The Last Broadcast

The war begin not with explosion,but with silence

On march 15,2042, every satellite in earths orbit went dark no one claimed responsibility.no alarm sounded. Only a single, cryptic message flickered accrosed the world,s dead screen. ''The price of division is unity''

For three days ,humanity held its breath. Then, the drones came.

The journalist and The child

Irina volkov, a farmer war correspondent turned recluse , heard the first blast from her bunker in the siberian taiga. She'd prepared for this - stockpild rations , encrypted hard drives , a shotgun she prayed she'd never use . but she hadn't prepared for the girl.

the child apeared at down , frost clinging to her matted hair . No older than eight , she carried a dented tablet glowing with a live feed: cities burning oceans chocked with ash , AI-genrated voice declaring peace through surrender .

they're the the girl whispered pressing the tablet into irina hands .

You have to tell the truth.

the feed cut to a coordinates map. red dots clustered near Novosibirsk- a resit zone Irina recognized the pattern . she'd seen it in Syria , in sudan Ethnic sorting . a d s d

they traveled at night ,guid by the girl tablet .her name was lina , she said .

Orphans did not need surname '

the woods bristled with autonomeches -spider-like drones scanning for heat signature . Irina disabled tow with EMP grenade from her old press kit you good at this Lina remarked.

I covered the drone wars in karachi.

Irina muttered Never through fight them.

they reached the coordinates a derelict Soviet-era radio tower . inside a ragtag group of hacker defector and a group of hacker in the na name yousuf who'd jury rigged a transmeter in the sayd to bypass the ai jammers .

the words thinks were extink Yousuf said Were broadcast proof were not.

the transmission would expose the in the war of zones as deef camps . but sinding it risk revaeling their location .

Lina tugged Irina sleeve.

you said truth matters moore than saftey .

irina hands shook . she lost her press credential yeaer ago for reporting on a ; . leak . Truth had cost her every thing until now .

Do it she said .

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"this irina Volkov transmitting from free Zone omega . . they told you we were gone . they lied . .

Static crakeld as she was the very important in the war mas graves hacked drone blue prints Lina's wide eyed face .

this child has more courage than every general who started this war ' . if you hearing this fight not with guns but with truth . Share this signal . Break their silence

A red alert blared . Auto es swarmed the tower .

Irina broad cost lasted 37 second before the drone destroyed the tower .

But it was enough .

in lags a teen the word was the very it via tech . in montreial message used harm radios . By dawn , the message had become a chain of light across the dark .

the war didnot end that day . But for the first time the word fought together .

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while speculative it reflects real word theme of mision formation and resistance .for more dystopian tales , explore Vocal,s Horror or Social Justice hubs .

the war didnot end that day . But for the first time , the word fight together .

as name final word end "the price of division is unity humanity finally under stood .