Monday, October 19, 2009

Adventures in DreamWorld: The Game part 1

There's this school. Just down the road from University of Tennessee; this is my college. It's jsut as big as the former. The football field is huge; the zoo is right behind it. My college was built upon Chilhowee Park, as I figure out, since the fair was deemed unsafe for all who particiapte in it. Now, the Jacob building is the library, there are lecture halls built where vendors sold their footlong corndogs and saratoga chips. This is my college, home of the red and white. There's a football game, crowds cheer and the announcer screams over the intercom; we're beating our inner city rival--the Volunteers. Or at least, so we think.There's an explosion-huge-right by my ear. Everything goes black as the amused cheers turn to frightened screams.
"Where's little Susie!"
"Mom! No!"
Screams, everywhere. Everything's black. I can't open my eyes. I can't move anything.
Black.
Nothingness.
Suddenly, I hear animal noises. Bat screeches and panther growls. I slowly open my eyes as I realize I'm alive. I survived the bombing. And I'm in animal hell. I realize I'm in a trailer laying down on a trashed couch. I rise up and see a lady standing by a stove, stirring noodles as she smokes her cigarette.
"Hey there, suga, you got quite a knock on the head."
"Yeah...I guess I did," I reply, rubbing my head. "Where am I?"
"I'm one of the zookeepers. I brought you here, to my home. It's only a trailer, and alot of the sick animals live with me, but it's something." She continued stirring her noodles, adding a dash of salt. I looked around to see an array of animals. A panther was playing with a raccoon in the floor oddly enough and a bat hung precariously from the ceiling. There was a parrot perched atop a camel's head, and an otter waved to me from the kitchen sink.
This was crazy, ludacris...this can't just be.I can't..this can't be real.
I stood, putting a hand out to balance myself so I wouldn't fall. Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my arm, piercing the skin as I yelped a plea for help. The zookeeper rushed over, grabbing a syringe that had been laying on the table.
"Don't worry, honey, little Dracula here didn't mean to bite ya."
Oh please God, don't let her be serious. Vampires can't be real too....
She took my arm and wedged her finger between my arm and the bat's mouth and slowly pulled up. I cringed as I saw the venom-coated fangs being pried out of my arm. There were two slits, pouring blood, left from where the bat's teeth had been. The lady blew smoke into my face as she injected a gel into the slits. A burning sensation swept my arm as I realized it was an anti-venom to save me.
Lord, help me, I had to have anti-venom or I would turn into a vampire.....
"There ya go, suga. I'll go lock up Dracula, he doesn't seem to like you."
The lady grabbed the bat and took him to a back room.
I had to get out of here. I had to. I looked around and saw the front door, my only chance of escape. I took the opportunity while she was putting up the vampire in disguise to escape. I ran out the door, watching as two of the animals bounded after me. Something else bit me, the same spot where the vampire thing had. It dug into my skin, biting to the bones.
She wants these animals to kill me!
I screamed once more and swung my arm wildly in a vain attempt to get the animal off of me. Everything's gone crazy, nothing is right. I'm confused, everything's vague.Cigarette lady is back, taking "Mr. Purrs" off my arm. There is nothing I can do, I can't do a single thing to escape this world. I can't escape. Nothing makes sense and I can't escape.


And I know...this is only the beginning....