Mondays Finish the Story flash fiction challenge for August 10th, 2015– 150 words based on this image–

and this initial sentence–
“Where did they go?”
Copyright 2015 Douglas Daniel
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“Where did they go?” Syban asked.
“Nobody knows,” Kour said.
The red-stone ruin lay in tumbled silence before them, as if a mute witness to an ancient crime. Hills beyond sported green foliage, but hints of other structures peeked through the growth.
“These ruins extend for many kilometers in every direction,” Kour said. “Here, and in many other places.”
“To come so far, just to find this,” Syban said.
One of her feet stubbed on a stone. “Look,” she told Kour.
Together they dug and scrabbled away the earth, to reveal a stone tablet, meters long. On it were incised sigils– not random marks, but the symbols of some language unknown to them–
N RTHGAT M LL
They stood back to contemplate the symbols, as this world’s shattered moon rose.
“Cryptic, indeed,” Kour said.
Syban sat back on her hind legs. “I wish I could have met them.”
Yes, that’s going to be our contribution – shopping malls. Not exactly the pyramids of Giza… Good story, I enjoyed reading it.
Thank you.
It would be wonderful to find stone tablets. Great story!
Glad you liked it.
Ha, you are so write/right, malls and filling stations! 🙂 Excellent!
Thanks.
Excellent and very clever!!! Our mark on civilization… Well done!
Thank you.
Enjoyed your story Doug. Nicely crafted! Thanks for writing again for the MFtS challenge and be well… ^..^
Thanks.
Nicely done, Doug. 🙂 The image of the shattered moon says so much.
Thanks, glad you liked it.