Other Worlds
Chapter 1
Wai! I'm so happy I got a review! I'm dedicating this first chapter to the person who gave me my first review and the encouragement to continue my story! You know who you are, you wonderful person you! Okay, enough with my pointless babbling, on with the story!
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing, unfortunately, is not mine. *sigh*
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The scent of crushed grass greeted Heero as he awoke. He moaned as he pushed himself shakily to his knees. He clutched his head between his hands as if he could muffle the pounding ache between his ears. He lifted his head and looked around at his surroundings to try and determine where he was. So far all he could see was that he was still in a forest. Buttery sunlight filtered through the trees where birds sang and chittered. Insects buzzed and hummed and flowers spread open their vibrant petals, releasing their inviting perfumes to entice a passing bee or butterfly.
Heero got to his feet and tried to gather his thoughts. How did he get here? Where was here? The last thing he could remember was sitting by a lake in some woods. Why had he been sitting by that lake? Something had drawn him there. He remembered walking away from the safehouse, despite the warnings from the others that they needed to stay hidden. An urge had pulled him to that serene crystalline lake. This confused him. He wasn't normally the type to follow silly urges, but for some odd reason he had been unable to resist. But how had he gotten here? He decided he would worry about that later. Right now he needed to find a way back to the safehouse. He picked a direction he thought was right and headed off.
Heero paused when he heard a low sound behind him. It sounded like an animal growl. He turned around to look behind him and drew his gun at the same time. There was nothing there. He heard it again, only it was louder this time and it sounded like it was coming from more than one animal. He turned around again and his stormy blue eyes widened in shock at what he saw.
There were two of them. They looked like wolves, only they were much to large to be wolves. They were at least as tall as he was, maybe a little bit bigger. Their fur was a rusty crimson, like the color of dried blood. Their lips were pulled back in threatening snarls, saliva dripping from snapping yellow teeth. Their yellow slitted eyes held the familiar glee of a predator that has come upon easy prey. The large creatures circled closer and then one of the huge beasts lunged for Heero's throat.
Heero's soldier instincts kicked in and he quickly rolled out of the way, barely escaping the snapping jaws. He fired off three shots, hitting the large red beast square in the chest. The giant red wolf paused for a moment, confused by it's prey's strange actions, but was soon after Heero again. Heero emptied his gun into the thing, but he didn't even seem to slow it down. If he succeeded in doing anything, that was pissing the large creature off and it's mate was joining it.
"Shit! What the hell are these things?!" Heero cursed as he got up and started to run through the woods once he realized his gun's ineffectiveness against the beasts. They happily gave chase as Heero tore desperately through the woods. He could feel their hot breath against his back as they panted after him and smell the stench of rotting meat that reeked from their snarling jaws. He pushed his body to go faster, but the dog-like creatures easily kept up. Heero then realized that they were just toying with him and from the looks of things they were greatly enjoying their game. Hopefully they would play with him long enough for him to figure out a way to lose them. Luck, however, was not on his side today.
Heero cursed as he felt his left foot collide with an upraised tree root and sent him flying. He let out a pained grunt as his body made contact with the hard earth, knocking the wind from his lungs. He gasped and wheezed as he turned himself over, fighting to catch his breath. The red beasts slowly stalked towards him, their teeth bared in an evil grin and their narrow yellow eyes glittered with triumph. Heero scooted backwards, wincing at the pain in his ankle.
Shit. Must have twisted it when I tripped… He looked back up when he saw one of the large beasts lunge for his throat again. He closed his eyes and braced himself for the pain he knew was coming. This was it. The game was over.
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Oooh, killer cliffhanger! What will happen to our beloved Heero? Want to find out? Let me know and I'll put chapter two up! Aren't I evil for letting you dangle like that? *laughs maniacally* ^_^