Chapter 4 Dying to See the Future
Chapter 4 Dying to See the Future Chapter 4 Dying to See the Future Miguel found himself thrust upon a black, endless plateau scattered with black bushes. The land was flat with no mountains, hills, rivers, or oceans. The sun hung in the gray sky. The fiery star was now orange, and its rays pulsed as if it were losing power. From across the plain, a long creature crawled toward Miguel on thousands of feet. It rose thirty feet high and had overlapping greenish-black plates covering its body.
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Chapter 4 Dying to See the Future
Chapter 4 Dying to See the Future
Miguel found himself thrust upon a black, endless plateau scattered with black bushes.The land was flat with no mountains, hills, rivers, or oceans.The sun hung in the gray sky.The fiery star was now orange, and its rays pulsed as if it were losing power.
From across the plain, a long creature crawled toward Miguel on thousands of feet.It rose thirty feet high and had overlapping greenish-black plates covering its body.Multiple black eyes stared him down.As it got closer, two horn-like antennas stretched out like hands.It was a giant centipede, and it was coming after him!
Miguel scrambled back into the machine. He tugged on a lever.Instantly, the sky grew darker.He whirled forward, but the alternating of day and night - sunrise and sunset - slowed.The dials spun forward again and again. The time machine stopped abruptly.
The sun, now red and large, hung along the horizon.The sky was an inky black, missing its moon, and highlighted by only a few pale stars.Like the scarlet of the sun, reddish rocks lined the beach where Miguel stood.Strange fluorescent green plants seemed to be the only thing growing.
The ocean was still - no waves, no breakers, no wind.Miguel sat down. It was hard to breathe.He remembered the same feeling when he'd hiked up Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in California, with his mom.Oxygen was scarce.
The bitter cold nipped at his fingers as he cruised over the rocky beach.The red ball in the sky was a sad picture of what the sun used to be.Was he witnessing the death of the sun and the end of life on Earth? He swallowed.Such a huge question was hard to comprehend.A gust of fear and sadness brushed across him.He had to get home. But how?
