THE CRANE: By Andrew Sultan
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011It was early in the afternoon, while the sun gleamed brightly over the blue sky. Along the busy city streets, hundreds of people scrambled as if they were a herd. Just living out their lives in bliss, unaware of the bleak object scorching through the clouds. The object dropped lower and lower until it was near the same height as the Empire State Building. The object had now become visible to the crowds of people below. The people marveled at the object as it plummeted to the ground below.
The object was revealed to be silver and looked as if it were a pod falling from space. As it reached the ground the two sides of the pod opened up, and on each side were several sharp claws, the pod now resembled a crane. The herds of people ran away in fear as the crane collided into a nearby building. The building tumbled to the ground along with the crane.
As the destruction began to clear, many police officers along with civilians came to the site. “Get back,” shout one of the police officers as they tried to remove everyone from the area. Silence filled the area as the rescue team entered the rubble to search for survivors. In the center of the rubble lay the crane of which was pierced into the ground. Slowly they approached the crane to get a closer look at it. The light from the sun reflected off the crane casting a beautiful shine.
They glared at the magnificent object until their team leader began to move closer. Within a moment he was standing right beside it, cautiously he lifted his hand and placed it upon the crane. At first the crane remained still, but within a few seconds it began to shake. Drenched with fear the entire rescue team back away to a safer location. The crane stopped shaking and in a blink of an eye it flew back into the sky. It went up a straight path until it disappeared into the clouds.
The silence had ended, and commotion began to spring, as everyone glared up to the heavens to where the crane has gone. But in a flash the chaos had returned with an thunderous roar as a huge explosion occurred several blocks away. Panic arose as the people ran for their lives, nearly killing themselves in the process.
Just like before the crane rose from the rubble and back into the sky, but only to return once more. The cranes blazed through the sky and it’s claws tunneled into a large crowd of people. Blood splattered in every direction as they were impaled by it’s razor sharp claws. The crane grabbed a handful of people, of which were pierced to the claws of the crane. It disappeared back up into the clouds, with several people who fell from the crane raining back down to earth.
Through the clouds the crane moved hastily and continued to do so until it came to a sudden stop. It lowered itself from among the clouds and was now floating over a gigantic black vortex. The claws of the crane opened up, spilling everyone on it into the vortex. As the people plummeted to the dark abyss, the crane once again disappeared into the clouds and there it remained. As soon as the black vortex gobbled everyone up, It quickly vanished into thin air.
The victims soon left the vortex and were dropped down a chute into a hatch. Within seconds a large hand reached into the hatch and retrieved one of the humans. As the human was removed from the hatch, who now appeared to be only about seven inches tall. The human was being held high in the air by a young He-Devil. He glared viciously at the mere human and then handed the human over to a She-Devil who said “you are really good at these games.” With the human in hand they walked along the river of blood which flowed near the crane machine.
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©2011 Andrew Sultan
