Saint Mary's Hospital
Intensive Care Unit
Elizabeth Miles was sitting beside her sister’s bed. Worry lines were etched on her face as she looked at the only person that meant anything to her in this cruel and callous world. The bruised and battered girl was unconscious, lying in a hospital bed with...
2019-12-29 13:15:49 +0000 UTC View PostOzark Mountains
The Spaceship
“OK, the drones are ready, come to the control room so we can get this show on the road,” Max said when Michael came to the ship the next morning. The front wall of the bridge turned into one giant holo-screen with the combined topographical map of the surro...
2019-12-28 16:34:48 +0000 UTC View PostOzark Mountains
The Spaceship
Michael sat in the pilot's chair for hours, trying to find the answer to the most pressing question, what should I do now? That kernel of an idea he had kept growing into something so big, complex, and ambitious, that it would take him a long time to accom...
2019-12-28 16:32:53 +0000 UTC View PostOzark Mountains
Michael paused at the end of the clearing and looked back at the place where he almost died. One simple step was all it took to turn his life, and the way he saw his place in the universe, upside down. There, beneath that green grass was indisputable proof that humans were not alone in the universe, and tha...
2019-12-28 16:29:26 +0000 UTC View PostOzark Mountains
Present Day
The second thing that came into Michael's mind after waking up, was how unusually comfortable the surface he was lying on was, and the fact that he was in total darkness. His first assumption was that he fell down a sinkhole. Not an unknown occurrence in this part of the c...
2019-12-27 17:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostInside the buried spaceship, an ancient machine intelligence continued its relentless vigil. It followed the commands set by its builders, long before the recorded history of mankind. One of the core instructions was for it to remain hidden and to maintain the ship in optimal condition.
Above it, on the surface of the pla...
2019-12-27 16:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post