night,
Leon began to constantly shift in bed, making small grunting
noises. Before long, he woke sitting upright, sweating and out of
breath. He looked at Sara, only to find her staring at him. She was
halfway out of bed with her halo in hand.
“Bad dream?” Sara asked.
Leon wiped the sweat off his forehead.
“Yeah.”
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The sun had just risen when Sara and Leon
left the outpost.
“If you don't mind, what were you dreaming of
last night?” Sara asked.
“Nothing really, just fighting old battles,”
Leon said, leading the way into the forest. “I think it's my turn
to ask a few questions.”
“Go ahead.”
“Where did you humans come from?”
“Our land is called Gaia. It's a beautiful
place. We have every type of terrain and weather you can imagine.
The land stretches forever in all directions. New Haven is
considered a medium-sized city over there.”
“If you have so much land, why did you come
here?”
Sara paused. “I'm sure there's still a lot of
land in Gaia that can be settled, but most of the cities were
getting crowded fast. People began to think the only way we would
survive is by expanding. We’ve settled a few islands at least, but
nothing that comes close to Rhea. If it were vacant, we’d probably
have a dozen cities here instead of three.”
Both of them suddenly stopped at the sound of
some rustling.
“What was that?” Sara whispered, drawing her
equinox.
“Trouble,” Leon said grabbing his staff,
twisting one end and unsheathing the nearly two and a half-foot
long blade inside.
“What kind?”
“Four arms and big teeth. That kind.”
“A Rhean Monkey?” Sara asked.
“If that's what you wanna call it,” Leon
said, without even a second to dodge what he just described.
The Rhean Monkey came swinging at him
feet-first from the side of the tree. Holding onto the tree with
its two left arms, it roared at Leon.
“Look out!” Leon shouted, pointing above
Sara's head.
Sara ducked just in time to avoid the
three-clawed hand of another monkey. She drove her equinox into its
eye and brought it crashing down.
Leon was just about to swing his sword at the
first one when it suddenly leaped at him along with a third from
behind. He stabbed the first one through the heart, killing it
instantly. The other, however, got a good hold of him, slashing and
tearing with its claws and biting down on his shoulder.
Leon growled in pain as he reached back and
grabbed the monkey. With his incredible strength, he pulled it off
and threw it hard against a tree.
The monkey staggered, unable to recover
before Leon sliced its head off.
“Leon, are you hurt?” Sara asked, watching
any wound on him quickly heal.
“I'll be fine,” Leon answered. “Stay on your
toes. These things usually travel in groups of about a dozen.”
At that moment Sara realized several monkeys
surrounded them. One suddenly roared, setting the others in a
frenzy.
Leon didn't wait. He ran at one and stabbed
it through the ribs. Another jumped at him. In an instant, Leon was
behind it, impaling it through the back.
Sara was amazed at the speed with which Leon
was able to dodge. Four monkeys began to close in on her fast. Not
wanting to get surrounded, Sara quickly ran towards one, thrusting
the equinox into its neck. With no time to pull the equinox out,
she grabbed the halo and swung it, slicing a second down the
middle.
Leon used his incredible speed to intercept
one of the monkeys and slice two of its arms off, before slashing
its neck.
Sara quickly pulled the equinox out of the
monkey’s neck and hurled it straight into the last one's chest.
The monkey instantly dropped dead on its
back.
Leon scanned the area using his Vesuvian
senses. “I think that was all of them.”
Sara retrieved the equinox. “Better not lose
this. Arthur will kill me.”
“How are you?” Leon asked.
“My heart's pounding.”
“We have to move. Vesuvia isn't that much
further.”
After several
Leon began to constantly shift in bed, making small grunting
noises. Before long, he woke sitting upright, sweating and out of
breath. He looked at Sara, only to find her staring at him. She was
halfway out of bed with her halo in hand.
“Bad dream?” Sara asked.
Leon wiped the sweat off his forehead.
“Yeah.”
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The sun had just risen when Sara and Leon
left the outpost.
“If you don't mind, what were you dreaming of
last night?” Sara asked.
“Nothing really, just fighting old battles,”
Leon said, leading the way into the forest. “I think it's my turn
to ask a few questions.”
“Go ahead.”
“Where did you humans come from?”
“Our land is called Gaia. It's a beautiful
place. We have every type of terrain and weather you can imagine.
The land stretches forever in all directions. New Haven is
considered a medium-sized city over there.”
“If you have so much land, why did you come
here?”
Sara paused. “I'm sure there's still a lot of
land in Gaia that can be settled, but most of the cities were
getting crowded fast. People began to think the only way we would
survive is by expanding. We’ve settled a few islands at least, but
nothing that comes close to Rhea. If it were vacant, we’d probably
have a dozen cities here instead of three.”
Both of them suddenly stopped at the sound of
some rustling.
“What was that?” Sara whispered, drawing her
equinox.
“Trouble,” Leon said grabbing his staff,
twisting one end and unsheathing the nearly two and a half-foot
long blade inside.
“What kind?”
“Four arms and big teeth. That kind.”
“A Rhean Monkey?” Sara asked.
“If that's what you wanna call it,” Leon
said, without even a second to dodge what he just described.
The Rhean Monkey came swinging at him
feet-first from the side of the tree. Holding onto the tree with
its two left arms, it roared at Leon.
“Look out!” Leon shouted, pointing above
Sara's head.
Sara ducked just in time to avoid the
three-clawed hand of another monkey. She drove her equinox into its
eye and brought it crashing down.
Leon was just about to swing his sword at the
first one when it suddenly leaped at him along with a third from
behind. He stabbed the first one through the heart, killing it
instantly. The other, however, got a good hold of him, slashing and
tearing with its claws and biting down on his shoulder.
Leon growled in pain as he reached back and
grabbed the monkey. With his incredible strength, he pulled it off
and threw it hard against a tree.
The monkey staggered, unable to recover
before Leon sliced its head off.
“Leon, are you hurt?” Sara asked, watching
any wound on him quickly heal.
“I'll be fine,” Leon answered. “Stay on your
toes. These things usually travel in groups of about a dozen.”
At that moment Sara realized several monkeys
surrounded them. One suddenly roared, setting the others in a
frenzy.
Leon didn't wait. He ran at one and stabbed
it through the ribs. Another jumped at him. In an instant, Leon was
behind it, impaling it through the back.
Sara was amazed at the speed with which Leon
was able to dodge. Four monkeys began to close in on her fast. Not
wanting to get surrounded, Sara quickly ran towards one, thrusting
the equinox into its neck. With no time to pull the equinox out,
she grabbed the halo and swung it, slicing a second down the
middle.
Leon used his incredible speed to intercept
one of the monkeys and slice two of its arms off, before slashing
its neck.
Sara quickly pulled the equinox out of the
monkey’s neck and hurled it straight into the last one's chest.
The monkey instantly dropped dead on its
back.
Leon scanned the area using his Vesuvian
senses. “I think that was all of them.”
Sara retrieved the equinox. “Better not lose
this. Arthur will kill me.”
“How are you?” Leon asked.
“My heart's pounding.”
“We have to move. Vesuvia isn't that much
further.”
After several
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