by Xersist on Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:13 pm
Jutas walked to the Border River's Edge. He stood quietly as the water pushed its way down from the mountains. He looked up the sky and peered at the open air, its wind moved the dust and dirt high and away to the sky. Jutas clinched his staff. Its metal creaked as he grasped it.
Jutas bent down, leaning toward his feet. He lifted his right foot and pulled off the sandal. The wood of the soul, clanked as it hit the stones and the sand. Jutas placed his right foot slowly into the water, and let his white gown touch the water. He then lifted his left foot up and did the same. He placed both his feet in the water of the border let his legs and his feet myosin in the icy water.
Jutas picked up his sandals off the sand and the stone, and held them in his right hand. Whilst he held his staff in his left. The water coursed through and around Jutas' legs as he slowly waded his way in the Water. He headed East, down from the Moutians toward the Coast.
Jutas walked down the river, his legs dipping and rising in and out of the current.
Father is this what you saw, is this was I was meant to see. A river. A river that will rise and fall, but always tear the earth away. A river that is a scar that cuts the land asunder rushing and breaking rock, sand and stone.
Jutas heard a loud crack; he turned his head toward the noise. In the trees behind the berry bush, a deer and her fawn grazed grass that grew so plentiful by the riverside. Though it cuts the life, The river also gives it as well. It stands as a wall, and it stands as a gate. When the water fails will this river be no longer a gift of live, or a break in the flesh.
The wind swayed the trees that bent around the river, reaching out to the other side. There branches easing over and falling down upon the water. Jutas walked passed the tree and pushed it away from his head. He turned back and looked at the tree, and the river as it pushed away the leaves. Jutas watched the fallen leaves as the rushed away from its host. Is this a sign of Death, or of New Life. Does show that the leaf will never be with its Mother, will it no longer taste of its fruits, will flowers never have bud growing about it. Or Does this show that the leaf has found freedom, it will see new things and live a new live. It might be the bread for a another creature, or it might just sail on the water forever, free. What ever it may be, the River as given it reason to move, or the river forced it to do so. Whatever it may be, the leaf will have to go on, without its Mother.
Jutas reached the end of the river, looking apon the raging delta. The white foam lashed out and leapt toward the sky, then sunk back down into the merky water. Jutas could see the Sea out in front of him, the waters looked fast and infinite, it looked calm but Jutas knew that this was only the surface, the Mighty currents pushed and kicked the water about, ragging about in the open oceans. Father I see two paths that lie amongst this river. I can see a end to this river, and a path of uncontrollable rage. A torrent of anger and furry, which can doom all life upon its shores. And I can see a plane of greatness, and majesty that reaches out toward the heavens. Its vastness can only be ended by the eyes and mind alone.
Jutas lifted up his arms and closed his eyes as he let the wind push him about. "Father, I pray that this will be a sign for me."
A bullet rang out, Jutas turned his head. standing over on the shore of the Anti-Kristo side stood his bother, holding a gun in his hands, aiming the barrel towards Jutas.
Concerned Jutas turned about toward Lucianus, "Brother, why do you do this? I am not your foe."
E'mackuel chuckled, "No you are not, your are not my foe, But you're not my ally either. You stand for no one. I respect my foe, and fear him for what he might do. But you stand for nothing, which makes you nothing."
"Not to be true Brother, I stand for anyone who cares for another, which is worth standing by."
"Why does that matter, ha brotherhood, Ha camaraderie. I laugh at all those signs of fellowship, you act as they are your powers, but the only thing an ally does is makes you weak. You are weak for living such lies, I am strong because I only need myself to live, No one else. I use my Comrades to help me win this war! what do you get out of your friends? Nothing!"
"No. My friends give me support, my friends care about me, my friends are there for which to be loved."
"LOVE!" E'mackuel laughed aloud, putting his gun at his chest. "Love... ha-ha.. Love, Love will not win anything but sympathy. What do I need sympathy for. Im fighting a war here. Caring and affection are not needed on the battlefield brother...No wait, I have no brother. My brothers do no break to the will of others, or to ask for something that they can get on thier own. No, We Take It! That is the Anti-Kristo way. We were wronged, we were lied too, Now it is time for our revenge. We will take back everything, and show the world that the gods are lies and they will be crushed like dust in the wind."
"Why brother, Why do you wish to destroy them? What wrong have they done to you."
"They have lied us, that have feed us crap for all off our lives, an now we will bring a new light to the world." He said clenching his fist.
"Light! Light!," Jutas raised his hands up high, with eyes filled with anger. When Jutas spoke with Passion in his heart is seemed that the earth would shake under his feet. E'mackuel could only stand back, and plant his feet firm. " You call mass genocide Light! You call Death and Destruction Light! No sir, I call this madness. Light shines very thing into the open a reveals all, not cover it in Darkness and leave a shroud of hate and grief. Light is the Key to happiness and truth. No, Brother you slay that word with your tongue. The word you call light is nothing but a instrument to fix upon your foes" Jutas says while he points his staff toward E'mackuel, as his eyes glowed bright white. The Rebel retaliated and raised his gun at Jutas.
"Do not threaten me with that toy." Dropping his sandals down to the river's water, he pushed his right arm out, sending the gun flying backwards.
E'mackuel clinched his teeth. "Damn you Jutas. Damn you and your father, the one you praise so highly." E'mackuel walked way going back to get his gun.
Jutas kept his eyes frozen until his bother left from sight. "Forgive me Brother." He dropped his right hand down. Letting it slump down his body. A tear fell down from his face into the water. Does this tear give me only relief or sadness, I ask myself
Jutas looked down the river watching his sandals flow down the river into the delta. He flowed it, keeping pace but never running. The Sandals reached the Sea, and floated out on the water, the waves pushed it back the land. Jutas walked up to them, bending down and picking them back up again.
Jutas Lifted up his head and turned his head to see a woman and a man standing out on the water's edge letting the waves lap over their feet.
Justas walked closer but only watched, standing still, for he thought it to be rude to greet them whilst they were talking.
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Xersist on Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli
We will fight our country's battles in air, on land and sea
First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean
We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine