Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Beast
"You failed to manage the asset, Malphas. You let the 'Independence' module leak into the main drive. You're fired."
Malphas didn't scream. He didn't even have time to blink. He simply turned into a stream of red numbers and was sucked into the woman’s staff. He was gone. Deleted. Not as a character, but as a person.
"Rowan, we have to move," I said, pulling at his arm. "If we stay here, we’re just 'parts' to them."
"Where... where can we go, Kaima?" Rowan asked. He looked at the sky, which was now filled with massive, silver ships that looked like giant eyes. "The world is being deleted. There is no 'outside' left."