(I started this novel awhile back, then got stuck on chapter 1. Lol life eh?)
Chapter 1
It feels like a bad dream.
Cari lay on the ground with her eyes closed; she felt the soft thick blades of grass outline her small frame. Not wanting to open her eyes she just laid there the wind blowing, her name being carried along it like a whisper calling her. Sitting up slowly, opening her eyes she reached out and grasped the quarter-staff that lay in the grass next to her; the old dark brown wood staff felt rough from the overuse it had seen in the last few years the ends splintered. Cari’s eyes scanned the forest she could have swore someone had said her name. She jumped up the butt of the quarter-staff digging into the damp ground; as she turned around to walk out of the forest. A strange figure caught the corner of her eye for but only a brief moment; out of nowhere she saw what appeared to be a huge gust of wind blowing straight for her. Bending the tree’s as it passed by, Cari watched as a feeling of horror and slight amazement washed over her.
Her integrated personal protective system (PPS) began flashing warning signs, her right arm flashing the word warning; it appeared to be a living tattoo, but was actually an implant underneath the skin, that ran on owners’ soul energy. The system within milliseconds kicked the warning level up to stage two; the system sounded an alarm that began to play inside her head and the word warning flashed in her left eye; the permanent digital contact lenses and hearing system were all linked and ran off her soul energy.
Cari seemed lost as she watched. The gust of wind barreled toward her, she snapped out of it as the system entered stage two, but by then it was too late; the gust of wind slammed into her on the moment of impact the wind screeched her name so loud that if it wasn’t for her hearing system her eardrums would have burst. Cari flew back several feet slamming into a tree; the impact sent her PPS into a wild frenzy of warn...
[ Continued ]