Monster Age: A Fantasy Epic by GR Griffin

Author:GR Griffin [Griffin, GR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-06T22:00:00+00:00

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Running. Fleck was running now. All around them were monsters, all those who were lost to the once great Vail’s illusions. Some were ahead of them, others behind, funnelling out from separate tunnels.

“This way,” one cried before a corner.

“Keep going that way,” another shouted, pointing forward.

“We’re almost there,” someone else cried. “I can taste fresh air!”

Fleck thought it was a term of phrase, but they could not deny it either. They inhaled through their nose and noticed how cool and clean it was; they could also taste it on the tip of their tongue. Fresh air. The surface. They were almost there.

Everyone banked another turn. There it was, up a slight incline. Light shone at the end of the tunnel.

The sheer sight made them all run faster, Fleck included. It was the longest sprint in their life, and felt longer than usual; however, it was all worth it in the end.

Fleck emerged at the mouth to blue, cloudless skies and clear, crisp air and fresh snow underfoot. They would have to guess that defeating Vail also meant that his hold upon this world was gone also. The sun shone in the centre of the sky, directly above. Even through the winter snap, the sunshine was magnificent, flooding their body with its goodness.

The monsters were already charging down the embankment, still running as if their lives depended on it, and for good reason.

Just a short distance away, visible between the trees draped in white, lay the brown bark and green treetops of the Forest. No more than five minutes away.

And then it was Fleck’s turn to sprint toward it.

All they could think about was home. All they had to do was find the professor, just how Sam an’ Rita told them, and surely he would have a way to send them back to the place their soul yearned to be at, with the people they wanted to spend the rest of their life with.

They took one last look back at the mountain behind them. Beneath all that rock, somewhere in that web of tunnel and lost mines, there remained one lost soul, probably destined to be alone for the rest of his days.

The revelation stopped Fleck cold.

Flowey…

Asriel…

By leaving Vail – Geoffrey – they had abandoned him once more. Again, they had freed the many at the cost of the few. They saved everyone, except the life that mattered the most.

“You don’t even know me… Why do you still care?” Asriel’s question still burned in their mind.

Because he was the one who deserved to be saved the most.

Fleck sighed sadly, then resumed their journey closer to the Forest, now moving slower.

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