Beneath This Human Skin, Who Knows Who I Am?

Ten years after extraterrestrial life arrived, human civilization has not been wiped out, but Earth has become a hunting ground. Without supernatural abilities, humans struggle at the very bottom of the food chain.

In this apocalypse, those with supernatural abilities rule. I am someone who should have been weeded out, a powerless human.

My sister burned through her energy core to save me.

In my despair, I heard whispers from the darkness and saw an apparition with my own face.

When the monsters ignored me, and the files my sister left behind were finally uncovered, I understood.

I am human, and I am also a monster.

(Author's note: This story is fictional and based on scientific fantasy. It is soft science fiction, not popular science or hard science fiction. The scientific concepts involved have been imaginatively adapted and boldly hypothesized. I'll do my best to keep the story's basic logic consistent. Thank you for reading and supporting the work.)