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 tubes and wires connecting her to the machines that were keeping her alive.
“I am so sorry Anna, I failed you,” she whispered in a tremblin...
2019-12-29 13:15:49 +0000 UTC
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Ozark 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 surrounding terrain in the central position, and four separate video feeds from the drones placed all around it.
“I modified them to have exten...
2019-12-28 16:34:48 +0000 UTC
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Ozark 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 accomplish. The longer he thought about it, the more it seemed to him that it was the right path to take, no matter the risks, or the sheer immensity of hi...
2019-12-28 16:32:53 +0000 UTC
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Ozark 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 that the shipbuilders were from an alien species; it was overwhelming.
However, all that would have to wait. His head was filled with so many quest...
2019-12-28 16:29:26 +0000 UTC
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Ozark 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 country, but there wasn’t a circle of light above him to indicate the opening to the surface. What worried him the most was the complete absence of p...
2019-12-27 17:04:28 +0000 UTC
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Inside 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 planet, the human race spread and advanced. From their humble beginnings as weak cave dwellers, they progressed and evolved into a technological society....
2019-12-27 16:38:48 +0000 UTC
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