The Long Road Ahead

Chapter 7 - Know your enemy

 Fri / 19th / Aug 7: 17am 

The sun shone down on my skin. The creature wallowed inside the plane, hiding from the suns bright rays. It sat with its mouth open leering at me. Its teeth were a pure white colour, which made it look very odd, because the entire creature was black “What are you?” I said.

It turned its head, unfamiliar of my voice of even the language I was speaking. It stood up and held its hand out. I didn’t put mine out because I did not trust it. It then opened its mouth to say something. A croaky, squeaky wine came out. It was loud and blasted into my ears, so I needed to cover them. After attempting a few times, the creature murmured a sound that resembled “You”.

Fri / 19th / 7: 17am

I looked at the thing and it looked back at me. It stared deep at me. Its eyes were a bright yellow. lt repeated the word over and over. It progressively got louder and louder, like an insane person. I had to do something to stop it. I grabbed the medikit and opened it and l pulled out the defibrillator. I pressed the little green button and it charged up. I lunged at the thing and pressed the device against it. It buzzed and the creature jumped back. It hit the back wall and shook violently, but didn’t make a sound…and then collapsed.

Fri / 19th / 7: 20am

The creature, presumed dead, lay in the seating area without moving, although its eyes did move a little. I hesitated to move, and then went looking for Wilbur. I walked away from the plane in the direction that Wilbur began running in. I walked for some time through the trees and down a path. “A path?” I said. It was carved and everything. I followed it until it ended. And that was it. The path was simply cut off or unfinished, either way, I couldn’t see where it had gone. “Where in the world has the path gone?” I thought out aloud. “Jack?” said a voice behind a tree. “Is that you Wilbur” I said already knowing who it was. "Why are you all the way out here?" I questioned. "Because of the stepper." He said, instantly covering his mouth. "Whats a stepper? How do you know what that was" I said, wondering who wilbur reallly is. "Okay...let me explain."