The Reclamation (3) (551 hits)
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Submitted by Chronic (View user info) at 2006-09-12 16:04:21 EDT
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Smaller females tended to find mates or stay with a brother or father for the time being. They could all almost certainly fend for themselves, through elusiveness if nothing else, but it was not the Dragon Way to leave the most vulnerable unprotected in an uncertain world. The larger females, incredibly fierce, fled alone in search of permanent and fortuities nesting areas. Africa was a proverbial gold mine, but many took on much greater voyages in search of even finer grounds in Europe, Asia, The South Pacific, and even South America and Antarctica. Many young males moved in small packs, maybe 4 or 5 keeping only a half dozen criss-crossing miles between them as they wandered out to hunt, explore, and maybe someday, compete with each other. Larger males took any "dependents" wherever the group or individual was willing to go. The largest males began journeying to distant hunting grounds to begin their reign. Sea dragons headed North up the Nile into the Mediterranean Sea and rocked local fishing areas, both sea life and sailors. In only a few days, they covered thousands of miles in the region and hundreds in the Seas. There had also been isolated sightings of wingless, ground dragons, but these seemed to be extremely rare. As it would later be understood, they were so incredibly fierce, crafty, and stealthy, that few humans would survive a sighting, and almost none an encounter.
In the coming days, things would become more clear to everyone. "Dragon tales" arose in countless numbers and varieties. It honestly became hard to tell which were true, which were exaggerated, and which were simply hoaxes. It was obvious that within weeks, it would become an incredibly widespread or even global situation. Military forces were unable to effectively respond to the creatures, virtually undetectable by radar and blindingly swift to attack, feed, and be gone. It would appear that they were not maniacally destroying the inhabitants of Earth, but they were certainly not opposed to taking life, be it human or elephant or anything in between. Humans were simply the most abundant meal.
Life suddenly seemed exponentially more dangerous for everyone, but nothing was remotely as terrifying as the seas. The Nile and the Mediterranean were entirely off-limits to anyone with a semblance of intelligence, consequently crippling industry and travel in the region. Submarines and other vessels sent terrifying final transmissions due to huge or purely vicious creatures. Initially, it seemed as though the aquatic ones could potentially be contained, but it was only a passing notion. Sea craft, shorelines, and even harbor towns were attacked mercilessly. The purely water-bound creatures, soon to be known as Leviathans, were usually massive and would not be contained by blockades at vital points of the Mediterranean. They held their positions there or escaped to the Atlantic Ocean and the Caspian Sea. Furthermore, most of the dragons were legitimately amphibious and nearly as capable in the water as on the ground or in the skies. They territorialized lakes and rivers of all shapes and sizes. They took the Red Sea and eventually the Black Sea as well. Before anyone really knew what to do, the amphibious ones were in the Indian Ocean. The oceans were no longer ours. The Space Dragons ruled the seas, and it would only be a matter of time before the Leviathans who fled to the Atlantic would wander north to Europe, and south around Africa towards the Indian and Pacific.
In the first confirmed sighting since the Cairo incident, the Big One was spotted heading west over the Atlantic by a cruise ship headed for Portugal and was reported to be at least as large as the ship, and maybe larger. It was an enormous red air serpent, with more than two dozen pairs of fin-like wings, and two enormous front legs fitted with the most menacing talons ever imagined. No one knew of its destination, but US Fighters were quickly dispatched to intercept the incoming assailant. Once engaged and overwhelmed by the finest machinery on the market, the massive creature took to the seas and disappeared to its depths only to resurface more than 60 miles from where it dove. It steadily made its way toward the United States, the first to do so. To be truthful, it took down those who attacked it when necessary, but there was little doubt that it had specific intentions.
Groups around the world sprung up in the name of the dragons and twice as many against them. Many hailed them as signs of good fortune and others even labeled them as returning gods. Sacrifices became the lifestyle of the wise. Families around the world began building ramps and tying a fat cow to the chimney in the hopes of dissuading a passing dragon from tearing the roof off and consuming the house's occupants. Many of them accepted these sacrifices. Many did not.
Such were the first days of The Reclamation. Such were The Space Dragons.
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Submitted by Chroniclysm (user info) at 2006-09-13 01:36:12 EDT (#)
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