Marianex Falls

-Marianex Falls-

-0 Years After the Incident-

               For the past month, everyone had been talking about this day. History would be made and the human race would step further into the future. People claimed that the three meteors racing for the planet of Marianex was a blessing.

               A seven block perimeter had been set up in the city to guarantee the safety of civilians as the plummeting space chunks grew closer. Over half of the city’s population had shown up to watch the event. The streets were flooded and everyone strained their necks so that they could look straight up at the quickly closing meteors.

               Sarah adjusted herself so that the man next to her would stop digging his elbow in her side. There was hardly enough room to breathe let alone get comfortable. She sighed and tried to focus her attention on the history being made. This day would forever be remembered and she would be there to witness it! Ten minutes ago the meteors had been nothing more than specks in the bright blue sky. Now, they were close enough for Sarah to make out much more detail. They were as dark as night itself. Sarah had assumed that trails of fire would have been plummeting out behind them; instead black entrails made up the tail of the comet. It looked like long strings of coal-coloured saliva flapped back and forth behind the meteor.

               Curiosity had always been the deciding factor in Sarah’s life. When she had dyed her hair a bright gold shade, it had been because she wanted to know what being a blonde felt like. When she had chosen to visit the city to watch the meteors it was because she wanted to know what to expect from them. Her family had advised her otherwise, but as always Sarah had brushed off her mother’s intrusive comments and let curiosity take control.

               A wave of silence washed over the crowd as the meteors ducked behind one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city. People were shifting back and forth anxiously now; the meteors would make contact any second. Sarah counted quietly to herself, waiting for the moment in which she would witness a whole new world.

               Seven blocks away metal and stone screeched and screamed as one of the meteors crashed past the side of a building. Sarah could not see it but she imagined the sight of the building being torn to shreds. Another second passed before a ground shaking explosion rocked the city. If the crowd of people had not been so close together they would have been thrown to the ground from the sheer force of the earthquake. A storm of dirt and dust swept down the streets, blocking out all vision as Sarah was forced to close her eyes. Five minutes passed before the dust finally settled.

               Even with all of the chaos, the city eventually fell silent. No one screamed or mumbled, they were too busy straining their ears. Sarah looked around at the crowd but no one glanced back. Their eyes were focused down the street as if they could see past the buildings that blocked vision of the crashed meteors. The harsh sound of gunfire ricocheted across the city. The crowd’s reaction was almost instant as screams escaped their lips and howled in response to the fired shots.

               Sarah’s ears rang and her heart raced. What had happened? Why was there an onslaught of shots? Her answers were soon answered. In one sudden sweep, the gunfire halted. A black wave of water crashed around the corner at the end of the road. The dark liquid fell and climbed over itself as it rushed towards Sarah and the people around her. Sarah could not understand what she was watching. Black veins were left in its wake as the wave of darkness quickly approached.

               The crowd around Sarah began to thin out as people fled. They pushed and tripped over one another as they did all that they could to get away from the city. There were a lot of questions to be answered but there was no doubt that the onyx-coloured wave was dangerous. Someone shouted at Sarah to run but she ignored the voice; her eyes were set on the quickly approaching disease.  Whoever had yelled at her cursed and left. It was not long before Sarah was the only one left in the street.

               Sarah did not break eye contact with the wave as it got closer. It was only a handful of feet away now. She could hear it bubbling. Sarah’s curiosity had taken hold of her once again. There was no way she could run.

               The weight of the wave falling on to her was more than enough to knock her back. Her pants ripped and her shirt became torn as she tumbled. Her skin felt like it was on fire and all she could see was darkness. Sarah tried to open her mouth and scream but could not form any words before being filled with the disease. It was consuming her, tearing away her flesh and destroying her from the inside out. Sarah felt every second of it as her skin disappeared and her organs vanished. Sarah had became one of the Onyx Tide's first victims. The planet had been taken.