So, I want to thank Boss Mongo for being my first follower. Dude, you've really helped me, and I hope we might stay in contact.
Ooh ooh...I want you guys to see something...I have chosen my Senior Project as "Creative Writing," and this is the Intro to the epic (yes, epic, like Lord of the Rings) I'm writing:
Introduction
“Where are you Mommy?” a child cried out in the night. “Mommy? Where are you?” The child crawled out of his bed, and began to search his dark room. “Mommy…I’m scared,” he whined. He totters over to a corner of the room where he remembers his mother was hiding, and he slips on the wet floor.
“Oww…Mommy, I’m hurt. Mommy?” The room is dimly lit, and as he is lying on the floor, he sees the mobile hanging over his bed. It was glistening red in the orange light from the street. “Mommy, I’m wet,” he complained as he got up from the floor. Moving slowly, he gets to where his mother was cowering when they heard the strange noises, but he doesn’t see his mother. “Mommy? Where are you?”
“Alexander, are you in here, darling?” spoke a familiar voice from the hallway.
A figure much larger than Alexander lumbered through the doorway. “Alexander, there you are dear. I was worried about you.”
“Where’s Mommy? Why doesn’t she answer me?” Alexander asked. He started to walk toward the man, but slips and falls in the large red puddle.
“She’s gone away for a little while, Alex. She’s okay.” He picks Alex up from the puddle, and they move down the hallway toward the front room. As they pass the rooms, Alex glances the interiors—one was burning, another was red like his room, and one more was barred shut.
“What’s behind the closed door, Daddy?” Alexander asked as he stretches to keep the door in view.
“Nothing, dear. It’s just a closed door,” he reassures him. The man speeds up, and rounds the last corner to the front room.
Alexander finally loses sight of the door, and looks back to his father’s face. It was dotted red and had a cut across his left cheek. “Daddy, why are we moving so fast? And why do you have that red mark across your face?”
His father does not answer him, and finally reaches the front room. The portraits of Alexander that were hanging all over the walls had fallen, and lay in a pile on the floor. The TV was blaring, and though Alex couldn’t read, he could make out a few words they were saying: “Skraeg, attack, and ten thousand dead.” His father rushes out of the house, and meets the Federation Officer in charge of the protection of the outskirt town.
“William,” the man yells, “did you find him?” The man was wearing a Federation Uniform, which was all blue with numerous medals, and held an assault rifle at his side. It was still smoking.
“Yes sir, and he’s in great shape,” William replied. “There were no others I could find, though.” William stared down at the Alexander’s face, and wiped a drop of blood off his cheek. Alexander giggles, and plays with his father's hand.
“Were you able to save her?” The man in uniform asked. Alexander looks at the officer with the giggle still on his face, and notices a building on fire behind him. It had a body draped over the windowsill, and it was burning now, too. "Daddy? Who's that?"
William ignored Alexander, and looked at the man in uniform. "Umm…no. She was…” William broke off. A tear formed in the corner of his eye.
"Daddy? Why are you crying?" asked Alexander innocently. He reached up to his father's face and wiped the tear from his eye. William let out a soft sob, and then smiled into the beaming face of his son.
“William, there was nothing you could do. It was a Ripper squad, led by a Behemoth, no less. It was a miracle Alexander survived, or even you.”
“Thank you, Colonel Hart,” William sniffled. He wiped his nose with his left sleeve, and started to walk away from the man in uniform.
“William, leave the child here. I need you to search the other houses.”
“But sir, he doesn’t even know what happened,” William said as he turned around.
"Please don't leave, Daddy," begged Alexander.
“It’s best it stays that way. Give him here,” ordered the Colonel. William slowly allowed Alexander to fall into his hands, and then stepped back just a step, reluctant to leave. “Here, take this,” the Colonel said as he handed William his assault rifle. “You’ll need it.”
“Thank you, sir,” said William as he started to turn around again.
"Daddy!" Alexander screamed. "Come back. What if you leave too?" Alexander started pushing on Colonel Hart's chest, but could not budge his arms.
“I'm gonna be right back, darling," William said as he kissed his son's forehead. He smiled into the child's face, and looked up at the Colonel. "Which house, sir?”
“Third on the left, and save any you can. If you can’t, don’t worry about it. And if you see any Skraeg, shoot and run. And that’s an order. And don't worry…He'll be fine."
"Thank you, sir," replied William as he turned towards the third house on the left, which was now crumbling.
"Daddy!" Alexander screamed again.
"He'll be fine, son," comforted Colonel Hart. "He's the best for this job, and he loves you. He'll come back soon."
"But…" Alexander sniffled. A beam falling from a burning building surprised him, and he held onto the Colonel.
"It's okay, little one. Look--there he is! Wave to your daddy." William had turned around just before he walked into the building, and was waving toward his son.
He entered the building, and then the Colonel's radio turned on. There was a lot of screaming, and Alexander buried his head into the Colonel's chest.
"We have two hostiles on the ship!" yelled the captain of the patrolling Valkyre. "Repeat, we have reported two hostiles on the ship! One Hopper, one Ripper! Please advise!"
"How many dead?" yelled the Colonel back.
"We now have twelve of an original twenty dead! No firepower in ship! Please advise!" The Colonel looks around, and spots the Valkyre, now in flames, falling toward the town.
"You have no chance of evacuation. Craft is on fire. You also have three more Hoppers on the side of the ship, probably three more Rippers in the ship. Please stay at controls as long as possible and direct away from the town. Do you copy?" All the Colonel hears is static at the other end.
"Oh…my…" was all the Colonel was able to utter as he saw the ball of flame falling towards the town.
Alexander turns to look at the new source of light, and sees the ship falling toward the street they were standing on. The Colonel starts to run to an alley connecting that street with another out of the way of the ball of flame. Alexander looks at the Colonel's worried face, and asks, "What about Daddy?"
"He’s gone away for a little while, Alex. He’s okay."
And just as he said those words, the Valkyre lands on the third house on the left.
So, how'd you guys like it? Good, huh? Chilling? Emotional? Please leave a response to the intro!
And with that, *POOF* I'm gone!