“Get them back.”
His fingers flew on the keyboard. “Working on it. If that flash was a weapon…” They’d been following the progress of the utility tug as it approached the alien ship, before the light show started.
“Just get me picture.”
The picture, when it came, showed only an expanding cloud of gases and glittering debris. The alien ship was no longer in their field of view. “Jesus. Where’d it go? Where’d it go?”
“Give me… rotate the camera pod. They can’t have…”
The ship rung like a bell, once, twice. Their ears popped with the pressure change. “Jesus…”
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Title by: Tamara
Story by: David
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