Pull (originally published as Deep Darkness v1)

The Purge

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The Purge

    Some blame the Skrav for what happens next. Others blame humanity. Truth is it doesn't really matter. The Purge was the worst three days of my life.

    The worst moment of my life began with my mother screaming my name telling me I had to run. She was trapped lying on the ground a large piece of the Tritan's hull covering her broken legs. I was ten yards away from her crying on my knees. I couldn't believe one moment we were right next to one another I could feel her gripping my hand and now it seemed we were miles apart. I had bruised (if not broken) one of my ribs from where some Eek hit my side to hard. I didn't want to run. I didn't want to leave my mother's side. I was the only person moving against the crowd towards the chaos. If I could just stand up, if I could just get over to where she was. I imagined her holding me in her arms, she was my angel, always there for me and this was my moment to be there for her. Any moment now I imagined she would lift the metal and push it away from her and stand. She wouldn't die like this. She shouldn't die like this. She was my mom and she wouldn't leave me like this. She was my mom and she was screaming for me to run.

    "We have to go now!" it was Aira; she found me and grabbed my shoulder. I felt the entire world fall back into place and through the roar of the crowd I heard the beast again. Crawling out from the ruins of the Tritan came an animal, not far off from the kinds of kaiju you would imagine seeing in a horror film. It had skin that was completely black aside from several massive red tumors that seemed to cover its sides. It had spider like limbs protruding from what I assumed were its shoulders and hips. Its face looked like a mix between a crocidile and shark except that its jaw was broken into three different parts; its teeth where solid white, the smallest the size of two or three people standing upright. It had a tail that stretched several hundreds yards and swayed against the sides of buildings knocking them down as if they were nothing. Where I assumed its eyes would be there was only darkness. Thirty maybe forty black circles stood on the side of its face. It was bleeding from some parts of its body a phosphorescent blue liquid. The blue blood filled the air with the smell of decay. It must have been at least two hundred and fifty to three hundred feet tall. Staring at the creature I felt as if reality itself was being sucked away and destroyed. Then I saw it. Its claws were tearing apart survivors on the ground. It barely noticed them. It was like crushing ants. Its teeth were stained red with the blood of Errikans, the blood of Eeks, Poks, Droks, Myra, humans, and other species I couldn't recognize.

    We were nothing to the beast; as far as it was concerned we didn't even exist. The sounds of bone bending and breaking filled my ears. I was more terrified now then I had ever been. Aira shook me and yelled at me pulling my paralyzed body away. I was in shock. I couldn't even feel the pain in my side anymore. Finally I came to and took her hand and ran joining the stampede around us leaving my screaming mother behind. I knew that it was what she would have wanted me to do but I can't stop wondering if there had been another way. The last thing I remember of her was seeing her broken body, her eyes staring at me and her lips screaming at me to run. I was all she cared about. All the kids she had watched, fostered taught it was I alone that she truly loved. I was hers. I was her son and she was begging me to survive.

    I seriously thought I would see her again. I thought I would run and then around the next corner she would be there arms spread ready to embrace me. I thought I would have at least had a chance to say goodbye.

    I wanted to die. I wanted to give up. I wanted to stop running. Surely if there was an afterlife Dom and my mother would be there so why couldn't I join them. "Where are we going?" I yelled towards Aira. "Anywhere but here," she said just as scared as I was. She was strong though she hadn't looked at the creature like I had. If she saw what I saw we both would still be sitting caught in its shadow. I don't even think she saw my mom the way she moved through the crowd so quickly. If she had she wasn't saying anything. Aira was so much stronger then I was.