The reason and partner didn’t matter anymore. What mattered was spreading the virus it contained to cleanse planets of people.

Why, it didn’t know or care. Spreading was its purpose. It didn’t keep track of the worlds it went to or how it got there. Only that it did so as commanded.

It paused at a familiar sound coming through the air duct. A familiar smell came to it as well, and it changed course.

It moved through the dark corridor toward the access hatch with ease, light no longer serving or hindering it.

It just knew. Knew what awaited.