"Ah Shit"
Lumian gaped at what he just woke up to.
He found himself within a clearing that opened up within a dense array of trees.
The ground was covered with dirt, mud, and blood.
The crackling of the raging inferno of fires were eating upon shapes and sillhoutes of something.
The trees constantly swayed affected by the raging fires as some even caught on fire.
"This is one weird nightmare..... OWWW damn!
He once again felt a shock of pain in his head as he knelt on the ground
"Never mind not a nightmare."
Damn he just fell asleep in his comfortable bed, in his comfortable room, and in his comfortable house. How the hell did this happen?
The current situation overwhelmed him. After all who else slept comfortably on their bed and woke up to flames around them?!!???
He stared at the ground in front of him.
If I woke up I would have woken up to my Mom calling me down for breakfast as she yelled at me for oversleeping.
I would be seething on the couch as Dad stole his snacks again. Like really eat your own snacks!
Instead Lumian was on the ground as his hands grabbed the dirt of the ground as his surroundings looked like literal purgatory.
What happened to me? How did I get here? How did thi.... Hold on what was he even doing?
Lumian smacked his cheeks and instantly regretted it as he felt even more pain.
This wasn't the kind of situation to be bawling on the ground. What did those smart main character's do?"
Right access the situation.
He looked at his surroundings with that thought in mind.
Hmmm fire? check.
Smoke? check.
Dead bodies on the ground? check.
Hold on....
Upon closer inspections of their clothes they seemed to be wearing brown leather vests and green, red, and blue shirts. They all had bags over their shoulders which were promptly open and the contents within them empty.
Lumian couldn't exactly describe in detail what the other bodies looked like, but they seemed to be similar in appearance.
Hmmmm.... traveling merchants perhaps? He did see something that looked like a carriage which to be buried in the ground 30 ft to his right.
Lumian looked down at his clothes and found he was wearing an identical brown leather vest and had a grey shirt on.
So, currently he was with these "Merchants" and something definitely took place and that ended in this mess. Lumian nodded in his mind at his observations.
He then looked at his hands.
Red was smeared over them.
He remembered touching his head and when putting his hands over his hair and looking at it again, he saw even more red.
"Damn, my condition isn't really looking good." Lumian inertly lampooned.
And hold on.. was it just him or did he seem smaller?
Whatever the case it was best for him to ignore any upstanding details to his predicament and focus on getting away before the fire reached him.
He pushed off from the ground steadying himself as he rose upwards.
He took a step forward and found it agonizingly painful to walk.
He had taken another step forward when he heard a voice.
"!@#%@% you @*&* the bag?" ????? said.
Instantly Lumian dove for the nearest cover. In this case he reluctantly found himself taking cover next to the huge dead body of a man who looked like he eats at Burger King for 3 daily necessities of consumption in life.
Lumian looked over the corpses stomach and saw 3 figures about 35 feet away that were shadowed by the smoke of the fire.
"Yes ^@#$^$ the !@$ is secured." ????? said.
There was a moment's pause and another voice sounded out
"Task !#@ s a sucess," ???? said.
Lumian couldn't really make out their figures. However as he was observing them; the next ,now clearer, words of the shadowy figure filled him with dread.
"Make sure there aren't any survivors."
Not knowing what to do, seeing that he couldn't run due to his body's conditions he dropped to the ground and tried to be as still as possible.
Lumian laid down completely still on his front, trying to imitate the still animation of a corpse and stopped his breathing no matter how hard it was.
Footsteps separated in different directions to carry out their intended task.
"No, No NO AUGHH!!"
He heard a bloodcurdlingly scream as the sound of a body dropping to the ground was heard.
Afterwards several more screams were heard as his heart pounded furiously and sweat eroded his body.
*Pap, Pap ,Pap*
About 5 feet to his West. Lumian heard the sounds of approaching footsteps.
"Cmon, Cmon, Lumian act like a corpse. You're dead. You're still. Pretend like your gone, reduced to atoms."
The Footsteps stopped closer to him.
He only heard the sounds of crackling fire and didn't dare to open his eyes.
*Phlash*
Lumian heard a weird noise and felt several things impacting his back.
Afterwards, the footsteps left, traveling further away until he only heard the sounds of crackling fire.
He waited for moment, and ever so slightly looked to his left.
Instantly he felt like he was going to puke.
The belly of the man beside him was opened and red ropes of his intestines were spilling out.
Blood seeped into the ground drenching Lumian in red and gore.
Lumian wasn't really unnerved by all the blood and gore. He instead smelt the awful stench he never smelled in his life. Afterall he was never physically near a dead body since childhood.
Whoever wrote the scenes where someone was going to puke upon seeing the dead bodies, really forgot to leave out the stench that it leaves!
He resisted the urge to move away as he continued to play dead.
5 minutes later, he heard the 3 voices again.
"Survivors eliminated?" ???? said.
"Affirmative, mission accomplished" ???? said.
"Hold on...." ???? said.
"what?" ???? said.
"I'm sensing a faint chakra to our right," ???? said.
Instantly Lumian felt as if his life was in moral peril... Even more peril than he previously had felt.
"Leave it," ???? said.
"We stayed for too long, its best if we leave now, before others arrive"
The shadowy figure tried to retort but paused in the middle of his sentence. Afterward he spoke.
Alright," ???? said.
The 3 figures than promptly vanished leaving the dead bodies and the carriages that continued to burn in the background.
Lumian held his breath for 30 seconds and let out a huge sigh.
"I need a can of iced tea" he said.
Before blacking out, he heard a chorus of approaching voices as the wind seemed to grow stronger in response.
"Search for survivors! Put out the fires and administer any aid to the wounded!!!" ????? said
Light footsteps were heard as he felt a hand on his back.
Lumian tried to lift his head up with any strength that he could muster.
He saw long brown hair and a short stature of a person before a tender voice spoke out.
"Don't exert yourself. Lay and sleep. Leave the rest to me!!" ???? said.
And with that Lumian fainted.
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Another chapter done. As always give me any suggestions. I'll listen to what you guys have to say and improve my writing upon that. Thanks!