InfinaTe DeparTure Story: City of Forever and Never

Its coLd here today...no eye opening reason to be here...as iif the engiine of exsiisTance has sTopped moviing...around and abouT every dark corner of these scaling towers I force my eyes open, buT...but how? My pupiiLs seemed to be shown to the coLd aiir...dazed...misLead by one of my own senses I sLowLy gLance downward towards my feeT that had appeared to be pLaTTed iinTo the fLoor as iif the Incredible Hulk hiimseLF descended from the muggy sky's above and landed in the fridged asphauLT I sTand upon now. Raising my head iin asToniishmenT I bodLy yeT cauTiiousLy use boTh handz and aLL my sTengTh I couLd musTer, and one by one puLLed each fooT ouT of the cLenchiing ground...

AHHH!!!...

...and the other...

AHHH!!!...

No pain could descriibe what agony I feLT as I sTumbLed quiickLy to the fLoor...breaThiing heavy...gaspiing...I could noT bare to gaze on whaT I beLiieved wouLdbe brokn and bLeediing...iin adrenaLine and FEAR I LOOK TO MY FEET TO SEE...wiires?...fiiLLed wiiTh shuTTeriing curiousiTy I oddLy noTiice thaT the soLE of my riighT fooT iis ensued by wiires and fuses...mosT now ar fryed from whaT I beLiieved happened when I diispeLLed my feeT from the fLoor. I looked around me to see iif I was the onLy one goiing through thiis...to my diismay...I was...the ciiTy wasn'T fuLLy quiieT...because no less than a second laTer I heard as to whaT seemed to be someone waLkiin cLoser...

CLACK...CLACK...CLACK...

CLACK...CLACK...CLACK...

...piicked up a fLAT diisk-liike objeT ready to toss iiT to whaTever was comiing behiind me...

iiTs gone?...

jusT vaniished a iif thaT noiise never even happened...

hmmm...

...sure enough I turn forward and BAM!!!

...I'm knocked iin the head...I use hands to creep backwards quiickLy to see a man iin bLack and bLue Nikes, bLAck skiinny jeans wiiTh the leTTers M.Y.N.D verTiicaLLy on hiis panTs legs, a bLack V-neck thaT looks brand new, and a bLue ziip-down jackeT thaT had the prinTing of a giianT ziipper goiing every whiich way on hiis jackeT...takiing a scond gLance aT hiis face he bore a sTricking resembLance to...me...buT noT so much...sTiiLL speechLes...the ciiTy sTranger geTs on one knee and says iin a deep burLy voiice..."Spiral...we have beem lookiing for you. Your reTurn iis eminanTe. You musT re-engage Cranial-City's source." MusTeriing up the few unfearfuL breaThs I have lefT I saiid,

"my...

my name...iiTs noT...

thiis Spiral guy...

my name...iiTs Dean...whaT are...whaT are you...where am I?...

thiis pLace?...whaT iis iit? He saiid,

"You have been aLseep for 5 years, thiis iis noT how we wiished you would have to see thiis pLAce here iin whiich yu liived and loved..." Iis thiis...am I iin the U.S.? He repLiies to me, "you are farTher iin your miind thaT you may thiink...thiis iis noT your Uniiverse, your soLar sysTem, your worLd, your conTinenT, your sTaTe, your counTy, your ciiTy, nor your home...

thiis iis YOU...

weTher or noT you shaLL beLiieve me or noT...you ARE the SPIRAL EPICENTER...

and thiis...thiis coLd-lefT for noThiing wasTeLand...iis a parT of your body...

as i saiid...

weLcome to Caranial-City...

THIS iis your miind."


END CHPT. 1