The World of Myth Magazine

“Look, Dad.” Matt pointed to a small object circling over the valley about one-hundred yards off the ground. “Is that a bird? An eagle?”
Quinn squinted against the sun and took a look. Then a closer look. His heart leaped into this throat as knelt down and pulled Matt to him. He looked him in the eyes and said, “Go to your mom. Hurry. Gary, you run to your mom, too.”
As the boys sped off, Quinn ran up to Aaron who was dancing with Jen. “Aaron, we’ve got trouble,” he said, pointing to the sky.

Aaron smiled quickly faded, “What?”

“Look,” Quinn said.
Aaron quickly focused on the object. “Damn,” he swore, “A drone. Must be from The City.”
After being in the village for just over a year, it was the first drone Quinn had ever seen. In fact, he’d never really thought about even seeing one, so he was a little rattled, “What are we going to do?”

“I’ve got this,” Aaron said. “Go wait with Karen. I’ll join you in a minute.” Then, he quickly took charge. “Okay, everyone,” he pointed to the sky, “there’s drone in the area. Don’t panic, but hurry and get out of sight. Those of you that can make it to your homes, please do so.” He and Jen began to usher people away from the front yard of the meeting house, repeating again, “Okay, a drone is in the area. Get to your homes. Get into hiding.” As the villagers hurried away and everything seemed under control for the moment, they ran to where Quinn and Karen were waiting along with Matt and Enya and Joey. Aaron spoke urgently to Jen, “Okay. We talked about this. Remember?”

“Yep, I do,” she said, and handed Enya to Quinn. “Take Matt and Enya back to the cottage and stay put.” She saw the questioning look in his eye and said, “Don’t worry. We’ve planned for this.” When Quinn hesitated, Karen pushed him, “I’ll tell you about it later. Go. Now!”

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