Ben Braeden (wayward_ben) wrote in mandalus, @ 2013-07-23 20:10:00 |
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Entry tags: | * npc: deliria, → ben braeden |
What was taken, has been given back... [open]
[the device was laying next to a dead body in the middle of the forest, recording the moment for all to see. Was it to give the people in Mandalus hope, or just to show the power of the C'Megi? The priests were gathered around, silent as they watched the teenager before them.
The first thing that came back was his voice. The screaming that had been caught in his throat as the cultists had torn into the teenager's flesh with daggers was let loose, a scream that would wake the dead.
That did wake the dead. Blue eyes followed next that snapped open, and as he inhaled for his next breath - next scream? - they looked around in fear. But he wasn't there any longer. He wasn't in the basement, his mother's black eyes staring at him... or was it Dean with a mouth of long teeth... Khan with a blaster shooting him over and over...
No, he halfway took in the people around him, the forest, and he sat up and pushed himself up against the trunk of a tree, his arms wrapping around himself as he tried to control his breathing. He could feel himself shaking and he blinked as he looked around to try and figure out where he was.]
Mom? Mom!
[his call out went unanswered by the priests, though they exchanged smiles between them. Ben looked down to see that he wasn't in normal clothes, but robes. He bit his lip, then shook his head as he refused to cry and he tried to figure out what the last thing he remembered was. It wasn't home. It was somewhere else. someplace else... Mandalus. He had to be there again.
And all he wanted was just to go home. Tears welled up in his eyes and he curled up, face on his knees and his arms wrapping around his legs as he shook in fear. Nothing good happened in this place, and he didn't want to be back in a world where everything was out to get him. He could feel their eyes on them, and his first thought was what these people were going to do to hurt him. One tried to touch his shoulder but Ben pulled it away, eyes full of fear staring at the priest until the man backed away carefully.
Then Ben saw the device and scrambled for it, trying to push buttons with clumsy fingers.]
Enterprise? Kirk? Someone? Anyone! I need help!