Storytelling

[ES2005]

The rules are simple enough, I start the story, you continue it. The last one kicked ***, I hope this one will.

He walked slowly across the pier, glancing around nervously. He heard a noise, so he quickly hid behind a crate. When he saw it was just a mouse, he cursed at himself for being to cowardly. Suddenly, a voice whispered from beneath the pier, "Come quickly, they will not find you under here..." He jumped into the water. He stared at the figure beside him and gasped. The figure was his...

[Grandy]

 ... best friend, "Lets go", he said to someone else, and then another person appeared, he was tall and had so scars in his face, he looked to the water and saw the "hero" (at least I think its the hero), then he...

[ES2005]

..fell into the water, because he was grasped by a slimy thing under the water, who called his name, which was Drake, and slowly pulling him deeper, until...

[Grandy]

 ...the scar-faced guy jumps in the water and pull Drake up, after wake up, the scar-face told to Drake to "not listen to the voices, they aren't good" "What was the voice?", Drake asked, his best friend answered: ...

[drenrin2120]

"it was the demons of your past, pulling you under." his best friend replied.
"They wish to use your connection for themselves" The "hero" continued.
Drake looked mystified. Connections? what were they talking about? Of course, the slimy thing that had grabbed him seemed proff enough he should listen.
"Do you remember when... that girl in school was killed?" Drake's friend broke his thoughts.
Drake remembered, but chose not to say anything. His friend, Katan, was his most trusted friend. What was this all about?
"Drake! Listen to me! She had the connections! Lila had the connections!"
Drake's heart sunk. Why were they doing this to him? What a sick prank to pull on a friend. Tormenting his already aching soul. He had loved Lila, but never got the chance he waited so patiently for.
But he was once again a believer when the owner to the tentacle reared its ugly face from the waters, surrounded by a glow so eerie, it may as well have been St. Elmos fire. the dismal face of the attacker then...

[ES2005]

...Drake awoke to the sound of beautiful music. He looked at his surroundings. He was in a crudely constructed hut. He walked outside to find more huts. "Trîvê aça à môléeè!" Drake noticed a native walk towards him. "Um..do you speak English?" Drake asked. "Of course..." replied the native. He pulled of his disguise to show...
"Lila! But you're dead!"
"No. I didn't die. This is what happened...."

[MrMister]

...I survived the crash, but barely.  I was in a coma for years, that's why I haven't contacted you! Well, that, and...

[ES2005]

..."My ex-boyfriend tried to shoot me after I turned him down about the prom. I dived into him, and I knocked him out, but not after he shot my arm." Drake suddenly heard a noise nearby, and pulled Lila into the forest. They looked back and saw a monstrous daemon. The nitves ran, but not fast enough. They were each devoured in turn.
"No!" Lila screamed. The Daemon turned its head.
"Oh, ****."...

[drenrin2120]

"wtf is wrong with you! Screaming out like that!" drake screamed.
And they ran deeper into the forest as the daemon gave chase.

There's just one thing I don't get, "How come I keep waking up and something's happened? How could you have been in a coma for years? It was only last week it happened?"

Lila pulled him off to the side and into a cave, the daemon passed by without stopping. "Let me explain..."

[ES2005]

"It was two years ago when I 'died'. A time displacement made it seem like a week ago to you. As for waking up, I have no clue."
"But who made the time displacement?"
"I don't know that either."
Drake looked outside. The daemon had gone, so they walked into the forest.
"Wait. What happened to my friend, Katan?"
"Look..." said Lila.
Drake gasped. There lay Katan, nearly dead. Lila muttered something under her breath, and Katan disappeared.
"He was transported to a hospital. He'll be okay."
"Lila, how--"
Suddenly, the daemon came back. Lila said something else, and the daemon ran away.
"I'm not really human, Drake. I'm an elf magician."
Drake stared at her, then behind her.
"Good thing, Lila, because look who's coming..."

[Dragonium]

Spinning around on the spot, Lila was just fast enough to see the trio of daemons which had just burst through the dense trees into the clearing outside the cave. The first one, bloody red with deep scars in its face, lunged just past Drake's arm. The second two ran round the pair of them, forcing them together, back to back, in the centre of the clearing.
   "Do something", called Drake, barely audible over the grunts and roars of the daemons.
   "I can't", replied Lila, "Not even elf magic can hold off a trio of daemons for long!" As she spoke, a blinding light blazed from her hands, sweeping part of the clearing, and catching a daemon off guard. It shuddered, then continued to growl and herd the pair together in the centre of the clearing.
   The first daemon raised its hand, its terrible black claws glinting menacingly in the sunlight; and in the same moment, a new call rippled through the forest. All three daemons shrank back and ran. Drake raised his head, to see...

[ES2005]

...The Behemoth! Drake grabbed Lila's arm and ran through the forest, occasionally tripping over thick roots. The faster he ran, the closer the Behemoth got. He ran, then he started to fall. He fell, and fell, and fell, then landed right dab smack in the middle of...

[Dragonium]

... a shallow river. The Behemoth came bounding down the slope and dived into the water. Drake could just about feel the riverbed beneath his feet, but he couldn't move quickly in the water.

   "Drake! Jump!", called Lila from the riverbank, who had managed to veer off to the right before the Behemoth caught up to her. The Behemoth, meanwhile, was padding quickly through the water - it had no trouble touching the bottom. "Jump, Drake!", called Lila again. Drake looked up. A branch from an overhanging tree was above his head, and he reached up, grabbed it, and pulled himself out of the water. At the same time, Lila muttered something. Bolts of lightning streaked from the palms of her hands, striking the water. The Behemoth writhed around, then fell down and was still.

   Drake waded back to the riverbank, where Lila was waiting. "I don't know what's happening here", she whispered, "But we can't stay in this forest for long. Where do you think we should head for?"

   "Well", panted Drake, "I think we should head to..."

[ES2005]

..."Alabama! There are a million genies there. One can help us figure out what's going on!" Lila said something and they were suddenly sitting on the warm sandy floor of Alabama. "Now we just have to find a-" Lila stopped abruptly there and said no more. Drake turned around and saw her throat being fiercely gripped by...

[FreakyGohan]

an anti-genie. The anti-genie almost killed her until Drake unleashed his power. It was ice it covered the anti-genie and than...