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 The Nanite Invasion  (11 ratings)by Roger Born Page 1 of 2 it all began as dust, blown by the wind. we all saw the silvery dust falling only onto the desert, it was televised everywhere. we looked closer. we saw tiny little silver machines being blown into the crevasses of the land. there was a limited quantity of them. we examined them cautiously. we knew, as a world, that they were not active. what were they? a single one of them was so small. what could they do to us? what did they want? i was a scientist. my beautiful wife was also a scientist, intensely curious. we drove through the desert, through the cheap housing track being built. the houses looked like skeletons, silent and dead, there in the hot desert sun. a few of them were beginning to show cheap colorful coverings. soon they would be filled with low income families, with children playing. we drove to the site where, in a single canyon, the nanites had blown. nanites were named by somebody, from a science fiction tv show episode. they looked just like toys. toys cheaply made, with not too well formed features. what could they do? we saw that they were moving. we found that they were going down into the ground, digging down to hide. they would be finding caves and caverns down there to congregate in together. what were their plans? armies were formed. our plans were made by a newly alarmed, and united mankind. somehow we knew this was an invasion, and was a battle for our very existence! one nanite vessel was carefully isolated by my men. after many tests, we found that it would dissolve in water! no wonder they avoided the oceans. back at the site, we could tell that they were active now. and growing in number! wearing protective gear, we were going through the caves. it was like a horror movie. stay above them! donšt let them cut you off! they were digging into the sides of the caves and caverns to hide from us. we could sense that they were intelligent. how intelligent were they? we evacuated. plans were changed. a river was diverted. a dam was blown. the water came in, down into the caves. and above, it was raining! soon the hiding nanites were dissolving in their chambers! we had won! we drove back through the slowly evolving housing tract. cheap 50šs noire. we would soon find them all. we would win! i stopped at a gas station. my wife got a drink from the fountain. then she passed out. at the base hospital she came to. she was different! her eyes! she spoke with another voice. she spoke of many worlds now conquered in an endless campaign. what we thought was nanites was only their invading vehicles. hidden inside, waiting for water to free dormant occupants, were the sub-celled nanites. we sedated her. my wife! what could i do for her? she was hot and sweaty. i absently wiped her brow with my hand. Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 Roger Born, sffworld.com. All rights reserved. No part of this may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the author. The author has submitted the work in accordance with and in agreement with the following Submission Guidelines. |
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