Alan J. Ramm

Name: Death Walks on Mars
Author: Alan J. Ramm

Death Walks on Mars

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“Death Walks on Mars”, is a work by Alan J. Ramm. It explores elements such as Leeda, Jocco and Rick.

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ And Rick was getting bad; he seemed about finished. How he managed to keep moving, Leeda could not imagine. He fell repeatedly; but pulled himself doggedly back to his feet and stumbled after her.
When she flopped to the sand toward nightfall, he gestured her to her feet. And when she failed to get up, he came over and dragged her roughly erect. "Can't stop—never get up—gotta keep moving—until we die—or get there. Move!"
But the Martian night accomplished what she could not. Landmarks became indistinguishable; they soon would have been lost. ”

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ It was still dark when she awoke. Deliberately making a noise, she listened for someone to challenge her. When no one moved, she slipped off into the desert.
It took her several hours at a rapid pace to get back to the bubble-house. Terry's Protecto-suit lay scattered over a wide area. His bones gleamed faintly in the barely discernible Martian moonlight—picked clean by the Sand Vulture and Razor-back Lizards. ”

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ When evening came, Rick let each of them barely wet their lips. Then he said, "I need sleep and I can't trust anyone. So I'm going to hide the water in the desert. If anything happens to me, you'll all die of thirst. Now turn your backs."
Leeda heard him scramble off. He soon returned. "Now let's sleep."
The below-zero cold of the Martian night challenged the thermo-unit of Leeda's desert suit until she lay shivering. But, worn out from the walk and the emotional events of the day, she finally dropped off to sleep. ”

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ Through lips necessarily stiff with the effort of controlled emotion, she asked, "Why did you kill him?"
"Didn't have anything against him, Ma'am. Had to do it. Showed we meant business. Easier to handle one than two of you anyway." The eyes of the tubby man who answered her kept flickering anxiously upward toward the Sand Vulture. "That thing as dangerous as they say?"
Leeda turned to the third and youngest man. His glance was fixed hypnotically on the death on the ground. ”

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ Satisfied at last, she placed the head-bubble once more onto its flange in the suit.
Rising, she pulled the poison sign from the mud and carried it over to the skeleton. There she eased herself to the sand and gently placed her hand on the head of the skeleton.
"We did it, Terry," she said gently. There was triumph in her voice; a feeling of peace and wholeness once more inside her. "The fools thought they could beat us. Four days to make an easy five hour walk. Circling; around and around. Waiting. Waiting and planning, and killing. Now they are dead and I can give you a decent burial. ”

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ There was death in the muzzle of the gun dangling nonchalantly from the tall man's gloved hand. It grinned from his face, etched in the sardonic twist that the purple scar gave to his right cheek. It danced in the emotionless distances of his eyes. ”

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ It looked as though Jocco was sinking into the sand. Then the red stains spreading into the sand told a different story.
"Razor-back Lizards," Leeda informed Rick. "They're all over the place. Come to life during the day when it's a little warmer. Our footwear keeps them off. But Jocco's feet haven't any protection so they can get at him. They'll slice away at him a fraction of an inch at a time. In fifteen minutes there won't be anything left but his suit and a skeleton. Pleasant death, eh Rick? ”

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Alan J. Ramm, Death Walks on Mars

“ Jocco accused.
Leeda looked at him. "And I hope the same for you—only worse."
"Stop it, you two," Rick commanded. "It's bad enough this way. The living must live. He is dead and he doesn't know it. Why let him suffer?"
"More meat for the Sand Vulture," Leeda suggested sarcastically.
The scar on Rick's cheek flared red-purple. He leveled his gun slowly, with steady aim. After the trigger was pulled, Fatso stopped moving. "More meat for the Sand Vulture," he answered Leeda. "Now let's move." ”

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