chapter 5
1,725 years ago in Vineville, planet Aerox
A black vortex split open the space inside a scarce desert. The sand was a bright yellow with large green vines that grew from it.
They swayed and wiggled, drawing nearer to the vortex. The vines didn't seem afraid of but wandered over searching for what it sensed for.
The vines entered the vortex curling in itself as it grabbed something before slinking out.
A beautiful woman with silvery red blonde hair was unconscious wrapped in the vines embrace. She had bruises and bloody patches all over her body.
A long scaly hand with thick claws popped out of the vortex grabbing onto the leg of the unconscious woman. When the vortex closed suddenly it severed the hand at its wrist barely spraying any blood.
The vines grew spikes, piercing into the unconscious woman sending toxins into her body. Where those toxins are bad or not; the woman will find out soon after.
Meanwhile the vines dragged her into a deep bit full of other vines. The unconscious woman stayed like that for centuries, curled up asleep in the vines.
Over the centuries, large electric green and black eggs were produced from her stomach. They came out 10 at a time, exhausting her already frail body every time.
Eventually the spikes of the vines receded and it unwrapped itself from her. She slept for another 125 years before she finally awoke. Her golden skin was slightly pale but spirits were high.
She scanned her eyes around only to find herself in a deep cave full off electric green vines. It shimmered in the dark and swayed from side to side as if it was excited to her awake.
She smiled softly, for some reason she felt a warmth spreading throughout her entire body. As she attempted to move her feet she found one of her legs obstructed with poor blood circulation.
A large decaying hand gripped her leg tightly. She could clearly understand that this severed hand was an enemy to her. In disgust she wretched the hand away, letting it drop onto the vines, which curled away as if she had dropped acid onto it. She quickly picked it up with a worry.
" Sorry sorry benefactor." The vines mere stretched back out easing her worries.
It was then that she finally realized she was surrounded by giant electric green and black eggs. There seemed more than a thousand and she could tell that she produced them.
"What exactly are you?" She pressed her ears against the large eggs. She could hear strong heart beats and a creature moving inside.
"Children…. My children?" The woman looked at vines in distress. " They are your children, right?"
The vines suddenly stilled but then wiggled ever so slight away from her. Only now did it realize it might have gone overboard.
"This… I don't think they should be this big. They can't hatch which is not good. And I don't know what I am, how am I supposed to help them hatch?"
" No, I can't stay here so how am I supposed to take them with me?" She mourned to herself.
The vines wiggled about until it opened up a hidden compartment in the walls. There were 5 indents in the wall with only 3 emerald rings left inside.
The indents were in different sizes with only the middle being the largest of them all. The vines picked that ring, placing it in her hand.
The ring rolled on her palm before inserting itself in her index finger. The ring faded into a faint tattoo, a light flashed binding to her.
"Oh I see." The ring that was given to her was not only a spiritual spatial ring but also had a part of the vine essence.
She waved her hand placing all of her eggs into the spatial ring. Her face softened as she looked at her index finger. She stood up and climbed out of the pit.
"I shall come back when I figure out how to hatch our eggs. Though, I have a strange feeling the next time I see you, you won't be here." The woman murmured softly.
She turned around and walked away resolutely. She didn't see the vines contort, a faint glow of a face of a handsome man looking up at her. A faint smirk plastered on his face before he returned into a vine.
I'll see you in a thousand years my love.
The young woman looked at her dressing which was in tatters and at the decaying hand she was still holding. Without a thought she placed it into space.
The wounds had long healed over the years. Her long silvery red hair was dirty and matted. She needed a bath but where could she take one in this sandy place.
She walked slowly deeper into the desert. The desert was dry with no wind, not even a hint of green. After two days, the woman became increasingly hungry but there was nothing to eat.
How depressing!
Rumble!
Rumble !
The surrounding sand turned into a funnel so suddenly that she didn't have time to get out of the way before she was sucked into a hole with sharp jagged teeth.
What the f****
Why is my life so hard?
The woman screamed in anger as she fell down as she desperately tried to grab onto anything that could help. Not surprisingly she grabbed onto something sharp and jagged but it broke off with the speed of force. No matter what she touched it's all broke, causing the hole she was in to contract and roar in pain.
Pain? Is this not a hole split in the planet.
Dammit I've been swallowed up by a beast.
Damn b*stard !!!
She passed through the jagged tweety , knocking down multiple teeth, then through the pharynx landing in its stomach which sprayed an unknown substance on her. The gown she wore disintegrated instantly but her skin remained unharmed.
That was miraculous.
She looked down and around. She only saw darkness and felt mushy things.
Gross!!!
Don't think negatively.
Don't think negatively.
Gurgle … gurgle
Well that's it.. I'll eat you from the inside out. See how you like that.
And with a devilish smile her silvery eyes turned black as her own had turned into a medium size claw..
Whoa I didn't know I could do that.
Swipe
Swipe
The stomach lining of the beast was broken; blood and other bodily liquids flowing in instantly. The liquid flowed around her, grossing her out.
She swam through the veins puncturing anything that obstructed her. She finally stopped at a large beating and juicy heart.
The pulsing put her in a trance as her meal called to her. Her once small and delicate mouth changed into a ferocious snout before chomping down onto the heart. She swallowed it whole, the mere texture lite her eyes up. She could feel the life energy fade into nothingness. The soul of the beast was swallowed by her before it could float away.
Dying without even knowing how or why is the most miserable feeling in the world. Even after eating the soul and heart she was still struggling with hunger. So she did what a dragon did best. She crawled out of the beast and half deformed into her true form before gobbling up the carcass.