Letters from the future
The metal fence had gaps wide enough to slip through, and Ava ducked inside, her sneakers crunching gravel.
Her flashlight beam jittered across the ground, catching broken bottles, graffiti, scraps of tarp flapping in the wind.
“Hello?” Her voice cracked, too thin in the vast dark. “I’m here.”
For a moment, only silence answered.
Then—movement.
A figure emerged from between two freight cars. Tall, hooded, face hidden in shadow. Ava’s heart seized.
“You came,” the figure said. The voice was low, distorted, like someone speaking through clenched teeth.