Age of Monsters by John Lee Schneider

Author:John Lee Schneider [Schneider, John Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2019-08-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

It was nineteen days in, when Major Tom finally received communication from below – as if some back-up system somewhere, had finally come on-line.

A shrill, piercing whine had sounded in his ear as a hundred frequencies suddenly battled all at once. Wincing, Tom had grabbed for the volume.

Oddly, he couldn't pinpoint the location of the active station – at first, he'd thought it was Eureka, but his instruments showed that still dark.

He had actually given up trying – either communications were down for good, or no one living remembered or cared if he was up there.

The digital age, he thought – there was so much there to be lost – technology – history – all it took was turning out the lights and it just no longer existed. There would be no ancient scrolls for future explorers to ponder – it would all just be deleted.

And down planet-side, the Food of the Gods was 'blooming' again.

Tom had picked up the expression from one of the last surviving broadcasts – the kids in Japan, who had managed to establish a brief network of their own – connecting with other scattered survivors, sending in messages and video – a lot of it in English, now, as they started making contacts – all broadcast right from one of their dorm rooms.

Smart kids – in a bizarre way, they actually seemed to be enjoying the opportunity to exploit their talents in a crisis.

They had also been the first to report the incoming second wave.

Tom hadn't heard from them since. That had been a week.

Likewise, Kristi-in-Alaska's broadcasts had become more intermittent.

She had also stopped talking to the camera – most of her new clips were nighttime, using the bright camera beam to scan her yard – always with darting shadows just at the edge of sight – growing ever-more bold.

Most new data he had been receiving came from remote sources – security cameras and stoplights – pieces of automation that somehow survived and simply droned on, mindlessly recording what was in front of them.

Tom had at least managed a little progress on his own front – accessing a number of satellites, and for the first time, he was able to collate images from the entire globe, recorded during the entire event – he was even able to focus telescopes on specific areas of the planet's surface.

He ran all the images together – chronologically documenting the Apocalypse.

Even from space, Tom could see that it was not over.

The beasts were on the move – particularly the giants, which seemed to be traveling in large packs.

Tom also noted that the warring-factions held.

Along the North American west coast, for example, tyrannosaurs had consolidated in the north – the carnosaurs in the south.

And from what Tom could gather, that was a contested situation that was likely going to be decided soon.

Tom had gotten some good clear views of infected Carcharodonts – code named: 'Shark Tooth' – marching in tandem, moving up from San Francisco.

The satellite image provided no sound, but Tom could only imagine the thunder of footsteps.

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