Chapter 2: Discovery
She walked slowly this time so as not to be heard because the road ahead had bad lighting and everyone knew that children and darkness could not be friends. Clara walked along the wall covered with moss with her left hand while she made a fist in her right hand to give her a bit of security.
As she walked along the watery and creaky wall Clara noticed that the more she progressed the more nauseous she felt. And when the exit from the cemetery was only a few meters Clara was surprised by what she saw. The night dwelling creature gathered in front of her with their mouths opened showing their sharp, pointy fangs. Some of them were thin and their mouth was filled with saliva when they saw Clara, while some were fat and have leftover flesh in their mouths. They do not hold weapons because their sharp nails are enough to rip human flesh in one fell swoop. They took a bent position and were seen standing on 4 legs, it seems like they have similiar build with horses as they speed up their movement.
Clara was cornered when she got near the entrance 'cause she realized after seeing the ears of the night dwelling creature that with their big ears they should have noticed Clara's whereabouts now, meaning they had also blocked her way back.
The night dwelling creatures began to run on their four legs, making a frightening faint sound from their claws with the cemetery germic floor. Clara continued to run even though she knew running was useless. In her mind the only thought is to be alive, and see her mother again at home. The creature was getting closer, five more steps they were approaching Clara, 2 more steps they could use their tails to stop Clara's steps, 1 more step and they were still after Clara without stopping her movements.
In the animal world it is common knowledge to stop the movement of prey before they can reach maximum acceleration while running, but the creatures of the night inhabitants who are a few of the animals that have evolved to the point that their intelligence quotinent become close to human intelligence. They are smart enough to hide in a cemetery waiting for the right time to one day rule the upper world, the human world. Their intelligence that approaches humans also raises an exclusive thing for intelligent beings, arrogance. From this arrogance, people are competing to advance their civilization, thinking that there is no creature that can match them, so in 2021 the remaining humans have completely lost their cooperative attitude which is inherited from their animal's ancestors and replaced by unhealthy competitive attitude between themeselves. In the 002 coordinate zone, the reason people still work together to survive is because the Owner places a large interest on everything basic human need. Poor families who certainly cannot pay the interest will sell their children's organs or their family members who are considered to have no value. In Clara's family Clara's father offered his internal organs to be able to support his family for three years, but now the money is starting to run low and Clara thinks whether she should sell herself too.That was Clara's last thought before she collapsed in the sight of night dwelling creatures which surrounded her and praised the first creature to capture Clara as if preying on humans are now a popular sport for these savage yet abominable creatures.
Clara continued to close her eyes, not because of fainting but because her brain gave a warning to her entire body that opening her eyes now could cause many bad things and sickness that have relation with psychology. From the nerve stimulation of her brain, Clara's mouth let out a frightening voice and several times in despair she offered a prayer, her tear flowed out of her eyes, and her arms trembled in fear.
When life and death is hanging is swinging in pendulum like motion the world feels slower, Clara's sense sharpen and 1 second of this torture feels like 1 hour. The heart continues to beat, circulating blood at high speed. Her heartbeat sounded strange and Clara felt that her heart would explode if it's beat one more time. At that moment Clara imagined her favorite fairy tale about a princess who was rescued by the brave handsome rich knight who rode a white house. This time the real life gave lessons, no prince with white horse came but a spark appeared in front of Clara. The spark got bigger until it lit the room without any accuracy as if whoever lit the spark want to kill everything in thia cemetery.
The heat covered Clara's skin until her epidermis blistered. Clara slowly recovered her eyesight and when she look up there standing a group of creatures who are like humans but also not like humans. They consist of 13 human (?) one of them has a head which is literally a frog head with the size of a body pillow. They all have varying body sizes like the night dwelling creatures but they have difference in their taste of clothing. Unlike night dwelling creatures that have natural fur, all 13 of these strange creatures wear white long-sleeved garments with erected necks. Clara vision's blurred again and she might be unconscious for an unknown amount of time.
"Ma, sick! Please stop! That hurts! " "Is that what you have been thinking about since you have abusive parents or is it your response to your recent emotional and physical trauma? The voice was not the voice of her parents, Clara was very familiar with the sound of her father's insects and her mother's hoarse voice, but somehow Clara felt that she knew this voice.
"Good morning, Ms. Clara." Said an auto board in a cold room. "Morning again, Ms. Board?" Clara is now confused because AI technology or anything that resemble it has been banned from production. The world government has declared the banned since 2035 after the case of voluntary nuclear smelting by AI installed by Middle Eastern terrorists.
Clara tried to dispel her confusion out by giving a series of questions to the Auto board in a white room from unknown material and of course she didn't get anything from this semi sentient program slave.
"Auto board where am i right now ?"
"You are in my creator house."
"Where exactly is the location of this house when viewed from the coordinates?" "Negatives can't answer. Need level 5 access for that question. "
"Alright then can you explain more about your creator?"
"My creator is the one who make me and this age, he exists and at the same time he's not exists. He is known by many name because of his numerous achievement and discovery. Some of his famous name were Metrulah, Shyla, Trysday, and Beloid. He is a perfect being that cannot be comprehended by a lowly brain. "
"Is your master mentally ill? It seems like he has a god complex. "
"The Z-500 protocol is activated:' In cases where the guest does not show proper respect to the creator, the guest will be given a 200 mg dose of Shyla. The Shyla effect will last for 360 hours before death. "
"Wait a minute—" Before Clara could finish her sentence, a nausea approached her. Her head spins and feel like they can break any moment, the Auto board began to disappear from her sight. The world rotates and the earth is like being dropped from the sky. When Clara opened her eyes, she was once again confronted with the night dwelling creature. But this time there were'nt any strange creatures to help her, only Clara herself and God.
When she check her skin the epidermis doesn't have any burn mark as if the fire that lit this room is just an illusion. If so then was the creatures that saved her and Auto board also an illusion? Clara brain can't comprehend the correct answer but she knew that something is playing with her life and she doesn't like it
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