Lava

Massmediawereinvaded.<br/>　　Televisionandradiowereinterruptedbyaninvadingsignal.<br/>　　AllInternetconnectionsweredeadandthephonesmute.<br/>　　Everyonestoodinfrontofthetelevisionscreensthinkingitwasonlyinterferencebut,insteadoftheirusualprogram,anotherimagefloodedthescreen:anabstractmassmovedhypnotically.<br/>　　Atfirst,noonecouldspecifywhattheysaw,butastheirview<br/>　　gotusedtoit,theybegantoseeshapes:incredibleliveillustrationsonalivesupporttoo.Likethetapeofafilm,butsoslowastoperceiveitsdisplacement,alwaysfromrighttoleft.Itwasnotmechanical.Theymovedlikesomethingthatbreathesandwalks.<br/>　　Asimilarimagehadneverbeenseen.<br/>　　Theradioemittedonlyadistantmurmur,likeawhisper.Nothingelse.