A Moonlit Stroll (The Timegate Part 5)

I wrote it so I might as well post it. I meant to write a post about Nyan Koi, but after the first paragraph words escaped me. I guess I’m waiting for order discount tabs a non-pool episode now and next week looks like it will be a lot of fun to blog about.

I was about to explain where the story is going, but then I realized I would probably be doing a disservice to anyone who is actually entertained by this. Thus, I will not spoil it and instead let you draw your own conclusions. For the other parts of the story you can visit the timegate category.

A Moonlit Stroll: Part 5

The day moved into evening and online ampicillin ever so slowly the sound of fighting became softer and softer. Heur estimated that the people protecting the timegate had been able to push the enemies back while Aravis thought they just didn’t fight at night. The reasons became clear soon enough. With so much smoke in the air the thin haze of light that had allowed us to survey our surroundings quickly disappeared. The area was pitch black and the four of us held hands so we wouldn’t lose each other.

“If we’re going to go we should do it now” whispered buy amoxil without prescription Kagami, her disembodied voice impossible to place in the gloom.

“Where can we go” I whispered? I wasn’t entirely sure why I was whispering, but with the gunfire gone it somehow seemed appropriate.

“Any place seems as good as the next. Besides if we stay near the timegate it’s possible more soldiers will come through” said Aravis quietly.

“How do you know they’re coming through the timegate” asked Heur?

I could imagine Aravis rolling her eyes in the pause that followed her answer, “because the city buy acomplia that was here only 49 years ago has completely disappeared. Don’t you find it odd that the skyscrapers that dotted this place before we stepped through have completely vanished?”

“She’s right” I added “As a general rule an army can’t outrun its supply line. I didn’t see any bases for the soldiers so the only viable explanation is the timegate.”

There was a pause so I continued “The timegate is the supply line. The soldiers come through it and so do the supplies”.

“Don’t you find it odd then” asked Kagami?

“What”?

“That the timegate is broken. If the soldiers have no way of returning to the past then coming here is virtually suicide”.

A chill ran down my spine and I felt Aravis’s hand tighten in response to Kagami’s words.

I heard a faint rustling and then felt Aravis’s hand move up as if she was standing.

Heur’s voice now came from above me “Either way, we’re not going to find anything but trouble staying here”.

That seemed to be the general opinion. Kagami and I got to our feet and we all managed to stumble down the stairs and climb over the dead bodies piled everywhere. Heur used his cellphone as a guiding light. Every few minutes he would light it while talking gently so none of us would get lost while we trudged and tripped our way through. Somehow his voice was comforting. He didn’t say anything of substance. He told us about his grandfather and how he used to always take him out of school to go fishing. Heur told us about this one girl he used to know who drove him absolutely crazy. His constant jabbering kept my mind from the things beneath me and before long we stopped tripping over bodies.

The gloom lifted a little as we traveled further which made it possible to make out a hazy moon. Aravis pointed it out and we all stopped. I admit I felt relief when I looked at the big white ball. The blackness had been extremely oppressive and I felt both Aravis and Kagami’s hands loosen as we gazed upon the silver light.

As we were about to continue I felt Kagami let go of my hand. I stopped the other two from moving and looked back to see her crouching in the darkness.

“What’s up” I asked?

“I was thinking about what she said—you know about the city disappearing—anyways it doesn’t look like it’s all gone.”

She dug a little bit through the soft sand and before long was holding up a piece of cement.

“But what could have caused such destruction” asked Heur, rubbing his hands together for warmth.

I could just barely make out Kagami shrugging “A few nuclear explosions, a few thousand years of erosions, continual carpet bombings for long periods of time…”

“Probably nuclear weapons” said Aravis, cutting in. “Sometime before the bodies got here otherwise they would be mostly vaporized too”.

“Agreed” I said “but should we be worried about radiation poisoning”?

“No” said Heur.

Everyone turned to look at him. Heur held up his cellphone.

“My cellphone reads radiation levels” said Heur.

I gawked, so did Kagami.

“That’s awfully convenient don’t you think” said Aravis, she moved up to him to confirm that his cellphone did what he said it did.

“What” said Heur backing away from her? “It’s not weird or anything. A bunch of people got them after the chain nuclear meltdown in France”.

“Uh huh,” said Aravis, ignoring his explanation.

“Cold fusion” said Kagami!

“Huh” I added cleverly?

“Cold fusion, they must have developed cold fusion for their nuclear warheads” she said jumping up and running over to me. Her face was excited, like a kid stuffed full of Halloween candy. “A nuclear explosion with no radiation means cold fusion; I wonder how they did it. It was still mostly theoretical back in our…”

“I think you’re missing the point” said Aravis. “We shouldn’t be discussing how the bomb was made we should be asking why they dropped it and whether they’ll drop another?”

“I’ve got another one” I said. “Why wasn’t the timegate destroyed”.

Kagami guffawed “The timegate couldn’t be destroyed by a normal nuclear explosion”. She stared at me like I was crazy. Then she seemed to remember something and looked away pretending nothing happened.

“If they’re trying to destroy the timegate, maybe we should try to put some distance between ourselves and it” said Heur.

We were quiet for a moment than noiselessly continued trekking towards places where the gloom seemed less. After walking for about an hour I was getting thirsty. I didn’t complain though seeing as everyone else must be feeling the same. Our pace had slowed and I could hear Aravis starting to breathe a little heavily. This seemed like a good time to bring up where we were planning on going again, but I was startled by what looked like a light. As we moved further it became brighter, cutting through the dust like it wasn’t there.

“What is that” asked Heur, voicing our mutual question?

“Civilization” murmured Aravis, her breath now being drawn in excited gasps.

“Could be like an Anglerfish” said Kagami.

“A what” I asked? Why was I always the one asking the stupid questions? I mentally slapped myself and vowed to just be silent when I didn’t know something from now on.

“An Anglerfish, you know the one with the light on its head.”

“Huh” I said before I could stop myself?

“The benthic ones live in the deep ocean and lure other predators to their deaths with the three filaments that stick out of its head” said Kagami while wiggling her finger over her forehead to demonstrate.

The light suddenly began to look sinister.

“But don’t worry I’m sure it’s nothing like an Anglerfish. I mean we’re not even in the ocean” said Kagami, and then she chuckled. No one else laughed with her.

“Right then, so we’re going to approach the light” said Heur and he marched forward bravely. Unfortunately for Heur it was now light enough that we could tell he was shaking. Aravis followed but Kagami was waiting for me to move.

“What’s wrong” she asked? “I’m sure it’s not an anglerfish”.

I sighed “It’s not that… my mom used to tell my grandpa not to go towards the light”.

There order discount pills was a deep silence. I could tell Kagami was really thinking about it, which surprised me. She was about a million times smarter than me. Finally she opened her mouth “I don’t get it”.

“It’s nothing; let’s go see what’s there”.

Cautiously Kagami and I followed Heur and Aravis, towards the unknown light. My stomach hoped there would be food.

End Part 5

Hope you enjoyed it :). I’ll probably get out the next part this weekend. Good luck with your week!