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  • Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
  • Theme: Science fiction stories
  • Subject: Aliens & UFO's
  • Published: 07/02/2019

The Drop.

By Kevin Hughes
Born 1951, M, from Wilmington NC, United States
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The Drop.

Author's Note:

I consider this "Flash Fiction" as the story itself is in just one paragraph, and the last two sentences. The extra words are just a list of consequences. So not quite a short story, but a bit longer than a Flash Fiction piece.

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Nobody saw the Alien Ship dip down near the ocean just off of New York City. Oh,sure, a few sophisticated (and secret) advanced radar screens caught a brief glimpse of an object piercing the atmosphere only to disappear when it hit the ocean. But they wrote it off as a glitch in the system. After all ablation would remove all the outer layers that glowed on the way down- so it should have been invisible when it hit the water. It wasn’t. It just stopped at the surface - and then disappeared.

Dully noted in the logs, dismissed as an anomaly or glitch- it didn’t fit the profile of any known physical object. Because it was not.

The Tiny Aliens, no bigger than an amoeba,rested in their ship. The descent went as planned. Stephen Hawking couldn’t have kept up with even an Alien Kindergarten child. So much for the “big brain, bigger intelligence” theory common on Earth. You could put all trillion of the Aliens in a coffee cup, never even aware that they were a) There. b)Smarter than you. c)Each an Individual.

“Are you ready, Smrst?”

“Yes, Velligu.”

“Release the DROP.”

Smrst turned the handle a quarter turn. A tiny drop, barely bigger than a Water Molecule- but much, much, much denser, more complicated than the human brain, and more powerful than any Supercomputer on Earth- fell into the Ocean. The reaction was immediate:

1) Sea Temperatures plummeted and stabilized.

2) Acid rain was no longer possible.

3) The Poles were shifted two degrees backwards. Granting the Earth a stable tilt for at least 100 million years. Ice ages would come and go, but none would be “life threatening”.

4) All heavy metals were leached from all the animals in the sea…and eventually that process went onto land.

5) Humans lived out their life free of disease- but birth rates plummeted. Within fifty years there were only 600 million Humans left on Earth. That number would change only slightly (up or down) for the 100 million years granted by the DROP.

“We can go now, Smrst. Set a course for Home.”

“Yes, Velligu. I will be glad to leave this M-Brane. I can’t believe intelligent life messed up their own planet this badly that we had to intervene.”

Velligu smiled at Smrst, letting her Flagella brush up against Smrst’s outer shell:

“Now, now, Smrst, don’t be so harsh. After all they were once pond scum …just like us.”

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Aziz

07/05/2019

A nice one kevin. In truth it kept my mind thinking about many things and asking questions.
Cordially

A nice one kevin. In truth it kept my mind thinking about many things and asking questions.
Cordially

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Kevin Hughes

07/07/2019

Aloha Aziz,
Minds are great for thinking and asking questions! It is only when you are sure you know something that thinking stops. Smiles, Kevin

Aloha Aziz,
Minds are great for thinking and asking questions! It is only when you are sure you know something that thinking stops. Smiles, Kevin

Myree

07/05/2019

Very cool story Kevin. Rings true doesn’t it. We really are messing up the planet.
Pleased to say as of July 1st NZ have banned the use of plastic bags to help save the planet.
Two really good things onboard for NZ this year. The ban of guns now plastic bags.
:-)

Very cool story Kevin. Rings true doesn’t it. We really are messing up the planet.
Pleased to say as of July 1st NZ have banned the use of plastic bags to help save the planet.
Two really good things onboard for NZ this year. The ban of guns now plastic bags.
:-)

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Kevin Hughes

07/07/2019

Thanks Myree!
I have noticed that the Younger Folks around the World think of the whole planet as their home- and maybe, they will keep that vision in their minds as they grow older and fix our... Read More

Thanks Myree!
I have noticed that the Younger Folks around the World think of the whole planet as their home- and maybe, they will keep that vision in their minds as they grow older and fix our messes! And way proud of you Kiwi's for taking solid action in spite of the resistance of a few. My country is way behind in its thinking along those lines- but there are signs that will change in the near future.
Smiles, Kevin

Ayush Kumar

07/02/2019

Wow!!!!! Such a fun read...well-researched and equally well- written. Thanks for sharing : D
Regards,
Ayush

Wow!!!!! Such a fun read...well-researched and equally well- written. Thanks for sharing : D
Regards,
Ayush

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Kevin Hughes

07/02/2019

Thanks Ayush!
Smiles, Kevin

Thanks Ayush!
Smiles, Kevin

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