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J. K. Mitchell Member
since 2002-01-12
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CHAPTER TWO: If anything he was punctual. He met her at that exact spot on the beach at ten o’ clock. She sensed him before she actually saw him. He was a good foot taller than she was. She was slightly overwhelmed by his height but still she wondered why she had been afraid of him. “So where are we going?” Summer asked. She brought nothing along as he had told her. He didn’t reply to her question at first. She didn’t think he was going to until he spoke. “There are a few things I have to explain to you.” He reached for her hand and pulled her along urging her to walk with him. “About what?” Curiosity was etched in her features. “Tell me how you knew I was here.” Summer looked at him puzzled. “I saw you.” He shook his head. “There’s something more than that.” Summer tried to figure out exactly what it was that he was talking about but couldn’t. She stared at him bewildered. “I don’t know what you mean.” Skesis stopped in mid stride then turned and looked at her expectantly. “I sensed your presence but—” Skesis suddenly smiled. “Exactly! You felt me near you.” He took her hands in his. “Summer there’s a whole New World out there just beyond your sight. Have you ever thought you’ve seen something out the corner of your eye but once you turned, nothing was there?” Summer’s eyes widened in surprise. “Yes. That often happens to me.” “Then you sense us more than others. I can’t say I’m surprised though. I expected as much from you.” Summer still wasn’t following him. Confusion clouded her eyes. Skesis continued on. “You’re seeing us.” “Us?” Skesis took Summer’s face in his hands. “Us.” He said forcefully. Summer pulled away and looked around her. All that she once knew was gone. They stood in a little rural village. Summer shivered from the chill she felt. She now understood the reasoning behind Skesis’ trench coat. She was freezing. She wrapped her arms around herself and looked around at the men and women and they in turn looked at her. “To say that we are men and women would imply that we are human which we are not. Do we even look it?” She didn’t have time to realize that he had read her mind. Instead her gaze traveled to the people around her. They didn’t look human. Some looked fairly human-like like Skesis but others…didn’t. Some looked at her as curiously as she looked at them. Others gazed at her with such hostility it was almost tangible. “Who are they?” “They are my people. We are in my Kingdom that lies just beyond the human eye.” Summer was awestruck. It was amazing. To think there was another world so close that she could reach out and touch it and she knew nothing about it. “Why is that we don’t know of your world?” Skesis eyes turned frosty with disdain. “Humans are so arrogant and self centered that they think nothing exists beyond them. They close their eyes to the three dimensions of planets that surround them. They don’t want to see the outside world. They are wrapped up in their wars and hatred. Whenever someone tries to reach out and help them from another world they let fear of the unknown rule them. Those humans who do know of our existence hide that knowledge from the masses to keep a panic from spreading. They’ve set up interdimensional police to keep too many outsiders from entering their world and alerting the public.” Summer was dumfounded. Her mind was reeling from the revelations that Skesis had laid before her. He spoke of so much that she knew nothing of. It intimidated her a little to know she had been as arrogant and self centered as he declared her to be. Never before had she ever considered that there were other worlds. To Summer such an idea was inconceivable. She had the evidence right before her eyes though. Wasn’t she standing in Skesis’ world? Didn’t his people surround her? They did and she couldn’t deny that. Why shouldn’t she accept it all? Summer closed her took a deep and steadying breath. When she opened her eyes once more she saw that Skesis was gone. No more was she standing in his cold little village. She was back on the beach where they had begun, alone. Well, not quite alone. Her assassin was there. Death, she thought of him as her death. He smiled as if he was happy to see her but she knew better. He walked towards her with deliberate slowness. Fear consumed her. His eyes were cold and empty. She searched in vain for Skesis but then she realized that the only person she could rely upon at the moment was herself. "The only love there is, is the love we make."--Prince |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
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I read part one earlier and came back to this when I had more time...2 took a twist I didnt expect from one...I too like the "tight" way you write these with out getting too wordy and over detailed, yet tell us what we need to know and then wrap it up with a mystery unfolding..this is original, creative writing. Well done JK!!  ... and I don't know why ... |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Keep this up! Chap. 3, please... |
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