II
Run, run dear child. Your life defends on it, she heard in the distance, not echoing or overpowered screams of pain but rather sympathetic and anguish, turning her head.
She swore she heard the word “Paige”.
Seeing one of the officials from Agritha, Jennifer was is? She ran to her, just as she was told. Crouched in almost a half sprint and half crawl, she dodged anything coming at her, the pedestals of pure opal exploded. Similar to when a frozen pond was struck by a lightning bolt.
Not that she knew what that looked like.
She pushed on, having to reach her savior, clawing over what seemed a mass of opal, marble, wood and pieces of Human bodies lay scattered across like a valley of no hope.
Crawling, trying desperately to slow her breathing, she began to climb over an organized monument to death. Trying whichever way she could to avoid the bodies.
There are icky bugs and spiders in the bodies
Her teeth grinding shot a sharp pain across her face, digging her left foot into a bare piece of marble, he pushed herself forward. Ever inch felt as a mile. The towering piles of destruction and death seemed to stand there, as more landed it cause the piles to laugh.
Laughing at her.
Frantically she made her way of the last mound of bodies. She saw Jennifer, not nearly two hundred feet. She ran with everything she had, everything she ever was and hoped to become. Tears began to fill the corners of eyes; her legs burned and felt her knees may explode with every contact with the ground. Her vision obstructed btw the tears did no help to stop piece of granite rock she tripped on. Momentum brought her face down at an alarming rate, hands up both slightly bent, she prepared for the impact. Her hands touched and almost instantly the weight was on her elbows, bending the elbows absorbed most if the damaged. As if by instincts alone, all her energy went to her elbows, to help stabilize herself. She pushed up, lightning felt as if it had erupted from her elbows, shooting to every bone in her arms. Pain searing through her body from the onslaught if debris, shockwaves and concussions. But worst were the rats, biting and clawing, their hair brought the bugs...
The spiders.
She shivered, the pain pulsing through her body felt to last an eternity, but she one it was mere seconds if not less. She got up and ran to her original direction.
“Stop!” She heard whispered. “Please stop child.”
She stopped, a foot away from this Jennifer lady.
“Please help me” they both cried. “Please!”
*****
She didn't know who this little girl running towards her was, she swore she heard the name “Paige”, that must be her name.
Waving her hands gesturing her to come over she saw the terrified child, scampering, scrambling, dodging and fleeing from a scene no child should have to endure.
“Hurry little one.” Jennifer screamed “faster come. Almost here”
She didn't know what else she could do.
The child broke into a run before her. Tear flooding both their eyes all she wanted was for the child to be safe and never alone.
She yelped when she saw child break ground only end head first. “Stop.” She whispered.
She helped the child survive that fall; she came running to her full speed. But just before she braced the best she could, the child stopped, awkwardly standing more than a foot away, almost waiting for something. Before she could ask who the child was she felt a searing heat on her right side that pierced her skin and exploded into her midsection.
“Please help me” they both cried. “Please!”
Not even fully knowing the problem she cried desperately for help. Her face became covered in a mix of tears, sweat and blood. Hands pressed against the hole the size of a silver coin; she was weeping, crying and screaming hysterically. The seconds drowned on as her face began to pale; she cupped the child's hands and whispered through thru mouthful of blood.
“Paige” she coughed” Paige... is... a...”
Coughing blood looked as painful as is sounded.
Sarah crept behind Jennifer and cradled her. Rocking back and forth she began the last song she would ever sing.