LK: Wow. It has been a LONG time. I'm terribly sorry ... (I know,
"excuses excuses," but ... well ... shut up! *pouts *) multiple
groundings, swimming ... I know I'm forgetting something... oh yeah:
SCHOOL! (Ha, silly me!) have kept me from continuing my beloved story.
I really have no idea what it is about yet, so bare with me as I type
when I have a minute or two available! ^_^ Thanx!
Disclaimer: Blah, blah, blah. (some habits never die.)
Chapter Twelve: *CCHH * Houston, we have a problem!
Sarras gulped. She didn't know where she was. She looked all around herself and saw... nothing. No grass, no trees, no civilization. Nothing. Just... charred earth...
A boy-child screamed in the distance... and kept screaming. He wouldn't stop crying ... She tried desperately to find the child, to help him. To wipe away his tears, fix whatever was wrong ... but she couldn't see him, and she couldn't call out to him around the gag in her mouth. She thought about following the sound of his screams, but it seemed to come from every direction, and she couldn't move her feet: they were tied together. She tried to scream, but she couldn't. Someone called out her name; a different voice, but somehow similar. They called her name again, but she couldn't heed it, she had to find the poor lost soul out in the ruins of the darkness... she wouldn't, couldn't help herself until she helped that poor child ... she couldn't breathe anymore ... the darkness was closing in ...
...Mawat released her from his bone-crushing embrace only when she started gasping for air. She looked into his eyes, and seeing the concern, she burst into tears and fell into his arms, hiccuping as she tried to breathe around the sobs that racked her body. Mawat stroked her hair as he muttered, "What was it, darling? What upset you so much?"
"It was t-t-terrible. The earth was scorched, maimed. There was a child that was screaming in pain, and I couldn't g-get to it!" She collapsed into sobs again. "I c-c-couldn't do a-anything."
Mawat swore viciously, nearly scaring her out of her wits. When she looked up at him, he smiled apologetically, and said, "Both my mother and my grandmother have been having the same dream lately." She instantly new the reason for the blood shot looks in Nawat and George's eyes, and the reason she hadn't seen the ladies for a while. Mawat looked concerned as he tangled his fingers in her hair, sat down on the bed and pulled her into his lap, suddenly needing to hold her and be comforted. She sighed and hugged him back, faintly noticing the ripped sheets and pillows that scattered her room as a result of her dream-self's frustration. He must have heard me through the walls and come rushing in...
She gulped. "Should we ask somebody about it?"
Mawat snorted. "Who?"
"Well, the gods... but they don't care much, do they?" She noticed his dubious look. "No, I guess not... well, we can't just sit here! We have to find some explanation for it!"
"Maybe we could ask Krypioth if he knows what it means..."
"He's probably the only god besides my grandmother that will listen to us." She considered that statement. "Let's go find Krypioth."
Mawat instantly noticed her change in mood. This mood, far from the --I'm-going-to-sink-in-the-ground-and-cry-so-you-won't-be-burdened-with-my- problems-- usually meant --DANGER!!!! I'M A WOMAN ON A MISSION!!! GET OUTTA MY WAY!!!-- Warily, he eased her off of his lap. "And I suppose you want to go now?"
"Why of course! You know me well enough to be able to assume that don't you?" She smiled. "Pack lightly, we'll only be gone a few days."
LK: well, I am a bit of a sadist ... that was very interesting ... my god, I just realized that I haven't written in this since before POTC came out!!! *gasps from strangely silent (cough) non-existent and altogether BORED crowd* Yes, well... I AM sorry about that... I will try to update more frequently (no, not more physics!!! AHHH!!!) (sorry, we're studying sound waves in *Mr. Hall's voice booms over non-existent loudspeaker * PHYSICS 9H!!!! ) that man annoys me sometimes, ya'know? Good lord, look at the time! Well, g2g, math test, you know!
"excuses excuses," but ... well ... shut up! *pouts *) multiple
groundings, swimming ... I know I'm forgetting something... oh yeah:
SCHOOL! (Ha, silly me!) have kept me from continuing my beloved story.
I really have no idea what it is about yet, so bare with me as I type
when I have a minute or two available! ^_^ Thanx!
Disclaimer: Blah, blah, blah. (some habits never die.)
Chapter Twelve: *CCHH * Houston, we have a problem!
Sarras gulped. She didn't know where she was. She looked all around herself and saw... nothing. No grass, no trees, no civilization. Nothing. Just... charred earth...
A boy-child screamed in the distance... and kept screaming. He wouldn't stop crying ... She tried desperately to find the child, to help him. To wipe away his tears, fix whatever was wrong ... but she couldn't see him, and she couldn't call out to him around the gag in her mouth. She thought about following the sound of his screams, but it seemed to come from every direction, and she couldn't move her feet: they were tied together. She tried to scream, but she couldn't. Someone called out her name; a different voice, but somehow similar. They called her name again, but she couldn't heed it, she had to find the poor lost soul out in the ruins of the darkness... she wouldn't, couldn't help herself until she helped that poor child ... she couldn't breathe anymore ... the darkness was closing in ...
...Mawat released her from his bone-crushing embrace only when she started gasping for air. She looked into his eyes, and seeing the concern, she burst into tears and fell into his arms, hiccuping as she tried to breathe around the sobs that racked her body. Mawat stroked her hair as he muttered, "What was it, darling? What upset you so much?"
"It was t-t-terrible. The earth was scorched, maimed. There was a child that was screaming in pain, and I couldn't g-get to it!" She collapsed into sobs again. "I c-c-couldn't do a-anything."
Mawat swore viciously, nearly scaring her out of her wits. When she looked up at him, he smiled apologetically, and said, "Both my mother and my grandmother have been having the same dream lately." She instantly new the reason for the blood shot looks in Nawat and George's eyes, and the reason she hadn't seen the ladies for a while. Mawat looked concerned as he tangled his fingers in her hair, sat down on the bed and pulled her into his lap, suddenly needing to hold her and be comforted. She sighed and hugged him back, faintly noticing the ripped sheets and pillows that scattered her room as a result of her dream-self's frustration. He must have heard me through the walls and come rushing in...
She gulped. "Should we ask somebody about it?"
Mawat snorted. "Who?"
"Well, the gods... but they don't care much, do they?" She noticed his dubious look. "No, I guess not... well, we can't just sit here! We have to find some explanation for it!"
"Maybe we could ask Krypioth if he knows what it means..."
"He's probably the only god besides my grandmother that will listen to us." She considered that statement. "Let's go find Krypioth."
Mawat instantly noticed her change in mood. This mood, far from the --I'm-going-to-sink-in-the-ground-and-cry-so-you-won't-be-burdened-with-my- problems-- usually meant --DANGER!!!! I'M A WOMAN ON A MISSION!!! GET OUTTA MY WAY!!!-- Warily, he eased her off of his lap. "And I suppose you want to go now?"
"Why of course! You know me well enough to be able to assume that don't you?" She smiled. "Pack lightly, we'll only be gone a few days."
LK: well, I am a bit of a sadist ... that was very interesting ... my god, I just realized that I haven't written in this since before POTC came out!!! *gasps from strangely silent (cough) non-existent and altogether BORED crowd* Yes, well... I AM sorry about that... I will try to update more frequently (no, not more physics!!! AHHH!!!) (sorry, we're studying sound waves in *Mr. Hall's voice booms over non-existent loudspeaker * PHYSICS 9H!!!! ) that man annoys me sometimes, ya'know? Good lord, look at the time! Well, g2g, math test, you know!