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Eight - A Blessing, Or...?

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Falling...
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?!"

Seven - Though Oblivion May Claim MePost-Modern

Comments

Spaggyj 1. August 2008, 20:57

ARGH this is killing me! :insane:

Furie 2. August 2008, 00:40

Hmmm, mini nuclear blasts, time freezing. Has this guy been watching Heroes and got zapped by lightning or something?

Furie 2. August 2008, 00:41

:sst: That last line isn't a cameo by me is it? It sounds like me. :insane:

Dacotah 2. August 2008, 01:33

:confused:

Cois 2. August 2008, 10:21

:insane: I want to know tooooo mystery person on the bottom of the cliff!!!! :insane:

theoddbod 2. August 2008, 10:42

Mik, I was thinking more of the energy of the fall having to dissipate somewhere, some kind of instinctive survival measure.

I can exclusively reveal that the mystery person is....not Mik p:

Cois 2. August 2008, 11:15

Is it a woman? p:

rose-marie 2. August 2008, 12:38

:eek:

Cois 2. August 2008, 12:46

Is it Rose?

Furie 2. August 2008, 13:56

Absorbing of kinetic energy eh? Interesting. Sounds super soldiery to me.

Cois 2. August 2008, 14:48

He's creating a armoured bunny with spike tail army for you.. :eyes:

Furie 2. August 2008, 17:46

Cool. Wonder if it'll be "brrr"? :lol:

Cois 2. August 2008, 18:38

:lol: don't start that crap..

theoddbod 2. August 2008, 20:17

:confused:

Furie 2. August 2008, 21:57

Check out the post on the frontpage about Opera going to South Africa. :whistle:

theoddbod 2. August 2008, 22:08

I see :lol:

clean 3. August 2008, 01:23

Gnn ... rrgh ... aggh! It just gets more and more "I have to know what's coming next" with each chapter! Gah! :faint: :wink:

theoddbod 3. August 2008, 21:13

Hmmm...think I wrote this part a bit carelessly now I read it again, style-wise :irked:. Maybe I'm just picky.
Nine will be a bit different :D

Furie 4. August 2008, 06:45

Nine is where the mutant meets a young american child who sneaks it into the house and they have wacky adventures together as the stories end and the 80s TV series starts?

clean 4. August 2008, 13:35

Happy birthday!

theoddbod 4. August 2008, 20:51

Thanks! :D

H82typ 14. August 2008, 18:32

"My adventures With Bunny" starring Scott Baio

Followed by, "Bad Gran"
:lol:

theoddbod 15. August 2008, 06:54

:rolleyes:

H82typ 16. August 2008, 19:22

Is this going to be a long story? :wait:

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