"You're not gonna believe what I just saw," Tim, the night shift intern at the observatory, exclaimed as he burst into the break room. His eyes were wide with excitement, and a hint of fear. Marla, the veteran astronomer who had seen it all, took a sip of her coffee before looking up from her book. "Tim, you say that every night. Did you finally spot your alien spacecraft?" "I'm not kidding," he said with a trembling voic...

"You sure you wanna do this?" The woman's voice echoed through the stark, white-walled room. Heather had taken off her blouse and bra in front of her, and was covering her breasts with her hands, with nervousness clear on her face. She was shaking and standing where the camera couldn't capture her. "Move to the center, stand firm, and smile a little," the woman ordered. "You look sad. We need to brighten up a little." Hea...

Emilia regained her consciousness and opened her eyes slowly. "We done?" she asked, as she looked around and searched for the members of her team. But none of them was around. A single unknown young woman was staring at her in confusion. The room she had woken up in wasn't even similar to the sterilized lab where the test had started and was supposed to finish. She recognized the room. It was used for robot repairs, and s...