Sanctum: Evigilationis

Hunter now Hunted

My heart froze. The air had just turned several degrees colder. The wind was blowing. My mind racing. I had to get back to the cabin.It was a matter of life and death now. I was having a hard time seeing. fatigue was forcing me to quit. But my mind would not. I refused to. The gears of my mind turned and cranked trying to keep my head as fear filled me like a wild animal. Suddenly, I was the deer. There was the arrow in my side.

The dogs ran after me. I knew that they were very well aware of what now hunted us. Yet I knew very little. My experience with Comatus was not an easing feeling. I now knew that there was more out there than wolves. Much older and more dangerous problems. 

I made my way into the wall of wind that confronted me. An earsplitting howl pierced the air. Wisdom, Patience, and myself continued on with renewed strength. I Was struggling as the snow suddenly incresed. I now was almost blind. My ears were frozen. I was having a hard time doing anything. I just knew that I needed to get back to the cabin. Blood tried flowing to my ears. They stung as the snow started to grasp at them. I was fighting the wind with every pore of my body. I could try and cut through the snow. But that would take much longer. I also had this deer on my back. Suddenly it seemed to be filled with lead. The cold seeped through my soaked, now frozen stiff, shirt. I took a look around only to scare myself even more. My tracks were gone.

I looked around. Sheer terror and fear griped me. I was lost with a pack of ravenous wolves hunting me as I thought. There would be no way that I could make it through the night with these soaked clothes. Already, they barely protected me against the biting, driving wind. I looked at my dogs. Patience seemed fine, but Wisdom was struggling. She had a hard time ploughing throught the deep snow banks. Another howl split the air and sent a chill down my spine. Now things were really scary. A dark storm cloud rolled over. I saw lightning flash. This could not get much worse. I had no idea how wrong I could have possibly been.

I set the deer down on the opposite side of a hill. My mid was feverishly working out how I could possibly survive. This place was harsh, and unforgiving. I remembered it was my mind. Then I remembered something. Of all the times to have a remembrance episode, this was one of the worst possible. My head spinned and ached as I remembered.

I remembered times in my life, or what was my life, where things seemed to bleak to see any further than the moment I lived in. I could not see. I was blind, afraid. I remember so many things pressing down on my. Chilling me. Like the wind. I remember people who hated me, who would want to see me dead. I remembered all the times I had thought about satasfying them. I remembered my failures. They seemed to overwhelm me. I could not bear it anymore.

Then I remembered something. My dogs were still there. My traits. My freinds. They all helped me through what troubles I had. But I remembered something else. Something mre substatial. Something more fulfilling than those things. I remembered a building and all the love I had for that building. I visited that building once a week. I remembered my other experiece with the story Cecelia told me. That was where I made my stand and was knocked into a coma. I remembered a name. Church. 

This place held some strength for me. It refreshed my mind as I snapped out. I faced the storm, stiffened my spine and made my body continue on. I fought the urge to black out after my episode. I could not afford that. I made my way up the hill. Then suddenly, a flash of grey in the darkness made me stop. I dropped the deer and made for my knife. But I was too slow.

They were on us before we could react. I was midway through my draw when Anger jumped on me. The wind was knocked out of me. I fell back and landed hard. My eyes swam then focused. I rolled to my right, ignoring the screams of cold that were sent through my body. Patience and Wisdom were busy. They were fighting off the others so I could get away. They would be overwhelmed soon enough if I didn't help. This time, I drew my bow.