Tales of the First

“Let your gran deal with it,” Martin said. “Now let me tell you what I found.”

“Yeah, that’s important,” Wendy agreed. “What?”

“You were right, it wasn’t the first incident of Magenta fog. It’s been going on for a couple of years at least. So far I’ve found nine incidents including Castleham and the one in America. All over the world, always in obscure places and always in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Castleham breaks the pattern because while we’re on the small side Britain is just too crowded for anywhere to be isolated. Which makes me think whoever is doing this either didn’t intend it or picked here for some specific reason. The fact that the two incidents are so close together indicates that as well. Also descriptions of paranormal events and brain damaged people surround all the areas.”

“What about these paramilitary killers?” Lucy asked.

“Oh, I found them as well,” he said. “They pop up for the first time about nine months, initially it was taking them two or three days to appear at fog sites and they were much less organised but they seem to have gotten better as time went on.” He paused then added. “I found a website for them hidden on the darknet. They think we’re being invaded by aliens and the people they kill are alien interlopers.” He grinned at Sienna. “So are you an alien, Sienna?” His tone made it obvious he was joking.

“Not to the best of my knowledge,” she said.