Rain of Revelation

Ever felt hopeless? Like you had absolutely no control over anything in your life anymore? I never thought that would be a feeling I would enjoy. My life was so dull and controllable. Everything I had done was mediocre, graduated from high school, said screw college, moved out anyway. Got a decent job, made enough to pay for bills, had to take care of literally only myself. I did what I wanted to do whenever. Had like zero friends only people I knew, because people suck. I worked at a college doing landscaping, super therapeutic to be honest. Not like I need therapy or anything haha... You get what I'm saying. I mowed grass, plucked weeds, and trimmed trees etcetera. The best day in my life was when I met "Hades". You know when they say "Spay and Neuter" it's for a reason, OK? Well in this case I was glad. Someone's dog got out, must've been like a lab or something and a cayote got at her. Leaving a litter of pups and the college wasn't the play though. Literally in a box too the jerk's. Anyway I took them to the local shelter but this guy stuck out like a sore thumb. He whined and whined and just wouldn't let the drive be peaceful. So I picked him up and well, lets just say I couldn't put him down afterwards. Solid gray coat and the cutest little pointed ears, but he had me at the little howl he gave. Which prompted the rest of the coydogs to holler, and me to speed up. That was about a year ago, my boy was a tough turd to train I'll tell ya. The best thing about having an outdoor job was I could bring him so long as his messes were cleaned up. Yea there were plenty, trash cans, dead rabbits, gnarly coils of poop I believed were ghosts because you never smelled them until it was too late. Regardless, I was so content with my slow paced lifestyle. Super chill days with my music blasting my ear drums for a paycheck really. Well until Freedom Rained.

I was doing my normal deal. Mowing the Ball fields, slowly losing hearing with my phone cranked to max, Hades running the rabbits out of the area. The grass was always tinted a dark shade of green through my shades. I watched my passes through the grass to avoid sprinklers, when suddenly the grass grew a lighter color and tinged red. I thought my vision was failing me until i looked around and through my peripherals I caught a glimpse of something shoot across over my head and smack the crow nest infested light poles and smash into the infield. The heat on the back of my neck as this thing crossed singed my hairs, and Boom! Thousands of pebble rock flew at me and i nearly pissed my pants. I immediately hopped off the mower with my jaw nearly unhinged. A flaming pile of something was in the ground in front of me, i plucked out my ear bud and looked around hearing more cacophonous booms in the distance. I looked down at the town from the hill my workplace was, and saw dozens more fires and sirens lighting the town up, and more falling.

"What the F***?! THIS IS CRAZY f**king ARMEGGEDON???"

Come on! Not in MY lifetime, REALLY? I turned to the large meteorite and stepped closer, Hades was bolting to me from across the field. As I got a closer look, I noticed the thing was like a piles of scales the deepest pitch of black, some even red hot. I was losing my grasp on everything, I literally felt like it was the end of the world. Once I got about fifty feet away, I heard a noise that sounded like someone shifting around sea shells and the pile began to mound. A slowly rising figure began to rise from the middle of the pile.

"OH SH**!!"

I turned and tried to run, But as I turned my back, a gust of wind blew, and now this figure was right in front of me. It was my height and slender. Covered in these black shard like scales, almost like a suit for a sub kink with texture. There wasn't a single feature present other than this thing was a bipedal humanoid.

"Look dude i -

I was cut off as the thing seemingly pulled out a long feather shaped dagger from his ass and swiped at me. The wind pressure from the swipe blew my hair across my face. I backpedaled a step before tripping backwards smack on my butt.

" HEY WHOA STOP!"

As I skid my body along the ground backwards this thing leapt onto my legs and put a hand on my face.

"@%^# ^@&! @&*( #@ ^&*"

In a deep bravado tone this thing said something to me, and I could feel these scales coating my legs and crawling up my cheek covering my ear and one of my eyes.

"UAaahk HADES HELP!"

My dog jumped at this creature and got a chomp in right on the neck, in that moment the other hand holding the daggers stabbed deep into him. This BASTARD was pinning me down. I was furious, I screamed and began to tear. As he pulled the feather from him I put all my strength in my left arm and pushed his elbow upwards. The dagger plunged deep into its under chin and it fell back with a bluish ichor seeping from its neck. I grabbed Hades.

" Sh** sh** sh** please nooo, honey hey hey come on.."

Tears streamed from my eye and I felt the last breath leave Hades. I looked back at the creature and saw the body slowly flatten and shatter like broken glass into the grass. Whatever it was, must've died.

"FUUUUUUUAAAAAHAGHHHHH" I let out a horror filled scream and just held my puppy.. I hear that damn sound again, sea shells scraping over one another. The scales that made whatever it was enveloped us. As I continued to weep. I felt these damn things crawl all over me and Hades. I just let it happen I wanted to give up. In the seconds afterwards Hades vanished from my arms into nothingness and I clenched my chest where he was. The new scales fell from me. I stood up and realized the feather shaped dagger was in my hand and my hands, face and nees to feet were stuck with these damn scales. I felt a jolt of electricity run through me and a pressure that felt like it would crush me in the areas as the shards nuzzled into my skin. I fell back to the ground in pain.

Everything I could see grayed, my consciousness left it was as if I was in a lucid dream. I was drifting in a void. I must've died I hadn't a real idea of what would happen after death. Did we become nothing like my dog? Am I becoming nothing ? Just as I tried to question what this existence became I heard a voice.

"Initializing link .... queued process 7770.. neuro link failed scanning seeds for resonance.... white seed found backend protocol rerouted A.I intialized... seed harvest potential 148 seeds full 9.."

"What are you talking about hello?" My voice felt as if it came from my body but I could not see anything and this endless drift had me lost on where I was.

"A.I phase 1 Initiation protocol- analyzing language scanning memories-

"Hello ? Can you hear me ? I am Mother." a voice said in a soft tone from seemingly all around me.

"Uhm yes who the is this? You are not my mother, What is going on? Where am I?" I responded rather sharply, firstly this voice was familiar but absolutely not my mothers, and second I literally couldn't figure out where or how my body ended up in this black void.

"I am Mother, I will examine your body and seed to prepare the host for queued processes and initialize the harvest of seeds. The white seed is present would you like to evaluate its potential ? Neuron-link has been disabled."

"... What is a seed?" I didn't know what was going on but I felt this was a fight I didn't even know how to continue, and mother seemed rather calm through her tone.

" A seed is a shell used to manipulate resources in a beneficiary manner, resources gathered are dependent on the host's dependency for life. The accumulation of resources is the goal of the seeds, and to eventually plant within the host data for data restructuring"

" So it's a u.s.b ? that you fill up with stuff you need to live??? Wait what is the data ? data of what?'

"I can explain further, scanning seeds.... 9 seeds found- scanning memories for data regarding named text."

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1. Combustion- Acquired through atmospheric entry. Harnessed pressure with heat and air. Shards will be consumed

2. Air-Acquired through atmospheric entry. Vital gas used to breath. White seed present initiated protocol to house continuous harvest of material. Shard present in "Feather". Seed exceeded capacity consumed 100 seeds per flange. Flange grew to star. Acquired gas can be expelled at whim, excess will not reduce star seed but will require time to refill.

3. Water- Acquired through atmospheric entry. Residual moisture accumulated into a liquid. Vital liquid for organic processes.

4. Crow- Acquired through atmospheric entry. Aves- species. One of many species indigenous to world seed 990. --- many listings are available. Host memories evaluated. Species is used to harness refuse and pests. Also a large disdain is withheld for this species due to its intellect. Scavenger species methods plenty.

5. Terra- Acquired on arrival- Non vital material. Material vital to other organic lifeforms----Host memories evaluated. Used to help produce foundation for vegetation. Qualities vary, quantity low.

6. ????- Foreign species seed. Information unknown. --- memories unquantified. {que for deletion? Y/N}

7. Hades- Harvested with seeds. Scanning memories--- Quantity exceeded evaluation 98%. Origin unknown. Margin of lifespan within comprehensible bounds. Species vital to survival according to memories. Companion of canine species.

"STOP" I didn't want to hear anymore..

" 2 More processable-

"No. What the hell does this mean? Are you saying that these seed are like eating everything? Why did you say HADES?!"

"Scan of memories shows species canine, this particular specimen is named "Hades". Would you like to house the specimen in specific seed? Current material is spread."

"I don't get it what, wait so he was absorbed by the seeds so it needs to be put in a single one?"

"Specimen is at a high comprehension, seed current is unavailable in its current fragmentation. Individual seed allows for faster access."

"So it's like defragmenting a hard drive? Okay does that means I, like can I put it back together?"

"Material components are broken down upon process. Reconstruction is unavailable with current quantity of seeds."

" Wait so I can? How? like... in what way I can hold him and everything?"

" Seed has been processed, species housed in shard 100. Seed shaded gray. Location Palm."

"Okay so he's in my hand? Wait so when I leave this place can I see him? What is this place? Can I leave?"

End scenario ----- Enter Y/N

"..y-yes?"