Julian briefly glanced at the situation at the door, thankful for Janie's help, then turned his attention back to the shape in front of him. He forced himself to concentrate on aiming properly, then fired again.
The second shape stopped, and turned to dust, much like the first shape
did. All that was left was the third, which was trying hard to get Janie
to move so it could escape.
"I don't know how much longer I can keep it slow, Julian."
Julian wasted no time and ran after Janie, targeting the last monster. As soon as he had a clear aim, he shot - only to find there were no more bullets left in the magazine. Cursing, he dropped his now useless gun and lunged for the shape instead, claws ahead.
Janie was relieved, for just a moment, until she realized that the gun was
out of bullets. She had a gun, but had been concentrating so hard on
slowing the shapes down, that she couldn't use it.
"Julian! Be careful!" she yelled, as he lunged at the shape. It turned
away from her and to him. The darkness surrounding it spread, trying to
make it too dark for Julian to see. "I'm going to slide my gun towards
you, you have to shoot it. I can't because I need to concentrate to keep
it slow."
When she spoke, the shape seemed to move faster as it tried to attack
Julian. When she stopped, it slowed down again.
"Alright!" he shouted back. "Just slow it down, I'll do the rest!"
When the darkness surrounded him, Julian relied on his other senses to know where his enemy was. He reached out and blindly grabbed for the monster with one hand, afraid that it could take the opportunity and flee as long as it was able to move faster.
He tried to fight off the attacks the best he could while he waited for the sound of the gun sliding across the floor.
Janie quickly slid the gun across the floor before slowing the monster down
once more. She concentrated on it as hard as she could, and it got much,
much slower.
"Hurry!" Her abilities were being drained quickly, and she wasn't sure if
she'd be able to keep the monster slow any longer.
Julian dropped to the floor, reached for the gun and caught it, giving the monster enough time to get through his defense and scratch him. He ignored that for now but took the chance Janie had created - he let go of the creature now that it was slow, took aim the best he could without seeing much, and shot.
Julian remained crouching on the floor even after the monster had vanished and the darkness had lifted, and looked around to make sure there weren't any others. He eyed Janie when she was near him and nodded. The scratches were bleeding, but he hardly felt it at the moment.
When Janie mentioned them, Julian looked at the cuts on his arm. They started to hurt now that he had noticed them, but didn't seem deep.
"It's alright, nothing serious." To emphasize that, he got up, picked up his gun and handed Janie hers.
"Shouldn't we have a look around to check if there are more of these things before we leave?" It didn't occur to him yet that sunlight might have become a problem again.
"I think they're gone." Janie said, realizing that she no longer felt at
home. "If I am right, we need to go, before the sun comes up."
She stood, and held a hand out for him "Everything feels different,and we
have been here longer than we think. Those monsters affected time as well
as the reality here."
Janie held Julian's hand, and was very worried. She wanted to get him to
safety, and make sure that he was okay. She also wanted to make sure that
the world was okay.
What bothered her the most is what she and Julian shared, and if he'd feel
the same way about her.
"I don't know how long, I'm tired and can't tell... but we need to get out
of here right now. Do you want me to teleport you, or do you want to run
to the boat?"
He worried about just the same, but standing in the middle of ruins with no idea how the outside world looked like now, he felt they had another problem to solve first. He didn't want to let go of Janie's hand, though.
"I'd like to have a look at the town first, see if anyone needs our help ... can you teleport us there?"
"We only have a few minutes, and then we'll have to go inside so I can take
care of you." Janie said, after a moment. "Hold on. I'm not very good at
this when I'm tired."
She teleported the two of them to the town, which was also full of ruins,
and wandering people.
He held Janie's hand tightly, not solely out of fear for getting lost. When they arrived in the town, he remained close to her, looking around. Even though he had already guessed what would await them here, seeing it for real was a shock, and worst of all was the sight of the formerly so happy people.
"Oh Janie … what will become of them now?" he said quietly, his voice full of sorrow.
"Do you want to stay here and help them rebuild before we go home?" asked
Janie "I'd planned to call a few teams and help them with rebuilding and
forming an infrastructure. To make this world their own. And set up an
agency base here. I don't know what else, whatever they need. But this
isn't how it should be, and it won't be. They're going to have their world
back... do you still remember, or have the same, um, feelings? I do, so
they must. All that's left is what is real."
"Perhaps we should stay and help, at least until the teams are here …" He felt as if they owed it to these people, even though he wasn't sure whether their help would be welcome. And he was glad that Janie obviously had been thinking the same and had already come up with a plan. A good one, in his opinion.
Her words finally made him stop looking at the ruined town and wandering people, instead he turned around to Janie.
"I do, too", he answered, a little anxiously. "I mean. I do remember and … I do feel the same. So … it was real, wasn't it?"
Julian closed his eyes and returned the kiss, shutting out the ruins and everything else but Janie for a moment.
But the rising sun soon reminded him of their situation and the burning sensation on the exposed parts of his skin made it clear that this illusion was gone, too.
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Date: 2013-10-15 09:15 pm (UTC)Julian briefly glanced at the situation at the door, thankful for Janie's help, then turned his attention back to the shape in front of him. He forced himself to concentrate on aiming properly, then fired again.
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Date: 2013-10-15 09:35 pm (UTC)The second shape stopped, and turned to dust, much like the first shape did. All that was left was the third, which was trying hard to get Janie to move so it could escape.
"I don't know how much longer I can keep it slow, Julian."
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Date: 2013-10-15 09:46 pm (UTC)Julian wasted no time and ran after Janie, targeting the last monster. As soon as he had a clear aim, he shot - only to find there were no more bullets left in the magazine.
Cursing, he dropped his now useless gun and lunged for the shape instead, claws ahead.
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Date: 2013-10-15 09:56 pm (UTC)Janie was relieved, for just a moment, until she realized that the gun was out of bullets. She had a gun, but had been concentrating so hard on slowing the shapes down, that she couldn't use it.
"Julian! Be careful!" she yelled, as he lunged at the shape. It turned away from her and to him. The darkness surrounding it spread, trying to make it too dark for Julian to see. "I'm going to slide my gun towards you, you have to shoot it. I can't because I need to concentrate to keep it slow."
When she spoke, the shape seemed to move faster as it tried to attack Julian. When she stopped, it slowed down again.
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Date: 2013-10-15 10:17 pm (UTC)When the darkness surrounded him, Julian relied on his other senses to know where his enemy was. He reached out and blindly grabbed for the monster with one hand, afraid that it could take the opportunity and flee as long as it was able to move faster.
He tried to fight off the attacks the best he could while he waited for the sound of the gun sliding across the floor.
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Date: 2013-10-16 05:31 am (UTC)Janie quickly slid the gun across the floor before slowing the monster down once more. She concentrated on it as hard as she could, and it got much, much slower.
"Hurry!" Her abilities were being drained quickly, and she wasn't sure if she'd be able to keep the monster slow any longer.
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Date: 2013-10-16 03:03 pm (UTC)He ignored that for now but took the chance Janie had created - he let go of the creature now that it was slow, took aim the best he could without seeing much, and shot.
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Date: 2013-10-17 05:42 am (UTC)"No!" Janie screamed, as Julian got scratched. She ran for him just as he fired the shot, and hit the monster. "Julian! Are you alright?"
She didn't notice that the monster was now gone, and that they were now safe.
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Date: 2013-10-17 08:29 am (UTC)He eyed Janie when she was near him and nodded. The scratches were bleeding, but he hardly felt it at the moment.
"I'm fine ... did we catch all of them?"
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Date: 2013-10-19 05:50 am (UTC)"You're bleeding." Janie said, sounding very concerned. "Can you walk? We have to get back to the boat."
The monsters were gone, but it was near dawn. Janie was worried that Julian would no longer be able to walk in the light.
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Date: 2013-10-19 10:48 am (UTC)"It's alright, nothing serious." To emphasize that, he got up, picked up his gun and handed Janie hers.
"Shouldn't we have a look around to check if there are more of these things before we leave?" It didn't occur to him yet that sunlight might have become a problem again.
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Date: 2013-10-19 01:29 pm (UTC)"I think they're gone." Janie said, realizing that she no longer felt at home. "If I am right, we need to go, before the sun comes up."
She stood, and held a hand out for him "Everything feels different,and we have been here longer than we think. Those monsters affected time as well as the reality here."
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Date: 2013-10-19 07:20 pm (UTC)"... you're right. If everything is back to normal, that must have changed, too. How long do you think it was?"
He reached for Janie's hand, wondering how real things had been, too.
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Date: 2013-10-19 07:25 pm (UTC)Janie held Julian's hand, and was very worried. She wanted to get him to safety, and make sure that he was okay. She also wanted to make sure that the world was okay.
What bothered her the most is what she and Julian shared, and if he'd feel the same way about her.
"I don't know how long, I'm tired and can't tell... but we need to get out of here right now. Do you want me to teleport you, or do you want to run to the boat?"
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Date: 2013-10-19 07:37 pm (UTC)"I'd like to have a look at the town first, see if anyone needs our help ... can you teleport us there?"
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Date: 2013-10-19 07:42 pm (UTC)"We only have a few minutes, and then we'll have to go inside so I can take care of you." Janie said, after a moment. "Hold on. I'm not very good at this when I'm tired."
She teleported the two of them to the town, which was also full of ruins, and wandering people.
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Date: 2013-10-19 08:11 pm (UTC)He held Janie's hand tightly, not solely out of fear for getting lost. When they arrived in the town, he remained close to her, looking around. Even though he had already guessed what would await them here, seeing it for real was a shock, and worst of all was the sight of the formerly so happy people.
"Oh Janie … what will become of them now?" he said quietly, his voice full of sorrow.
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Date: 2013-10-19 08:41 pm (UTC)Janie was quiet as she looked around and formed a plan.
"They'll rebuild." She said, finally "Life won't be perfect, but it never is... and I don't think these people have anywhere else to go."
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Date: 2013-10-19 08:54 pm (UTC)He couldn't stop staring, and remembering how it once had been, even though he knew it hadn't been real, was heartbreaking.
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Date: 2013-10-19 08:59 pm (UTC)"Do you want to stay here and help them rebuild before we go home?" asked Janie "I'd planned to call a few teams and help them with rebuilding and forming an infrastructure. To make this world their own. And set up an agency base here. I don't know what else, whatever they need. But this isn't how it should be, and it won't be. They're going to have their world back... do you still remember, or have the same, um, feelings? I do, so they must. All that's left is what is real."
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Date: 2013-10-19 09:21 pm (UTC)Her words finally made him stop looking at the ruined town and wandering people, instead he turned around to Janie.
"I do, too", he answered, a little anxiously. "I mean. I do remember and … I do feel the same. So … it was real, wasn't it?"
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Date: 2013-10-19 09:30 pm (UTC)"Yes... with us. It was real." Janie said, looking Julian in the eye. "None of those feelings have changed for me."
She glanced at the sky, and panicked. Any moment now, the sun would rise.
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Date: 2013-10-19 09:44 pm (UTC)"They haven't for me either. Not at all."
He knew they were running out of time, but still he had to take Janie into his arms and hold her close, right here and now.
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Date: 2013-10-19 10:41 pm (UTC)Janie felt safe and well loved in Julian's arms, and never wanted to be anywhere else. She kissed him, forgetting about running out of time.
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Date: 2013-10-19 10:53 pm (UTC)But the rising sun soon reminded him of their situation and the burning sensation on the exposed parts of his skin made it clear that this illusion was gone, too.
"Janie ... we have to go", he said quietly.
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