I knew all about death then because in dreams I had been there.* Nonetheless, it was scary to think about what could happen there, in that place where time does not go by. Everything seems to be timeless and lifeless at the same time.
Uncertainty brings out my inner fears. ‘What is that?’ I ask to myself after spotting a strange shape. It is coming towards me. It is so fast, fast as a panther. But I still cannot understand what that shape is.
The air is heavy and the sky is getting darker. I cannot breath.
‘Run!’ I scream but I cannot move. My feet are glued to the ground.
The dark shape is coming. Everything dies around it. It seems to be fed by life. No plant, tree or insect survives.
I must run… but I am…
‘I am late…’
The most important game of our lives was about to begin and it was imperative for me to be there.
While opening the door of my house…’Almost forgot my mask!’
I could not afford to let myself get contaminated before the game. So I start running. The street is empty as always, it reminds me now of my dream, only the shade is missing. However, I must focus on the game.
‘Password?’
‘My soul belongs to destiny.’ I answered.
‘Good luck.’ said the guard of the gates but I knew that he, like the rest of the surviving group, had already lost hope.
I am prepared, I think… The team is already there: Suli, Oaja and Sandy.
Fear dominates us but on the opposite side the other team seems confident.
Suli is first. The faces of the other team’s members are covered. I can only imagine them: transparent skin and hollow eyes… It gives me the creeps.
Anyway Suli played. His opponent was stronger so Suli was defeated by the poisonous skill of the other.
Sandy was next. She fights the second player using the power of the purple light. The other is temporarily blinded.
‘Oh no Sandy, look out!’
With a stake made of ice the other took the life of Sandy.
We ran to help her but it was too late. We only heard the last breathe of her life.
Oaja responded with a beam of blue light, which was rapidly blocked by the third member. He returned the beam to her and she fell on the ground.
Now everything looks darker than before. I am lost, my mind betrays me. Some strange sensation is growing inside me… ‘Where am I?’
I realise that I was dreaming. I remember now that we lost that battle (the game) for the survival of mankind. We destroyed our planet and we tried to win our second chance in order to continue living somewhere else. Maybe on some other planet. At least until we had destroyed it again.
Now I am being swallowed by the black shade just like the other lives were.
*Love Orange
Uncertainty brings out my inner fears. ‘What is that?’ I ask to myself after spotting a strange shape. It is coming towards me. It is so fast, fast as a panther. But I still cannot understand what that shape is.
The air is heavy and the sky is getting darker. I cannot breath.
‘Run!’ I scream but I cannot move. My feet are glued to the ground.
The dark shape is coming. Everything dies around it. It seems to be fed by life. No plant, tree or insect survives.
I must run… but I am…
‘I am late…’
The most important game of our lives was about to begin and it was imperative for me to be there.
While opening the door of my house…’Almost forgot my mask!’
I could not afford to let myself get contaminated before the game. So I start running. The street is empty as always, it reminds me now of my dream, only the shade is missing. However, I must focus on the game.
‘Password?’
‘My soul belongs to destiny.’ I answered.
‘Good luck.’ said the guard of the gates but I knew that he, like the rest of the surviving group, had already lost hope.
I am prepared, I think… The team is already there: Suli, Oaja and Sandy.
Fear dominates us but on the opposite side the other team seems confident.
Suli is first. The faces of the other team’s members are covered. I can only imagine them: transparent skin and hollow eyes… It gives me the creeps.
Anyway Suli played. His opponent was stronger so Suli was defeated by the poisonous skill of the other.
Sandy was next. She fights the second player using the power of the purple light. The other is temporarily blinded.
‘Oh no Sandy, look out!’
With a stake made of ice the other took the life of Sandy.
We ran to help her but it was too late. We only heard the last breathe of her life.
Oaja responded with a beam of blue light, which was rapidly blocked by the third member. He returned the beam to her and she fell on the ground.
Now everything looks darker than before. I am lost, my mind betrays me. Some strange sensation is growing inside me… ‘Where am I?’
I realise that I was dreaming. I remember now that we lost that battle (the game) for the survival of mankind. We destroyed our planet and we tried to win our second chance in order to continue living somewhere else. Maybe on some other planet. At least until we had destroyed it again.
Now I am being swallowed by the black shade just like the other lives were.
*Love Orange
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Hello group.
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Any replies by reading each other's work are invaluable. Do please read and reply.
Allyson
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