Hide's 100-word story for May 24, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 24, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The trek was long, and arduous. They never minded, though. This was for the queen. The soldiers carried their packs back home, exhausted. Suddenly the air was choked with the horrible smell of burning flesh. It was Chaos, running and screaming. We don’t know why his mom named him that, but he hit the ground, writhing in agony. The rest of them looked up in horror to see a giant insectoid creature. He directed the concentrated sunlight towards them, frying them one by one. He laughed in delight. Someone calls from his house. “Antony, are you kicking humanhills over again?”

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