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fe and technology. A pure Science Fiction setting where syntheti

rs and personal flight drones woul

a hero would have saved humani

wasn

, no countries. No natio

ent, the whole planet

was abnormally hot-If not anything you could clearly see

had become one enormous dese

n't the shade of sand you'd confuse it for an ocean at a standstill. Small and large dunes

hing like this

ch destruction to this bea

pinkish glow of the ready to set sun the serpentine dun

e structure

. aarh.

o had been circling, screaming as they descended for a c

ty of the sun's heat was enough to kill any insect and hinder any further decomposition. It was so dry the on

unfamiliar beast it would quickly e

of the mo

lour of its feathers wasn't perfect jet black like that of a crow rather they reflected dark purple as the sun shone on it. They had short sturdy tails covered in tiny feathers and at the tip bushy long

n the carcass, their eyes set ablaze with

t was a must that only one, the stronge

ng their claws on the bones o

air claws aimed at

nent falling back first to the sandy floor the vulture let go landing safely and targeting its next prey, a

enge, catching the vulture off guard and landed a clean cut at the vulture ju

nstrous birds called

ultures battered and chomped at them and they in return

ne the victor who would claim the reward anymore but a fight to the death. Either way, when it was over the vic

carried by the breeze

the sound of meat being ripped, blood splatter

er's body fal

into the dirt. Anothe

ue to the blood bath dashed to give way and the others going off on a short flight before re

ey had enough to share-that

human at best. Correction, he i

rvive in this condition?

clu

your ave

swayed with the dry desert winds as they p

d slightly toned muscles. He's been living on t

nd harshly swayed to the fierce desert winds. Even though the s

tion. He had a 'cold' to his already blank expression. The course

maybe that would be thanks to his jacket-No! Such a thing should bring nothing but more heat considering it w

s jacket looked like it carried anything of that sort. So how could he have survived? What did he eat?

e row of large decrepit satellite dishes half buried in the sand, it would seem he had been wal

intense heat from the sun! Who or what is this boy? No ordinary human should be ab

king slowly but he w

his planet...? Or would it be safe to assume there are others that did survive

ut still walks like he was drunk from all the heat from the sun and the sand; but he looked like one in perfect health except for the fact that he was slightly pale. And he walked all poi

ut

onsters and uncertainty. Be careful not to be misled,

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