The arid landscape was drawing closer every month. The community felt unsettled as fear eroded their complacency and impassiveness. Men and women of Hope had believed their land would remain the anomaly, but the reality was that the parasitic outsiders were slowly decimating their ecosystems. And the aliens’ greed was voracious! The humans who had survived the unexpected onslaught were compelled to band together and work as a team to take their world back. Future generations and the survival of Arcadia depended on it. People would have to stand up and fight for their birthright and what belonged to them!
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2019
(This post was inspired by Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle. The challenge asks for bloggers to write a story in 100 words or less in response to the photo prompt.)
Or perhaps they could just reduce fossil fuel use?
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I do not believe that would hamper aliens from utilizing their living ecosystems.
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A shame it took an alien invasion for humans to band together at last!
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Unfortunately most humans don’t help others unless they can see the benefit for themselves – especially if it will require sacrifice on the part.
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Well written. I wonder how many people would deduce the locality of the picture?
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Thank you so much. That it is huge compliment from you.
By any chance, do you know where this picture was taken?
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I don’t know the exact spot, but it is exactly like some of the mine dumps in the Johannesburg area. They erode amazingly. We (completely irresponsibly) used to explore cave systems in them when I was a boy.
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I miss those mine dumps in Johannesburg. It was a sad day when they took them away and changed the landscape.
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Some on the Reef still survive, I think, They did when I was last there, anyway.
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Alien parasites destroying the ecosystem–sounds like us invading another world. Great SciFi, I’d love to know how they fight against the Aliens.
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Definitely worth a battle to the death!
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Or erect a more threatening wall…..
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Sometimes walls do not solve the problem …
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Yep… only in extremes do humans band together. Hopefully they will prevail.
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So true isn’t it? And it is when we do this that things can be changed.
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Inspirational story of team work!
I love the up beat feel to this.
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Thank you so much Dawn. Thank you for reading.
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