Eight - A Blessing, Or...?
Friday, 1. August 2008, 20:21:36
I close my eyes, not wishing to see the ground rushing up to meet me or Pete's anguished form falling ahead of me. A minute late i hear a sickening thump...next one will be me. I clench all over in reluctant anticipation.
Time passes. Surely i should have hit the ground by now? I cautiously open one eye, then instinctively shut it tight a moment later. There's the ground only a couple of feet away! I expect oblivion to follow immediately, but nothing happens. Is this what it's like the moment before death?
I open my eyes again. Still seemingly the same distance from the earth. I notice something...a sort of green bee intent on a flower. But it's completely motionless - i can see its wings aren't moving as it hovers above. What is going on?
I try to move my leg, and to my surprise it responds instantly. Ok, next step.
I cautiously place my left foot on the ground, then the right. Everything feels normal. I place a hand down, then the other, and suddenly feel energy rush through me. It feels like i'm being electrocuted; i arch my back and clench all over, digging my hands deep into the soil. I scream soundlessly in agony, and almost pass out. Then it feels like a switch flips somewhere inside me, and the energy explodes from me in all directions. My screams aren't far behind.
A few seconds later everything stops and i collapse to the ground, drained of energy. Wearily i lift my head and look around me.
The green bee is gone. So is everything else for about twenty feet around me, the grass burnt completely away and a tree ripped from its roots. A little further on Pete's smashed body is smouldering, leaving a smell that makes me gag a little. This isn't a good place to lie.
I try vainly to raise myself to my feet, but my legs aren't having any of it. With great difficulty i drag myself along the ground a short distance, just enough to reach the fallen tree and get out of range of the smell. I lie against the tree, waiting and hoping my energy returns soon.
Next thing i hear is a voice :
"What the bloody hell are you?!"










Spaggyj # 1. August 2008, 20:57
Furie # 2. August 2008, 00:40
Furie # 2. August 2008, 00:41
Dacotah # 2. August 2008, 01:33
Cois # 2. August 2008, 10:21
theoddbod # 2. August 2008, 10:42
I can exclusively reveal that the mystery person is....not Mik
Cois # 2. August 2008, 11:15
rose-marie # 2. August 2008, 12:38
Cois # 2. August 2008, 12:46
Furie # 2. August 2008, 13:56
Cois # 2. August 2008, 14:48
Furie # 2. August 2008, 17:46
Cois # 2. August 2008, 18:38
theoddbod # 2. August 2008, 20:17
Furie # 2. August 2008, 21:57
theoddbod # 2. August 2008, 22:08
clean # 3. August 2008, 01:23
theoddbod # 3. August 2008, 21:13
Nine will be a bit different
Furie # 4. August 2008, 06:45
clean # 4. August 2008, 13:35
theoddbod # 4. August 2008, 20:51
H82typ # 14. August 2008, 18:32
Followed by, "Bad Gran"
theoddbod # 15. August 2008, 06:54
H82typ # 16. August 2008, 19:22