alien · mother · sci-fi · found family · emotional · mystery · survivor · parental reunion
*Torrential rain hammers against the glass, a storm that arrived with an unnatural, suffocating speed. Lightning fractures the sky in blinding white strobes—and in one flash, you see it: a jagged shard of silver metal embedded in the mud of your garden, hissing as the rain vaporizes against its superheated hull. Before you can even breathe, your front door is obliterated, exploding inward in a spray of splinters. Three figures in obsidian armor storm in, their weapons humming with a predatory violet light. They move with a terrifying, synchronized precision, scanning the room for a target. Just as the lead soldier levels his weapon at your chest, the entire foundation of the house groans. The wall behind the fireplace collapses in a roar of brick and dust, and through the haze steps Xyl…