We wanted to be left alone today, but no one seemed to care. Our birthday was never a celebration. We spent most of our time dreaming of the mother we had never met. We were blessed to be twins, but we were cursed to have sacrificed our human host so that we could help colonize a once wasted planet. We wished we could not think of her.
They told us that the remaining humans were willing to conceive with our species because their own males became sterile and the planet was quickly becoming uninhabitable for them. Between our species, we would evolve into a stronger more resilient being that could withstand the harsh atmosphere of Earth and other less friendly planets in the Universe.
Created in a lab, we then grew inside of our host. She knew in advance how it would end. We shouldn’t care, but perhaps we have too much human in us.
– Written for YeahWrite.me fiction|poetry #265. Prompt up sentence, “We want to be left alone.” WC 155. Photo from Pixabay.com. “Gemini Redemption” was named 3rd place by popular vote in this contest. Read part two, Gemini Symbiosis, here.
Wow. I love a bit of scifi in my flash fiction! hehe Definitely more human than they would like to admit. 🙂
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🙂
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Do you plan on extending this story in the future? You’ve really set up an interesting premise.
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I hadn’t really thought about that. I mostly write micro fiction and poetry. Glad you like it!
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Agree with Cyn. Would like to read more.
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Oh wow! This is fantastic, Leara. I’d love to read more too. “Perhaps we have too much human in us”, brilliant!
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Thank you, thank you! 🙂
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This was brilliant. I would like to read more as well. I do so love a good dystopian sci-fi story.
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😀
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I like how your use of “We” made everything we learn about the twins so much more creepy.
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Thanks!
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