Chapter 33 - Five months

A mother and her child are seen running, fear evident in their eyes. Red bolts of lightning rained from the sky, striking at random places near them and destroying the earth. There was no place to hide in the wide open field they were in, and as her son tripped and fell behind her, the mother turned around in a hurry to get her child. But just as she reached for him, a shadow massive enough to block out the sun, loomed over both of them. Tears welled in her eyes as she thought the end was nigh. She clutched her son close to her chest, and braced for the end, but all she heard next was the sound of a pained beast howling.