the village
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I awoke face down in the sand, my body numb all over from the water. Upon trying to lift myself from the ground, I let out a cry as my muscles screamed in protest before collapsing back down. Pushing myself to my elbows I took the chance to survey my surroundings, while it was too dark to see fully, I was able to make out the large cliff walls just ahead and the debris around me. With a pained grown, I slowly pushed myself to my feet; attempting to ignore the slushing sensation in my shoes and slowly began moving my way towards the cliff. Coming up to the wall I noticed a large gap in wall big enough to squeeze through, stumbling through the darkness I made my way past the cave like entrance only to come out in some kind of forest.
'Where am I?' I thought to myself as a loud roar sounded overhead, spinning around wildly and immediately regretted it as I dropped to my knees holding my head, waiting for the dizziness to subside. Once everything had refocused I checked my surroundings again, while it was good that nothing was jumping out at me, I still felt uneasy about that sound; it didn't sound like anything I have ever heard before. Another roar sounded followed by the crunch of trees snapping, whatever it was I wasn't going to stay and find out what it was; pushing myself to my feet, ignoring the cry of protest my legs were giving; I started running in the opposite direction of the roars.
Trees flashed past me as I ran, stumbling over roots and crashing through bushes; it was no wonder whatever that thing was hadn't caught me yet from how much noise I was making. My lungs burned, my legs screamed for rest but I pushed on. I didn't know how long I had been running; my adrenalin helping me find a second wind as I made for a clearing up ahead. Bursting out of the underbrush I neglected to see the sudden decline in ground level, causing me to trip a begin a painful decent down the slope.
"Son of a bit-" I cried out as I landed on a small group of rocks. Fighting back tears of pain I slowly pushed myself to my hands and knees, letting out a sharp hiss of pain as I did so. Looking up I saw what appeared to be glowing buildings; blinking a few times I finally came to realisation that the houses weren't glowing, but on fire. I herd voices too, what sounded like shouting; I began to push myself to my feet again.
'Nearly there, nearly there.' I chanted in my head like a mantra as I haphazardly stagged my way towards the noises, I could feel some of the heat wash over me as I passed one of the houses; my vision becoming to blurry to make out the details. Eventually the voices started become clear.
"Have Bucket and Mulch man the boats, we need to resupply before th-" the voice cut off, as if interrupted by something. I could no longer see, my vision nothing but dark blurs with the light of the still burning houses offsetting it.
"Who are you?!" boomed the voice, I just managed to notice the accent in his voice; slowing to a stop and swaying violently I noticed a large shape move toward me.
"help…." Was all I could manage before I gave into the exhaustion and collapsed.
Short chapter, but now the setup is done, and now we can get into the movie. Reviews and constructive criticism always welcome. Have a good day.