Silence too Loud to Bear
Silence
too Loud to Bear Part 1
By:
Emily Ishida
A/N: The only character I own
is Dokuekimon. "Dokueki" is Japanese for "venom."
Heart pounding, lungs gasping desperately
for air, Sora ran through the hot, steaming tropical jungle. Leaves of ferns and
low growing bushes slapped at her face, stinging her eyes and cheeks, mixing
tears, dirt stains and sweat together. Dry leaves crunched noisily under foot,
betraying their presence to all that heard, which was no one. She jumped over a
root that was covered by leaves...but her lover wasn't so lucky. He stumbled and
fell, landing hard in the dry, brittle leaves. Sora stopped instantly to help
her friend.
"Come on," she panted, desperately tugging at her lover. The strange,
inhuman hiss of a new enemy, an evil digimon, came from behind them. Both
turned, frozen for a second, knowing it was Dokuekimon. Renewed energy came into
Yamato and he sprang up. Once again they continued running.
"Why is he after us?" Yamato gasped out between breaths. His legs were
on fire and it felt as if his chest would burst. Sora would of answered if she
could but all her energy was put into out pacing whatever it was behind them.
The ground started to slope down steeply. The two teens found it easier to run
faster and instead of stretching to gain speed with every step, the two had to
slow down. Yamato thought this a foolish idea and went as fast as he could.
Sora shouted out,
warning him but Yamato took no notice. The leaves slid underneath their feet,
making the trek dangerous as any of them could slip and break a leg. The land
flattened out and ahead the two could see a large, black lake ahead of them. Its
waters looked deep and forbidding.
A log had fallen part way in and created what could be called, a moss covered
rotting jetty. Yamato hit flat level. Unfortunately he was going such a speed he
couldn't stop. Sora saw it in slow motion ahead of her. The leaves slipped
beneath Yamato's feet. Yamato tried to grasp something but failed.
He fell sideways, legs still trying to run. Yamato hit his side, skidded, and
rolled over six times. Within seconds Yamato hit the base of the log and stopped
suddenly. His eyes were closed and he was still. Dread washed through Sora and
she strived to reach her boyfriend's side. Sora forgot her own warning and ran
too fast. She wouldn't be able to stop in time.
Sora stooped down, as if to grasp hold of
Yamato, and dug her feet into the rich, black earth, trying her best to slow down.
Unfortunately she misjudged the distance and accidentally grasped hold of the
rotting log. Her hands acted as the anchor and she flipped over her own self.
The moist wood gave beneath the force of the pull and Sora found herself flying
through the air. As she flew she kicked and waved her arms about, as if trying
to swim. Scared and screaming her body twisted to the side and the dark,
forbidding waters loomed before her.
Sora stared at the
murky waters coming closer with each second. With a startled cry she raised her
arms, trying to protect her face. She hit it head on. The water engulfed her as
she was driven in deep. A shudder ran through her body, as the water was icy
cold. Quickly she unfolded her arms from around her face and looked about.
Strangely the water did not hurt her eyes. Shocked, she looked up and saw the
sky. It looked as red as blood as the sun began to set in the horizon, so only
twilight remained. Slowly she sighed inwardly and started to swim upwards. Her
hair streamed back with every stroke. Actually she was surprised that she was
under so deep.
The surface came closer and closer until it
was only inches away. Suddenly, a burning hot ball of blue light appeared and
was driven down deep. Sora stared in surprise as it was shot past her head.
Another appeared and Sora had to move her arm quickly otherwise it would of hit
it. Her lungs were burning but if she raised herself it would make her a perfect
target. She couldn't hold out much longer. Quickly she swam that few feet to the
surface and gasped in air painfully. Startled she looked frantically about for
any sign of danger.
All was quiet and there was no movement
except for the wind in the trees. Sora was confused. Something was shooting at
her before so why not now? Now she was a clear target. Suddenly Sora thought of
something and she dived down suddenly. A flash of blue came from her right and
another ball of energy skimmed past her head. This time it was so close that she
felt the scorching heat and knew it had singed her hair. She kicked furiously
and tried to get down deeper so none of her showed above water. It was hard and
painstakingly slow. Amazingly it was a wonder she wasn't hit.
After Sora reached down a satisfactory depth
she felt safer. With a shocked expression she turned and watched the bright
light show as more energy balls plowed into the water. They looked like little
comets and for a second Sora thought she was floating in space. Her air was
running out.
With as much force as she could muster Sora
swam back to the surface and she noticed that the sky looked black. She could no
longer tell the difference between the water and air. The sun had fully set and
all was dark. Now the only light came from the moon that was hidden behind thick
clouds, causing long periods of darkness. Whatever was chasing her had ceased
firing and the water was still again. Sora let only her eyes and nose above
water and, ignoring the desperate need to breath in noisily, controlled her
breathing so it could barely be heard. Actually she was surprised to see she was
so close to the bank. Luckily it was only four feet away. A large shadow
suddenly took off into the bush at a run. It was the noise and movement that
attracted Sora's attention. Yet it also caused something strange, almost
invisible like a ghost, to chase it.
After a few seconds Sora thought this a
perfect time to escape. She exploded out of the water and dashed towards the
hill. Her wet hair swung around wildly and slapped her in the face, and her wet
clothes seemed plastered to her body, causing the leaves she ran through to
stick to her. Sora reached the base of the hill. It loomed above her and seemed
eerie and forbidding in the silvery moonlight. Quickly she grasped hold of a
jutting out rock and heaved herself up. With surprising quickness she managed to
climb a few feet before slowing down. The leaves in front of her erupted in a
shower of sparks and blue light.
Poor Sora froze, for only a second, before
turning around and dashing back down. She felt the gaze of something hidden
watching her and knew it was near. It wasn't that far and soon the water was in
front of her, the moonlight reflecting off its glistening surface. Sora dove in,
without hesitating and soon the cool, murky water had engulfed her again. An
idea came to her and Sora swam to the log. Frantically she latched onto it
underneath, her nails digging in to the soft, puffy bark. There she waited, her
face hidden between the branches sticking out. Sitting there as silent as
darkness Sora waited for what seemed like hours, terrified of being discovered.
Gradually her mind began to wonder to other thoughts, like why was he chasing
her, and why was it here.
I thought we destroyed him. She mused. Must have been more than one.
Slowly she remembered back that day, when she first saw it. Her father's
friend Ron owned a cabin in the jungle covered mountains and had invited her and
Yamato to come. At first it was fun to wake up to the sounds of the jungle every
day, to birds calling and monkeys screaming. The walks to the river weren't
bad as well. It flowed close by the cabin, just out of eyesight. Here, the two
splashed about and had fun. They were walking back to the cabin. When they came
into sight of the house they saw the door smashed in. No matter what Sora
couldn't remember anything else. Sora was tired and on the edge of sleep. That's
all she wanted to do…sleep.
Something tickled the end of her nose. Sora
couldn't help but sneeze. "ACHOO!" The noise sounded like a gunshot in
the quiet night. After she sneezed Sora froze, petrified. As fast as she could
she tried to push off from the log. Her joints were stiff and wouldn't work
properly. Taking a breath she tucked her legs up and shot away from the log. She
was too slow. Too fast to even see clearly, the log exploded in a shower of
splinters and sparks. The shock wave sent Sora tumbling forward. In a matter of
seconds she was pushed through the water by a giant wave. It lifted her up and
smashed her against soft mud, pounding the breath out of her.
Sora groaned and
stirred slightly, trying to get her bearings. It took her a few minutes to
realize that she was face down on the bank. Painfully Sora tried to will herself
to move, to hide again but she was just too tired. There was a squelching noise
as heavy footprints landed in front of her. With as much effort as she could
Sora looked up, without moving her head, but saw nothing. Slowly, two large feet
appeared, materializing from nowhere.
Sora couldn't lift her head up further to
see the rest of him. She dug her hands into the mud and tried to lift herself
up, to look her attacker in the face. Yet she barely pushed herself up three
inches before her hands slipped and she fell. After her effort Sora closed her
eyes. Please be quick, she hoped. God please let there be no more
pain.
After a bit Yamato shook his head and slowly
got up. All of the splinters fell off him, the only remains of the log. He
looked about for his girlfriend in the metallic-like silver light. He gasped and
stared for a second when he saw what looked like a ghost, dragging something
behind it. The leaves folded back and they disappeared. Yamato listened for
anything but there was no sound. There was nothing…the forest was silent...it
was a silence too loud to bear.
A/N: Liked it? Hated it? I got the idea
somewhere...don't know where...but I liked the thought and started writing.
R&R please!