I woke up, green blood spilled across my face. It should burn, but it doesn't. It's should sting, but it doesn't. I should be dead. I can't see, I can't remember, who am I?
I hear a scream, it bounces off the walls which are covered in a strange black liquid. The scream, it sounds so familiar.
"H-hello? Who are you?"
No response. I try to move, but I'm bound to the wall. I keep trying, I feel like I'm loosening the, binds? On my hands, doesn't feel like binds, nothing feels right. I end up snapping a 'bind' off and tear at the other one. I snap off the leg binds, then tore whatever was blocking my vision off. I blinked my eyes as my vision cleared and I could see my surroundings.
The scream rang out again, I went the direction it resonated from. It's hard to walk I run into everything, even when there's nothing. Somethings not right. I kept staggering forward until I reached an opening in what seemed like an everlasting hallway. I went in the room and a woman-ish figure was strapped to what seemed like an operating table, but it was covered with the same foul substance that drenched the walls.
"Mike! You gotta help me! The Kyaasktics will be here any minute!"
"Who's...Mike? And who are you? And what are the Kyaasktics? And...where am I? And...and... Fuck..."
"Mike it's me Tasha! What happened to you? You look so... Horrible.."
"I don't know who the fuck Mike is...or who you are... And what's wrong with my appearance?"
"Your skin... It's...it's grey...and your hair... It's not black anymore... It's... White... Not blonde...white...and your right eye... It's red... Your teeth are also... Not right... They're... Jagged and almost K-9 like."
"Oh... Well... I can guess that's not good.. let me get you off of there."
I claw at the binds on her and they come off with ease, much easier than mine did. She stands up and then slaps me in the face.
"What's that for!?"
"Mike snap out of it! Don't you remember me? Or Xeno? Or...or Sarah!?"
Something snapped I don't know what triggered it but, I charged at her, fury rose in my throat as I pinned her down and tried to claw at her neck. Something urged me on, something wanted me to kill her. I forced against her, eventually breaking her defense. I clawed at her face and neck. I felt something cold hit the side of my head. I fell over, and my vision faded.
I awoke to something dragging me. I twisted and turned. I rolled to my side and the girl from before was being dragged next to me unconscious, scratches and cuts laced her body and head. The creature dragging us said something.
"These... Humans... Disgusting... The woman would be a good feast, but Korari won't allow it. As for the man... She has something planned for him."
"What the fuck do you mean you twisted bitch!"
"You...can understand me?!? But you're a human!"
"What?"
"Nevermind."
"Rude!"
"Shut up."
"That's rude too!"
"What's wrong with you human? You're really annoying."
"Good."
"Are you being snarky?"
"How do you know what that means beast!?"
"Nevermind."
The creature turned around and slapped me in the head. I passed out again. I woke up in a cage like thing. So I decided to entertain myself and climbed to the top and hung there.
Two creatures walked up and pushed the cage over and I fell.
"Rude! I was having fun!"
"Shut up."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"Fine."
"Finally."
They walked over to the girls cage and she fought against them as they dragged her out. She was screaming and trying to punch them. She failed and was knocked out.
"Tasha no!!"
I yelled that at them, I don't even know who that is. Images flashed in my mind of her and I kissing, us walking roads. I looked different though, I had black hair, I was tan, I had two green eyes.
"Who am I? I...I don't know."
I whispered to myself. Becoming worrisome and forgetful of what happened and what is happening.
I sat in that cage for three days whispering to myself, questioning myself, wondering who am I and if I even exits, and where am I. I can't remember anything, it's all gone, everything. The three creatures returned and walked up to me and ushered me out of the cage, as if they are scared of me. I did as they asked and walked with them. I don't know where I'm going, or what's happening or where that girl went.
I started stumbling and the creatures catched me and set me back up warily. My vision was blurry and I just concentrated on hearing the creatures footsteps. We walked into a room and there were weapon like things on the wall. The creatures grabbed a few weapons. They were looking away. I grabbed a knife. I stubbled up to one. I stabbed it in the head, it's blood sprayed everywhere. I kept stabbing it's head. Even when I knew it was dead I continued to stab it. A wicked smile grew on my face as the blood splattered everywhere. I maniacally laughed and the others charged at me. I stabbed one in the neck and threw it into the other one. The first one was gagging on its own blood as the second one pushed it off of it and charged at me again. I pushed it back and it's tail impaled the other one which died instantly. I knocked the last one over and leaned overtop of it. I whispered to it
"Tell Korari I'm coming for her."
The creature stood up and ran staggering when it first stood up. I looked at the two dead ones on the floor their blood laced the ground. I dipped my finger in a pool of blood and wrote something on the walls.
DEATH AWAITS ALL. YOURS WILL COME SWIFTLY AND SILENTLY, FOR DEATH REACHES ALL CORNERS. ~ The truly madly deeply insane friend.
"Welp that solves that! Hahaha! Off to have fun in the fields and dance with the flamingos and kill with the crows!"
I ran off down the hallway. I heard the woman scream and charged in that direction. I came across a very open room with her in the middle. Her shirt was attached to a meat hook hanging from the ceiling. Countless body's hung up with her.
"A weeping sow amongst slain hogs. A bowing branch amongst soaring bows."
"M-mike? What...what happened to you?"
"I don't know who this Mike fella is.. I'm just everyone's truly, madly, deeply, insane friend."
"Mike... Please?"
"Please what Tasha? What do you want me to do? I could go kill every Kyaasktic on this ball of stone."
"You...you called me Tasha! You know who I am!"
"Don't be silly! I know your name.. not you. Anyway!! So whatcha wanna do here? Help me find Korari? Or die here on this meat hook. I Mean... The Kyaasktics will be happy."
"Korari?"
"Duh... Korari... I thought everyone knew her! She's the hive queen! The one who took my Sarah!"
"How do- nevermind. I'll help you find her."
"Yay! Haha! Teamwork! P.s. you'll probably die!"
She seemed worried about that. I got her off the hook and looked around. I saw three doors leading out of this room. I chose the one that was right Infront of us. I ran down it without consulting Tasha. I stopped at a fork in the road, she caught up painting.
"You're tired already?"
"We just ran for like a mile I can't believe your not tired."
"Whatever."
I turned left because every one of my humane instincts told me otherwise. We came across a Kyaasktic and it noticed us. It charged towards us and I jumped over it and grabbed it by its neck. It staggered and twisted trying to fling me off. I stabbed it in the spine and it shrieked in pain. I started laughing and stabbing it repeatedly in the back, blood oozed from the wounds and the creature became weakened. I jumped to face it. I poked it in the forehead.
"Not easy being the prey is it? The hunter is always stronger."
It coughed and tried to speak but couldn't.
"Oh well!! Too bad for you! You wouldn't live a day like that anyway!"
I twisted its head and I heard a pop, I twisted it farther. Pop after pop tendons broke and blood gurggled out of its mouth. A wicked smile laced my face and I ripped the Kyaasktics head off. I dropped it on the ground. I ripped the finger off and handed it to Tasha.
"Here... You can have this for... You know... Womanly purposes..."
She stared at me in complete fury and I laughed hard.
"Fuck you Mike."
"You would."
"You're right I would... If you were sane!"
"Haha! You're the unlucky fellow!...also a disgusting one. I'd rather cut my balls off than touch you."
"Tell that to you're sane self."
"Maybe I will."
I swung around a corner and Tasha jogged after me. I don't know why she's following me. She'll die, by me, or the Kyaasktics. It'll be a slower death if the Kyaasktics get ahold of her. I'll kill her in an instant. It doesn't matter how she dies, I know she will.
"Will...will I die?"
Her voice startled me.
"Wh-what?"
"You were muttering things like 'she will die' and 'it doesn't matter how she dies'."
"Oh... No... You won't die."
Those words chocked out of my mouth. I knew it was a lie. I don't know why it hurt to lie to her. I love Sarah not her. She's, disgusting and slutty. Not beautiful like my Sarah. I don't like her, I don't trust her, I don't need her! She's just a useless weight around my ankle! No, she's my friend. She'll help me find my Sarah. Then, then I'll kill her.
Suddenly a seeping pain swept through my body. I fell to the ground screaming. I held my head in my hands over my ears. They won't stop ringing. I started to foam around my mouth to drown out my screams. Tasha crouched next to me shaking me. Why wasn't she bothered? Why wasn't this horrible thing invading her mind? My ears started bleeding from the ringing in them. I can't stop the sounds, the voices in my head, the screaming. Everyone's dead no one's alive. This is all just a bad dream.
I woke up. I realised I had passed out. The floor beneath me was covered with blood. Off somewhere in the shadows of the room someone was singing softly.
"Oh be careful little eyes what you see
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
There's a Father up above
And He's looking down in love
So, be careful little eyes what you see.
Oh be careful little ears what you hear
Oh be careful little ears what you hear
There's a Father up above
And He's looking down in love
So, be careful little ears what you hear.
Oh be careful little hands what you do
Oh be careful little hands what you do
There's a Father up above
And He's looking down in love
So, be careful little hands what you do.
Oh be careful little feet where you go
Oh be careful little feet where you go
There's a Father up above
And He's looking down in love
So, be careful little feet where you go.
Oh be careful little mouth what you say
Oh be careful little mouth what you say
There's a Father up above
And He's looking down in love
So, be careful little mouth what you say."
It was a demented way of singing an innocent Bible song. It was slow and off beat, rickity at some points. I stood up and staggered over to the person singing, nearly falling every few steps. Suddenly they stopped, everything when absolutely quiet not a sound, not even wind.
The silence is never welcoming. It Surrounds us with our own thoughts making ourselves paranoid, the waters of fear rise when things get deep,and the dosage of our reality with our consciousness grows.
My ears started ringing and my eyes stung. I tried to find where the voice came from. The ringing in my ears increased as I got closer, my eyes started to bleed, blurring my vision more than it was. I think I'm close.
I collapsed to the ground but continued crawling in the same direction, or at least I think the same direction.
"H-hel-lo?"
I called out and no one answered, but I heard shuffling somewhere in the distance. I urged myself on to my feet, staggering against the walls. I saw, something sitting on the ground, or someone. Blood was still running out of my eye socket and down my face, my ears still rang and my palms were wet with sweat.
Falling into an opening in the wall, I saw Tasha sitting on the floor humming the song from before. Something Happened, anger and hatred seared through my body, making my blood boil viciously. I started panting heavy and I became almost feral.
"M-mike? Are you okay? Oh my god your face!"
Tasha walked near me and I hit her in the face. I growled at her and readied myself to attack. She staggered backwards and walked forward again, I hit her back leaving 4 parallel scratches on her face. They weren't deep, barely breaking the skin. She pressed a hand to her face and walked back to me. I hit her again and again creating gouges in her face where the scratches originally were. I grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her to the ground. I started pealing away at the skin around the fresh wounds in her face. She screamed, in agony, fear, hatred. I can't tell. All I heard was her scream which urged me to rip more viciously at the gashes.
I got bored of ripping her skin off her face and started to claw at her throat. She fought but tired quickly under my weight. A wicked grin grew on my face as I tore at her throat, she was gasping and choking on the air she didn't have. I bit at her like an animal, she blocked my bite to her throat with her arm. My teeth which were unusually sharp and long hit her arm and sank in, blood oozed around my teeth as Tasha screamed for mercy. I released my grip on her neck allowing her to breathe properly again. I moved my hands up to hold on either sides of her arm and I sunk my teeth in deeper, I sharply cocked my head to the right and heard a loud snap. I dropped her now mangled arm, staring down in disbelief of what I just did.
"I... Oh god. Tasha I'm, I'm so, so sorry. I don't know what got into me."
What I said was a lie, I wasn't sorry, I didn't care, but the pain of lying to her was very heavy, very strong. I felt the urge to claw and bite at her again, but I can't I need her help to find Korari.
"M-mike? Is everything o-okay?"
"Okay!? Hahaaaa! Everything is perfect! Hahahaaaha! I'm the king of the castle you're a dirty rascal! Hahaha! Ha ha HA!"
I sung what I said. I need to find Korari, I need to find my Sarah!
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Beyond The Horizon
Science FictionIn a post apocalyptic world Enslaved by an Alien race, where everyone is either dead or hiding. One man who gets everything taken from him, fights for the only thing left. His love.
