There is a strange silence I cannot fully describe. In a normal morning, the streets should be filled with cars and people. Yet, here I am sitting in my room, somehow apprehensive of what is happening outside.
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I look out. Strange, the trees and clouds seem so still. The sun is lazily peaking at the clouds as if trying to unveil this mystery with me. There is no way for me to check the streets. The only view I can get from my window are the roofs of the house and trees scattered in between.
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Did time stop?
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I glance at the clock on the wall. The hands are still moving. The ticking of it has a stark contrast to the hollow sound outside.
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My mind jumps to varying conclusions. From the possible to the impossibble. From plausible to the ridiculous. How eerie for a city that supposes to be bubbling with life suddenly engulf in such silence?
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A sigh almost leaves my lips when I hear a beating sound. Is it a drum? No, it is not. It is more erratic, more vigorous. And what is that shadow over the distance? It is growing bigger. The beating sound getting louder. This sound is so familiar yet foreign at the same time. My eyes strain to see what the shadow is. It is taking a shape. But what kind of shape. It looks beastly yet the shadow seems to be in a liquefied state, changing it's form.
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The more I stare at it, the more I can't understand it. It something I can see but not actually comprehend. Like my mind can't actually think. It is like when you stare at jumbled pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. You cannot make sense of the image.
The sound is deafening now. It is everywhere, echoing. Damn, if only I can stop the sound then maybe I can see the the creature clearly. Maybe this will all made sense.
It dawn on me then. It is not not a mere shadow but rather a creature. My heart is crippled with fear. No, it can't be a creature it is clearly a shadow. I stare at it hard. My knees feeling weak. Can a shadow have a strange hue? It is black, yet shiny like oil. With strange colors emitting on it that I can only describe as sluggish green and purple. There is a glow. I can see it now. But it is a shadowy glow. It can't be.
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I clutch my head. I feel my brain pounding on my cranium. What the hell is this sound? It becomes more pronounced the more I try to gather my thoughts and evaluate the scene in front of me. It is constant sound of beating... like... like... like the beating of a heart.
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Another realization come upon me. I stop myself from holding my head. My eyes bulging from my sockets. It was my heart beating.
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I never realize it until now but I am afraid. So afraid that my mind is not able to process the danger I am facing. My body is still alive with it's natural instincts.
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I look at the figure, the shapeless, incomprehensible creatures that is now towering my city. The sun shying away from it. I claw out my eyes and jump from the window.
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I think, it is hopeless, there is no g...
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