceptible. Nobody heard them, but the human-like beings saw them from afar and came to meet them. Upon closer inspection, Mallen and Iérti saw there were electric circuits running through their bodies. They looked sort of like glamor girls on planet Mijoria, but of course that was not what they are.

One of them, a tall woman with her long hair swung to one side, blue streaks running through her dark brown hair, wearing a slim form-fitting blue and white outfit with long sleeves, spoke to the vampire leaders, her human-like voice electronic in nature.

"Who are you? You don't appear to be humans." Her eyes were a piercing electric blue, indicating she was a cyborg. There was something very human about the way she swung her hair, little things and mannerisms that brought out her personality, yet there was definitely something not human about her.