emeralds and he smelled strongly of brimstone, "I thought I'd find you here."
" Is it true? Has the prophecy finally come true after all this time?" Tessa asked tentatively.
"I don't know," said Ozmo. Tessa looked him in the eyes and nodded. She knew the answer was yes, he just didn't want to be the one to say it. What alternative was there? The hold Abbey Downs once possessed over the darkness was no more. She needed to act now or all would be lost.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this," she said solemnly, "It wasn't supposed to be just me."
Ozmo nodded back, "It's time."
Tessa shut her eyes and took a deep breath. The shadows contorted again as Ozmo returned to his natural form , his skin the deep green of his eyes, his limbs long and thick and scaly. Tessa climbed onto the back of the dragon as he dove into the dark pit that while seemingly endless did eventually turn and open into the light of day. Moments later they were flying high over Abbey Downs, her hands grasping at his thick mane and her thighs pressing hard against the musculature of his back. She didn't open her eyes again until they were above City Hall. There she let go of Ozmo's green mane and in one fluid motion leapt into the air as he continued on towards the end of town.
She was acting as a beacon now, sending her life force out into the world, making connections with the others like her. They wouldn't know it immediately but this force would ultimately bring them together from wherever they are and in turn they would culminate in Abbey Downs. Tessa's skin was now the color of fire and just as bright, her limbs and hair flowing around her with a viscous fluidity.
Her head slammed backwards as the light shot forth from her chest with such force that for a moment she rose higher as if it were dragging her along with it before she began plummeting towards the streets of Abbey Downs. Ozmo caught her in his maw mid-air and returned her safely to Dunham Manor. Returning to his humanoid form, Ozmo carried Tessa inside and lay her down in her bedroom.
Tessa needs her rest now for there is much preparation ahead of her. So we'll leave her and Ozmo and follow instead the life force that she unleashed moments ago.
We'll follow it west where a young Soleil rides behind a burly minister in red on a Suzuki Intruder. They haven't encountered another soul, good or bad, since they left the cheeseburgers at Wendy's behind. Thankful that they found each other along the way but still unaware why they were both thinking of Abbey Downs that day, whatever that is, as their final destination.
We follow the light to the streets of California where a young man who goes only by his last name, Cochran, is heading East inside one of the Google street cars.
We follow the light all the way back east to check in on Leo and Finn, they've found Evan and are making their way west now in his stolen Highlander... in the snow.
We follow the light South where a woman named Anna is hiking North West toward Missouri having abandoned her car after a particularly rough patch of highway outside of Arkansas.
The light continues outward across the oceans. There are others like Tessa out here and they too feel the urgent sensation to head to Abbey Downs... but how?
5
It was cold. Too cold. Leo looked up at the sky through the windshield at the passing clouds. While it certainly felt as if a season had passed since everything went to shit, not more than a couple days had come and gone. Everything was out of whack anymore. Day turned to night quicker. The animals that remained were more aggressive. The weeds seemed to be growing at an abnormally quick pace. It was as if the Earths daily rotation on its axial tilt had sped up. As if time itself had said, fuck it; let’s get this end of the world shit over with already. Now this.
“Is that snow?” Leo asked.
Leo looked at Finn
" Is it true? Has the prophecy finally come true after all this time?" Tessa asked tentatively.
"I don't know," said Ozmo. Tessa looked him in the eyes and nodded. She knew the answer was yes, he just didn't want to be the one to say it. What alternative was there? The hold Abbey Downs once possessed over the darkness was no more. She needed to act now or all would be lost.
"It wasn't supposed to be like this," she said solemnly, "It wasn't supposed to be just me."
Ozmo nodded back, "It's time."
Tessa shut her eyes and took a deep breath. The shadows contorted again as Ozmo returned to his natural form , his skin the deep green of his eyes, his limbs long and thick and scaly. Tessa climbed onto the back of the dragon as he dove into the dark pit that while seemingly endless did eventually turn and open into the light of day. Moments later they were flying high over Abbey Downs, her hands grasping at his thick mane and her thighs pressing hard against the musculature of his back. She didn't open her eyes again until they were above City Hall. There she let go of Ozmo's green mane and in one fluid motion leapt into the air as he continued on towards the end of town.
She was acting as a beacon now, sending her life force out into the world, making connections with the others like her. They wouldn't know it immediately but this force would ultimately bring them together from wherever they are and in turn they would culminate in Abbey Downs. Tessa's skin was now the color of fire and just as bright, her limbs and hair flowing around her with a viscous fluidity.
Her head slammed backwards as the light shot forth from her chest with such force that for a moment she rose higher as if it were dragging her along with it before she began plummeting towards the streets of Abbey Downs. Ozmo caught her in his maw mid-air and returned her safely to Dunham Manor. Returning to his humanoid form, Ozmo carried Tessa inside and lay her down in her bedroom.
Tessa needs her rest now for there is much preparation ahead of her. So we'll leave her and Ozmo and follow instead the life force that she unleashed moments ago.
We'll follow it west where a young Soleil rides behind a burly minister in red on a Suzuki Intruder. They haven't encountered another soul, good or bad, since they left the cheeseburgers at Wendy's behind. Thankful that they found each other along the way but still unaware why they were both thinking of Abbey Downs that day, whatever that is, as their final destination.
We follow the light to the streets of California where a young man who goes only by his last name, Cochran, is heading East inside one of the Google street cars.
We follow the light all the way back east to check in on Leo and Finn, they've found Evan and are making their way west now in his stolen Highlander... in the snow.
We follow the light South where a woman named Anna is hiking North West toward Missouri having abandoned her car after a particularly rough patch of highway outside of Arkansas.
The light continues outward across the oceans. There are others like Tessa out here and they too feel the urgent sensation to head to Abbey Downs... but how?
5
It was cold. Too cold. Leo looked up at the sky through the windshield at the passing clouds. While it certainly felt as if a season had passed since everything went to shit, not more than a couple days had come and gone. Everything was out of whack anymore. Day turned to night quicker. The animals that remained were more aggressive. The weeds seemed to be growing at an abnormally quick pace. It was as if the Earths daily rotation on its axial tilt had sped up. As if time itself had said, fuck it; let’s get this end of the world shit over with already. Now this.
“Is that snow?” Leo asked.
Leo looked at Finn
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