A Story A Day Challenge 2025 – A Leap Backwards Part 10

They weren’t shy about their theories and opinions, but they never talked about the Sky Marshall much around the ai. It was theirs, but they knew it recorded everything and if pressed, the Sky Marshall would push back. Hard.

So they kept most of their conversations about their theories on the virus causing the Shamblers to rise.

There had been signs of organization, even self preservation to a point on other worlds, but not what their suits’ proximity sensors reported.

It wasn’t a swarm, but a wave of sorts and that unnerved Robert.

It felt like there was something more.