It started with a strange feeling that something wasn't as it should be. I was walking through the unkempt grass of a small glade near Nöbbelöv, where I grew up as a child. The pink and purple colours of the sky whispered of a pleasant summer evening. The setting would have been nice and familiar, but something was not as it should be. I had the eerie feeling of something watching me. But not something human. It was something that wasn't supposed to be there.
My phone rang, but at the same time I could hear someone calling out from a bit down the road. I looked at the phone; it was Siri, my younger sister. I should take it. Up ahead I saw Henrik Larsson, my old classmate, as he came running. He had an urgent look on his face and it looked like he was trying to warn me.
I picked up the phone, but at the same time I felt the presence growing stronger. There was something in the glade with me, not far from where I was standing.
"Hello?"
"Hi, it's Siri"
Even as I took the call, I looked around. Looking for the presence. Then I saw it. It was peeking at me through the bushes with shining, yellow eyes. Just a couple of yards away. It looked like a small dinosaur of sorts, sort of like the herbivore called Parasaurolophus. But it was different...
What is a dinosaur doing here?
"Our world has been breached...!" shouted Henrik as he came running, still about 100 yards away. My eyes, however, were locked with those of the little beast. I panicked. The presence of the creature was so intense.
"Look, I'm really happy that I got through to you"
"Siri, there's a really strange thing here! It's in the bushes, looking straight at me!"
Not sure of where to go, I slowly started backing up towards where Henrik was shouting at me. I turned around and started running, but could hear the creature stirring in the bushes behind me. Feel how it got closer. I was ready for the worst, but suddenly I was standing face to face with Henrik, who had caught up with me. Now he too saw the creature.
"I just wanted to talk real quick"
"Siri, it's like a dinosaur! It's got big yellow eyes and bark-like skin!"
It was true. I looked back at the strange thing, which had slowly started to move out of the bushes. The little dinosaur had a strange pattern to its skin. It looked like the rough bark of an old oak, but shimmering with green colours. There also seemed to be a sort of golden glow around it.
"It's on our side!", called Henrik as he came up to me. He bent over and started catching his breath. Then he pointed at it. "Look, it wants us to follow!"
"Siri, don't worry, it's a good creature"
"Hjalmar, I just wanted to see if you could come by later. I'm in Kobjer"
The creature, having gotten Henrik's attention, started running off in the other direction. Henrik started after it. I felt compelled to follow and started running as well.
"I don't know if I'll be able to make it! Look, I have to follow this thing!"
"Well, it's just that I'm leaving at 28 minutes to ten and-"
The creature had led us out into a parking lot. A light drizzle had started falling from the sky. The little dinosaur looked around, as if perplexed. It felt like we were supposed to look for something, so I bent down and started searching under the cars. A jogger ran by in front of me. From my kneeling position I noticed how she was wearing ski boots.
Odd.
Henrik looked on the other side off the parking lot when suddenly the dinosaur stirred. It looked straight at the jogger, having ran past us, and gave off a startling scream.
"It's the jogger!", shouted Henrik, who apparently he had entered into some sort of communication with our little dinosaur friend. "It says he's been running like that for over 24 hours!"
With some newly found courage, and Siri still on the phone, I ran up alongside with the jogger. To my surprise, it turned out to be a man. His skin was dark and as he turned his head towards me he seemed to stare straight through me with bloodshot eyes. I flinched and dropped the phone, and he continued to run past me. It felt more like a shell, than an actual human being. Somehow, instinctively, I knew what it was now.
"Get out of him!", I shouted.
Something stirred in the air next to me and I instinctively reached out and grabbed hold of some invisible strand, seeming to follow in the jogger's wake, much like the invisible tentacles of a jellyfish. He jolted to a halt as the body wanted to run one way, but something inside of him was caught in my grip. I felt an overwhelming force tugging in the other direction as the daemon started to resist. I could feel the air being sucked out of my lungs. It was way to powerful.
"Let him go, Daemon!"
"Hang on!!", shouted Henrik then as he started channeling a bright purple beam towards the man in the ski boots. This seemed to anger the daemon inside of him and I almost fell over, my own energy quickly being drained. My hands started to grow numb and I could feel my grip slipping. Then, a bright flash blinded my eyes.
It was the little dinosaur. The golden glow that had surrounded it exploded into a magnificent aura and I could feel how it started to rejuvenate my muscles. My power was returning. The daemon was roaring and gave another sharp tug which nearly threw me off my feet. I mustered all my power and kept my grip and my balance, while the man, now starting to separate from the thing that had possessed him, tried to force himself away from us. Henrik was using all his power to channel his beam towards the weakening demon. All the while the little dinosaur did everything it could to invigorate us both.
It was a real battle.
My phone rang, but at the same time I could hear someone calling out from a bit down the road. I looked at the phone; it was Siri, my younger sister. I should take it. Up ahead I saw Henrik Larsson, my old classmate, as he came running. He had an urgent look on his face and it looked like he was trying to warn me.
I picked up the phone, but at the same time I felt the presence growing stronger. There was something in the glade with me, not far from where I was standing.
"Hello?"
"Hi, it's Siri"
Even as I took the call, I looked around. Looking for the presence. Then I saw it. It was peeking at me through the bushes with shining, yellow eyes. Just a couple of yards away. It looked like a small dinosaur of sorts, sort of like the herbivore called Parasaurolophus. But it was different...
What is a dinosaur doing here?
"Our world has been breached...!" shouted Henrik as he came running, still about 100 yards away. My eyes, however, were locked with those of the little beast. I panicked. The presence of the creature was so intense.
"Look, I'm really happy that I got through to you"
"Siri, there's a really strange thing here! It's in the bushes, looking straight at me!"
Not sure of where to go, I slowly started backing up towards where Henrik was shouting at me. I turned around and started running, but could hear the creature stirring in the bushes behind me. Feel how it got closer. I was ready for the worst, but suddenly I was standing face to face with Henrik, who had caught up with me. Now he too saw the creature.
"I just wanted to talk real quick"
"Siri, it's like a dinosaur! It's got big yellow eyes and bark-like skin!"
It was true. I looked back at the strange thing, which had slowly started to move out of the bushes. The little dinosaur had a strange pattern to its skin. It looked like the rough bark of an old oak, but shimmering with green colours. There also seemed to be a sort of golden glow around it.
"It's on our side!", called Henrik as he came up to me. He bent over and started catching his breath. Then he pointed at it. "Look, it wants us to follow!"
"Siri, don't worry, it's a good creature"
"Hjalmar, I just wanted to see if you could come by later. I'm in Kobjer"
The creature, having gotten Henrik's attention, started running off in the other direction. Henrik started after it. I felt compelled to follow and started running as well.
"I don't know if I'll be able to make it! Look, I have to follow this thing!"
"Well, it's just that I'm leaving at 28 minutes to ten and-"
The creature had led us out into a parking lot. A light drizzle had started falling from the sky. The little dinosaur looked around, as if perplexed. It felt like we were supposed to look for something, so I bent down and started searching under the cars. A jogger ran by in front of me. From my kneeling position I noticed how she was wearing ski boots.
Odd.
Henrik looked on the other side off the parking lot when suddenly the dinosaur stirred. It looked straight at the jogger, having ran past us, and gave off a startling scream.
"It's the jogger!", shouted Henrik, who apparently he had entered into some sort of communication with our little dinosaur friend. "It says he's been running like that for over 24 hours!"
With some newly found courage, and Siri still on the phone, I ran up alongside with the jogger. To my surprise, it turned out to be a man. His skin was dark and as he turned his head towards me he seemed to stare straight through me with bloodshot eyes. I flinched and dropped the phone, and he continued to run past me. It felt more like a shell, than an actual human being. Somehow, instinctively, I knew what it was now.
"Get out of him!", I shouted.
Something stirred in the air next to me and I instinctively reached out and grabbed hold of some invisible strand, seeming to follow in the jogger's wake, much like the invisible tentacles of a jellyfish. He jolted to a halt as the body wanted to run one way, but something inside of him was caught in my grip. I felt an overwhelming force tugging in the other direction as the daemon started to resist. I could feel the air being sucked out of my lungs. It was way to powerful.
"Let him go, Daemon!"
"Hang on!!", shouted Henrik then as he started channeling a bright purple beam towards the man in the ski boots. This seemed to anger the daemon inside of him and I almost fell over, my own energy quickly being drained. My hands started to grow numb and I could feel my grip slipping. Then, a bright flash blinded my eyes.
It was the little dinosaur. The golden glow that had surrounded it exploded into a magnificent aura and I could feel how it started to rejuvenate my muscles. My power was returning. The daemon was roaring and gave another sharp tug which nearly threw me off my feet. I mustered all my power and kept my grip and my balance, while the man, now starting to separate from the thing that had possessed him, tried to force himself away from us. Henrik was using all his power to channel his beam towards the weakening demon. All the while the little dinosaur did everything it could to invigorate us both.
It was a real battle.
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