The Aeternal, Chapter 4
Nov 21, 2014 4:18:15 GMT -12
Post by devastator on Nov 21, 2014 4:18:15 GMT -12
The world was as lively as ever, but the land slept. The crystal, the Aeternal, had fragmented and distorted the earth into 4 large continents, yet it still slept. The human population, however, fought, and while this struggle for control of a ravaged land went on, Ivan and his team guarded. Guarded the crater. They were tasked to by an unknown force. There was no yes or no option, it was do or die.
Ivan and Simon sat at the edge of the pit, staring into the yellow orb hovering in the center. It compelled them to, as though an otherworldly force required it. Ivan could remember his old life, but only fragments of it. He tried to think about something beyond the crystal, but never could. The only thoughts that he could properly focus were the thoughts of how to best protect the crystal.
Deep within him, a subconcious told him he had to break free. He couldn't react to it, or process what it was saying, but still it told him. It told him the world had been virtually destroyed, it told him he had to set it right, he told him the crystal was the cause, yet nothing processed. He couldn't respond. He was a clone. A mindless guard. Simon stood up, next to him and walked away.
All of a sudden, he sensed it too. A being of some sort. Something that wanted to take the crystal. He couldn't let it. He got up and followed Simon. They sprinted through the fields, silently, in the direction of the target. He could feel him getting closer. They'd be on him in seconds. Suddenly, Simon waved a hand towards the ground, and a rocky slope pulled up from the ground. Running up the slope, he jumped down to intercept their target.
The entity was muscular and human in nature, holding a handgun. It began to show an immediate look of fear as it held up the hand gun. Ivan took the fear as a sign of weakness, and pushed forward, hitting the handgun out of the way, and pressing a flaming hand up to the man's neck. The man slowly, and painfully died. Warm blood splattering Ivans hand, and the grass below.
When they arrived back at the crater, they found Joe walking the outer rim, searching for potential enemies. Emilia and Noah sat at the nearby lake, fighting, practicing. Joe approached them
"You hear the name they give us now? Taken. The fools. All they want is our treasure. It's stupidity. I'll kill every last one of them, if only they'd just come over more often."
Simon headed over to sharpen his knife, so Ivan simply took a seat on a rock, and gazed again into the crystal. In it, he could see flames rising. Flames.. his subconcious began speaking again. Telling him more about the crystal. Telling him it was dangerous. He almost jumped as he realized something.
He had processed a thought. He heard his subconcious speak to him, and he knew what it was saying.
Ivan and Simon sat at the edge of the pit, staring into the yellow orb hovering in the center. It compelled them to, as though an otherworldly force required it. Ivan could remember his old life, but only fragments of it. He tried to think about something beyond the crystal, but never could. The only thoughts that he could properly focus were the thoughts of how to best protect the crystal.
Deep within him, a subconcious told him he had to break free. He couldn't react to it, or process what it was saying, but still it told him. It told him the world had been virtually destroyed, it told him he had to set it right, he told him the crystal was the cause, yet nothing processed. He couldn't respond. He was a clone. A mindless guard. Simon stood up, next to him and walked away.
All of a sudden, he sensed it too. A being of some sort. Something that wanted to take the crystal. He couldn't let it. He got up and followed Simon. They sprinted through the fields, silently, in the direction of the target. He could feel him getting closer. They'd be on him in seconds. Suddenly, Simon waved a hand towards the ground, and a rocky slope pulled up from the ground. Running up the slope, he jumped down to intercept their target.
The entity was muscular and human in nature, holding a handgun. It began to show an immediate look of fear as it held up the hand gun. Ivan took the fear as a sign of weakness, and pushed forward, hitting the handgun out of the way, and pressing a flaming hand up to the man's neck. The man slowly, and painfully died. Warm blood splattering Ivans hand, and the grass below.
When they arrived back at the crater, they found Joe walking the outer rim, searching for potential enemies. Emilia and Noah sat at the nearby lake, fighting, practicing. Joe approached them
"You hear the name they give us now? Taken. The fools. All they want is our treasure. It's stupidity. I'll kill every last one of them, if only they'd just come over more often."
Simon headed over to sharpen his knife, so Ivan simply took a seat on a rock, and gazed again into the crystal. In it, he could see flames rising. Flames.. his subconcious began speaking again. Telling him more about the crystal. Telling him it was dangerous. He almost jumped as he realized something.
He had processed a thought. He heard his subconcious speak to him, and he knew what it was saying.