Alfred

“Alright, I’ll listen to what you have to say,” Laurella said to Talon. The poor elf’s miserable face lightened up, emphasizing his glowing eyes. “I’ve already made plans for an elaborate escape,” replied Talon, looking at his griffin reassuringly. The griffin, however, did not seem to share this enthusiasm. Instead it let out a long and painful moan that caused Laurella to shudder with unease. The fairies were most definitely coming back to see what was amiss, as Laurella could hear her own name being called repeatedly in the distance. Talon looked back at Laurella, but the passion in his eyes had disappeared. He seemed to be looking down at his chin; Laurella noticed his eyes were quickly becoming bloodshot. Something was wrong here. The elf’s color from his face flushed from his face, and boils were forming on his nose and cheeks. As this was happening, something seemed to crawl under Talon’s skin that seemed to cause him pain. Certain parts of his face were quickly becoming bloated, like someone was blowing his face up from the inside. The entirety of the elf’s body began convulsing violently into a fierce seizure. Talon suddenly shrieked with such intensity that took Laurella back. She was becoming increasingly frightened as the elf become more and more monstrous in appearance. “Mr. Talon? Is something wro-,” Laurella was unable to finish her sentence as Talon ceased to exist as an elf. His mouth opened to its fullest extent and beyond, ripping the elf’s face into a bloody gap. The rest of his head disintegrated into a gory mess as something more frightening was found in the midst of it; out of his head grew an entity that resembled a plant at first, but in close inspection revealed that it was actually some sort of moldy-green flesh. Multiple slimy worm-like tentacles jutted out of the bloody opening, and protruding out of these branches were countless razor sharp spikes. From what used to be the esophagus secreted some sort of saliva-like substance that was flung around as the entity thrashed around, only restrained by the body that was still chained to the walls. Laurella was stunned, appalled, terrible and curious, for she could not stop watching her short-lived friend transform. Talon’s once confident voice was now replaced by a violent hissing. By now the fairies had returned from their original position, but Laurella did not notice them yet. They nonchalantly watched the creature perform the last of its change. “Well, I guess this one wasn’t cut for it either,” laughed one of the fairies. The other fairy looked more concerned. “This doesn’t look too good, there doesn’t seem to be another one of them who reacted quite like Beta-One,” the second fairy, Petunia, analyzed. Laurella managed to look back at the fairies, but she was in a state of total shock. She was unable to speak, recalling the horrors that just traumatized her young mind. “We’re doing an experiment with the elves,” explained Begonia, “that involves putting a virus into their bodies. If their genetic makeup is capable of handling this virus, they transform into extremely powerful creatures of destruction. However, if they aren’t, they will end up like that elf you just witnessed. “The fairies will thus become the dominant faction of the forest, and even the world… and with these weapons we will keep peace between all species and races.” This was all tasking information to the twelve-year old girl who just underwent a traumatic experience; she barely understood a word they said. The fairies had overestimated her intelligence, and they realized this by her lack of reply. She still continued to stare at the monstrous entity, which was now devouring the body of the elf. The griffin began whimpering frightfully. “Come, Laurella,” Petunia reassured. “Let us take you to our underground labs.” The teary eyed child simply nodded, scared and mind-weary. The Crystal Forest was no longer a place of comfort, although Laurella had a feeling she was forgetting something. Gregory! He was still missing something in this terrifying place. She had to search for him, but the fairies would most likely do something frightening. Little did they know that a man was tailing them as they made their way into the fairy’s laboratories.


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 * Choose to run away at the risk of Laurella’s life by clicking on Alex's link.**