A Different Point Of View (420 hits)
Category: Quotes & StoriesRating: 0.12 on 11 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by frankthebear (View user info) at 2007-07-22 14:13:15 EDT
A Different Point of View.
He awoke with a start. He drew in a shuddering breath and let it out with a groan. Breathing burned his lungs. He tried to open his eyes and for a moment they wouldn't obey. Finally they opened a little and he was able to look around. The bright sunlight burned his eyes and everything looked dim and blurry.
He tried to sit up but his body didn't seem up to the task just yet, everything just hurt too much. So he lay still and tried to think. Where was he? Who was he? He tried to remember how he got here. Reluctantly images came sluggishly to his mind.
He had been hitchhiking alone at night. A few cars had passed him by, then from out of nowhere he had been hit from behind. The last thing he could remember was a searing pain in the side of his neck. A pain that felt an awful lot like a bite.
With an effort he raised his right arm and felt the side of his neck. He was shocked to discover a large chunk of flesh was missing. He slowly sat up and inspected himself. There were large portions of flesh missing from all over his body, yet strangely he felt no pain.
No, there was a pain. He was hungry. He couldn't remember ever feeling so hungry in his life. He looked around for something, anything to eat, but there was nothing. Gradually he remembered there had been a town about a mile back. And a town would have food.
He got to his feet and started to stagger back the way he came, the sunlight burning every inch of him.
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When he got back to the town it was early evening and he was starting to feel a little better. The evening was dark and cool and it felt easier to move. He collapsed in an ally to rest, the hunger was making him weak.
As he rested for a few minutes, he became aware that there was something else in the ally with him, and it smelled delicious. Heavenly! He raised his head and saw the thing a few feet away, it seemed to be sleeping beside a dumpster, unaware of his presence.
He dragged himself over to the delicious smelling thing. He felt so weak and so hungry. He was dimly aware that his mouth was salivating freely in anticipation of the feast before him. He lowered his head and started to feed.
Well whatever it was, it woke up in a hurry after he took the first bite, but even that one bite of food gave him the strength he needed to restrain the delicious thing and continue to feed. And before he knew it, the thing was dead and he was full.
He found it was easier to get up and move now. His muscles felt tight and stronger than ever before. He felt like he could run a hundred miles an hour, could lift up cars and trucks with one hand, could...
The hunger was back again. So soon? Yes. And it seemed worse than before, if that were even possible. He would have to feed again, but now the prospect looked easier. He grinned and shuffled off in search of the next meal which didn't take him long, the euphoric aroma led him on without fail.
In the park across the street, he found two more of the delicious things walking along together. Before he knew what he was doing, he was sprinting at them and knocked them both over, pinning one under the other.
This time there was screaming and struggling, but he only held on tighter and gorged himself. He ate the big one on top and then, feeling full for the moment, broke the other thing's neck and dragged it away to feed on later.
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Back in the ally, the homeless man snapped awake and gave out a rusty, strangled cry. He slowly sat up. He felt very, very hungry, and something smelled good!
The End?
User Reviews
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-07-24 08:49:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
huh, I got vampire out of it but for something lightwieght it was somewhat entertaining. I'd give this a 1.5 but I'll just round up.
Submitted by lover101 (user info) at 2007-07-23 13:39:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-07-23 12:12:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
needs more story and less "action"
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-07-23 04:24:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
ps...
(the title is to be a story from a zombie's pov...)
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-07-23 01:12:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
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Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-07-22 23:46:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
does he reach to feel his back and notice a kidney missing?
Submitted by Zampano (user info) at 2007-07-22 21:07:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
...er...I'm afraid I don't understand the title.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-07-22 20:58:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
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Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-07-22 18:35:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
wahhhhhhhhhhhhhwaaaaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
quit crying, Frank. These are ratings...I won't let it get knocked off the front page.
Submitted by frankthebear (user info) at 2007-07-22 17:57:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
piss off Simon
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-07-22 17:23:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Allow me, Frank.