Moon Landing's Chilling Gaze

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Nov 22, 2025

The lunar module touched down with a gentle jolt, dust billowing then settling into an eternal stillness. Commander Thorne was the first to step onto the silvery surface, his boots crunching softly in the desolate regolith. The Earth hung like a vibrant blue marble in the velvet blackness above, a comforting presence amidst the vast emptiness. Yet, as he planted the flag, a cold shiver traced down his spine, a feeling not of isolation but of being observed. He scanned the horizon, expecting nothing but craters and shadows, but in the deepest crevice of a distant mountain, he thought he saw a flicker, a momentary glint that seemed to reflect not the sun's light, but something else, something ancient and incredibly patient, watching their every move from the moon's silent, unblinking eye.

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Nov 22, 2025

The glint vanished as quickly as it had appeared, leaving Thorne to question his own senses, attributing it to fatigue or the trick of light in the unfamiliar lunar landscape. But then, a low, grinding tremor vibrated through his boots, a sensation impossible in the airless vacuum, yet undeniably there, growing steadily from beneath the desolate regolith. He swiveled his helmet toward the source, a point in the vast, cratered plain, and watched in stunned silence as the silvery surface began to crack and heave, slowly at first, then with an agonizing groan that seemed to resonate through his very bones. From the rending earth, a colossal, segmented form began to rise, its immense, pale body shimmering faintly under the distant Earthlight, its blind, ancient head towering over the landscape, a moon worm the size of a mammoth, newly awakened from its slumber beneath the silent, unblinking eye of the moon.