Planted

First contact with extraterrestrials destroyed us. Enid endured the rise and collapse of the disease that had ravaged the earth seven years ago. It almost took her sanity and her life.

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Its strange form was silhouetted by the flickering light coming from the living room.

Enid let out a soft gasp, stopping herself from screaming, and immediately backed up to get out of the creature's vision. It had already turned around, its large faceted eyes surveying her. It held up its hands and glanced toward the living room as she stumbled back into her room and slammed the door shut. She listened to the clicking of the thing's feet as it moved into the living room and back to her door.

"Get out!" she yelled through the door, scurrying over to her bed and grabbing up her revolver. When she moved back to the door, she could hear some soft tapping but it wasn't the sound of it walking away.

She screamed again. "Get out!"

No response. Enid took a deep breath and slowly pulled the door open before swinging it wide and lifting her gun up to aim at the thing's chest. The creature backed up a step, lifting its clawed hands, one of which was holding a white screened tablet.

Enid took another step forward, forcing the thing to take a step backward as it slowly moved the tablet toward her. "Out," she growled, ready to squeeze the gun's trigger.

The thing pressed the device toward her and she finally glanced down at it. It had printed on the bright screen in capital, black letters:

FRIEND