March 20th, 1916.
The war is still going on. I thought that this horror would be over by now, but the war still rages on. Rumors of battles that rage on for months reach us by pigeon when we harbor in port. Our trusty ship, the DD-1129 HMS “Hector” has been patrolling forever. No German u boats, no nothing. It's been bland. I keep my memoirs of home tight in my mind, as I fear the Germans are getting stronger. I haven't even seen a German destroyer, nonetheless a German cruiser. All were most likely smashed by our navy at the beginning. I wonder what is happening today on the front. The good news is that the french front is stabilized, but from what I heard the russians are getting smashed and the italians aren’t faring so well also. I speculate that this war should be over in a year now, as the french are going to win this year. Some people call me crazy, but I truly believe that the french will be able to breakthrough the fronts and win this war, for the sake of the russians and the french.
We were strolling, at around 9:00 when suddenly a tide pool opened up in front of us. We were in the North Sea, and A Whirlpool opened up in open water? I was stunned, and so was the captain. “To Arms!” he shouted as the alarm bell sounded and we mobilized the guns, expecting some German trick. And I swear to everything that is holy, the most un-godly sound came out of that Whirlpool. It sounded like a demon was summoned through that hole, like a portal. Then, as my vision started to fade and i had to grab the deck rail from falling down, I realized, what if we are going through the hole like a portal? Then, darkness.
We woke with complete darkness surrounding the ship. It had to be at least midnight, and I was one of the first to wake. I stumbled into the halls, wondering where the gaping hole in our ship was. The decks rumbled with the roar of that ungodly sound, and my vision started to blur.
“Wake up john!” My mate Pierre shouted. The deck creaked and groaned with the sound of welded metal. I slowly got up and looked around. There was no visible flooding, and the was no tilt on the destroyer that I could tell.
Suddenly, the at arms bell rang again, and that's when I heard it: there were at least 200 other alarm bells sounding from the sea, and some of the announcements were in German.
The ungodly roar came out again, and with it a devilish creature arose from the depths of the sea. This creature had no place on our earth, and I believe that the only reason we saw it was because in fact, we were not on our world but instead on its world. The roar was a invisible hand slapping me to action, as I ran to my station and all around me others seemed to do the same.
As we ran, I saw the creature devour a patrol boat and the crew aboard. Their screams were so loud, fish came up to see what was happening. The Germans were the first to fire their guns, with a dreadnought, the heaviest and strongest class of ships at sea opening up with their 15 inch shells at the creature. The creature roared and snapped a destroyer, about the same size as ours in half with strength never seen before on this earth. Finally I made it to my post, helping pierre man the five inch gun, one of 5 we have on our ship. We aimed our cannon, and fired.
The loud crack of the 5 inch shell resounded throughout the deck as the deck guns opened up on the ungodly and unworldly creature. The roars that resonated as even more shells hit it could only be described as hell on earth, as anyone who did not have ear protection instantly was paralyzed by the noise. Our loader, Dan, came running up as we fired our first shell, looking worried but not enough to be incapable of his duties.
“Dan, we need another shell!” Pierre screamed as the monster roared its tentacled head and smashed a ship like it was a human breaking a twig.
A runner came down from the captain's office about the same time we were loaded and ready to fire our shell.
“What is it private?” I questioned.
The runner, out of breath panted and wheezed while speaking. It seemed he had a rough day, as we all had.
“The-*wheeze* captain has co-*wheeze* contacted the Germans, we are -*wheeze* are working together.”
The poor soul ran off, apparently going to other crews to inform them the same thing. The new positions came in on our telegraph, with the gun height and position to be aimed, instead of guessing like last time.
The ship fell silent, with only the waves making sound as we anxiously awaited the order to fire at the monster again. Instead, we started moving away from the monster, instead of towards it!
As soon as I saw the slight outline of land ahead, I knew where we were going. I knew that this plan might work, but we have to annoy the monster to get it to follow us.
“Pierre, Fire the gun” I ordered with a stern voice.
“But John, the orders were not to fire” Pierre said uncertainly.
“I know pierre, but we have to keep the monster following us! If it wanders off it will kill something else, and the plan won’t work! Don’t you see! It transported every human in its radius and created a parallel world with the same buildings and everything, the only difference is that we are the only living things on this parallel world! FIRE THE GUN!”
The gun fired at the monster, who had started to lose interest in us and looked as if it was going to grab more humans. But as it got hit, it turned around and with a fury that I could not describe to you, it came charging at us as if it was a enraged demon who was born out of a mountain of fire.
Suddenly, the alarm bell sounded, with the horns and the captain's voice overhead:
“Brace positions men! We have entered an active minefield. Open fire!”
The Germans were giving the same message to their men as the guns rattled and fired at the monster, who came charging even faster than I could think a creature could, while roaring and screaming. Suddenly, the monster roared with a sound that burst my eardrums, and everyone else's too. The water seemed to rise around the monster, but not as if it was controlling it but as if it was being attacked.
The monster had entered the minefield, and the mines were picking away at its skin as it roared and screamed. Blood drifted through the water like oil as the monster made a sound that gave you goosebumps every second you heard it.
The roaring stopped 1 hour later, and as we watched, the monster fell into the sea, and a wave the height of a 1 story building raced towards us. Suddenly, I got very dizzy, and started to black out.
My last thoughts before we passed out were:
“Not again.”
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