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+<h1>THE VICTORY OF KLON</h1>
+
+<h2>By WILBUR S. PEACOCK</h2>
+
+<p>"Behold, I bring my people light!" But<br />
+it was a deadly triumph for Klon, wriggling,<br />
+slimy lord of eternally-veiled Venus.</p>
+
+<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br />
+Planet Stories Fall 1941.<br />
+Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br />
+the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p>
+
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p>Klon fled from fern to fern like a drifting shadow, circling the new
+clearing that had been torn in the steamy jungle by the gleaming
+monster that had come from the eternal fog that clothed his world. He
+halted now and then, slipped into the stagnant water that covered nine
+tenths of the planet, and listened for the slightest sound that would
+warn him of a hidden watcher spying on his movements.</p>
+
+<p>Satisfied that he was alone in the jungle swamp, he edged closer to the
+clearing whose edge was a charred and ragged circle. His lidless eye
+gleamed phosphorescently in the darkness that never changed, bringing
+into sharp detail the shadows that were two shades of blackness for
+there were no colors on his earth.</p>
+
+<p>He slipped over the burned ground, wincing at the bruises given him by
+the unaccustomed hardness beneath his body. He hissed a bit in anger
+that he should suffer so, then went rigid as the thing happened again.</p>
+
+<p>An amazingly light shadow had suddenly come into being on the roundness
+of the gleaming visitor from somewhere above.</p>
+
+<p>Klon wanted that shadow, wanted that thing that was brighter than
+anything he had ever seen—and his purpose was to gain it in any way
+possible. For possession of that light shadow would make him greater
+than anyone else on the planet. Mightier even than Valok.</p>
+
+<p>Klon knew that his time was growing short; the nation would declare
+their new leader within a very short while, and he knew that possession
+of that light shadow was the one thing that would assure him of victory
+over his rival for leadership.</p>
+
+<p>His gills opened and closed automatically, involuntary muscles working
+even when his lungs worked on the damp air. He winced a bit from the
+lightness of the shadow, for never had his eye seen one that was so
+without blackness.</p>
+
+<p>And then Klon was at the roundness of the thing, the touch of its
+coolness sending a thrill of dread through his heart. He moved slowly
+until he was just below the circle of lightness, then climbed upwards
+with his sucker-discs.</p>
+
+<p>Slowly, carefully, instantly ready for flight to safety, he lifted his
+head until his eye was pressed against the light shadow. He felt tiny
+pains running through his eye, back into his head, and down into his
+body, but he gave it no heed.</p>
+
+<p>For he was seeing something that none other of his race had had the
+courage to face. He saw things but dimly, and the hideousness of the
+scene almost made him lose his hold.</p>
+
+<p>For nightmarish creatures moved within the gleaming thing, moving on
+stiff tentacles, gesturing with others, while above, on a thin neck,
+fanged mouths opened and closed in sickening motions. And the shadows
+of their skins were of shades of lightness and darkness that were
+terrifying to Klon's senses that had never met the like before.</p>
+
+<p>He gasped audibly, swung back from the circle of lightness, shaking
+with horror at what he had seen.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>Inside the gleaming space ship, three men were seated on the
+collapsible bunks. Kurt Overland, his muscular body unclad except for
+shorts, was speaking in his even tone.</p>
+
+<p>"Well," he said cheerfully, even his steady voice failing to conceal
+the burning eagerness within him, "we're finally ready. I've just made
+the last repair on the things broken by landing."</p>
+
+<p>Frank Barker grinned at him from across the cell-like room, stretched
+his six feet of blond-topped, lanky strength happily.</p>
+
+<p>"Suits me," he said, "I'm tired of being cooped in this animated bullet
+that's been home for so long."</p>
+
+<p>"We had to wait," gray-haired Professor Kent said mildly, "After all,
+if we are met by hostile beings, we want to be able to escape."</p>
+
+<p>Kurt Overland grinned. "Maybe you're right, Professor," he said. "But
+I'd hate to return to Earth and say that we'd been run off before we
+had a chance to bring back proof of our expedition's success."</p>
+
+<p>"That would be a calamity," Barker broke in. "Remember what a devil of
+a time we had getting permission to make this flight through space.
+The President told me, just before we took off, that because of the
+many deaths in faulty rockets a law was being passed to forbid any more
+flights. He said that it was only his influence that made it possible
+for us to leave Earth on a trip to Venus, and that if we failed to make
+good there would probably be no more flights for, possibly, hundreds of
+years."</p>
+
+<p>"So!" Professor Kent nodded his head. "Then I am glad that we did not
+fail; for it is apparent that we are the vanguard of a new phase of our
+civilization."</p>
+
+<p>Kurt Overland stood, flexed his arms. "Well, come on, let's go," he
+said. "It's time we took a look around."</p>
+
+<p>The three of them slipped into their space suits, each of them
+tight-breathed with eagerness to explore the second of the planets.
+They were strangely silent as they dressed.</p>
+
+<p>"Better slip the cover over that radi-light," Professor Kent tried to
+keep his tone even. "There may be poisonous insects outside that would
+be attracted by it. We will go outside without lights, then switch them
+on when the port is closed."</p>
+
+<p>Frank Barker moved toward the radi-light, slipped the cover over its
+eternal brightness with a gloved hand. Then he joined the other two
+at the port. For a long second the three of them stood shoulder to
+shoulder.</p>
+
+<p>"Professor Kent," Kurt Overland said softly, "please go first. It is
+your right that you should be the first to step onto a world made
+accessible only by your genius."</p>
+
+<p>Professor Albert Kent's shoulders shook silently for a moment in great
+emotion, then straightened with pride. He nodded, swung shut his visor
+plate, dogged it securely.</p>
+
+<p>Barker and Overland followed suit, clicked on their radio receivers.
+They waited patiently for their leader, knowing the feelings that must
+have been his at the moment.</p>
+
+<p>And then, unsealing the port, clutching the American flag gently in
+his left hand ready for its planting on Venus, Professor Kent stepped
+through the port, the first human to land on the veiled planet. Behind
+him, following with a clumsy speed, came Frank Barker and Kurt Overland.</p>
+
+<p>"We three—" Professor Albert Kent began.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<div class="figcenter">
+ <img src="images/illus.jpg" width="399" height="500" alt=""/>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>Klon dropped from the side of the ship.</p>
+
+<p>He paused for a moment over the lifeless bodies of the three intrepid
+explorers, then moved away, disgusted by his closeness to the horrible
+creatures he had slain so swiftly and casually.</p>
+
+<p>His every sense was alert for the slightest movement on the long
+gleaming thing beside him to retaliate in quick vengeance for the
+slaying of the things that lived within its belly.</p>
+
+<p>Klon crouched there for moments, then moved toward the ship. He climbed
+into the port entrance, leaving a thick trail of slime in his wake. He
+moved eagerly toward the small hole in the opposite wall, his heart
+thudding with bursting eagerness.</p>
+
+<p>He had seen Frank Barker slip the shield over the shadow that was so
+unlike anything on his earth. And now he moved through the darkness of
+the space ship, slipping surely through a darkness that was natural to
+him and his fellow creatures.</p>
+
+<p>He lifted the small box from its recess, turned and sped from the ship,
+vague terror and superstition overcoming the courage that had taken
+so long to build to a white heat. He rushed past the men who slept
+the eternal sleep before the port of their ship, slipped into the
+warm water at the edge of the clearing, began his long journey to the
+meeting place at which a leader would be chosen.</p>
+
+<p>He clasped the box close to him as he raced through the swampy jungle,
+afraid that it might disappear before he could reach his destination.
+He did not pause to examine his prize, knowing that the time was
+growing short, feeling certain a longer wait would only make the globe
+of lightness more thrilling.</p>
+
+<hr class="tb" />
+
+<p>The people of Klon's nation were gathered in the Council Clearing,
+silent as each of the candidates for leader extolled his own virtues
+and explained his qualification for the position as their leader.</p>
+
+<p>Hisses of approval and sounds of disapproval greeted each candidate as
+he placed himself on the stone at the clearing's center.</p>
+
+<p>And then Klon slipped into the clearing. He hissed greetings as he made
+his way to the central stone. Still clutching the box tightly to his
+body, he climbed to the top of the stone, faced his nation.</p>
+
+<p>A respectful silence fell as his powerful body loomed high in the air
+over the heads of his people.</p>
+
+<p>Klon stood for a moment, silently considering the short speech he
+intended to make. He caught the glance of Valok's eye, looked away.
+His gaze travelled over the clearing, making out familiar features of
+his people.</p>
+
+<p>The crowd was not large, for Klon's nation was a small one. It was
+large in the sense that no other group on the planet was as large. And
+it was the only race with useful intelligence.</p>
+
+<p>Klon looked at his people, and pride made his heart beat even faster.</p>
+
+<p>"I am here to prove to you that I am the mightiest among you," he
+hissed. "I have here the thing that will prove what I say." He lifted
+the small box so that everyone could see.</p>
+
+<p>A wave of interested hissing grew in sudden applause, then a respectful
+silence fell again. Klon hesitated for a moment longer, then continued:</p>
+
+<p>"I got this thing from the belly of the thing that came from the
+clouds, killing three horrible creatures single-handedly. Thus I have
+proved that I am clever, brave and strong."</p>
+
+<p>"What is this thing you have brought us, Brave Klon?" Valok's sneering
+hiss broke in upon Klon's words.</p>
+
+<p>"A thing that is like nothing any of you have ever seen; it is a shadow
+lighter than anything on this world," Klon said proudly, and placed the
+small box on the rock beside himself.</p>
+
+<p>He paused again, knowing the effect his wait would have on his
+audience. And then he whisked the cover from the radi-light, slid from
+the central stone.</p>
+
+<p>The radi-light flared with a dazzling, gleaming whiteness on the
+stone, bringing with it a light such as had never penetrated the
+always-present clouds that veiled Venus. Klon stood proudly to one
+side, drinking in the hissing applause and hisses of surprise and awe
+that greeted his showing of the globe of light shadow. He knew then
+that he had won the coveted leadership of his nation.</p>
+
+<p>"This," he hissed over the uproar of his people, "is the—"</p>
+
+<p>Klon gasped in sudden intolerable agony, fiery fingers of pain tearing
+at every bit of his body, cutting off his speech almost at its very
+inception. He crumpled slowly to the ground, dimly conscious that other
+cries were echoing his own.</p>
+
+<p>He died then, hearing the agonized hisses of his friends, his last
+sight of life being that of the globe that burned with a white-hot
+light on the top of the central stone.</p>
+
+<p>And slowly, but with increasing speed, his people died too. They fell
+like tiny trees before a huge storm, falling even as they tried to find
+a reason for the death around them. Like a wave eddying out from the
+central stone, death cut its merciless sweep.</p>
+
+<p>And within seconds there was no life in the clearing. Within seconds
+an entire nation, every intelligent being on Venus, was dead of the
+unleashed light rays, the like of which had never penetrated the miles
+of fog that lay between earth and the sun.</p>
+
+<p>The radi-light gleamed brightly on the central stone, shedding radiance
+over the last beings of intelligence ever to be on Venus—perhaps
+forever!</p>
+
+
+
+
+
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+Title: The Victory of Klon
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+Author: Wilbur S. Peacock
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+ THE VICTORY OF KLON
+
+ By WILBUR S. PEACOCK
+
+ "Behold, I bring my people light!" But
+ it was a deadly triumph for Klon, wriggling,
+ slimy lord of eternally-veiled Venus.
+
+ [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
+ Planet Stories Fall 1941.
+ Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
+ the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
+
+
+Klon fled from fern to fern like a drifting shadow, circling the new
+clearing that had been torn in the steamy jungle by the gleaming
+monster that had come from the eternal fog that clothed his world. He
+halted now and then, slipped into the stagnant water that covered nine
+tenths of the planet, and listened for the slightest sound that would
+warn him of a hidden watcher spying on his movements.
+
+Satisfied that he was alone in the jungle swamp, he edged closer to the
+clearing whose edge was a charred and ragged circle. His lidless eye
+gleamed phosphorescently in the darkness that never changed, bringing
+into sharp detail the shadows that were two shades of blackness for
+there were no colors on his earth.
+
+He slipped over the burned ground, wincing at the bruises given him by
+the unaccustomed hardness beneath his body. He hissed a bit in anger
+that he should suffer so, then went rigid as the thing happened again.
+
+An amazingly light shadow had suddenly come into being on the roundness
+of the gleaming visitor from somewhere above.
+
+Klon wanted that shadow, wanted that thing that was brighter than
+anything he had ever seen--and his purpose was to gain it in any way
+possible. For possession of that light shadow would make him greater
+than anyone else on the planet. Mightier even than Valok.
+
+Klon knew that his time was growing short; the nation would declare
+their new leader within a very short while, and he knew that possession
+of that light shadow was the one thing that would assure him of victory
+over his rival for leadership.
+
+His gills opened and closed automatically, involuntary muscles working
+even when his lungs worked on the damp air. He winced a bit from the
+lightness of the shadow, for never had his eye seen one that was so
+without blackness.
+
+And then Klon was at the roundness of the thing, the touch of its
+coolness sending a thrill of dread through his heart. He moved slowly
+until he was just below the circle of lightness, then climbed upwards
+with his sucker-discs.
+
+Slowly, carefully, instantly ready for flight to safety, he lifted his
+head until his eye was pressed against the light shadow. He felt tiny
+pains running through his eye, back into his head, and down into his
+body, but he gave it no heed.
+
+For he was seeing something that none other of his race had had the
+courage to face. He saw things but dimly, and the hideousness of the
+scene almost made him lose his hold.
+
+For nightmarish creatures moved within the gleaming thing, moving on
+stiff tentacles, gesturing with others, while above, on a thin neck,
+fanged mouths opened and closed in sickening motions. And the shadows
+of their skins were of shades of lightness and darkness that were
+terrifying to Klon's senses that had never met the like before.
+
+He gasped audibly, swung back from the circle of lightness, shaking
+with horror at what he had seen.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+Inside the gleaming space ship, three men were seated on the
+collapsible bunks. Kurt Overland, his muscular body unclad except for
+shorts, was speaking in his even tone.
+
+"Well," he said cheerfully, even his steady voice failing to conceal
+the burning eagerness within him, "we're finally ready. I've just made
+the last repair on the things broken by landing."
+
+Frank Barker grinned at him from across the cell-like room, stretched
+his six feet of blond-topped, lanky strength happily.
+
+"Suits me," he said, "I'm tired of being cooped in this animated bullet
+that's been home for so long."
+
+"We had to wait," gray-haired Professor Kent said mildly, "After all,
+if we are met by hostile beings, we want to be able to escape."
+
+Kurt Overland grinned. "Maybe you're right, Professor," he said. "But
+I'd hate to return to Earth and say that we'd been run off before we
+had a chance to bring back proof of our expedition's success."
+
+"That would be a calamity," Barker broke in. "Remember what a devil of
+a time we had getting permission to make this flight through space.
+The President told me, just before we took off, that because of the
+many deaths in faulty rockets a law was being passed to forbid any more
+flights. He said that it was only his influence that made it possible
+for us to leave Earth on a trip to Venus, and that if we failed to make
+good there would probably be no more flights for, possibly, hundreds of
+years."
+
+"So!" Professor Kent nodded his head. "Then I am glad that we did not
+fail; for it is apparent that we are the vanguard of a new phase of our
+civilization."
+
+Kurt Overland stood, flexed his arms. "Well, come on, let's go," he
+said. "It's time we took a look around."
+
+The three of them slipped into their space suits, each of them
+tight-breathed with eagerness to explore the second of the planets.
+They were strangely silent as they dressed.
+
+"Better slip the cover over that radi-light," Professor Kent tried to
+keep his tone even. "There may be poisonous insects outside that would
+be attracted by it. We will go outside without lights, then switch them
+on when the port is closed."
+
+Frank Barker moved toward the radi-light, slipped the cover over its
+eternal brightness with a gloved hand. Then he joined the other two
+at the port. For a long second the three of them stood shoulder to
+shoulder.
+
+"Professor Kent," Kurt Overland said softly, "please go first. It is
+your right that you should be the first to step onto a world made
+accessible only by your genius."
+
+Professor Albert Kent's shoulders shook silently for a moment in great
+emotion, then straightened with pride. He nodded, swung shut his visor
+plate, dogged it securely.
+
+Barker and Overland followed suit, clicked on their radio receivers.
+They waited patiently for their leader, knowing the feelings that must
+have been his at the moment.
+
+And then, unsealing the port, clutching the American flag gently in
+his left hand ready for its planting on Venus, Professor Kent stepped
+through the port, the first human to land on the veiled planet. Behind
+him, following with a clumsy speed, came Frank Barker and Kurt Overland.
+
+"We three--" Professor Albert Kent began.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+Klon dropped from the side of the ship.
+
+He paused for a moment over the lifeless bodies of the three intrepid
+explorers, then moved away, disgusted by his closeness to the horrible
+creatures he had slain so swiftly and casually.
+
+His every sense was alert for the slightest movement on the long
+gleaming thing beside him to retaliate in quick vengeance for the
+slaying of the things that lived within its belly.
+
+Klon crouched there for moments, then moved toward the ship. He climbed
+into the port entrance, leaving a thick trail of slime in his wake. He
+moved eagerly toward the small hole in the opposite wall, his heart
+thudding with bursting eagerness.
+
+He had seen Frank Barker slip the shield over the shadow that was so
+unlike anything on his earth. And now he moved through the darkness of
+the space ship, slipping surely through a darkness that was natural to
+him and his fellow creatures.
+
+He lifted the small box from its recess, turned and sped from the ship,
+vague terror and superstition overcoming the courage that had taken
+so long to build to a white heat. He rushed past the men who slept
+the eternal sleep before the port of their ship, slipped into the
+warm water at the edge of the clearing, began his long journey to the
+meeting place at which a leader would be chosen.
+
+He clasped the box close to him as he raced through the swampy jungle,
+afraid that it might disappear before he could reach his destination.
+He did not pause to examine his prize, knowing that the time was
+growing short, feeling certain a longer wait would only make the globe
+of lightness more thrilling.
+
+ * * * * *
+
+The people of Klon's nation were gathered in the Council Clearing,
+silent as each of the candidates for leader extolled his own virtues
+and explained his qualification for the position as their leader.
+
+Hisses of approval and sounds of disapproval greeted each candidate as
+he placed himself on the stone at the clearing's center.
+
+And then Klon slipped into the clearing. He hissed greetings as he made
+his way to the central stone. Still clutching the box tightly to his
+body, he climbed to the top of the stone, faced his nation.
+
+A respectful silence fell as his powerful body loomed high in the air
+over the heads of his people.
+
+Klon stood for a moment, silently considering the short speech he
+intended to make. He caught the glance of Valok's eye, looked away.
+His gaze travelled over the clearing, making out familiar features of
+his people.
+
+The crowd was not large, for Klon's nation was a small one. It was
+large in the sense that no other group on the planet was as large. And
+it was the only race with useful intelligence.
+
+Klon looked at his people, and pride made his heart beat even faster.
+
+"I am here to prove to you that I am the mightiest among you," he
+hissed. "I have here the thing that will prove what I say." He lifted
+the small box so that everyone could see.
+
+A wave of interested hissing grew in sudden applause, then a respectful
+silence fell again. Klon hesitated for a moment longer, then continued:
+
+"I got this thing from the belly of the thing that came from the
+clouds, killing three horrible creatures single-handedly. Thus I have
+proved that I am clever, brave and strong."
+
+"What is this thing you have brought us, Brave Klon?" Valok's sneering
+hiss broke in upon Klon's words.
+
+"A thing that is like nothing any of you have ever seen; it is a shadow
+lighter than anything on this world," Klon said proudly, and placed the
+small box on the rock beside himself.
+
+He paused again, knowing the effect his wait would have on his
+audience. And then he whisked the cover from the radi-light, slid from
+the central stone.
+
+The radi-light flared with a dazzling, gleaming whiteness on the
+stone, bringing with it a light such as had never penetrated the
+always-present clouds that veiled Venus. Klon stood proudly to one
+side, drinking in the hissing applause and hisses of surprise and awe
+that greeted his showing of the globe of light shadow. He knew then
+that he had won the coveted leadership of his nation.
+
+"This," he hissed over the uproar of his people, "is the--"
+
+Klon gasped in sudden intolerable agony, fiery fingers of pain tearing
+at every bit of his body, cutting off his speech almost at its very
+inception. He crumpled slowly to the ground, dimly conscious that other
+cries were echoing his own.
+
+He died then, hearing the agonized hisses of his friends, his last
+sight of life being that of the globe that burned with a white-hot
+light on the top of the central stone.
+
+And slowly, but with increasing speed, his people died too. They fell
+like tiny trees before a huge storm, falling even as they tried to find
+a reason for the death around them. Like a wave eddying out from the
+central stone, death cut its merciless sweep.
+
+And within seconds there was no life in the clearing. Within seconds
+an entire nation, every intelligent being on Venus, was dead of the
+unleashed light rays, the like of which had never penetrated the miles
+of fog that lay between earth and the sun.
+
+The radi-light gleamed brightly on the central stone, shedding radiance
+over the last beings of intelligence ever to be on Venus--perhaps
+forever!
+
+
+
+
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