Longest Night

Guy remembered dinner. They'd taken down one of those great hulking beasts they still hadn't thought up a name for, the ones with three horns and neck that was tall enough to reach the tops of trees. He remembered telling stories around the fire and listening to Grug's, which had gotten far more creative since they'd made it to Tomorrow.

Then Guy had gone with a torch to gather some nearby bracken for the fire, a bright light had flashed, and then...

Then he found himself waking up on smooth black stone, lined with yellow lines the same brightness as flowers, his body feeling strangely light.

The sky was darkening and when he looked up -

When he looked up, he almost wished he hadn't. There were strange structures around him, ones that didn't seem even remotely natural, with gaping holes filled with light, staring down at him like eyes. Strange structures, glinting brightly like the blade of his knife loomed overhead, round orbs of glowing light at their ends, casting circles of light on the ground around him.

He stopped the rising scream of horror that was threatening to erupt out of his mouth before it could get too loud, and reached to his belt for his knife, pulling it out with a shaking hand and moving away from the strange structures, the strange...dwellings, maybe? He could see people inside, dressed in strange clothing, the likes of which he'd never seen.

"Where are we? Where are we?!"

Belt let out strangled noises of confusion and fear that made it clear he was just as unsure and just as panicked.

"What is all this?!" One of the nearby long-necked creatures blinked its orb on and light suddenly spilled over them. "AAAGH!"

Guy ran forward around a corner, onto a path paved with black stone, only to find himself in a field of light cast by the horrible eyes of some roaring creature, rushing towards him. It let out a hideous, bloodthirsty screech as it suddenly slowed down, as if it was trying to avoid barreling into him, and he dove forward, rolling out of the way, crashing into some bushes.

Scrambling out of them, after checkingto make sure Belt was okay, he looked around, trying to find his family.

"Eep! Eep!" he cried out, his voice high-pitched with terror. "Grug! Ugga! Thunk! Gran?"

The strange creature started to open, and a person climbed out of it, one that rushed towards him, yelling at him, and Guy started running again, lost in a maze of stone, glowing eyes staring down at him and Belt everywhere he turned.