162 - Drabble - Emergence

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Title Emergence
Author dragonyphoenix
Rating PG
Word Count 100
Prompt 162: Academy Awards 1980 - Present (Dead Man Walking, 1995)

He woke to the stench of formaldehyde, lying in an unnatural position, flat on his back with his arms crossed over his chest. I can’t see.

His flailing arms hit soft fabric. No, not this. They’ve buried me alive.

He punched upwards. When his fists cracked wood, ridges erupted over his fingers, helping him worm his way up through the soil. Spitting dirt, he pulled himself free of the grave.

There was a girl there. Alone. Defenseless. The hunger overtook him.

When the stake slammed into his chest, his screams echoed mockingly around him until his lips turned to dust.

Comments

[angelus2hot]

dark and chilling! Great drabble!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks. This is my second try at it. The first version was a bit kludgy so I rewrote it before posting it here.

[buffyangellvr23.livejournal.com]

great job :)

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

What a creative use of the prompt! And I love the POV.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I originally wrote this for prompts at open_on_sunday: underground and comment_fic: fear. It was pretty kludgy so I rewrote it for this prompt.

You'd think, since I wrote the original in January, that I'd remember why I went with this topic and PoV. Don't though. Driving me nuts, too, but that's a short trip.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Ooh, poor vampire. Didn't get a chance to be evil, just scared and then very dead!

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

I know, such a tragedy. Just as he was starting to come into his power, a Slayer gets him. ;-)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Formaldehyde! No wonder he wasn't thinking clearly...

Nice drabble from the other perspective.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'd say formaldehyde can't be healthy but hard to hurt a vampire.