Friday, February 4, 2011

Do to problems

On Buzz I have decided to post this on Blogger, please comment as this is from Theodore's Gate

The shadow moved, and Kimberly looked around; no one was there to assist her, no one could save her this time. She looked as the obviously massive creature tumbled toward her, and came into view. It had a huge furry head that resembled a rhino, but had three really large horns on the front and was wooly all over with its thick brown curly fur. It looked her in the eyes, and then looked ahead beyond her. She stood perfectly still; trying to avoid angering the Krymel. The beast lumbered forward over her head, and made its way beyond. She stayed there until she didn’t see the shadows anymore. She then proceeded forward as before.

Tokamak was just a hundred yards behind her, but she couldn’t see him in the blizzard, she couldn’t see anyone; Merilileron was still taking down a Tolobo while Homer and Nate watched. Kimberly was now feeling stupider than ever for trying head back home. She couldn’t find the trail, and she couldn’t see anything but trees and drifts of snow. She tried to avoid the drifts, but the wind made it hard to distinguish firm ground from loose snow. 
She stepped out onto ice, she slipped on it, and started to skid. She finally pulled herself to a stop, but had to look around, all she saw was more ice; she didn’t remember this much ice. 

Tokamak hated her for this; keep going when you’re lost is one of the stupidest things you can do, but Tokamak swore Kimberly did not ever receive such a message. He followed her footsteps, but could no longer run like he had before, that was until he saw a new footprint mixed in: A large bird. 
He started running as fast as he could.
Kimberly though heard footsteps and looked back, she saw the bird just as it was about to jump on her. 
“A Qweethy…” She muttered. The bird reeled around and tried to leap on her again. Kimberly sprung to her feet, and got away from the massive creature. She ran, but the ice failed to support her. She slipped around, but so did the bird.

Kimberly suddenly found herself skidding downward. She looked ahead and saw she was at the top of a hill; the Qweethy slipped down as well. She screamed when she saw the crack in the ice, it was huge, and looked far more like a canyon. She tried to grab any groove in the ice or chunk she slid by, and kept screaming. She finally grabbed a rock sticking out of the ice. She screamed harder than she ever had before.

Tokamak heard the scream as he approached the ice. He pulled out his still useless gun, and looked at the ice. It sloped hard down toward an opening. It looked like the place had once been a deep river. He watched as a large figure tumbled into the crack. It was not human, so he continued his search; he remembered when the dragons had first shown up on his world, how he had lost track of a girl he had been taking care of, and she had been eaten by one of those beasts. Memories of this flooded him as he couldn’t find Kimberly. Finally he yelled:
“Kimberly!” 
Nothing came back; he continued to wait, and was about give up when he heard a scream echo again. She was near the edge, and he finally spotted her; she was hanging over the edge trying to hold on for her life. She didn’t have long though, so Tokamak pulled out his rope, and tied it to his gun. Which he tied to a deep rock, and the he grabbed the other end, and started to slide down. He found he was sliding quickly toward the edge, and he tumbled over the edge, and started to plummet till the rope tightened, and he held on hard. He looked up at Kimberly, and started climbing up towards her. He got up near her and looked her in the eye.
“Grab the rope!” He yelled. “Grab the rope!”
She did, but slipped and fell down, and grabbed him instead. He grunted as his arm strained under holding him.
“Don’t let me die!” She squealed in terror. She started ranting gibberish and was crying. He tried to climb up the rope with her on him, but couldn’t move.
“Kimberly!” He grunted loudly. “Kimberly you have to climb up the rope.” Kimberly nodded, then grabbed the rope reluctantly. She tried to pull herself higher, but she kept slipping.
“Twist your hands around the rope, you’ll hold on better.” Tokamak said. 
Suddenly he heard a noise that made his heart skip a beat. 
“Tokamak the rope is breaking!” She screamed his very thoughts. He looked over at the icy ledge, and grabbed onto it; then let go of the rope. 
“Tokamak what are you doing!?” She screamed.
“I’m heavier, you climb up the rope now!” He yelled. “You have a better chance.” She nodded, and tried to climb the rope. 
That’s when she slipped. She grabbed back ahold of the rope quickly, but Tokamak’s urge to grab her left him tumbling over the edge. He didn’t scream, but Kimberly did. She screamed as she watched him tumble into the darkness; then heard the rope snap, and she tumbled down herself.

2 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness! Maybe you'll just call me biased, but I con't care! I love this....it's warring for favorite with The Nithcur King...unfortunately..I think Theodore's Gate is winning. Keep writing Me Goof! Or I might go nuttier than I am ;) jk lolz

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  2. Having read some of your stuff, I have to say your writing is greatly improving. I dare say this is some of the best I have read yet.

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