Tense Negotiations

"The sound of the pistol leaving it's holster was deafening in the silence of the cavernous metal chamber. It seemed to drive home the impossibility of so many of the massive creatures looming up out of the gloom without so much as a sound.

 

'J'Xaxthii, Sir.' The statement from the young woman in the dull gray armor carried with it a trace of static. Even with positive readings she had refused to remove her rebreather. The commander has earlier called her paranoid, but was having very sudden second thoughts.

 

'I know what they are.' He barked in his typical coarse voice to the lieutenant. 'We've glassed more than one rock crawling with these things. Why aren't they attacking?'

 

The crowd of chitinous, glistening creatures parted like silent water to reveal a small, human child walking towards the group. Eyes distant, gait strangely jerky.

 

'I think we're about to find out, Sir.'

 

 

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Done! Done done done. And finally. Packing these up now, will hopefully have them out in a few hours. Hope people enjoy them!

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