#StitchedSaturday 2/2/19 – Brasi Hyatt

We Are Hive

Short story by Brasi Hyatt
Stitch Saturday, permission granted

We Are Hive

<Begin Report>: SyadK g—2146:s
Start 87 915 21 system 1xg5n4tracker16
Record subject 9k2-12-+asdw
Comtinuum unlock for report event in known chrono, stream cognitive filter on

(subject chem: smells # SyadK g—2146:s container 221, hears ‘slither’ hears ‘click’ hears ‘whir’sense ‘fear’)

we ARE HIVE … you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE

who is talking I don’t even know where am I this is what’s going on I woke up in the dark I was walking my street looking for I think wait what is someone in my fucking head? It’s in my head omg help please someone help me what can you fucking believe that smell?  wait Mom? Is that you? Can you hear me? I am not hearing anything I can feel wtf I’m what is happening

we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE

(subject chem: smells # SyadK g—2146:s container 221, hears ‘slither’ hears ‘click’ hears ‘whir’sense ‘fear’)

What the fuck oh my god I can’t even open my eyes…I can’t move, am where am am fuck  I floating in SOMETHING?…calm down calm down this is a dream I am just dreaming why can I HEAR SOMEONE In MY HEAD

we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE

(subject chem: smells # SyadK g—2146:s container 221, hears ‘slither’ hears ‘click’ hears ‘whir’sense ‘fear’)

What are those lights in the fucking park for christ’s sake looking for Scruffy my eyes wait WELDED shut oh my god it hurts is this real god where are you help me oh please I am so scared help me help me mom help me help me

we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE

(subject chem: smells # SyadK g—2146:s container 221, hears ‘slither’ hears ‘click’ hears ‘whir’sense ‘fear’)

Feels like nothing is real have I been sleeping? wait omg, something smells different wait omg what is HERE help me god please I am sorry oh my god I FEEL SOMEONE OR SOMETHING NEAR ME HELP ME OH LORD PLEASE I AM SO SORRY WHAT DID I DO I CAN’T SEE WHAT IS TALKING IN MY FUCKING HEAD

we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE

(subject chem: smells # SyadK g—2146:s and SyadK g—2146:k SyadK t—2146:h SyadK g—2146:y container open, hears ‘slither’ hears ‘click’ hears ‘whir’sense ‘fear’ terminated)

Oh my god pain pain pain pai-   <end REPORT>

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“Oh SyadK g—2146:s, what a wonderful rotation around the triad,” said SyadK g—2146:k, lifting a human leg out of a large metal vat. The vat was the size of a small swimming pool and the lid had been peeled back, like a cup of Ramen Noodles. The human bones crackled.

All three suns were shining low in the sky. The molten rock surface of Kaken was roiling. A great day for mating.

“This human is delicious,” she added, as the spines on her back shivered in enjoyment and began to warm. The human had been alive seconds before, it’s flesh fresh still dripping with warm blood. Cognitizing the hunting report as she ate created a warm, fuzzy feeling in her nine vaginas.

She thought about SyadK g—2146:s’s skill as a hunter, as she felt the human’s fear and pain by cognitizing his hunting report.

“Yrrrzzzz,” she purred, her approval now obvious. It was an electricity only a Kakenite might be able to explain. Fertile days had arrived.

“All the way from system 1xg5n4. You really must want to mate me.”

“That is indeed the case,” said SyadK g—2146:s. “The newest hunting mechanism I coded in is buzzing throughout the Kaken. The hive is truly impressed.”

Everlast heavy bags, striped, and polka-dotted. Pulsing, pulsing. He was ready. Five of his penises were erect. He thought aloud.

“…the sense of being in a mind as it dies. It is something I am proud of, and hive will benefit,” he said matter-of-factly, moving toward her.

“You really outdid yourself,” she cooed, agreeing with him, leaning back, her scaly arms behind her head. The throbbing would soon be gone from him.

The molten rock flared, and SyadK g—2146:k watched her two offspring dance around in the lava. As the young played near the firy ocean, she called out.

“SyadK t—2146:h SyadK g—2146:y, there are still some intestines left. Hurry, because they won’t be fresh long,” she said. They kept playing without turning in her direction.

As she ripped apart the body with her teeth, which were nestled in green jaws resembling a backhoe, a human finger slipped through her paws. The finger, still attached to the bloody skin of the human’s hand, dropped into a crevasse in the rock she perched on. A suitcase-sized Kaken crab jetted out from under a cooling boulder. lt grabbed the digit with a claw, gulping it down. The Kaken crab looked like a dog with scaly feathers, a macabre duck. Sixteen of its legs ended in pinchers. It was gone as soon as it had appeared.

“You really must return to hunt that area again,” she said, sucking in a piece of small intestine, enjoying her gruesome spaghetti, the sight of her mate’s organs pulsing making this a most delectable feast.

The spines on her back were glowing bright orange, matching the lava, roiling. Her vaginas were fluttering and purple now. Open, close, open, close.

“I will, darling,” said SyadK g—2146:s.

He mounted her, entered her deeply, and began thrusting. As she continued to eat, he thought “we are HIVE you must join us HIVE HIVE HIVE.”

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Author Bio:
Brasi Hyatt is a resident of upstate New York. He is the former managing editor of Conservationist magazine, and his band Flakjacket has toured throughout Canada and New England. His new musical collaboration is called #themashup. A debut album will be released in 2019. Now he’s writing fiction, too, because writing songs does not allow him to effectively purge his crazy ideas.