Fear of the Cull
Steve stands frozen, icy fear coursing through his veins. "Is this it?" he thinks. "Is this my time?"
The biometric retina scanner at the site gate pulses, searching his eye just as it has done every day for the past four months. But instead of the familiar green approval, it blinks a rhythmic, violent red; like the unblinking eye of some unnamed demon.
“Come on,” he whispers, his voice cracking. “Not today.”
As if in response, the red light finally flips to green. The turnstile clicks, and Steve enters the site. But the fear doesn’t leave him; it remains: a tight, cold knot deep in the pit of his stomach. It makes his morning coffee taste like bitter ash.
He walks across the site, and the silence is heavy. As they say in the movies, it’s quiet. Too quiet. Several machines stand idle, their seats unoccupied. The crusher is silent. Which is why he hears the approach of the drone so clearly. It starts as a high-pitched whine, like a mosquito, but it is definitely gaining ground. Steve looks up, but the white drone is invisible against the bleached, bone-white morning sky.
He expects the sound to diminish as the drone continues its circular flyover of the perimeter. But the sound suddenly sharpens. Closer. He looks up once again and there it is: directly above his head, hovering maybe fifty feet up. It isn’t scanning the site or monitoring the fleet. The eye of the drone is trained directly upon him. As he moves toward his machine, it follows. Stalking him.
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