Post by Radrook Admin on Mar 27, 2020 8:27:19 GMT -5
The Struggle
by Radrook
by Radrook
So it has finally come to this. It will either kill me or I will kill it. There is no way to avoid the dilemma. I have tried all other means but to no avail. I have pleaded for it to stop its relentless pursuit. I have taken evasive measures. Tried intimidations with blustering threats of annihilation, but on it came. Ever forward, ever persistent, until now I have been cornered with no way out standing alone in this arid wilderness with my back to a granite cliff wall as it cunningly planned.
In the distant horizon, beneath the triple moons, glows the bright outline of the colony, the haven I was heading for before it appeared suddenly on a nearby dune, bulging red eyes staring malevolently, maneuvering for a deadly strike.
As always, it is wary of the sonic blaster and lashes out, whipping its barbed tentacles, attempting to dislodge it. It knows I only have one blast remaining and it needs to count. It hesitates, hissing like a serpent and then it grips the purple sand before leaping from the dune above me. It descends with its double beaks aimed at my neck and its six tentacles slashing at my throat. I evade its attack but one beak digs into my forearm exposing the bone. Screaming in agony I stumble backwards against the wall of the cliff and struggle not to wretch from its stench.
Slowly, again it circles like some giant spider searching for another angle. It leaps once more but this time I squeeze the trigger. The blaster sends oscillating sonic waves into its gelatinous skull. It staggers back screeching in pain, red bulging eyes swiveling frantically. Then suddenly the night is silent and it lies still a few feet before me. Soon it will begin to vanish as it has done hundreds of times before. This re-emerging nightmare from my dreams, this unwanted abomination, this ever-present monster from my id.
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