Episode 3

Chapter 2

Meanwhile,

In the far east desert region, a lone eagle soars through

the skies. Further and further up it gains altitude till it suddenly catches a

glimpse of something on the surface. It immediately swoops down for the kill.

“Brother, look!” a young boy points up at the desert sky

“is that an eagle?”

An older looking boy runs over to where he is and squints

his eyes as he tries to look up.

“Yes, but what’s it after?” the older brother quickly

gazes around and surprisingly spots a snake slithering in the sand toward his

brother.

“Alec! Watch out!” as he leaps over to grab his brother

to pull him away, a large silhouette from above intervenes and grabs the snake

in time before once again flapping those enormous wings and taking to the

skies.

“Whoa!” Alec was in awe.

Just then a thundering noise broke the silence followed

by an explosion not far from where they stood. A scared Alec grabs tightly to

his brother. In the distant horizon a large cloud of smoke rises up through the

air.

Alec tugs at his older brother’s scarf to get his

attention. His bother turns to him a worried expression written on his face.

“What’s wrong Alec?”

“isn’t that the village?”

The two boys ran as fast as they could in the direction

of their village.

When they got to the village everything was in chaos. Homes

were on fire, some were buried underneath rubble of collapsed structures with

only a hand or a leg sticking out. While there were a good number of people trying

to tend to the injured or trying to rescue those pinned by the rubble, there

were also those who were shocked and confused by the events that were

unfolding. Eron and his brother fell into the latter category.

It was a ghastly sight. The charred corpses on the side

of the street and the strong odor of burnt flesh were all but too much for the

two brothers to witness. How did it come to this? They looked on in horror at

the lifeless bodies of their neighbors, friends and fellow townspeople. They

couldn’t believe that earlier that day they had playfully waved as they had made

their way past them.

“Eron…W-what are those?” Alec who was shaking as he slowly

tugged at his brother’s scarf to get his attention.

Eron peeled his eyes away from his environment to focus

on what his brother was pointing at. As soon as he saw it, he was terrified.

Alec was startled when his older brother knelt down on

one knee and grabbed his shoulders with both hands and with a serious

expression on his face said in an almost desperate tone,

“Alec, we have to run.”

Alec had never seen his brother act in such a way. Nevertheless, he understood the serious nature of the situation they were in. Gathering up what little courage he had left, he composed himself and nodded to his brother.

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***