"Before I knew it, my head was inside the jaws of a monster. Its glowing teeth were about to pierce my eyes, but I never moved as almost if I couldn't even breathe. But although my mouth never spoke, my mind had run wild with my final moments. Memories flashed before my eyes, giving me a split second of relief. I closed my eyes, accepting the fate that God had given me."
This was a passage in an autobiography written by Gary J. Miller, a famous wanderer who had explored a majority of Cluster I. He's encountered many entities and miraculously survived every one of them. Whether it be fighting them off or fleeing to safety. Gary isn't a God, but he most certainly had the confidence to pull anything off.
I could never be anybody like him.
For the past six months, I've trained to be part of M.E.G's Search and Rescue team. At first, I thought I was fearless. I was determined to do anything to protect our people. I woke up every morning ready to finally take part in the operation. I felt like I had nothing to worry about.
Until today. Today, I felt the same feeling that Gary had felt when he confronted... this monster.
This morning, during our training session, our team heard a faint scream coming from outside our outpost. Before anybody could react, I was already grabbing what I needed to save this person's life. I had never done anything like this before, but my adrenaline was so high that I forgot about my worries. I ran closer and closer to the commotion, pulling out my knife from its sheath. I thought I was ready for the battle I was about to face.
What I did not know was that about nine hours later, I would wake up in a hospital bed after being almost mangled by the monster that Gary had faced. However, in his story, he was able to get out of its grasp all by himself. He grabbed its jaw before it could kill him, and ripped a tooth out of its mouth clean off.
In my story, my arm had been ripped clean off, and half of my face had been permanently damaged. I'm only alive today because my team had scared it off. I was so naive for thinking that the job I could've had was simple. I thought I had confidence, but I was too late to realize that it was just stupidity.
I was a damn fool. I was inside the jaws of a monster, and all of the courage I had turned to fear in an instant.
- Samuel R.
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