"I don't know about you brother, but I was hoping that there was more to this land." Delano said as he and his brother, Ferdinand, looked out across a vast plain of golden fields for as far as their eyes could see. The golden fields waved gently in the slight breeze.

"It's pretty." Ferdinand said quietly with a slight shrug. The two of them waded through the golden fields, leaving behind a trail of bent plants behind them. As they walked they began to notice a smell. It wasn't unpleasant like a dead animal and it really wasn't a smell that was pleasant, like someone's cooking. It had a distinct sharp hot metal smell to it.

"I told you that there was nothing to worry about. " A voice said right before a section of the golden grass split open revealing an adult blue aquatic Tark'ee and right behind her was a young green Belemoid that was half covered in spots.

"Oh who are you? Where did you come from?" Asked Teh'kia. Pomona just stood silently behind the Tark'ee and waited.

Delano glanced back behind him to see the very obvious trail he and his brother had left. "Umm back that a way." He said. "My name is Delano and this is my brother Ferdinand. We came to see the land. We had heard so much about it from Issun that we wanted to come see for ourselves. We had just gotten to this field of golden grass when we smelled a strange smell and have been following it since."

Ferdinand just nodded his great head in agreement.

"You wouldn't happen to know what it is, do you?" Delano asked. Ferdinand looked expectantly at Teh'kia.

But it was quiet Pomona who spoke. "It was probably that thing that fell out of the sky."

"Yes and we were tasked to go see what it was and if it posed a risk to the clans." Teh'kia said gleefully. "It's a really important task you see. My name is Teh'kia and this Pomona. Welcome to the plains."

"Thank you. I hope you don't mind us going along with you. Who knows what you are going to find. And maybe you will need our help. "

Teh'kia seemed to think about it for a few seconds until Pomona poked her in the side. "Oh alright. I can't really stop you anyway. And we might actually need your help."

Another gentle breeze blew in from the direction they had been walking towards, with it came the distinct smell of hot metal.

"All this grass, I hope there is no fire." Ferdinand said quietly. Delano, Teh'kia and Pomona looked at Ferdinand quickly and then toward where the smell seemed to be coming. Then everyone took off running. A much larger swath of bent golden stalks left in their wake as they ran. The thought of what a fire could do in this field made them run all the faster. Teh'kia and Pomona quickly out paced the two brothers as their shorter limbs made them slower. But they weren't too worried. They could follow the trail the other two left.

Delano and Ferdinand finally caught up with Teh'kia and Pomona. They found the two standing before a large spacecraft. When it hit it had sheared off one of its wings completely and the other was a crumpled mess. The ground around it was blackened. Delano could see a small fire burning from where the one wing was laying amongst the flattened grass. He watched as Ferdinand wandered over to the wing and started to throw dirt on the fire using his strong back legs.

The fire sputtered for a short time but soon went out. A small plume of dark grey smoke rose up from where Ferdinand had smothered it.

Delano watched as his brother sauntered back over and they all stared at the ship. From what Delano could tell it could fit several Tark'ees easily.

"I hope whoever is in there is ok." Pomona said as the ship pinged and popped as it started to cool. It would be awhile before they would be able to check.

"It looks like it came down in mostly one piece. I am sure whoever or whatever is inside will be ok. " Teh'kia answered after a long pause.