Milo stood at the crest of the hill in the woods, gasping for breath, staring down at the giant black orb that hadn’t been there yesterday.

The Orb was big – the size of a pickup truck at least, although the bottom third was buried in the earth as if the Orb had plunged from the sky and smashed into the wet ground at the bottom of this gully. It was a deep, solid black, with no reflections that Milo could see. And the air around it was strangely quiet, as if the Orb was sucking the soun. . .

Milo stood at the crest of the hill in the woods, gasping for breath, staring down at the giant black orb that hadn’t been there yesterday.

The Orb was big – the size of a pickup truck at least, although the bottom third was buried in the earth as if the Orb had plunged from the sky and smashed into the wet ground at the bottom of this gully. It was a deep, solid black, with no reflections that Milo could see. And the air around it was strangely quiet, as if the Orb was sucking the soun. . .