I have come so far, she thinks, as the cloud frame fades from the monitor and she lingers at theWorkstation with her gentle thoughts--far from where work plays its last card to fight the sky, where...

She goes into theJungle, finds a thick-walled containment structure with a hefty piece of metal inscribed Batter needs the right fluff to blow it out of the park.

She thinks. So, the rainforest...

She corrects her stance, moves past the monitor where she has coasted and coexisted since her arrival. She always finds the balance to appease the elements at theWorkstation. She makes her best attempt...

18.

They watched the vidfeed as the probe closed in on the murky structures. They appeared some kind of dwelling, incredibly high above the floor of the ocean, perhaps as much as five miles,...

PART I

“Sir, you had better see this,” said mission specialist Johnson.

“What is it Johnson?” replied Director Petersen.

“We have some new images from MRO streaming in now sir,...

PART II

“Colonel Pike, get in…I’m Ted Johnson12.”

“What? Where am I?”

“Sorry sir, everyone here is called Johnson. Well since you’re here, I guess it’s alright to tell you, this...

PART III

(28 months later…at Cape Canaveral, Fl.)

“Hello space fans, Steven Gallot here reporting to you live from Cape Canaveral, Fl.” “We’re only about ten minutes away from the historic...

PART IV

Day four on the Vastitas Borealis plateau of Mars, outside the strange structure.

“Carol set up the ground radar imager against this ‘door’, lets see if there’s anything behind...

She captures images of lemmings attacking yaks in sack races, pilgrims strapping peaches onto the drums of war. Is it a new push to the limits by theNetwork for purity--purity for the old history?