Quantum Fold II – The glow - Chapter 4/7
The thin air clawed at her lungs, turning every step into the effort of a sprint. Ahead, a faint glow lit the horizon. Adrienne thought it was unnaturally bright for day—soft, steady, unmistakably artificial. A city, maybe. And the soldiers’ tracks pointed straight toward it.
Adrienne hesitated. There would be no help. Running into Horocyclians or hybrid soldiers would be suicide. And yet she knew exactly what the hybrids were after: the Aeternum Core.
Everything she’d learned about the Core had been speculation—Arcturian theories stitched together from fragments of a recovered ancient codex. No firsthand accounts. No certainty. Just warnings and myth. But if even half of it was true—if the Core really governed the flow of all time and space—she couldn’t let the hybrids gain access to it.
She set her jaw and followed the glow. As long as the boot prints stayed ahead of her, she might avoid crossing paths with them.
Two more explosions rolled across the plains, low and distant. Fighting. Definitely fighting.
She pushed on, scanning the barren landscape for movement. The sun beat down through the thin atmosphere, and the sky’s frantic swirl of stars and planets above made her stomach lurch. She had to focus on the ground.
A shadow swept over her—vast, angular, alive. Adrienne dove behind a cluster of boulders, pressing herself into a narrow gap. She held her breath.
She peered up from her hiding place looking up into the faceted eyes of a creature the size of a bus as it soared overhead. The creature’s wings roared, shimmering like stained glass caught in a storm. Its mandibles clicked in a pattern that felt disturbingly intentional, like a language she wasn’t meant to understand.
Dozens more followed, a whole swarm, all arrowing toward the distant glow.
They didn’t see her.
She stayed still until the last of them vanished into the horizon, then let her breath out slowly, hands trembling. She needed a moment—just a moment—to steady herself before moving again.
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Quantum Fold II – The glow - Chapter 4/7
The thin air clawed at her lungs, turning every step into the effort of a sprint. Ahead, a faint glow lit the horizon. Adrienne thought it was unnaturally bright for day—soft, steady, unmistakably artificial. A city, maybe. And the soldiers’ tracks pointed straight toward it.
Adrienne hesitated. There would be no help. Running into Horocyclians or hybrid soldiers would be suicide. And yet she knew exactly what the hybrids were after: the Aeternum Core.
Everything she’d learned about the Core had been speculation—Arcturian theories stitched together from fragments of a recovered ancient codex. No firsthand accounts. No certainty. Just warnings and myth. But if even half of it was true—if the Core really governed the flow of all time and space—she couldn’t let the hybrids gain access to it.
She set her jaw and followed the glow. As long as the boot prints stayed ahead of her, she might avoid crossing paths with them.
Two more explosions rolled across the plains, low and distant. Fighting. Definitely fighting.
She pushed on, scanning the barren landscape for movement. The sun beat down through the thin atmosphere, and the sky’s frantic swirl of stars and planets above made her stomach lurch. She had to focus on the ground.
A shadow swept over her—vast, angular, alive. Adrienne dove behind a cluster of boulders, pressing herself into a narrow gap. She held her breath.
She peered up from her hiding place looking up into the faceted eyes of a creature the size of a bus as it soared overhead. The creature’s wings roared, shimmering like stained glass caught in a storm. Its mandibles clicked in a pattern that felt disturbingly intentional, like a language she wasn’t meant to understand.
Dozens more followed, a whole swarm, all arrowing toward the distant glow.
They didn’t see her.
She stayed still until the last of them vanished into the horizon, then let her breath out slowly, hands trembling. She needed a moment—just a moment—to steady herself before moving again.
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You can view Quantum Fold episodes in order from the beginning in the album titled, "Quantum Fold":
www.flickr.com/photos/199076397@N02/albums/72177720326169...
You can view Quantum Fold II episodes in order from the beginning in the album titled, "Quantum Fold II":
www.flickr.com/photos/199076397@N02/albums/72177720331313...
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And if you're taking time to read this you are SO awesome!!! Thank you!!!! ♥♥♥