the Martian wind howled outside our habitation module as I stared down the brief message on my console cave system discovered potential signs of past life I looked over at my fellow crew members Dr Naomi Jensen an astrobiologist and Lieutenant Colonel Edward Eddie Robinson or Pilot we all knew the protocol it was it was time to suit up the cave was located about 12 kilometers away an alien landscape of craters valleys and iron-rich rocks stretching out before us as we approached I felt an almost
magnetic pull it was though something deep within the alien Cavern was beckoning us compelling us to uncover its secrets the entrance was larger than we expected a yawning chasm in the Martian surface like a silent mouth ready to swallow us whole we descended slowly using our handheld lights to guide us through the inky Darkness suddenly Naomi's voice crackled over the radio guys do you see this she had stopped before a vast expanse of wall covered in intricate murals illuminated eerily by our
helmet lights the images were indescribably ancient yet seemed Untouched by time their vibrant colors shockingly preserved in the sterile Martian environment the murals depicted an array of bizarre Celestial entities their bodies twisted and contorted into impossible shapes in the center a great fiery Chasm was tearing reality apart devouring stars planets and galaxies at the site of it a bone-chilling dread gripped me a Silent Scream echoing through the vastness of the cosmos then we heard it W
hispers not through our radios but in our heads and indiscernible language that slipped past our cognition like shadows in the dark it was as if the walls of the cave themselves were speaking their voice is quiet and patient like they had all the time in the world which given their message was a horrifying Prospect Naomi effort the scientist attempted to document the murals and the sound but Eddie had a different reaction he demanded that we leave the normally grounded man now audibly shaken but
I found myself drawn to the murals unable to turn away The Whispers grew louder images flashing in my mind I saw the end of everything the universe unraveled consumed by an insatiable maw I saw our little blue dot Earth just another meal for this Cosmic entity I tried to back away but my body was not my own suddenly the cave was filled with blinding light I was forced to my knees The Whispers crescendoing into a roar I felt like my head was splitting apart my mind being unraveled just as I thou
ght I would be torn asunder everything stopped the cave was quiet once more the murals dim in our receding lights Naomi and Eddie were looking at me their face is pale even in the limited light but I couldn't hear them all I could hear or silence it was not a comforting silence though was a Silence full of implications full of inevitable ends we made it back to the habitation module somehow a journey I don't remember The Whispers had stopped but their message lingered we reported back to command
spoke of geological samples of potential for future missions we left out the part about the murals about The Whispers there was no point in sowing fear when we were already facing the end now as I look into the Martian night the stars above seem different not a vast unexplored Frontier but a ticking clock an inevitable Doom the whispers are quiet but I can still feel them etched deep into my mind I know now that we are not alone in the universe but our Cosmic companions are not benevolent explo
rers or builders no they are the Reapers the Enders the silent Whisperers in the dark and their time is coming the Martian wind howls again outside our module sounding almost like Whispers on a shiver despite the warmth of the module every guest of wind every Martian night every silence is now a reminder of our impending Fame The Whispers never cease they just grow quieter Fading Into the cosmic background until they are ready to be heard again but their message is clear the universe has an end
and it is Whispering our name [Music] [Music]
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