3 Life and Death (1/2)

”Huh ... huh ... huh”

A young boy ran with heavy breaths through the woods. He didn't know where to run to, he just knew that he couldn't stop under any circumstances.

His clothes were torn on many places, more often than not he fell down somewhere or got caught on some branches. But he didn't stop. The danger hovering above his head was just too great.

His body was covered with injuries and deep bites. Blood leaked out of his waist and legs. His movement looked more like stumbling than actual running.

Sweat dripped down his forehead and he had to breath in more and more. Yet he didn't allow himself to take a short break and sit down or else he might not find the strength to stand up again.

His hand palms were skinned sharply because of the stumbling on the ground or supporting himself against the hard tree barks.

However, the adrenalin was still able to distract him from the pain.

”Auuuuuuu!”, sounded out the shout of a creature in the near distance. In response a couple of other similar shouts resounded as well:

”Auuuuuuu! Auuuuuuu!”

”Shit!”

The boy realized the gravity of the situation and tried to think of a way out. But thinking was getting harder and harder and keeping his eyes open also became increasingly more difficult.

And then, before he could prevent it, he fell down harshly onto the ground. His right arm bore the brunt of the force yet it was also affected the most. His whole body was now coloured with a mix of blood and dirt.

He grit his teeth and tried propping himself up but he couldn't summon the necessary strength to do so.

The howls of the creatures got louder and louder as they got closer to his location.

Inside the shrubs and trees in his 20m surroundings, there were eyes already visible that looked down upon the boy's body. They looked at him the way a predator looked at its prey.

The boy put his left hand into his pocket and brought a round ball to light. It was very rusty, but there were still colours of red and white recognizable. He couldn't stop himself and coughed out blood onto the ball.

Tears formed in his eyes when he saw that. The picture of a man with a broad back came to his mind and the tears fell down his cheeks.

”I am sorry, dad”, the tears filled his view and mixed with the blood on his body, ”I am so sorry. I couldn't do it. I promised you I would protect them, but I couldn't do it. I have failed them instead.”

He wept and let out a sorrowful cry. His face got paler and he struggled to keep his mind clear. He wanted his last memories of this World to be good ones.

The boy was lying at the foot of a larger tree on a big field of grass.

They let out low growls and threatened the person in front of them. They sensed his weakness and wanted to make sure that he didn't have any trump cards or traps left for them.

The boy's eyes were already quite damaged, and he couldn't see anything except for shadows and bright light. He clenched his left fist in a last effort before the last breaths of live left him.

His lifeless body lied there silently. The creatures probed him more to see if he just faked it. But after some tests it seemed like their meal was ready to be devoured. They approached him more and these beasts already anticipated the taste of fresh meat.

.....

At the same time in the sky above

Suddenly a tear formed between the clouds and rays of light in the sky. It grew larger with every passing second and stretched from one side to the other. When the thin line seemed to be too long it opened itself as if a giant was opening its jaws.

Behind the entrance was simply a screen of endless darkness. Yet within the middle a small point of light was visible. It grew bigger and bigger till the whole screen was engulfed in this light.

Then in the next moment something bright shot out from the screen and fell down the earth.

A group of pidgey's and pidgeotto's was in the way, but they avoided the foreign object as fast as possible. They somehow knew that a direct confrontation wouldn't end well for them.

The ball of light moved with an incredibe speed through the air and would have turned the night into day and compete with the sun in terms of brightness.

The object dropped in the direction of the forest near the place where the boy's body lied. The small creatures that were about to eat their meal became frightened when they saw the object falling. They thought it was all part of that person's plan, so they escaped into the bushes with their tails between their legs.

The mysterious object as if steered through an unknown force moved into the lifeless body and disappeared therein.

In the beginning nothing happened, but then all of a sudden, the seemingly dead body started shivering like crazy. After a short moment the shivering came to an end but the heart that had stopped beating, resumed its work suddenly: