Mount Merbuk, Lost-Part 6.

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The Swarm

It felt as if we were now in the middle of a fire and surrounded by a swarm of dark clouds of smoke. The light had dissipated and like ants, they began engulfing us and that is when the stench began. This God-awful smell of death, decay, and human waste mixed together with painful bumps to our ribcages and heads. 

There was no way of knowing what part of our bodies to protect from the now aggressive entities in the dark. We should have been equipped with helmets and bats. It seemed that when we swung at them, our arms swung clear through the entities but when they attacked it hurt. We were not forced to the ground, we dropped to our knees and I was back to back with Steve. 

Slowly the forest filled with screams, screams were that of our own as the strikes and attacks became more and more fierce. I swear I could feel blood oozing from some of my wounds but I had no way of knowing. I was too busy trying to protect my head. The attack became much more aggressive and my head was now aching from the bumps and bangs as well as the stench. 

I had to keep my eyes closed, the smell was so irritating and the hits were getting harder and harder. I felt Steve collapse behind me. He must have been hit hard and collapsed. I was unsure at this point since I was busy doing my best to stay somewhat upright. Each time I moved I was countered by something else. By now I was near exhaustion, I was not sure if I was hallucinating but the deep rumbles started up again.

The deep rumble and the constant swarm of attacks were too much to handle. My body was sore, my eyes were closed as tight as they could be and my nose was filled with such smells that I was overloaded inside, and outside, and physically drained to the point of utter exhaustion. I could hear the deep rumble getting closer and closer and as the vibrations in my body grew I fell to the ground on top of Steve. My limp body lay on the ground. My last thought was, the leeches are going to eat me, I am going to die. The deep vibration took over and I blacked out. 

Published by Zsolt Zsemba

Zsolt Zsemba has worn many different hats. He has been an entrepreneur, and businessman for over 30 years. Living abroad has given him many amazing experiences in life and also sparked his imagination for writing. After moving to Canada from Hungary at the age of 10 and working in a family business for a large part of his life. The switch from manufacturing to writing came surprisingly easily for him. His passion for writing began at age 12, mostly writing poetry and short stories. In 1999, the chance came to write scripts. Zsolt took some time off from his family business to write in Jakarta Indonesia for MD Entertainment. Having written dozens of soap operas and made for TV movies, in 2003 Zsolt returned to the family business once more. In 2018, he had the chance to head back to Asia once again. He took on the challenge to be the COO for MD Pictures and get back into the entertainment business. The entertainment business opened up the desire to write once more and the words began to flow onto the pages again. He decided to rewrite a book he began years ago. Organ House was reborn and is a fiction suspense novel while Scars is a young adult drama focused on life’s challenges. After the first two books, his desire to write not only became more challenging but enjoyable as well. After having several books completed he was convinced to publish them for your enjoyment. Zsolt does not tend to stay in one specific genre but tends to lean towards strong female leads and horror. Though he also has a few human interest books, he tends to write about whatever brews in his brain for a while.