Out of the Rabbit Hole [Private]

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Moon - Yokko Kanno / Origa (Clicky!)


Massive doors creaked slowly open, exposing the two Iramasha children to a new room, ripe for exploration! But someone else laid behind the doors, a single man who Luna of course did not recognize. He didn’t look exactly like one of Earth’s children, but then they also were quite varied.

What are those things on his back? Why is his eye covered? Is he okay?! Maybe he isn’t a bad guy! He could be a good guy, right?

Her mouth opened but her words were silenced as everything started to shake. Loud thunderous noises filled her ears, her hand releasing its grip upon Haru’s in order to reach up and grab ahold of one of her long furry appendages, both tightly pulled down to either side of her head. Luna’s entire body shook with fear, eyes widening as the strange new noises assaulted her senses. Quieted whimpering was drowned out by the explosions, which grew ever nearer to their location.

W-what is that?!

“H-haru?”

The loud booming sounds nearly drowned out another noise: chittering. One of Luna’s ears was released, perking straight up, and once she’d captured the point of origin her head turned in its direction. A creature had emerged from where she’d originally met Haru, and then another, and then more still. Grotesque sharpened bone protruded from the creature’s form, sleek with a crimson substance.

Who is that?

“H-hello?”

Everything became a blurred mess, sounds drowned out by a deafening explosion as Luna was briefly thrown from the floor, and a brief second later it came crashing right into her body. The air was knocked from her lungs, and despite her lack of need for the substance the petite bunny briefly found herself gasping. Everything in her body felt as though it was on fire, and for the first time in her life she tasted the warm metallic taste of blood. Organs had been ruptured by the shockwave, but they would begin to repair themselves as the top of the base was torn away, exposing everything to the vacuum of space.

Hands desperately grasped for anything as Luna felt her body torn away from the ground. Everything went black. When the Iramasha came to a few seconds later she noticed that she’d been slammed against a support column. Still connected to the base, it had kept her from getting flung out into space. Her chest lifted and lowered quickly, breaths escaped her lips, but no sound emerged. Everything was silent and suddenly very cold.

Earth is getting bigger! What is happening? Where is Haru?!

Eyes frantically darted around, searching for her friend. The blurriness that covered her vision gradually subsided, revealing the giant room they’d been standing in, now almost completely empty.

There!

Pushing off with her feet, Luna was flung through the air much more quickly than she’d anticipated, as she’d forgotten that she was no longer within the Earthling’s home. Hands stretched outwards as she slammed into the floor, face smacking into the cold metal near her friend. Again everything went black for a moment, but this time when she recovered she felt warmth against her hand. Eyes flickered open repeatedly, and as her vision cleared she spotted Haru, who’d managed to grab onto one of her hands, preventing her from being cast out into the vast darkness above.

Haru!

Crimson droplets scattered between them from the bunny’s nose and mouth. Her eyes started to sting as the crimson orbs were joined by clearer ones. Luna’s heart was beating faster than it ever had before as fear coursed through her veins, but she was starting to calm down. The child’s mouth opened to speak, but nothing emerged. Suddenly both of them were lifted from the floor, losing their grasp on each other. Metal flooring split open beneath them. A rift started to form between them. Luna reached out again for Haru, mouth opening to scream, but still nothing emerged. Their fingers nearly touched, only centimeters from each other, when they were once again thrown into the air.

No!

Everything started to move at once. Luna barely had enough time to grapple onto an open door frame, nearly cast away from the base once again. Earth disappeared from the sky above, replaced by darkness. Her breath quickened, and now as her gaze darted around Luna noticed that the base was missing or, rather, she was missing from the base! Somehow this small chunk of the room was no longer connected to the rest of it. More frightening still: she couldn’t see the Moon’s surface.

Mom? Mom?! Where are you?!

Frantically she glanced around, searching for familiar terrain, anything that could be recognized. Then, a minute later, her heart sank. Within the sky the Moon appeared. A great chunk was missing, glittering silvery shards drifting off into the cosmos around her, although many pieces seemed to be heading in the same direction.

Mommy?

Stinging returned to her eyes, vision blurred by droplets of moisture that escaped.

Are you okay Mommy?

Frozen in place, Luna could only watch helplessly as her home grew ever distant. Her stomach felt weird, like something might rise up from it, and her body started to tremble. She felt herself becoming weak, slumping further against the protruding steel she currently clinged against.

Why won’t you say something? Please? Anything?

A brilliant mixture of red and orange and yellow flickered upwards from the edges of the floor surrounding her, startling the young Iramasha. Her grip tightened against the one thing holding her down to the floor as everything was tinted with red. Everything was drowned out by a great roaring sound, the coldness of space instantly replaced by an incredible heat.

“Mommy! Haru! I’m scared! Don’t leave me! Please! Anybody!”

Her voice was drowned out, figure squeezed tightly against the metal she held her body against, which now started to glow red. It hurt to hold onto, but she was more scared of letting go. White clouds obscured her vision. Most of the heat dissipated, the air around her growing chilled once more. She started to hyperventilate. Darkness overtook her again when the moon chunk finally made impact with the ground.

When Luna next came to she didn’t know how much time had passed. Everything was ringing and dark, then blurry as her eyes started to grow accustomed to the night. She tried to move an arm but it felt too heavy, a jolt of pain searing its way through the limb, forcing a whimpering noise from her lips. The metallic taste had returned to her mouth.

What happened? Why do I hurt all over?

Gradually her vision improved as Earth’s gravity was absorbed into her body, slowly working to mend the many broken bones, bruises, cuts, scrapes, and burns which covered her body, although it would take quite some time before that finished happening. A great painful heat erupted from her left side, where she’d been impaled by a twisted metal bar. Her clothes were now in tatters, burned in most places, only clinging to her form with the assistance of her blood and burns. She could remake them later, but now her energy was spent trying to fix her many, many wounds.

Where am I? Everything stopped moving.

Luna’s eyes widened when she spotted the Moon again. It was so far away. Glittering specks scattered from its surface, as if it were crying for the loss of its daughter. A great piece of its surface was missing. The young Iramasha felt heat return to her eyes as moisture again welled up within them. Her mouth opened to speak, but she found it too painful.

I’m here! Mommy! Please! I want to go back! D-did I do something wrong? Was I bad?

A chittering noise cut through the silence around her, prompting one of her tattered, bloodied, singed ears to twitch to life, shaking as it lifted upwards. Her head turned slowly, eyes cringing due to the pain. One of the strange creatures from before had made it, and now lifted itself from a pile of rubble. She could feel her heart racing, but try as she might Luna simply could not move.

I’m scared! Mommy! Haru! Somebody!

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