02-07-2005, 03:59 PM
Dusk ran through shaft after shaft. The things, whatever they were, were gaining on him. Not because they were necessarily faster, he thought, but because they seemed to know every shortcut and every single tunnel. It was like some immense force was guiding them to him. The ground beneath his feet suddenly gave way, and he spiralled down, down into the darkness. There what a resounding crash as he hit the metal floor beneath him.
This was odd, thought Dusk. Why was there a metal floor in the lower levels of an underground cavern? As he stood up, a pillar of fire erupted from the middle of the un-natural room. It was huge, sort of square with a circular hole in the middle. Fire blasted from this hole, it must be some kind of pressure valve. What was what looked like human equipment doing down here? There was no time to think about that now. There were two doors at either end of the room, one was locked and the other was violently shaking. Eerie voices came from behind. Suddenly a giant insect-like beast ripped straight through the door. It was a greeny-blue colour and had two huge scythe like arms. Dusk suddenly noticed they had photon blades attached to them, what was going on? He was sure photon technology was not a natural trait of animals in any star system.
The creature slashed at him, once, twice - he dived to his left unsheathing his katana and in one swift movement he cut off one of its arms. As it fell, he caught it by its oozing end and swung it around into the centre of the ugly things chest. As it collapsed, its stomach split open and millions of tiny grasshopper like things scuttled across the floor. Dusk heard a screeching clunk and the locked door unsealed. Something was bringing him closer. As it opened, he saw the interior was cool and coated in a thin layer of ice cold water, how were two such different places situated so close to each other? With a jolt he realised just how deep he must be getting. He continued through the door. It locked behind him.
Memories flow freely as a raging river, but like any one place in the river those memories can only be visited once, you cannot turn back, except in your mind. If you try to go back, you must face eternal darkness, but going forwards offers hope, and so forwards must surely be the only direction to choose, but you must always be wary of the forces in the deep.
This was odd, thought Dusk. Why was there a metal floor in the lower levels of an underground cavern? As he stood up, a pillar of fire erupted from the middle of the un-natural room. It was huge, sort of square with a circular hole in the middle. Fire blasted from this hole, it must be some kind of pressure valve. What was what looked like human equipment doing down here? There was no time to think about that now. There were two doors at either end of the room, one was locked and the other was violently shaking. Eerie voices came from behind. Suddenly a giant insect-like beast ripped straight through the door. It was a greeny-blue colour and had two huge scythe like arms. Dusk suddenly noticed they had photon blades attached to them, what was going on? He was sure photon technology was not a natural trait of animals in any star system.
The creature slashed at him, once, twice - he dived to his left unsheathing his katana and in one swift movement he cut off one of its arms. As it fell, he caught it by its oozing end and swung it around into the centre of the ugly things chest. As it collapsed, its stomach split open and millions of tiny grasshopper like things scuttled across the floor. Dusk heard a screeching clunk and the locked door unsealed. Something was bringing him closer. As it opened, he saw the interior was cool and coated in a thin layer of ice cold water, how were two such different places situated so close to each other? With a jolt he realised just how deep he must be getting. He continued through the door. It locked behind him.
Memories flow freely as a raging river, but like any one place in the river those memories can only be visited once, you cannot turn back, except in your mind. If you try to go back, you must face eternal darkness, but going forwards offers hope, and so forwards must surely be the only direction to choose, but you must always be wary of the forces in the deep.
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