Melech tapped his fingers against his other hand’s palm, his pacing accompanied by the rhythmic whirring of the machinery around him. But never the chirp he wanted. Needed. He glared at the comms unit. There should have been something by now.
Need
“Gneron K75?” Sienna stopped kneading the dough and stared at me like I’d gone mad. She huffed a breath trying to blow a stray lock from her face. A week ago, I would have agreed with her. But that was last week.
Relics
Danny straddled the barrel reaching for the tank’s muzzle abandoned to the edge. City lights glowed distantly, but his goal shone brighter. Reaching for the stem growing from the muzzle, Danny yanked.
Beyond Silence
Raizel touched the screen’s frame. The metal casing was cold, and she burned with excitement. Not that she dared with the dust dulled screen. What if this image vanished?
Acumen
The ship rocked as vectored for approach to Nott Terminal. Asher hunched in his seat listening to bolts screech from torque. From that, and from the man flailing next to him.
Flickering Stars
Silence. Nadina turned to check the reading and confirm the channel closed, but the screen blurred as her mind raced.
Change Dawning
Flame burst from the rock when she stood on the cliff’s edge. Hayden glanced at their group. The others were pointing to the city below. The skyscrapers cutting through fog that was itself a brilliant blaze of swilling light was captivating. He turned back and looked at the woman.
Death Plague: Day 5
Morale was low today, even with the improvements in the ventilation system overnight. I don’t know what the techs did but the quieted the rattling, allowing for more peaceful slumbering throughout the colony. Today though. Today the silence seemed worse than the rattle. The colony was quiet, and no one seemed eager to engage with…
Death Plague: Day 4
The colony was a fitful mess last night. I ordered the early lockdown, but that ended up doing nothing for the rest of the colony. In the morning, I was greeted by numerous complaints of hearing rattling bones invading all the corridors. I would have thought the personal were going mad, except… I’d heard it…
Death Plague: Day 3
I’m trying to hold on to moral. A hard thing to do when HVACs wizardry is starting to wear thin. Or maybe we were all just so grateful when there was any relief yesterday, we didn’t realize just how little there had been. I also overlooked that their magic only worked in certain sectors. More…
