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Peacock - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: The Victory of Klon - -Author: Wilbur S. Peacock - -Release Date: April 26, 2020 [EBook #61943] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VICTORY OF KLON *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="352" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<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> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Victory of Klon, by Wilbur S. 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Peacock - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: The Victory of Klon - -Author: Wilbur S. Peacock - -Release Date: April 26, 2020 [EBook #61943] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VICTORY OF KLON *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - 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! - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Victory of Klon, by Wilbur S. 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