Jiaolong
In circles the sun blared its energy, passing all leaves unto his eyes. He awoke and slid down the slippery tree into muddy ground and fogged air. The mud slowly moved up his legs and beneath him he could feel worms squirming between his toes. He looked forward, past his half naked self and saw nothing more than jungle stretching far and wide, across distances that his eyesight could not provide. He walked there. And started to run. The trees around him spoke in green tongue, the waters splashed words and puddled time. He stopped at one odd tree, its curvature appealing and its leaves like any other tree, but brighter. He saw a long creature crawl up the tree, its thousands legs working in unison to reach a leaf. He noticed its antennae and how they seemed to notice his presence, as they randomly bustled over its head, moving in all directions. And atop there were birds, screeching for food, praising the wind in their utmost existence. He smiled at the world, at the freedom the planet stresses on its inhabitants.
He sprinted forward once more, blurring his surroundings, fixated on the slowing of time... slowly... jumping... across the valley.
As he fell he felt the spray of the waterfall and heard the birds squawking as if they were right next to him. He was flying he thought, he teared as the wind rushed up against his cheeks and they soon became part of the water falling. He fell in a straight line down into the clear water and bereft of power, he let himself go. Under the water he kept his eyes closed and found himself in a small cavern where he opened his eyes. Light shone from the small crevice which he'd fallen through, the water was warm and when he looked around he stood petrified at the sight of eels. They surrounded him with their vicious faces, slithering about him with their long tails almost touching their sharp teeth. In spirals he could feel their slippery skin, they swam through his hair and under his feet, often times releasing bursts of electricity. But they did not hurt him. With no air left he arose from the cavern and swam to the river's edge.
And it was then when in the corner of his eye he saw specks in the sky, like black diamond stars, in opposition to the sun's exuberance. He did not like them and bellowed in the sky, baring his fists in the air. And he did not do so as to intimidate the celestial strangers but as an homage to his trust in the Sun. Consequently, the jungle reciprocated his outcry with the mighty roar of a black leopard that darted past him into the consuming shrubbery. He sprinted right after her when something struck him, leaving a vertical cut down his arm. He stood there astonished, for never had he been hurt in such an... impersonal way. He saw a silver rock gleaming with his blood on the ground, he went to grab it but it cut deep into his fingertips.
Up in the sky the sound of weight and heat echoed down into the tumult of the jungle. And it was then when he saw them enter, thousands of them. The once specks had entered the atmosphere. They'd become massive pyramids concentrated with seething energy that trailed behind their eviscerating paths. A black unbreakable light beamed out of the tips of these descending crafts and it was an ominous sight, like a vertical space grid of deep black lines targeting the earth. They came down with furious speed and force, one came so close that the man could feel the blast wave as it landed. He ran to the site and along the way he saw the black leopard atop a tree, she looked down at him as if she'd been waiting for him and trailed behind him.
As he ran towards the fallen craft a thick greasy exhaust shrouded the jungle and a garbling sound pulsed throughout the air, disturbing all those who lived near by. He arrived at the blast site, the pyramid like craft was gigantic and argent with oil oozing out of its spinning components. Its pieces picked up pace and soon it was drilling into the ground... He watched in terror as the same little rock that had cut him was now cutting into mother earth. Soon the pyramid had vanished and all that was left was a gaping hole in the earth with splashes of oil covering the ground. Fumes were coming out of the hole and the pulsing continued. He looked behind him but only saw the leopard, he looked around but his family had run away from the mechanical beast.
He stood there in front of the cavernous hole and all around him he could hear other crafts digging into the ground. He soon began tearing from the smoke that filled his eyes, the intense heat had left him dizzy and nauseated. And he looked up on more time, into the clear sky, upon the hot sun and walked down, into the hole.
He sprinted forward once more, blurring his surroundings, fixated on the slowing of time... slowly... jumping... across the valley.
As he fell he felt the spray of the waterfall and heard the birds squawking as if they were right next to him. He was flying he thought, he teared as the wind rushed up against his cheeks and they soon became part of the water falling. He fell in a straight line down into the clear water and bereft of power, he let himself go. Under the water he kept his eyes closed and found himself in a small cavern where he opened his eyes. Light shone from the small crevice which he'd fallen through, the water was warm and when he looked around he stood petrified at the sight of eels. They surrounded him with their vicious faces, slithering about him with their long tails almost touching their sharp teeth. In spirals he could feel their slippery skin, they swam through his hair and under his feet, often times releasing bursts of electricity. But they did not hurt him. With no air left he arose from the cavern and swam to the river's edge.
And it was then when in the corner of his eye he saw specks in the sky, like black diamond stars, in opposition to the sun's exuberance. He did not like them and bellowed in the sky, baring his fists in the air. And he did not do so as to intimidate the celestial strangers but as an homage to his trust in the Sun. Consequently, the jungle reciprocated his outcry with the mighty roar of a black leopard that darted past him into the consuming shrubbery. He sprinted right after her when something struck him, leaving a vertical cut down his arm. He stood there astonished, for never had he been hurt in such an... impersonal way. He saw a silver rock gleaming with his blood on the ground, he went to grab it but it cut deep into his fingertips.
Up in the sky the sound of weight and heat echoed down into the tumult of the jungle. And it was then when he saw them enter, thousands of them. The once specks had entered the atmosphere. They'd become massive pyramids concentrated with seething energy that trailed behind their eviscerating paths. A black unbreakable light beamed out of the tips of these descending crafts and it was an ominous sight, like a vertical space grid of deep black lines targeting the earth. They came down with furious speed and force, one came so close that the man could feel the blast wave as it landed. He ran to the site and along the way he saw the black leopard atop a tree, she looked down at him as if she'd been waiting for him and trailed behind him.
As he ran towards the fallen craft a thick greasy exhaust shrouded the jungle and a garbling sound pulsed throughout the air, disturbing all those who lived near by. He arrived at the blast site, the pyramid like craft was gigantic and argent with oil oozing out of its spinning components. Its pieces picked up pace and soon it was drilling into the ground... He watched in terror as the same little rock that had cut him was now cutting into mother earth. Soon the pyramid had vanished and all that was left was a gaping hole in the earth with splashes of oil covering the ground. Fumes were coming out of the hole and the pulsing continued. He looked behind him but only saw the leopard, he looked around but his family had run away from the mechanical beast.
He stood there in front of the cavernous hole and all around him he could hear other crafts digging into the ground. He soon began tearing from the smoke that filled his eyes, the intense heat had left him dizzy and nauseated. And he looked up on more time, into the clear sky, upon the hot sun and walked down, into the hole.
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