I honestly don't know how I got here. I thought as I looked around at the forest. Drinking? No I don't go to parties anymore. Smoking? No, I still don't go to parties. Am I dead? I might as well have been the way I felt. It had been an hour since I had woken up in this forest. The forest itself was thick but not as thick as some of the forests I live near back home. At the same time that the area seemed light it also seemed dark, as if this was a dark area in a cartoon. The particular area I was in was a clearing with trees that were taller than an average Oak tree. Or at least I guessed, I didn't know how tall an oak tree was. Aside from the thoughts of how I was going to get home I was also thinking a variety of other things. Like, why do the trees have faces? Why is it dark but not that dark at the same time? And most predominantly, what was I wearing?
Well I knew WHAT I was wearing, but I couldn't figure out why I was wearing it. Or where I got it. I'll try to describe what I see to the best of my abilities. It was very amour-like but not heavy armour, with plates that ran all over the outfit which reminded me a lot of the carapace of a scorpion. It seemed that I could still bend it and it felt like it could be used by someone acrobatic. What I was wearing was yellow and black and it had a very intimidating look. I could see if I bent my head behind me that there were two stingers sticking up. There was skulls on my knees and on a belt that straps that came down from my shoulders where two shoulder pads that looked similar to a scorpion rested. I also had a mask that looked similar to the pattern a scorpion has. Basically I looked like Scorpion from Mortal Kombat.
After figuring this out I decided to find out if I was similar to how he looks under the mask. I felt for my face but noticed that my fingers went through where my eyes should be. The resulting freak out lasted 20 minutes and scared the hell out of a few birds. Eventually I was able to calm down enough to put on the mask. My survival instincts were telling me to find people who could help me. So here I am in the present walking through the dark not dark forest with my mask on again looking for some sign of civilization. Along the way I tested out a few things and found out a couple things. Such as that the two NinjatÅ on my back were real and were extremely sharp. This was a very real dream.
That's what I was thinking anyways. There was no way this could be real it seemed like some story. It might of even been a story I would read. As I looked around at my surroundings I saw that the trees still had those faces and I could feel myself being watched. Normally I would be fearful but instead I could feel that all around they were too afraid of me.
Wait a second, how long have I been walking? I instinctively looked down at my wrist only to find that my watch was gone. Oh yeah... Looking at the sun I noticed it had moved since I had first gotten here. I saw which way it had gone and assumed that that that way was West so I had the choice to go North or South. I decided that North would be the better choice as South seemed to lead deeper into the forest. I turned and started to make my way that way before hearing something. It was a roar. From behind me. I slowly turned around and saw a... a thing.
I had absolutely no idea what this could be called. It was a lion but instead of a lion tail it had a giant scorpion tail and had giant bat-like wings coming from it's back. The beast was twice my height and was absolutely huge. It towered over me glaring down at me with it's maw open, revealing a large set of teeth. Oh wait now I remember it's called a Manticore from Myth-ROAR!
It's roar was enough to blast me back and make marks on the ground. It then ran at me and would have pounced on to me if I had not thrown it over my head. "So it's a fight you want?"I spoke My voice actually sounds like Scorpion!, "It's a fight you'll get!" And I ran at him pulling out my two swords. He attempted to swat me away but out of instinct I jumped over and slashed out with my sword cutting him in the eye and part way down the nose. I didn't let up and began to keep slashing at him. As I was slashing I notice it moving it's paws to try and smash me. I held both of my swords to the side as it slammed it's paws straight into my swords. It howled in pain as the swords pierced straight through. I tore the swords out of it's paws and brought them down through it's paws keeping them pinned there. Running up I started to punch it, my fists starting to move faster and faster. I landed a hard punch onto the side of it's face and felt bone's break I stepped onto it's nose and brought my fists down onto it's head and felt more bones break I jumped down landing a few more punches until I finally shot an uppercut powerful enough to launch it's whole body backwards tearing it's paws in two as the swords held their ground.
I heard in my head(at least I hoped it was in my head) a classic voice say "Finish Him!" I took off my mask and breathed in and blew as a long stream of fire bathed the manticore with fire as it's fur and skin started to burn away. It howled in pain as it finally died it's muscle, bones, and organs all that was left. "Fatality!" I couldn't help myself so I said it, "Toasty!"
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A few hours later as it started to get darker I was still walking. Aside from the fact that a manticore had just attacked me I noticed that there was something peculiar about this place. I was still thinking about how I even got here. It might be best to think clearly and concisely about what I last remember...
I had been just playing games for the night and I was also talking with my friends on skype. I had been playing Mortal Kombat on the Xbox 360 when the question whether or not we would like to be in our game came up. Of course I said that I wouldn't want to be in the game. But my friends then asked whether I would be in it if I could be Scorpion which I actually considered it. Before we could continue the power to my building went out the second time that day. I sighed and turned on a flashlight to get a look at my watch. It was one in the morning so I decided to go to bed I was about to get in bed before I noticed that the light on the Xbox was still on. 'What the hell?' I thought and went over to turn it off. Before I made it over there the Xbox light flashed red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple then white flashed my vision.
I shook my head before noticing that there was a path. Looking around I saw where the path was heading and saw it going down and near a cottage near the woods. I also noticed around me that instead of the dark trees there was much lighter trees and even birds chirping. Hope that they don't react to scared as I began to walk towards it.