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A quiet scratch breaks the silence, awaking memories of a time long past. A red and brown monolith, shrouded in dust, bearing a number, rendered illegible by time; slowly begins to move from its berth.
Ancient machines, derived from a better world, grind with the effort of moving such a titan. Metal screeches in protest as the monolith begins to move. With one last screech of effort, it shudders to a halt, before silently moving aside.
For a moment, the wasteland is still, seemingly watching in awe as figures emerge from the dark aperture. They seem to blaze amidst the drab gray dirt, children of fire, imprisoned underground, returning to sunlight once more.
With muted steps, they spread out, exploring a world they once knew. They have been sleeping so, so long, dead men and women running from the reaper.
With slow, heavy movements, they uncover the fallen. For a century, they have lay there, undisturbed. Skeletons of all sizes draped around, trying to find solace in a slowly decaying world. Their mouths spread in grotesque smiles, laughing in the face of Armageddon, embracing their rapidly approaching demise.
Emergence
When they had left, the world was young and strong. They had lain down to sleep in their bunkers, knowing when they emerged the world would be young again.
But this…
No one expected this.
The silent reaper was still before them
Watching them all with hungry eyes
He had waited millennia for the world to end
He would wait many more for those that escaped him
They trekked back towards the sand blasted aperture
And watched in silence as the door was sealed
They had waited a century in silence. They would wait another for their salvation
They had the strength
They had the resolve
They had the technology
They had the tools to escape the reaper.