Immortal:Rise

Chapter 1. Dawn

Darkness engulfed the whole forest. The trees were all dry black like someone sucked all the life from them. It was then that vultures and crows all could be seen flying headed to one direction. The crickets chirped and one could feel something crawl on their back. Fear. A branch fell from a tree causing a commotion as birds flew away from the direction the crows were heading. Looking at the sky, dark clouds were forming.

The moon which shone brightly was suddenly engulfed and darkness reigned in the woods. Without a slight warning thunder clapped and then lightning. It was very strange that sound went faster then lightning. The mountain shook at the rumbling of the thunder and the whole sky was lit by the red lightning. The second thunder sounded and one could bet that the skies surely dropped. Silver lightning lit the sky in a menacing form of a lightning god clad in blue though the features were not completely visible. Then all was silent as the third thunder sounded.

In a distance was a shabby house. It was grass thatched and had some openings on the roof probably due to the strong winds. A group of ten individuals could be seen outside the house. Of all the people, one of them was all fidgety. He cracked his knuckles now and then pacing from side to side. His long flowing white hair reached his back. He was obviously not the least bothered by the events taking place in the skies. He tightened his eyelids as he burried his face in his palms. He sure was cursing against the heavens. He then opened his emerald eyes after calming himself. He stood still and heaved. His face showing clear worry. That was the second thing you would note after his handsome face.

Aside from him there were seven men who did not lose out too much from him in terms of beauty. So were the ladies. They were abit calmer than the man but their faces showed agitation. But something seemed to fuel their worries. The pained screams coming from inside the house. Then the man started pacing again as the silver lightning struck.

There was no door in the house and the entrance had lose frames. It was clear that they just chose this location since they were on a journey gauging from the beast birds carrying some load. The floor was littered with grass and the weathered and broken wooden foor. Further inside not a single furniture. The silver lightning lit the room and it gave a chilling aura. At the far end of this room were three ladies who were continuously in a rush. Each having a towel on their shoulders. They seemed to be in more panic 3A than the man outside. One of them had blue hair and the other had purple hair. A lady carrying a basin had red hair. These were ultimate beauties. The lady with blue hair continuously wrung her towel and wiping the sweat on her face using her biceps.

The screams just continued to get louder with every passing second. On a white sheet lay a lady. The source of the screams. She was biting on a towel that was definitely not helping lower the pitch. Her black hair was a mess with strand on her face. The sweat on her forehead was the ultimate proof of her labour. Her closed eyelids twitching now and then. The rumbling thunder could at the least bother them.
"Push again please, the child is about to come," the blue haired beauty spoke. The lady who was pushing groaned as all her muscles clenched giving her all to push. The other ladies kept wiping the sweat on her body using the towels. It was then that she gave a final push.

At the same time an agitated roar came from the sky. Something not meant to ever happen was happenning. The laws were being altered in front of the heavens. A new existence was being birthed and the heavens could not help but be agitated. The clouds in the sky darkened as the fourth lightning struck the ground. The heaven just needed one more push and the laws would be altered. If the skies had been dark, now they were ominously dark as thunder rumbled. This time waves in the far oceans appeared and also an earthquake. The lightning appeared to be purple and struck directly inside the house striking the lady in labour.

"No!" Every existence the room had their mouths rounded. It could not happen just when the birth process was about to completed. Even the men outside felt their hearts shake. They knew this was the price they were paying for breaking the laws of the universe. But the white haired man could not take it standing. He roared at the skies but he was silenced by the cries coming from inside the house. The pained moans had ceased and silent sobs remained.