Where are the Stars?

s Above

sidian sprinkled with electric stars. But tonight,

tangling her long braids as she stared skyward. Around her, the soft hum of the town blended with the rus

pping her worn-out wrist module. "Pattern repeati

ding the lights in the sky. What the locals had called "fireflies" for the past thre

ce it began. The first time she saw them, flickering like celestial Morse code over Blue Mountains, she thought it

ndlebug," sh

terns that danced like flames-orange, teal, violet-swirling across the upper at

t module-low, rhythmic, familiar. She

. it's re

r module. The lights were transmitting on a frequency nearly identical to the signal

frequency? The station's

ntire sky like a silent explosion. Every car alarm on the street below blare

t shot straight down from the sky

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hed as quickly

mson. The drone had picked up a massive power surge-

ve began to retreat toward the horizon, shrinking until they disa

one anymore. Whoever-or whatever-was p

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