2443 endsMay

 The idea for this story came after I recieved this captcha (2443 endsMay) xD.

 The 6th of May."Another boring day,the same routine etching itself in my mind,slowly numbing it.It's almost dusk and I just came back from the library with new tomes.The only thing that keeps me sane is reading,immersing in other worlds,thirstily drinking words,soothing my fucked up soul.
 As I sit down in my usual spot in front of the main bedroom window,I notice the horizon darken.Looks like it's gonna be a storm.I like storms,the way nature unleashes its fury on humans is another thing that somehow breaks the routine.I don't bother switching on the lights,I like reading with only the remaining daylight to guide through pages and pages of magic.I like the moment when the sky melts into purple.
 I finish the first book in only two hours;terrific storyline.I already feel better.By now,the melted purple unnoticeably became a starry night sky.The storm is still around,lurking in the horizon,waiting the best moment to strike.It's like a predator,a beast circling the prey,smelling the fear and hearing its blood pumping faster and faster in its veins as adrenaline kicks in.I wonder how would the people around me react if they were attacked by bloodthirsty creatures.I chuckle at the thought of them losing control and madly trying to save their lives.Anarchy,egoism,bloodshed.As I turn the last page,something on the bottom catches my eye.Written rather remissly with a blue ballpen, is a combination of numbers and words:2443 endsMay.It gives me a rather ominous feeling but I brush it off.
 I feel my muscles numb and my back stiff.Looks like I've fallen asleep in the chair;a book lies abbandoned on the hard wood floor,another one is open and on the desk beside me.I look outside and notice the unbridled storm;cold wind slashing at trees,thunders illuminating the dark sky,heavy raindrops descending furiously.I open the window and let the icy water wet my face;it relaxes me.There's a peculiar smell in the air,something akin to smoke mixed with blood.I also notice how deserted the neighbourhood looks.There's no sound,no move."

 The girl steps outside the house and the heavy rain soaks her to the bone in no time.Even though she hates her stupid neighbours she decides to pay them a visit.All that silence has a threatening feel to it and is making her sick to the stomach.Or maybe it's the strong,disgusting odor stinging her nostrils.She knocks on several doors but nobody answers so she decides to simply enter the threshold.The first thing she sees is a woman standing stunned in front of her.Her eyes hold a blank stare and blood is dripping from her parted lips.The girl's first impulse is too grab her and check if she's still alive.And she is.She waves a hand in front of the woman's face,she shouts at her,gives her a slap but nothing wakes the unmovable person.So she slips further in the house noticing more people in the same state as the previous one.Even though she is surrounded by half dead bodies,the girl doesn't seem bothered.She goes from house to house finding the same thing everywhere:motionless people with bloody mouths. The rain seems to have stopped.
 Suddenly,a chorus of screams and terrifying yowls pierces the silence.The sudden noise shooks her to the core and she crouches down in pain,covering her ears in an attempt to lock out the orgy of shrieks and cries.After a couple of minutes it stops,just as sudden as it started.The stench of decay hits her sense of smell and nausea causes her stomach to empty itself.Staggering,she moves to the closest door and pushes open.There,with expresions of horror imprinted on their already rotting faces,are dead bodies.As she moves from house to house,all she finds are more corpses.With the corner of her eye she notices a digital clock displaying the hour:24:42.In the back of her mind an alarm rings but here senses are to numbed to understand what's going on.
 Back at the girl's house,a gust of wind seeps through the open window and ruffles the pages of a book on the desk,stopping at the last page.A stray raindrop falls upon the words written on the bottom,slightly smearing them.
 The girl just steps out of the house with the digital clock when it hits her.A pain like none before that snatches a howl of agony form her.She falls to her knees,blood gurgling from her mouth and onto the road;all her senses feel like they are on fire.She chokes on her own blood and after a few more seconds of torture everything goes black.
 The digital clock displays 24:43.

The Chase

 Rivers of Blood for the Beast.

  Vale was racing away, surging his body forward and snaking around trees with everything he had. The ground seemed to quake with the fast and thunderous footsteps of the Beast, and the sound of it rumbled all around him. Patches of mud and hidden bumps rocked his balance, but he tried to keep his focus amongst the adrenaline storm. He kept telling himself that he'll make it out alive from this hellish forest but he knew all too well what a big lie that was.The odds that he'll escape were disturbingly low.This time the touch of death won't miss him.His luck ran out long time ago,when he provoked the beast the second time.

  Vale could feel the underbrush press against him, scratching and raking macabre, red patterns across his pale skin. His foot caught on a gnarled root and he had to cling to a broken branch to keep himself from tumbling into the earth. His breath caught like steel hooks in his lungs, clawing at him and filling him with the scent of moist, decaying leaves and wet dog.Blood trickled over his pale skin and down his leg, pooling at his heel. On his left hip were three long gashes that sliced sideways from the middle of his abdomen to spine,a mark left from his former brawl with the Beast.It was like an unspoken promise;his death will be final the next time he'll step in its den.

  In the distance a lonely howl pierced the thick silence of the forest, sending shivers down his spine. Vale could feel panic ripple through his muscles and his feet picked up again, zigzagging through the trees.Seconds turned to minutes, the minutes faded into an hour, his muscles growing weary with every step, but the Beast behind him never tired. It followed closely, matching him stride for stride.It was its teritory,its own bloody playground were toys were torn to shreds of flesh and bone.It never tired of the chase. Finally, he tumbled through the tree line, his body now subdued by exhaustion.He lay there, gasping for breath, watching the movement through his peripheral vision. Twigs snapped, and grunts and snarls could be heard in the near distance.It was closing in.

  Above him, the sky cracked open in a flash of light, and the heavens opened up, diluting the scent of blood.It looked like the skies were mourning his soon to come death.He flashed a sad smile as the Beast swiftly made its way through the trees and in front of him.The stench of rotten meat,wet animal and poison hit his nose but he didn't seem to notice.His eyes were blank reflecting only the hideous Beast and the red gleam of madness in its eyes.This was it,the end.His mind gave in and disintegrated in face of the unbearable terror,leaving his body to be sacrificed.The Beast howled,stepping toward him slowly.It raised a clawed paw and in one swift movement,Vale's stomach was ripped open,a gush of blood spurting out and staining the Beast's face.It lapped at the red liquid with delight,savoring the cries of pain.

  In the sky,the clouds parted and a crimson moon shone madly like it wanted to celebrate the massacre.

All alone with you

I'll go with you,bearing any sin you've got.

"There’s no way that I can love someone
But I want someone to love me."
I'm weird and insane and I don't know how to love so it's better if you keep your distance.This way I won't hurt you,but why do I want you to stick close to me?I know I'm selfish for wanting someone to love me when I can't reciprocate,but do I ask for too much?
"Dear God, where did you go? Hey
But there’s no answer; it’s always like this
Are you still here?"
I'm all alone on this road.Always have been,always will be,yet it doesn't bother me.I have nothing more precious than me and as long as I'm alive I'll keep going forward by myself because I know that's the way it's supposed to be.Are our destinies already written or do we make them ourselves,step by step?All I know is that I don't care.Hey,dear God,is this what you want me to do?
"You’ll never walk alone
I’ll go with you
Bearing any sin you’ve got
I’ll walk down the uncharted path
All alone with you."
If you ever need me,I'll go with you.I know I can't love,but I'll be by your side whatever you'll do.And when your burden will become to much for your shoulders,I'll take it because,on this road,I'm all alone with you and you've become so precious.You may think that you have nobody by your side,nobody who cares,but you're wrong.I'm still here and forever will be.
"You may mess me up even more, okay?
If everyone is going to die and be forgotten someday
Then I’ll only believe in what’s certain now."
I'm messed up pretty bad,right?But if you're okay with me,I'll stick close to you.Nothing is forever and nothing will be great enough to be remembered even a thousand years from now.So all I can do is keep moving forward on my road,live in the present and etch my presence on everything I touch,even if it won't last.

"I will stay with you
Hug me with your hands and with all your heart
Don’t be scared I’m all better now.
Even if your hands ended up getting dirtied
I’d still want you to love me."
I'll stay with you,even after there won't be anything left of me.I'll watch over you,until the very end.All alone with you on the road to nowhere...

Another post written because of a song.I absolutely love supercell,their music is so inspiring.xD