1 Poison

In a world powered by gears

There was a ship crew, that crew was always in the top 3, ever-changing. But after decades passes, that crew begins to dwindle, falling behind their rivals, they then began their search for an even stronger gear for their ship, but alas, they soon encounter a problem when they approach the island, a horrid smell entered their nose, that would make them not dock on it, they went to the nearest checkpoint port. After arriving, the checkpoint port mentioned there's nothing wrong and said it was fine to enter, completely oblivious to the changes occurring in front of them. Soon, a senior officer came, questioning us on our arrival at their checkpoint, I explained myself, as soon as we mentioned a horrid smell, he panicked, asking every question known to man to every person in the room, I asked why, he said, the phenomenon occuring is when an island is going to surface, and that makes the current island VERY DANGEROUS, they soon fell into a panicked state, quickly asking every other nearby checkpoint to help in the evacuation of the citizens.

Meanwhile, on that island, some students were having their school excursion, they were completely having their own fun, some students went to the local restaurant to try the food, the tailor to see clothes, but the one that stood out was 2 students, playing tag and running around the island, they kept on playing that they didn't notice they were headed to the mountains, I then also saw the teacher headed that way as well.

Then there was a group of 3, the troublemakers, not always following the rules. They tried to go up the mountains but was denied entry by the teacher who was there, I went over to talk to teacher, and by the time I was in front of him, I noticed something, there was a line behind me, a line so long you had to walk to see more of it, I snapped back to focus, the teacher there said that we can enter with only an item of our choice, I of course what any normal person chose, my phone, but the teacher also denied my entry, saying phones aren't allowed inside, I got out of the line and gave up, as I looked back, more and more people were rejected, in front of me were the troublemakers, they were discussing something with one blond student, I decided to eavesdrop on them, they had said that they were planning to run straight into the mountain on the count of 3, 1 2 3, and there they go, zooming across the teacher and entering, the teacher soon chased after, with all the students following behind in an orderly manner, with me at the front.

When we entered the mountain, I noticed something, there was only one path, the path we were on is surrounded by 2 metres tall grass, that makes us not even aware of our surroundings, yet, we continue our walk, what we didn't know was that would be our very last walk of our life, I then see something, a sign, on the sign was a poison indicator, it... was... RED, I shouted, trying to warn everyone that was following, but noone responded, as if in their minds, the only thing is the word, "walk". We unfortunately began to walk again, me and the two girls behind me were the only ones who noticed the danger that lies in wait for us, a fog then thickened, and the only thing we can see is the pathway, then phase one had started, everyone there began to cough, then phase two started, they now had small problems with breathing, the word "walk" was soon changed to "death", and now that they know the immediate danger they are in, they ran back to the entrance, with me shouting, TURN BACK IF YOU STILL WANT TO LIVE, they ran as fast as they can, it feels as if watching a herd of wilderbeast running, the two girls and me also started running back with them, then phase 3 started started, a wave of poison rushed behind us, because I was last, I felt like I had an obligation to do, blocking the miasma, so I stayed, the girls asked what I was doing, I just yelled, JUST GO IF YOU STILL WANT TO LIVE DON'T WORRY ABOUT UNNECESSARY THINGS. I stood there, T-posing with my back against the poison, trying to oppose it, but it was futile, the miasma was so big, I was not even in its path, with my back being scorched by the poison rush and my right leg that also wouldn't move, as if hurt by something, well it seems like this is the end of us, with me falling unconscious on the ground, contemplating my life.

I woke up, in a strange white room, in that room was the blondie, a girl with jet black long hair, and the alpha of the troublemakers shivering, biting his nails. They mentioned that we were rescued by the marines.