From my hiding place in the bush, I spotted who had been making the noises: soldiers. Soldiers wearing armour I had never seen before. I could here them well enough from the other side of the calm lake.
"Now we just have to turn it on like that, and done. Impressive, captain, you and your men didn't destroy anything."
The first voice that spoke was deep and smooth, like and eel, almost.
"Thanks doc, glad to know you have so much faith in us."
The next voice that spoke I can only assume was the captain's.
"How many times have i told you!" Replied the first voice, "I am a scientist, not a doctor!"
"Bloody hell, sorry!" The captain then lowered his voice to a mutter so that the scientist couldn't hear, "doc."
I had to stifle a little laugh; their argument sounded like the kind you find between siblings when neither can agree on what to have for dinner one evening. It was comical in this situation and I would have thrown roses and screamed for an encore had it not given my position away effective immediately. Never the less, it would have been the best mistake of my life had I decided to do it. The soldiers were talking again so I thought it was worth my while to listen.
It was the scientist speaking again:
"Now all I have to do is flick this switch and..." The sound of some sort of switch being turned on echoed through the clearing, "... Done! The force shield is now up and running. No one's getting through this baby."
As if in cue, a faint electric buzzing-humming noise penetrated the forest air, this was not good, this was not good at all. I established one thing in my head, clear as day: I couldn't get out of this mess, not this time.
"Well done Calypso, you're screwed now."
Did my dad know this would happen? Is that why he would always tell me to never cross the river. I was a fool, a complete and utter fool. I now decided to redirect my attention to the conversation between the soldier and scientist.
"The only place left now is section three, directly at three o'clock from the facility, due east." The soldier sounded like he was reciting an extract from a memorized textbook.
"Alright, enough information, all I need to know is if you can lead us their without getting us all lost, a hard task for you especially for you but I hope you can wrap your puny brain around the concept."
Before now I had been to afraid to look out from my hiding place. I decided to peer through a couple of branches that revealed a window to the scene on the other side of the lake.
The scientist wore a typical scientist long, white coat, you know, the whole deal, he had oily black hair that was slicked back on his head with more grease that you would cook french fries in - and that's allot of grease, trust me. Although I only got a side on view, his eyes were hazel on the outside but more grey on the inside. On a different man, his eyes would have been warm and welcoming, but on this scientist, they were cold; synonymous with winter nights and frigid days. The soldier was, well, your typical soldier: army camo uniform, buzz cut and large, toe stamping boots. Seeing the pair argue with faces to match the voice was certainly an experience.
I stopped staring when it became apparent that they were crossing the lake and coming this way. I frantically started running different ideas on what to do through a conveyor belt in my mind.
Momentarily I stopped my silent panic when the scientist's voice floated over the water.
"The purge will soon begin."
There it was again, purge. I had no idea what it meant but the word resonated evil in my mind. The company were about half way across the lake now so I put the word to the back of my mind to dwell on at a later date. I decided there was only one way to go: deeper into the forest.
I had never been this far into the woods before, the trees seemed to lean over my head, encasing me in a cage of knotted branches, overlapping and twisting patterns so intricate that the eye had trouble focusing on one continuous branch from where it left the trunk to it's point at the end. A prickling sensation crawled it's way up the back of my neck of my neck but I knew this was the only option, find this facility they mentioned, go east from there and get out. Little did I know I would never get the chance to go back home again.
The trees seemed endless, they stretched out before me like an ocean of green leaves and brown trunks, sprawling out across the landscape as far as the eye could see, it would have been peaceful if you kind of cancelled out the situation at hand, aka the one that had running for my life from a group of government bozos that worked in the forest right by my house. I had finally figured out why my father had made me promise not to go across the lake, why it was so important to him. I had finally figured out why he had died
Without warning, the trees stopped and out of instinct I dropped straight to the ground. I was just in time too, because I had almost been seen by whoever stood beyond the treeline. As I peeked out of the grass, the people who had almost seen me came into view. I couldn't see them clearly at this distance but behind them was what I assumed to be the facility mentioned by the scientist. A female voice spoke out from the silence.
"The purge is so close and you will not stop me, you hear. YOU WILL NOT!! I have worked day and night for five fucking years to make this dream a reality. FIVE...FUCKING...YEARS. That takes something out of a woman. I never want to hear you disrespect me again. This is my facility and you are under my command." The woman eminated an air of authority.
Another voice piped up, "yes my lady." This voice was mockingly sincere.
"Anyway," the woman's voice cut through the air like a knife. "Our guest is waiting. Calypso, why don't you come forward?"
As if of their own accord, my legs carried me a few meters from the treeline face to face with the mysterious woman.
"I know you plan to run,"
How? How did she know?
" And I will let you."
What?
"I like a good game and I shall enjoy this one, run Calypso, I will give you three days before I send soldiers after you, no technology, just plain old tracking. If I were you, I would start. Three days isn't very long in a chase for your life."
And run I did
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Phiêu lưu2. That moment when you realize you saw something that could cost you your life. Now all you can do is try and outrun them. I never thought there was a reason for my father's rule: Never cross the lake I never believed that a terrible secret that co...
