Humans flee Earth and luckily find a perfect planet to support life ; however , if resources are taken advantage of , nature responds swiftly . [ WP ]

Dr. Latva did not like to be interrupted, much less roused from sleep. Every night, or what they recorded as `` night'' for the purpose of routine, had been filled with restless sleep and horrifying nightmares, so when Dr. Kepler shook him from the first restful sleep he had achieved in the three months since awaking from cryo-sleep, Dr. Latva was not exactly thrilled. 
 
 `` Edgar! Edgar! Wake up, you have to see this!'' 
 
 `` Go away, Dr. Kepler! And do n't call me Edgar!'' Dr. Latva rolled back over on his small bunk, hoping to reclaim that elusive rest. 
 
 `` But Edg- Dr. Latva, you told me to wake you when we were close enough for a visual,'' Kepler reminded him. 
 
 Instead of responding, Latva just groaned and slowly sat up on his bunk. Somewhere in the small cubicle that passed as a living area were his clothes. Head groggy from being woken up in the middle of deep sleep, he clumsily put the grey-blue jumpsuit on. Grey-blue was the Wednesday uniform. Slipping into his heavy black boots, he shuffled out of the automatic sliding door and down the short hall to the cockpit of the spacecraft. 
 
 `` I'm so sick of this ship,'' Dr. Latva groaned, leaning on the back of the seat currently occupied by Kepler. 
 
 `` Someone's in a wonderful mood this morning,'' Dr. Stevenson, the last scientist on the team, greeted him. 
 
 Another groan from Latva was the only response to her sarcastic remark. 
 
 `` Do n't mind him, Jamie. His attitude will change when he sees the planet,'' Kepler smiled. 
 
 The viewport of the cockpit showed a bright sphere, the size of a grapefruit from their perspective. Kepler typed a set of commands into the keyboard in front of him, and the sphere doubled in size. Another set of commands and the sphere filled the viewport. Instead of bright little sphere, Latva now saw a blue and green orb, with brown interspersed throughout the green and white clouds floating above the surface. 
 
 `` Well slap my grandma and call me Trudy, it does exist,'' Jamie shouted. Dr. Latva never had enjoyed her country charm, as she called it. 
 
 `` Apparently it does. Have you sent out a probe already, Dr. Kepler?'' Latva asked. 
 
 `` We have. The atmosphere is breathable and the gravity is Earth-normal. I think we should go down,'' Kepler replied confidently. 
 
 Latva thought it over a moment. This entire mission was truly a last-ditch effort. They had nothing to lose, and nowhere else to go. 
 
 `` Let's prep for entry, then. How many days until we reach the upper atmosphere?'' 
 
 `` Three,'' Jamie said, `` Just think, after years on this ship, we may finally have found a new home for humanity!'' 
 
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 Touchdown. Edgar Latva had never been so relieved to see solid ground in his life. Atmospheric entry had felt worse than when they left Earth. The landing shuttle rested on a flat stretch of plain, what looked like grass. Stevenson and Kepler were already unlatching themselves from their seats, being much younger and more resilient than Latva. 
 
 `` Wait up, kids, I'm still recovering from that landing. Could've made that a bit smoother, could n't you?'' he griped at Kepler. 
 
 `` Well Dan, he's complaining, so he must feel alright,'' Jamie said to Kepler, moving toward the back of the shuttle. 
 
 A short ramp descended to the surface, the cold metal squishing into the soft soil. The scientists walked slowly down the ramp in bulky environmental suits; the probe guaranteed that they could breathe the air, but they had air supplies on their suits just in case. Timidly, Dr. Latva set the first human foot on the planet's surface. He was breathless, overwhelmed by the sensation of being the first pioneer to a new planet. The soil was untouched by humanity, the air unbreathed, it was all new and alien. And yet, it was somehow familiar. 
 
 They walked for a few dozen meters before Jamie wrenched her helmet off of her head. The other two yelled and started to protest, but Jamie was breathing the air normally. She smiled coyly and walked off to a nearby tree, similar to the apple trees that once lived on the earth. Succulent, red fruit hung from the branches. Jamie tugged on one, giving it a skeptical look, sniffing it carefully. She shrugged and took a bite before the others could stop her. Again, Latva and Kepler shrieked, horrified by her brashness. 
 
 `` It's delicious! Kind of a cross between an apple and a strawberry,'' she laughed. 
 
 `` You are absolutely unbelievable! That could be poisonous to humans,'' Latva scolded the reckless woman. 
 
 She opened her mouth to defend herself, but she never got the chance. An enormous, winged creature, covered in maroon and purple feathers, dropped from the sky and landed in front of them. It was easily twelve meters taller than them, with an incredible wingspan. 
 
 The creature spoke from the toothy jaw of its snake-like head, `` I speak for Undagu! You have taken that which you have no right! Undagu demands judgment.'' 
 
 The three scientists stood frozen with fright, unable to reply. 
 
 Not waiting for their response, the beast spoke again, `` Undagu has been awaiting the people of your planet. He made this place to lure you. You must stand in judgment for your crimes.'' 
 
 The clouds above them turned a menacing grey, and thunder roared around them. Two more of the same creature in front of them landed behind them and in a flash, the scientists were swept away in the talons of the monsters.
