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| Forgotten City |
“This is
the cradle of our Family. The City was forgotten by all and time took care of
throwing it into oblivion. Yet we have lived here, strived to grow and managed
to survive. Despite the foreigners of other planets passing by, the epidemics
dragged in by their deranged scientists, the commitment of officials to bring
it down, it survived. Now as I stand before you, I trust we will march into the
beginning of a new era. Yesterday we were only a few. Today we are thousands.
Come, let us go.”
The Mayor
pointed at a ring of black light glowing dimly in the dark. It blinked a few
times and a shutter opened up. The first few walked in, disappearing from
sight. Nothing bad seemed to have happened. As a few more prepared to take a
step, a horrid scream came from inside the shutter. Everyone took a step back.
“No, no,
please don’t be afraid. It’s an echo of a past life, they explained it to me.
Please, come,” he said, ushering them to approach.
But the
damage was done. They had fallen all too often for smooth talking people who
wanted to control them.
Suddenly, a
woman grabbed the man’s wrist and shoved him into the shutter. Taken by
surprise, he didn’t have time to react.
Everyone
waited, suspended in an uncomfortable silence. Nothing. The minutes passed and there
was not a sound.
“Perhaps
this is not dangerous after all,” she said looking at the crowd.
And that’s
when the horrid scream was heard once more.
“That’s it.
Go home everyone.”
The crowd
dispersed. The ring was thrown in deep waters and the woman became the mayor of
the city.
Every year,
a few eerie souls roam the city, as a cruel reminder to those alive never to
trust anyone.
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