A loud, whirring noise had made the youngster look up. History showed she’d been the first to see Them.
“Aliens! Aliens!” She’d flown down the mountain to the village and, gasping for oxygen, had thrown her hand against the early-warning button.
Linked sirens shrilled across the globe. They had come down in their hundreds of thousands, travel-stained crafts hovering, dis-engorging the aliens via invisible elevators. Soon, 95% of the population had been slain, great cities destroyed.
The leader – others called him Admiral – looked around satisfied. “Air’s oxygen-rich, but it will do. With Planet Earth dead, it’s the best we’ve got.
“Aliens! Aliens!” She’d flown down the mountain to the village and, gasping for oxygen, had thrown her hand against the early-warning button.
Linked sirens shrilled across the globe. They had come down in their hundreds of thousands, travel-stained crafts hovering, dis-engorging the aliens via invisible elevators. Soon, 95% of the population had been slain, great cities destroyed.
The leader – others called him Admiral – looked around satisfied. “Air’s oxygen-rich, but it will do. With Planet Earth dead, it’s the best we’ve got.
