Monstrosity by Laura Diaz De Arce

Author:Laura Diaz De Arce [Arce, Laura Diaz De]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2019-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

Etta answered her with a quizzical look. Karen shook her head at the tablets in front of her. “It's just... it doesn’t make sense. None of these stats match to the projections and calculations the first team did. I haven’t seen unpredictability like this since I did predator migrations in my internship, and those things were alive! I just...”

Etta put a hand on Karen’s shoulder. It was a tentative gesture, and for all their familiarity, one that felt forced. The buzzing of the station seemed too still while Etta pondered what had changed, how this woman whom she had been attracted to seemed like a stranger to her suddenly. “I’m sorry it’s frustrating. What do you think it could be?”

“I… I don’t know. I mean, this isn’t normal. These tremors aren’t normal for a moon like this. These readings make no sense and it's the one thing that should make sense out of any of it. I keep running through them and all I hear is my mom’s old ghost stories in my head!” Karen slammed one hand on the table and ran the other across her shorn hair.

“Ghost stories?”

“Yeah, I... my mother believed in ghosts and hauntings and I… I’ve never grown out of it.”

Etta forced a chuckle, but it was hollow. That feeling of a presence had also been in the back of her mind. She didn't feel haunted, just not alone. Etta looked away, but saw nothing there.

“I know! I know! It's just,” Karen’s breath was quickening “No one has been able to prove whether ghosts are real or not and I just-I don't know what to make of this. I don't know what to make of the change in the air and the weird stuff.”

“I know it's scary, but it's probably just old equipment,” Etta said, trying to sound logical in the face of her own blooming unease.

Karen rubbed her shoulder, “Remember what happened on Helofax29? The investigation found that the crew ignored warning signs. Like, strange happenings and all that? What if that's happening here?”

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