Literature
Stranded on Earth Part 4
Todd was just about to free himself from his right foot shackles when he heard a nearby explosion, followed by the high pitched wheeze of a labouring helicopter engine. His every movement froze instantly and he listened intently, forcing all of his senses to high alert.
“Distant thunder,” he thought as he remembered the sounds he had barely noticed before.
“Only thunder. No vibrations,” he remembered and knew that it must have been a fight in the lower atmosphere he had inadvertently witnessed.
A smaller explosion then followed the first, succeeded by the vibrations of an impact that rippled through the ground. Then