Phantoms
“The lights were on. The computer screens glowed. Everything was ready for them.
Jenny had been trying to hold to the belief that they could still somehow resist, that they still had a chance, however small, of influencing the course of events. Now that fragile, cherished belief was blown away. They were powerless. They would do only what it wanted, go only where it allowed.
The six of them crowded inside the lab.
“Now what?” Lisa asked.
“We wait,” Jenny said.
Flyte, Sara, and Lisa sat down at t...he three bright video display terminals. Jenny and Bryce leaned against a counter, and Tal stood by the open door, looking out.
Fog foamed past the door.
We wait, Jenny had told Lisa. But waiting wasn’t easy. Each second was an ordeal of tense and morbid expectations.
Where would death come from next?
And in what fantastic form?
And to whom would it come this time?
At last Bryce said, “Dr. Flyte, if these prehistoric creatures have survived for millions of years in underground lakes and rivers, in the deepest sea trenches .MoreLess
Jenny had been trying to hold to the belief that they could still somehow resist, that they still had a chance, however small, of influencing the course of events. Now that fragile, cherished belief was blown away. They were powerless. They would do only what it wanted, go only where it allowed.
The six of them crowded inside the lab.
“Now what?” Lisa asked.
“We wait,” Jenny said.
Flyte, Sara, and Lisa sat down at t...he three bright video display terminals. Jenny and Bryce leaned against a counter, and Tal stood by the open door, looking out.
Fog foamed past the door.
We wait, Jenny had told Lisa. But waiting wasn’t easy. Each second was an ordeal of tense and morbid expectations.
Where would death come from next?
And in what fantastic form?
And to whom would it come this time?
At last Bryce said, “Dr. Flyte, if these prehistoric creatures have survived for millions of years in underground lakes and rivers, in the deepest sea trenches .MoreLess
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