Jigsaw World
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The Shadow lengthens from their feet and flows toward the horizon in all directions. First, it reaches the Ettema, who show horror and terror, but the shadow flows around them, never touching any of them, or any of the other living things around them. The Shadow flows in that manner until it at last reaches the nearest of the Ordinin.
The Ordinin sneers in contempt, having decided that the Shadow was harmless, merely a bit of trickery that would pass him by. His expression changes to panic, and then to pain, as the Shadow washes over him, dissolving him as it drains him of life. Now his companions take it seriously, and they mount their craft and vehicles to make their escape.
The Shadow surges forward, and wraps about the forms and vehicles of all the Ordinin within sight. The fates of the Ordinin are the same as the first, and the vehicles and craft are first pulled apart, and then the Troll-like Ordinin within them dies. As the Ettema sigh their relief and relax at last, the Shadow surges beyond the horizon, and surges up into the sky, to seek out the places of the Ordinin wherever they may dwell.
Although the Shadow may stalk the last vestiges of the Ordinin for days, even at the almost infinite speed of its travel, the sentence is now pronounced, and the Shadow will find its targets. The species which is known as the Ordinin will now die, on this and every world, and the universe will forget them.
The sentence carried out, there is no more need for Unutu, and they exhale the power that they had drunk, and their stature diminishes by twice ten times. Now Tom and Karla stand in the world of the Ettema, assuring themselves of the well being of the small creatures, before returning to their world. The gratitude of the creatures is intoxicating, and the relief of the delicate beings is gratifying.
The task is done, and it is time to return to the heavens, as it were. Tom and Karla concentrate for a moment, and the air before them shows them the storm tossed streets of their home. Holding hands, they step forward.
The End
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JD Lovil
Is the writer of a series of cross genre science fiction novels dealing with the existence of a multitude of parallel earths as required by the Many Worlds interpretation of Quantum Theory. He enjoys writing books which are essentially ‘stand alone’ books, but with similar rules and circumstances, and with some cross-over of characters.
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