The Rising (Pt 1)

[xGrim]

The Rising​

Living day by day. Month by month scavenging scraps of food left by the remnants of humanity. Ren found himself running and hiding from creatures every night. Creatures that hunt using the smell of blood. They are hunters that act like sharks but mimic humans to lure them out of hiding. Imagine hearing a voice calling out only to find a mouthful of teeth waiting to devour you.

It was April of 2005 when they rose from the sea and started attacking everything in sight that moved. Once there was blood in the air it turned into a feeding frenzy. Ren was at his mothers when they rose. First seeing it on the tv as the news anchor shakily tried to explain what was happening all over the world. He turned to his mother and asked, "what do we do? "

His mother starts yelling to start boarding up the windows and doors. Ren then asks, "well what if we need food?" His mother Ella, looks at him with tears in her eyes and says "we will have to forage and scavenge. It wont be easy and things are going to get a lot worse. We have to stick together to get through this." With tears in her eyes his mother walks over to the window to continue nailing boards across it. Meanwhile outside you can hear nothing but screaming, explosions and the roaring of creatures. These roars sound like a low guttural bellow that fill the air with terror. Surprisingly the news anchor on the television continues to broadcast on the situation.

Ren and his mother were living in New York when the rising started. Living in such a densely populated area made it easy for these creatures to pick people off. On the television the news Anchor starts talking about a scientist named Dr. Saritoga from Japan who has made some significant discoveries in regards to the Rising. The creatures are coming from a rift that has opened on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Someone, or something is sending these creatures to annihilate humanity. The creatures have been named the Rykeros. Using CCTV camera footage and footage submitted by people surviving on their own. Dr. Saritoga has made some observations about the Rykeros, for example their skin is a dark greyish blue with azure stripes down their back. Their heads are shaped like a sharks head but more humanoid, instead of a snout there's a nose with slits instead of nostrils. Shark eyes but located where a humans eyes would be. A mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth curved backwards and serrated. The worst part about the Rykeros is that they're sentient. With intellect rivaling humanities elites. They know what they are doing when they tear you apart and enjoying it. What is their goal? Why did they rise now?

xGrim ( The Rising Pt 1 )