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The Ovals Awaken
RWDouble Drabble 2.0.108 | Oval
Twist: no twist
This is a double drabble, a story of exactly 200 words.
The Alpha colony was no more; no bodies or blood remained. All that could be seen were pale ovals pressed into the soil, silent scars where life had once thrived.
On the bridge of the Ardent, Captain Pritchard read the ancient file unearthed from a forgotten Federation archive. It was redacted, buried, and ignored.
“We knew, and we deceived ourselves.” Captain Pritchard cursed.
Centuries ago, humanity encountered something vast: neither alive nor dead, but hungry.
The Federation concealed the truth, pretending the void was empty. It was easier to forget than to confront it.
The ship vibrated with a deep, unknown hum beyond the instruments’ capacity to record. Crew members fell to the floor, clutching their ears, bleeding. The planet’s surface rippled as the ovals grew.
An urgent message from Command: Do not engage. Evacuate, forget.
Pritchard closed the channel.
This phenomenon reminded Pritchard of the Crystalline Entity they had encountered the previous year.
