“Ooh!” WomanOldie sighed, “I didn’t realise we’d walked so far.”
At this moment the Artefact chirped to life, “Warning! Warning! Find cover. Sub-molecular dissipation imminent! Find cover!”
“Every time you chirp up, there’s trouble!” WomanOldie shouted at the Artefact.
Nearby a derelict house stood, its windows and doors long ago boarded over. They ran for the door and desperately pulled at the boards as a vibration grew in the ground beneath their feet.
The boards came away and ManOldie stood back and kicked at the door. It swung in on creaky hinges, allowing them to run into the gloom and close it behind them.
The vibration through the earth grew stronger and swirls of long settled dust filled the air in the dim room and flew around the old furniture. They both reached the window an
