Purple Moon
Half Moon 32
She ignores the eyes of the unimportant watchers, and looks to the window. Her body hums with energy as the moon rises. Her cells buzz as the moon peaks through the window. She waits as it slowly raises its head. Once it comes into full view, she recognizes what it is.
"Full Moon," She whispers in a soft voice.
She hears the sound of the frantic footsteps as the watchers panic, but she continues to stare at the moon.
"It is time," It whispers back.
She smiles, her cells jump with excitement, and she closes her eyes. When she opens them again, her body is calm, and her face is in blank expression. She stares at the glass and her body heats up for a brief moment. The glass cracks then explodes outwards with the water following it.
She steps out of the tank, and cool air touches her delicate skin. Her long hair shimmers with energy as it moves like she is still underwater. The watchers stare and her with fear, but she continues to ignore them as the other tanks explode. The water swirls around her as she walks off with her bare feet, never touching the ground.
Kat jolts awake, breathing hard. The night sky calmly shines overhead as Cade and Adalia sleep. Adalia's dogs glance in Kat's direction before turning back to look at the wilderness. Her head is throbbing, but she doesn't have any pain medication, so she tries to bear with it.
Her thoughts turn back to the dream, but it is so vague she only has the faint feeling that something exploded. Cade rolls over and looks at Kat before sitting up.
"Bad dream?" He asks.
Kat shrugs, "I can't really remember it."
He studies her before saying, "You should get that checked, it's not normal to have so many."
"I'm fine; it's not interfering with our work."
"But what if it does one day right in the middle of a job."
Kat glares at him, and he puts his hands up in surrender. The sky starts to brighten as Kat says, "Wake up Adalia the sooner we get there, the better."
Cade shakes Adalia awake, and they pack everything up. They get on their bikes and start driving. After a couple hours, Kat's glasses beep at her.
"We're here!" She shouts, stopping her bike.
"What you mean we're here, there's nothing around," Cade replies.
Kat looks around at the deserted landscape before checking her glasses, "Well it says we're on the outskirts."
They get off their bikes, and Adalia comments, "The air around this place is the same as the one before."
Kat nods getting the same impression.
"Guys," Cade calls from farther up ahead, "I found our town, if that's what you can call it."
Kat and Adalia join him and don't realize what they are supposed to be looking at until they look down. Floors are now a place for struggling plant life and what use to be walls, only stubs poking through the ground. Off to one side, a hole the shape and size of a huge building dominated the landscape.
"Well now we know why it was never mentioned," Cade sighs as Adalia and Kat take it in.
Her thoughts turn back to the dream, but it is so vague she only has the faint feeling that something exploded. Cade rolls over and looks at Kat before sitting up.
"Bad dream?" He asks.
Kat shrugs, "I can't really remember it."
He studies her before saying, "You should get that checked, it's not normal to have so many."
"I'm fine; it's not interfering with our work."
"But what if it does one day right in the middle of a job."
Kat glares at him, and he puts his hands up in surrender. The sky starts to brighten as Kat says, "Wake up Adalia the sooner we get there, the better."
Cade shakes Adalia awake, and they pack everything up. They get on their bikes and start driving. After a couple hours, Kat's glasses beep at her.
"We're here!" She shouts, stopping her bike.
"What you mean we're here, there's nothing around," Cade replies.
Kat looks around at the deserted landscape before checking her glasses, "Well it says we're on the outskirts."
They get off their bikes, and Adalia comments, "The air around this place is the same as the one before."
Kat nods getting the same impression.
"Guys," Cade calls from farther up ahead, "I found our town, if that's what you can call it."
Kat and Adalia join him and don't realize what they are supposed to be looking at until they look down. Floors are now a place for struggling plant life and what use to be walls, only stubs poking through the ground. Off to one side, a hole the shape and size of a huge building dominated the landscape.
"Well now we know why it was never mentioned," Cade sighs as Adalia and Kat take it in.
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