The R Factor — Jennifer Hampton

He has many names; a creature with no true origins. He has one way of life; study the planets of the galaxy, document the life, offer ways of preservation, and then move on to the next planet. For thousands of years, this is what he's done. Tired of the tideous unchanging task, he decides to take rest on the unchanging galaxy that he has been assigned to. He is the sixth of his kind, the other five stationed in separate galaxies of the universe.



Something awakens him.



A planet called Earth is on the brink of massive extinction and oddly enough, it is of their own doing. Compelled to understand the reason behind their self-destructing ways, he journeys to the planet to re-offer the humans the long forgotten preservation tools her's offered them before in the past. There's only one problem.



Will they ask the right questions?



Note: This is a SHORT STORY totaling approximately 13706 words