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"...E UP!"
I opened my eyes,my vision flickering in and out. As I layed there in the ground of the cave that I left hours ago. Heart pounding to a rhythm I didn't know the dance to, or wanted to. Looking around, everything was as if I never left. Gear is still not being stored away, the gast stove is still burning and water is still boiling.
"Was anything that happened real?" I asked myself, as I tried to stand up. It felt so real to just be a dream. I still had the taste of the soil in that field. "Urggggg so tired;feels like my head is going to explode." I said as I remembered being used like a punching bag by big goo bug."And why am I naked?"I was fit thanks to having to walk every day from the cabin to the bunker, but never as fit as my body was right now.
That's when it clicked; everything that happened was real. The flowers, the big bug...me dying, it was like a wall fog being lifted. And with that, I was overwhelmed by a sense of calmness like never before. All exhaustion disappeared like a puff of smoke. I felt renewed, strong, No stronger than ever before. It was all surreal.
After getting up, I noticed what was left of the suit that was supposed to protect me from the cold. Ashes, it seemed that while I slept, my body was on fire, and fire hot enough to melt the ground of the cave. Still being naked felt no different than when I had the suit on. While checking my body for more physical changes. I noticed two different marks on the palms of my hands. The one on the right has a plus sign, and on the left, a minus sign. "tksss, now what am I, a battery? It's being a battery my power?" I asked while trying to put my hands together. What was the worst that could happen to me being shocked by electricity?. When the symbols connected,nothing happened. No electric shock, no weird aftereffect, yet it felt like something was missing.
Before I could keep the train of thought. The cave began to rumble. Going from a light shake to a full-on earthquake. As the cave began to collapse, I ran. Thanks to my improved physique, avoiding being crushed by any of the many falling rocks, it was easier. It was also a good thing that the small camp wasn't too deep into the cave. Because if it had been I might have been, trapped inside and buried in.
After getting out of the cave, the situation outside wasn't any better. The outside wasn't like I remembered; the sky was dark and full of thunder; the surface ground was riddled with cracks and fissures. The wind was blowing so hard that there were tornadoes in the distance. The first thing I did was steady myself with all my strength,but then I saw the most unbelievable thing. A giant ship breaking free from a mountain, a mountain I knew too well and where the bunker was. My heart started to beat harder and harder as the ship rose higher and higher. Until the ship came to a sudden stop, then everything went quiet. The earthquake, the wind, and the tornadoes stopped as if they never happened. There was only the sound of thunder and a strange humming sound coming from the ship.
A strange feeling settled in my heart. While my instinct told me to run, I ran as fast as I could to get the hell out of there. And so I decided to run before anything crazier happened. However, my legs didn't budge; it was as if I was rooted to the ground. No matter how much I tried I couldn't move. In the distance, the ship's humming began to grow louder and louder.
hum hummmmmm hum hum hummm hummmmmm hum hum hummmmmm hummMMMM HMMMWMM HWMMMMMM
As the humming began to intensify. The ship started to pull everything to it. Meanwhile, I tried not to be pulled in. By digging my hands into the floor, it looked like it worked. "haha I'm not so easy to get you bug!" I yelled as a smile crept into my face. But life wasn't fair. It didn't take too long for the attraction to become harder to resist. And with that my smile faded, then I was pulled with everything else.
While being pulled by the ship, I had to remain observant of all the other debris. And with so much stuff getting pulled, that was a hard thing to do. Besides, at the speed I was going, I would reach the ship in a couple of minutes. That meant I needed to find a way out fast. And the only way out I could think of at the moment were those markings on my hands. So without much hesitation, I clapped my hands together.
clap
"Again"
clap
"Again"
clap
"Come on again! "
clap
"Again!!
clap
"Again! ON YOU FUCKING THING!!!!!
Then something happened; I felt my stomach tighten. As some kind of energy extended from it into my arms. Wilding this strange energy felt so invigorating, and so the energy kept flowing to my palms. A ball of blue energy started to form between my hands. When the ball reached the size of a foot, the energy stopped flowing, leaving me with an energy ball I didn't know how to use.
So I did the only thing that came to mind: to throw it. Not before doing what any kid tried at least once. Separating my left hand from the ball, I readied myself.
"There goes nothing...haaaaaaa!!!" And so I 'threw' the ball, or at least tried to. But the ball was still stuck to my hand. "Why am I not impressed?" I muttered before swinging the ball to a nearby boulder.
Boom!!!
There I was with an open mouth full of rocks and an energy ball still attached to my hand. "So this is what you are for, to wreck ah" I said while laughing maniacally.
Just when I was about to hit something else with the ball, everything stopped. I was so engrossed in the ball that I didn't see that I was already underneath the ship.
At the moment everything stopped; the ship started to gather energy in the middle of it. It didn't take long for the energy to form in a ball of dark energy. I had no idea what was going to happen here, but I had no plans to stay and watch. So I started swinging my hand left and right, making my way down.
"Bing-bop-boom-boom-boom-bop-bam!! Come on, faster,faster!!!!"
When I thought that I had the key for my cage, the master came back.
"Heh heh hehHeh heh hehHeh heh hehHeh heh hehYAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING, WORM? WE ARE NOT DONE YET." The moment that thing finished speaking, it was as if the world listened, because I couldn't move anymore. And before I could notice, again it was in front of me.
"YOU SEEM TO HAVE ADAPTED TO MY LITTLE GIFT EVEN IF YOU USE IT SO CRUDELY, WORM...YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFULL; NOT MANY BEINGS CAN WITHSTAND THE FLAMES OF #$%#$$#...
OH...YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. SUCH LOWLY BEINGS..."
"If we are such LOWLY beings,how was it that you were defeated?" I muttered with all the energy I had.
"SILENCE!!! " it said with rage as it grabbed my head with it's hand. "WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS TREASON!! WE HAVE A TRAITOR IN OUR MIDST; I MUST REPORT TO THE EMPEROR. JUST BECAUSE I ALLOWED YOU TO LIVE DON'T MAKE ANY WRONG IDEAS, WORM.WE CAN CONQUER THIS WORLD EASILY...BUT WHERE IS THE FUN IN THAT?" The bug said, as it disappeared as it came leaving purple mist. The moment it left, the pressure I felt disappeared, and I could move again. But before I could do something,the ship started humming once again, but this time it was different; the ship was shrinking. It was as if it was collapsing.
"REMEMBER THIS IS NOT THE END, SO GET STRONG AND PUT ON A FIGHT, OR THIS WON'T BE FUN FOR US, OR FOR YOU ALL."
BLIP
And just like that, the ship disappeared, making gravity return. Only leaving behind the black ball of energy. Giving me no time to blink, it exploded.
BoOoOOOOom!!
The wave of the explosion was quick. Even with my enhanced physique, I could not resist much of the impact. My ears, eyes,and mouth bleed; my legs were broken; and what was more unbelievable; I was set on fire. Yet this fire did not burn, it was the opposite. I was being healed by it. This feeling-I knew this feeling. So I looked at my hands, and what I saw shocked me.
The markings on my palms were no more. Instead they were on top of my hand. By taking a quick look, the markings were different this time, and now they were on top of my hands. The new marks were arrows upside on my left and down on my right hand. I didn't know if they worked the same way as the old ones, but I had to try before I reached the ground. And so I started gathering energy on my hands, which worked. There was something different with the new energy; it wasn't blue but purple. As it reached my arms, the marks lit up, and with that came the answer on how to use this power. I just had to punch, and so I did. I could see the ground approaching, so without wasting more time. Reeling my arm back, I yelled.
"WRECKING PUNCH!!!"
The moment the punch was released, a rift opened in front of me. Yet the rift was not big enough, so I punched again.
"WRECKING PUNCH!!!"
Now with enough space, my whole body crossed it.
The moment I crossed the rift, it closed, and energy began to surround me like a cocoon.
Everything was warpy in here like a mash of colors.Yet I felt no danger in here...I felt safe.
Soon I saw the end of the rift. As I got closer to the end, I could see where I was going, and what I saw put a smile on my face. I was going to the beach.