Mine by Brett Battles

Author:Brett Battles [Battles, Brett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, mind control, end of the world, alien, Suspense, first contact, thriller
Published: 2016-07-18T18:30:00+00:00

FORTY-ONE

The Translator

THE TRANSLATOR RIPPED himself from his [secret place] and curled up on his bed, hyperventilating.

What had happened?

She was there. The Satellite was in his [secret place].

He had not wanted that, but somehow he must have summoned her.

Numbers passed over his lips in an unending loop—more information for the Reclaimer—the sound, as it always did, calming him. “One, four, four, three, four, eight, one, two, three, six, four, three, two. Three, two, three, nine, seven, seven, seven—”

“Shut up!”

The Translator twisted around and saw the Beast glaring at him from the other bed.

“Shut up, or I’ll do it for you!”

It was an empty threat. Like every night, the Beast was restrained to keep him from doing bad things.

The Translator snarled at him, showing he wasn’t scared.

“In the morning I will kill you,” the Beast told him.

But he wouldn’t do that, either. In the daylight, the Beast was not a beast, but a docile, repentant man-child. It was the darkness that brought on the Beast’s demon. The Translator knew all about him and had long ago sent his story to the Reclaimer.

He flipped over so his back was to the Beast, putting the monster out of his mind and concentrating once again on important things.

On the Satellite.

Not only had she been in his [secret place], but she had seen him and even tried to talk to him.

You should have let her. A boy’s voice, one of the first the Translator could ever remember hearing.

Are you crazy? another said, this one more familiar, his everyday protector. Dangerous! Much too dangerous!

You should have spoken with her, the boy said.

Impossible. Impossible!

You should have.

The Translator began rocking.

You should have. You should have. You should have.

“One, four, four, eight, four, two—”

“Shut up!”

“—zero, nine, three, nine, four, three, two. Three, two…”

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