draliman on life

It’s Mondays Finish the Story time. Because its Monday!

This challenge is hosted by Barbara Beecham and involves writing 100 to 150 words in response to a photo. To help us along we also get the starting sentence (which is not part of the word count). Something a bit different this week from me. The supplied starting sentence is in bold in my story below.

To see this week’s other contributions, click on the little blue froggy.

She was unaware that she was being watched.

But everything and everyone is watched. All the time.

The worm, as it goes about its business, is unaware of the bird watching it hungrily, which in turn is oblivious to the hawk above.

The deer has not seen the wolf, stalking it on silent paws. The wolf, intent on its prey, has not seen the hunter staring through the sights of his rifle, already counting the money the wolf’s pelt will bring.

The snow turns red and the hunter claims his prize.

High above, secreted within his cloaked scout ship, Ka’N’Kath watches the hunter through his ship’s optical scanning matrix.

Designation Oltrix 427, local name “Earth”, primitive weapons, multiple natural resources, recommend conquest.

Ka’N’Kath sends the message to High Command, turning his ship towards home, a home he will never again see. For he, in his turn, is being watched.

There is always a bigger fish.