09-17-2015, 01:23 AM
The Prime dove down for the rope as though it were the last of her chance, and it was the last chance for any of those below the levee to live. Head-first, a shoulder made contact against the wood with a loud THWACK! as suddenly her teeth clenched in focus, and time resumed to strain in her shoulder. Only by luck had her clammy hands not slipped under the circumstances. Yes! She thought with her catch as she shifted to strength with her unbreakable grip. A sigh of relief formed prematurely, but, quite pridefully, she had caught it. Gravity’s sensation still grappled her body as the ultimate pulley, as her muscles seemed to flatten and strain before the men below could understand that the rope had broken and the risks were threateningly high.
No! flashing before her eyes was regret of her choice to ever join this incessant army, her choice to save the tree may have cost her everything. All for a damn tree that would have been chopped down anyway and yet, her hands remained on the rope at the point attached to the giant boulder.
The crackle of the shuddering ribs ripping in her abdomen snagged Caira’s attention. The sound of her own shredding flesh was sickening, and something had taken a turn for the worse. Bone shattered -or at least seemed to- and then the forefront of pain pursued her. Agony launched itself from every inch of her searing body. Yet bent as she was, she wasn’t broken.
Caira dangled there for a while as she held the rope of doom with every active muscle. The tension and force crushed her ribs. I won’t let this be my breaking point. The men had completely abandoned their pulley and were now watching her with a little concern. Oh no.. If I take a breath right now... I might puncture a lung. That means I’ll either have to let this go or heave it upwards without a single breath. The Prime’s analysis of the critical situation was accurate, Kobi and Trevor could only watch from below as they gawked helplessly at the stranded Prime.
“This will be.. Great practice for me..” Caira breathed out as she managed to convince herself that the impossible task was within her grasp.
HEAVE!
Caira pulled on the rope with the many muscles extending through her arms; she balanced on the branches and still found herself dangling as the weight of the rock etched into every point of contact her appendages made with the bark.
HO. Grating against a rock and a hard place, the rope dangled until she got a foothold. She grasped the bark, held the rope in her teeth and was able to stand on the thick limb. Finally she found her balance on two feet, and lowered the giant boulder with all the strength she could summon. Slowly her grip had started to slip, and she had nowhere to balance the boulder just below her. Some of the branches below were too flimsy or bendable, and she heard the deafening CRUNCH! as a few broke below her. Yet, finally she was able to pinpoint a place that would fit the task and the giant square shaped rock was set gently in the dew covered branches of the giant pine tree.
No! flashing before her eyes was regret of her choice to ever join this incessant army, her choice to save the tree may have cost her everything. All for a damn tree that would have been chopped down anyway and yet, her hands remained on the rope at the point attached to the giant boulder.
The crackle of the shuddering ribs ripping in her abdomen snagged Caira’s attention. The sound of her own shredding flesh was sickening, and something had taken a turn for the worse. Bone shattered -or at least seemed to- and then the forefront of pain pursued her. Agony launched itself from every inch of her searing body. Yet bent as she was, she wasn’t broken.
Caira dangled there for a while as she held the rope of doom with every active muscle. The tension and force crushed her ribs. I won’t let this be my breaking point. The men had completely abandoned their pulley and were now watching her with a little concern. Oh no.. If I take a breath right now... I might puncture a lung. That means I’ll either have to let this go or heave it upwards without a single breath. The Prime’s analysis of the critical situation was accurate, Kobi and Trevor could only watch from below as they gawked helplessly at the stranded Prime.
“This will be.. Great practice for me..” Caira breathed out as she managed to convince herself that the impossible task was within her grasp.
HEAVE!
Caira pulled on the rope with the many muscles extending through her arms; she balanced on the branches and still found herself dangling as the weight of the rock etched into every point of contact her appendages made with the bark.
HO. Grating against a rock and a hard place, the rope dangled until she got a foothold. She grasped the bark, held the rope in her teeth and was able to stand on the thick limb. Finally she found her balance on two feet, and lowered the giant boulder with all the strength she could summon. Slowly her grip had started to slip, and she had nowhere to balance the boulder just below her. Some of the branches below were too flimsy or bendable, and she heard the deafening CRUNCH! as a few broke below her. Yet, finally she was able to pinpoint a place that would fit the task and the giant square shaped rock was set gently in the dew covered branches of the giant pine tree.
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