Ancient echoes - Quantum Fold Chapter 4/1
Adrienne sipped her drink, fidgeting with the hem of her borrowed top. Her eyes stayed fixed on Kayla, trying to read beneath her calm exterior.
Kayla didn’t answer right away. She lowered herself onto the sofa beside her, wine glass resting in her hands. Her gaze drifted—unfocused, burdened—before she spoke.
“When I said we were sent to find others like us,” she murmured, “I meant it. We needed help, urgently. That was just one part of the mission. But my team…” Her voice caught, and she drew in a breath. “They didn’t survive. Finding you… that was luck. Nothing else.”
Adrienne stiffened. The calm confidence Kayla usually carried had cracked, if only slightly—
Kayla stared into her glass but didn’t drink. “In my time, the reptilians began to rule openly. They didn’t bother to hide anymore. They fed on humanity—drained us like cattle. We fought back with everything we had. Fusion weapons. Desperation. We won… if you want to call it that.”
She sat silently then finally looked up, eyes dark. Her voice faltered… “The cost was everything. Cities reduced to ash. Most of the human race gone in a blink. The cataclysm we created was so massive that the earth’s crust shifted. The few of us left alive crawled into the earth to escape what we’d done.
Yet some reptilians survived. They too retreated underground to their subterranean cities.
Several million years have wiped everything I knew away. The human race had to start over yet again.
Adrienne felt a chill settle under her skin as Kayla recounted the last days of her civilization. This didn’t sound rehearsed. It sounded like someone trying to speak through a survivor’s guilt.
“It’s happened before,” Kayla said. “Five times. This world is on the cusp of it happening again.
Every few millennia, the reptilians rebuild their numbers. Their life span is 1,517 years—precise, calculated. Before one generation dies, a new one is bred and raised in secret, ready to take their place.”
Adrienne took a long drink of her wine, her eyes never leaving Kayla.
“By our estimates,” Kayla continued, “they’ve just laid their eggs. Billions of them. Each female can produce up to thirty eggs. They do it in one place… one big nest.
Then she turned to face Adrienne. Her voice, for the first time, trembled slightly.
This civilization won’t survive another cycle. That’s why I’m here. To stop the cycle.
before it begins again.”
She paused. “I can’t do it alone. I need your help to find the nest—and destroy it. Before they hatch.”
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Ancient echoes - Quantum Fold Chapter 4/1
Adrienne sipped her drink, fidgeting with the hem of her borrowed top. Her eyes stayed fixed on Kayla, trying to read beneath her calm exterior.
Kayla didn’t answer right away. She lowered herself onto the sofa beside her, wine glass resting in her hands. Her gaze drifted—unfocused, burdened—before she spoke.
“When I said we were sent to find others like us,” she murmured, “I meant it. We needed help, urgently. That was just one part of the mission. But my team…” Her voice caught, and she drew in a breath. “They didn’t survive. Finding you… that was luck. Nothing else.”
Adrienne stiffened. The calm confidence Kayla usually carried had cracked, if only slightly—
Kayla stared into her glass but didn’t drink. “In my time, the reptilians began to rule openly. They didn’t bother to hide anymore. They fed on humanity—drained us like cattle. We fought back with everything we had. Fusion weapons. Desperation. We won… if you want to call it that.”
She sat silently then finally looked up, eyes dark. Her voice faltered… “The cost was everything. Cities reduced to ash. Most of the human race gone in a blink. The cataclysm we created was so massive that the earth’s crust shifted. The few of us left alive crawled into the earth to escape what we’d done.
Yet some reptilians survived. They too retreated underground to their subterranean cities.
Several million years have wiped everything I knew away. The human race had to start over yet again.
Adrienne felt a chill settle under her skin as Kayla recounted the last days of her civilization. This didn’t sound rehearsed. It sounded like someone trying to speak through a survivor’s guilt.
“It’s happened before,” Kayla said. “Five times. This world is on the cusp of it happening again.
Every few millennia, the reptilians rebuild their numbers. Their life span is 1,517 years—precise, calculated. Before one generation dies, a new one is bred and raised in secret, ready to take their place.”
Adrienne took a long drink of her wine, her eyes never leaving Kayla.
“By our estimates,” Kayla continued, “they’ve just laid their eggs. Billions of them. Each female can produce up to thirty eggs. They do it in one place… one big nest.
Then she turned to face Adrienne. Her voice, for the first time, trembled slightly.
This civilization won’t survive another cycle. That’s why I’m here. To stop the cycle.
before it begins again.”
She paused. “I can’t do it alone. I need your help to find the nest—and destroy it. Before they hatch.”
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You can view Quantum Fold episodes in order from the beginning in her album titled, Quantum Fold:
www.flickr.com/photos/199076397@N02/albums/72177720326169...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is an A.I. image generated using my SL avi.
I hope my pictures make you smile ♥
If you like what you see, please toss me a fav and follow me. I love seeing your comments. They make my day and keep me motivated!
I love my followers. You guys totally ROCK! ♥♥
And if you're taking time to read this you are SO awesome!!! Thank you!!!! ♥♥♥
Here's a link to my other Flickr photos/ images:
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