Prologue
Quiet.
Possibly the best way to sum up the pleasant stretch of countryside that seemed as if it were never-ending if looked at from that glorious rocky cliff top.
From where the figure was stood there was two ways to head, on the left, overgrown forestland.
The right, a gently flowing waterfall, not rapid on its decent to the pool of water it would eventually hit, but as if tickling downwards like soft rain, as if in caution of what may be lurking in the depths of the friendly, but unfathomable pool of water which further along you could see it had quickly re-arranged itself to form a slow moving, amiable river.
The only thing that actually broke the silence occasionally was the spontaneous call of one animal of some description to the other and then the silence came back as if not been interrupted at all.
That is, If it actually stayed like that.
Suddenly, two, quite blurred due to the rate of speed at which they ran, figures darted towards the forest land, the sounds of their heavy breathing filling the scenery below with, to it all, an alien sound.
Seconds later another figure, not as fast as the other two, ran after them though this one didn't fill the environment with heavy breathing like the other two but metallic thuds as it hit the ground from running, like if it was completely machine.
The three figures quickly disappeared into the woodland as the breathing, pants, and thuds lingered on lifelessly as they chased on further into the woods.
The limp figure of a man, who's long wavy hair covered a majority of his face, only turned his head to look at them a couple of seconds after their disappearance, then his head turned back to look at the scenery that stretched out ahead of him, as if it had a power to take over him.
Sooner or Later faint Screeches could be heard from a extremely long distance, which were quickly cut off by snapping sounds, as if it were a humans bone but still the figure refused to move, concentrating on every plate of grass, every ripple of water and every leaf on the tree. The smaller details on the environment, as if it were a masterpiece of a painting.
The metallic figure, emerging from the trees, slowly crept up to him.