The infinite Treck started for my when I was 19. It always started at different times for everyone. My brother had it at 12 and my dad had it at 38. His was going out to get milk but he must not have been very good because I haven't seen him since. The day that the Treck started for me the sky was a light shade of neon green and the sun shone down, green and beautiful. I looked out at the horizon ...
The long, wailing cries of the quire floated, longingly through the air, as the lead singer bled his words out in a tone, so painfully sad that it seemed unnatural. There simply could be no way that someone could hurt this much, or feel this much of any emotion. The green canopy loomed over the old speaker, as if nature itself was trying to comfort the old song. The green leaves, painted orange in...
John Fisher's first mistake was made before his hike even began. It was made before a step was taken, before a thing was packed, and when the first decision was made. The mistake was the decision to go hiking, even though a snow storm was coming in. It was Alaska in the winter and John knew that it would be cold, but he underestimated the cold's power. He thought that he would be able to survive t...
The scenery rushes past me in a blur as I feel the wind in my hair. Maybe that was a tree or a house or a car, I don’t know. The blues of the sky and the greens of the plant life and the red, oranges, and browns of the autumn trees all blurring together as I rush down the mountain at an ungodly speed. I look down and see, hundreds of feet blow me, he tiny dots of the enormous city that I used to l...
The year is 2035. Tensions between the U.S, China, Russia, and the U.K. are at an all time high. All of these countries have internally resolved to only attack in retaliation. There are 2 people in the U.S. that can fire all of the nuclear weapons at once on a target, Bill Haslam, the president and Mark Tenner, a highly ranked officer in the U.S. Air-force.