The village was a joyful place, full of love and peace. Marlene and
Yuji were very happy to see their daughter Yung growing bigger and more
aware of the world around her every day. She looked so much like her
mother, too. Her eyes shone like the water babbling over the rocks in the
stream.
But while Yung was growing, the creatures in the cave at the bottom of the earth were growing too.
One starry night, the creatures decided it was time to resurface. Silently, they crawled out of their cavern onto the upper land. They crept towards the village, which was mostly dark except for a few tiny lights. All the humans were sleeping, it would be perfect. They detected that what they were searching for was inside one of the houses. It was very fragile, so they had to be careful with it.
A single creature that was designated as the leader went into the house that gave the strongest sense of their object. It was easy to get inside – the doors weren't locked at all. The creature found that it was very difficult to get around without making noise due to its size. Eventually, it made it into the bedroom. There was a large bed in the room, and it had two people, a man and a woman, lying on it. The creature recognized the man. It had heard stories about him from the elders. That man was a half-blood. He had the chance to help destroy all the humans, but he didn't.
Sleeping between the two people was what the creatures had been looking for. The leader didn't know how it would get the object out without causing a stir. It extended a leg out and reached between the two people. It grasped the object and carefully picked it up. It took a blanket and wrapped it around the object.
Heroic praise was already ringing in the creature's head, and as it snuck out of the room with its prize, it forgot about a glass vase holding flowers. It bumped into the vase and it shattered on the floor. The woman in the bed sat up and screamed, waking the man. He reached up and grabbed a metal pole and flicked on the light. His face turned pale with horror, but he still tried to stay calm. The object in the creature's possession began to cry.
"What are you doing here?" The man yelled. "Your kind is supposed to be dead! Dead! I killed you all!"
The creature did not reply. It had to get out of there quickly, and they were ordered not to kill anyone. It knew it could kill the man in an instant, for the metal rod did not frighten him. It backed up out of the room slowly and made it out of the house. The man chased after it, shouting. But the creature knocked him onto the floor.
Outside, the creature signaled to its group that it must retreat quickly. They scurried away with their trophy into the earthen place where they had come from. Their mission was complete.
But while Yung was growing, the creatures in the cave at the bottom of the earth were growing too.
One starry night, the creatures decided it was time to resurface. Silently, they crawled out of their cavern onto the upper land. They crept towards the village, which was mostly dark except for a few tiny lights. All the humans were sleeping, it would be perfect. They detected that what they were searching for was inside one of the houses. It was very fragile, so they had to be careful with it.
A single creature that was designated as the leader went into the house that gave the strongest sense of their object. It was easy to get inside – the doors weren't locked at all. The creature found that it was very difficult to get around without making noise due to its size. Eventually, it made it into the bedroom. There was a large bed in the room, and it had two people, a man and a woman, lying on it. The creature recognized the man. It had heard stories about him from the elders. That man was a half-blood. He had the chance to help destroy all the humans, but he didn't.
Sleeping between the two people was what the creatures had been looking for. The leader didn't know how it would get the object out without causing a stir. It extended a leg out and reached between the two people. It grasped the object and carefully picked it up. It took a blanket and wrapped it around the object.
Heroic praise was already ringing in the creature's head, and as it snuck out of the room with its prize, it forgot about a glass vase holding flowers. It bumped into the vase and it shattered on the floor. The woman in the bed sat up and screamed, waking the man. He reached up and grabbed a metal pole and flicked on the light. His face turned pale with horror, but he still tried to stay calm. The object in the creature's possession began to cry.
"What are you doing here?" The man yelled. "Your kind is supposed to be dead! Dead! I killed you all!"
The creature did not reply. It had to get out of there quickly, and they were ordered not to kill anyone. It knew it could kill the man in an instant, for the metal rod did not frighten him. It backed up out of the room slowly and made it out of the house. The man chased after it, shouting. But the creature knocked him onto the floor.
Outside, the creature signaled to its group that it must retreat quickly. They scurried away with their trophy into the earthen place where they had come from. Their mission was complete.