Still. Quiet. Peace. My hands crunched along the crisp grass as I slunk around for any source of food, any little chink of hope that would ease the hunger pangs that would set in when time would start moving again. Because as long as time was frozen - sure, my hunger was gone, but it would come back worse once time started up. I found a small (most likely) edible root in the ground and gnawed on it, in relative comfort. But then, my grip on time loosened, and the birds in the sky started moving, the leaves started shaking, and the endless fields of grassland all around me started swaying. But my stomach. My stupid, human stomach had to twist and writhe with pain, with no nourishment. But still - for every centimeter farther that my ribs poked out, that was a sign of being further away from my past. From the Elders that expelled me of life in that miserable existence. But I was almost ready now. Almost ready to confront them. To take revenge. To return to the city of Rade. 2008-05-04T23:59:18Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/29112 <p>=O it&#8217;s back! YESSS ! =D<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29112?basename=60354 2008-05-04T23:59:18Z Blusparrow http://ficlets.com/authors/blusparrow <p>You got sequel!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29112?basename=60166 2008-05-03T02:58:53Z Never Explain http://ficlets.com/authors/user_4153 <p>Very gritty and desperate&#8230;well written with a subtle underpinning of rage.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29112?basename=59931 2008-05-02T01:55:56Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>Hmm, the beginning reminded me of Christopher McCandless.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29112?basename=59911 2008-05-01T23:53:04Z Laine P. Grey http://ficlets.com/authors/lainegrey <p>Awesome, I&#8217;m going to go read the original series and then come back. Nicely done.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29112?basename=59907 2008-05-01T23:46:15Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>ooh! nice style, to start a new part as a new series. Very clever!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29112?basename=59883 2008-05-01T21:26:04Z Never Explain http://ficlets.com/authors/user_4153 <p><strong>The first Max and Tyler series (&#8220;Speed vs. Still&#8221;) ended here:</strong><br />http://ficlets.com/stories/26136<br />~<br /><strong>It started here:</strong><br />http://ficlets.com/stories/19103</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29112?basename=59870 2008-05-01T21:04:49Z Stovohobo http://ficlets.com/authors/stovohobo