Monolith, A flash fiction by Sambit Daspatnaik
The giant monoliths stood tall amidst the dry arid desert. In fact, they formed a pair. Unlike the previous ones that disappeared mysteriously within a few days, these stood permanently. Revathi and her team were studying the radiations being emitted from these massive metallic single piece structures from a small lab set-up at a close vicinity. They were clueless though, until Revathi laid her hands on an ancient manuscript, that provided instructions to activate these structures.
The ancient manuscript referred these giant alien monoliths as a portal to the other realm of the Sky Gods. Meanwhile, the scientific community had related this information to be an entrance to a wormhole.
The team finally made the breakthrough after several weeks of research. The two monoliths got charged and emanated a faint light between the two of them to form a portal. The only way to know what was on the other side was to walk through it all by oneself.
Revathi was now standing in front of this portal and took her steps hesitantly; and yet with determination, to make history. But deep within, she was concerned about the technique of teleportation that the manuscript had mentioned, where an object would disintegrate into packets of energy during the teleportation and again get integrated at the other end of the wormhole.
She took a deep breath; and marched right through the frame. As she entered it, she saw events moving faster through a passage. She could feel herself disintegrating until she had no memory of what happened next.
She was then thrown out at the other end on a flat solid ground. She was pleased to see herself intact. She then looked around to find high citadels at a distance, and ancient flying machines hovering on a visibly different sky. As she looked back, the light dimmed out indicating that the portal had stopped. Her heart sank. There was no way to go back to Earth and communicate this historic travel. But then, she looked forward to finding more about the speculated Sky Gods.
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The story was first published in Instagram as part of the flash fiction contest organized by The Creative Circe Official , where I had recited this story.
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