Monthly Drawing 11b: Far Out in Outback (Patreon)

Becky Taylor had been a Northern Territories officer for four years now and thought she'd seen everything. 

She'd been sent to Buggerup Station to investigate some tourists that had gone missing (of course, nobody reported this for two weeks). Walking out by the last place the tourists were seen she came upon a very strange item. It looked like a piece of post-modern art. The kind of thing Sydney artists put in front of corporate headquarters. 

Why was it here? Was it advertising something? 

As she got nearer, it began to hum at a frequency that she could feel in . her bones. Not uncomfortable but, noticeable. When she raised her hand to touch the shiny surface, there was a 'click' from deep inside...