Can't Escape: Chapters 1-9

Can't Escape is a Blogclan story by Swanpaw. It features Blogclanners as humans.

Prologue
It's peculiar how the most beautiful things tend to vanish so easily.

They just die. They got destroyed and are never seen again.

What even is 'beauty'?

Prettiness isn't always something touchable like colorful flowers on the field. It isn't something you see like a charming classmate of yours. More often beauty is something you can't see.

A life-long relationship between two best friends is absolutely stunning. So are world peace and reconciliation between mortal enemies. There's still other magnificent things too, unseeable beauty that humans have created.

Harmonia City was one of those things.

After a long period of pondering, scientists from all the sectors of science found a way to live in complete peace. Peace between nations, humans, animals and nature. They found a way to stop it all: global warming, war, serious sicknesses, animal abuse, etcetera.

To achieve their goal of peace the scientists decided to built a city based on their thoughts and contrivances. A big, big city, oasis of harmony. They wanted everyone to move there, but - of course - it didn't happen. However, millions and millions people desired peace and moved to the city of the future. It was a huge place, with millions living there, succesfully  in peace.

I know what you're thinking. In your opinion, big cities are cramped, polluted asphalt jungles crowded with people. Of course the scientists thought of that when they built Harmonia. They made the place amazing and peaceful with lots of own space, nature and wellbeing.

There wasn't any other cities anywhere near it ruining the peace. The other metropolises that were once so big faded away to little villages when everyone wanted to move to the city of eternal comfort. Soon almost everyone lived in never-ending wellness, their futures being so bright.

Think about it. Everyone had the chance to be anything, to live without any trouble. No war or arguements, no pollutants or disasters. Nothing that could hurt the precious citizens. It sounds perfect.

Beautiful.

With no doubt, I can assert you; it was the most beautiful thing to exist.

But as stated before, beauty doesn't last.

Neither did Harmonia.

Nobody saw it coming. Nobody knew the reason for it. It was just a normal, brilliant day until it all went downhill. With a crash.

No, with a boom.

A loud one.

Or that's what people from other towns assumed. Nobody was exactly sure what happened, neither did they care. People in the smaller, less peaceful towns and villages were bitter to the ones with better lives. They did not care at all when they heard about Harmonia's doom. No help was sent, no one went looking for the missing ones. 'Everyone died' they said and continued their lives, glad that they didn't have to be jealous for the citizens anymore.

Now you must be really confused about what happened to the city. What was the reason for the unfortunate event? How the doom was faced? A loud boom was mentioned, maybe an explosion?

Most likely.

Nobody knows exactly.

Why did an explosion happen?

Nobody cares.

It's ninety-nine percent sure that not a single  citizen survived. They all went missing, dissappeared with their homes, got buried under the falling buildings or blew away. Even if someone survived, they wouldn't have gotten far without food. There was no colonization anywhere near.

The whole city full of peace just blew away that easily.

And all of the beauty was gone.

Without a reason.

Gone.

Forgotten.

Forever.

***

The darkness was all around me. It was oppressive, suffocating all my senses. There was no light at all, not a single spark that could lead me out of this nightmare.

I was running. Running for my life. Something was chasing me. I had no idea what but it was a horrific monster. I didn't even remember why I was in this situation.

My legs felt limp, my heart beat rapidly and I was gasping for air. I was never an athlete so I clearly didn't enjoy this. Not that I'd enjoy running for my life anyway.

Leaves tangled in my hair and dry branches scratched my skin. I was covered in dark, bleeding bruises, which made the escape even harder. The sound of scruntching leaves under my dashing feet blended with the screams in my head.

I felt hot breath on my neck and panicked, trying to quicken my pace - which was nearly impossible. Panting, I blindly continued. My body was strenghtless, aching piece of pure pain.

I had no idea how long I had run until my foot made contact with a root. Tripping, I fell down and hit my head on a big rock. Black spots danced on the sides of my vision and made my brain go even blurrier. Absolutely great.

The situation couldn't be any worse. I tried to stand up and keep running, but my head was killing me with horrible beating pain. I started to crawl forwards, determined to escape.

It was useless.

I assured myself I would survive. No matter how terrible headache or creepy monster, I was going to get my legs from the ground and keep on moving.

Useless.

Suddenly I saw something moving from the corner of my eye. My heart stopped and filled with panic.

There were dark figures standing all around me.

Yep, I was a goner.

Stumbling backwards I tried to escape my doom one last time. I didn't succeed at all, the world had started to spin around me and I was seeing flashing colors. Exploding with fear I just laid there, on the wet grass.

My thoughts wandered to  my family and friends. They would never know where I went. They would never understand how I died. They could never visit my grave.

Oh god how much I was afraid of death.

My death.

These figures.

I was scared as heck.

No.

I would face my doom bravely. It was the only thing I could do anymore. Instead of hopelessly attempting my escape I would turn my head to the monsters. I would accept my ending calmly.

I turned my blurry vision to the figures and looked straight to them. I could barely see anything due to the horrific pain in my head and the darkness.The figures seemed to come closer, but I had accepted it all.

Groaning from the headache, I laid my painful head down on the ground, never breaking the view to my destroyers. My mind filling with unconsciousness, I gave up on my life.

I closed my eyes for the last time and my mind went blank.

Then all I could see was darkness.

And that, my friends, is how my life ended.

Or that's what I thought.