Son of Cthulhu...
A surreal voice is heard in a young man's mind....it speaks in a language he does not know...a phrase is repeated over and over.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'leyh wagh'nagl fhtagn
What could it mean, what does the phrase mean? The young man does not know, but he soon will.
He is sleep and finds that he is no longer in his room, he is in another place, far from his home.
The young man opens his eyes and find himself in a giant city of dark stone.
Green slime oozes from the stones of the buildings.
It seems this city has been abandoned for eons.
No sign of life can be found, only whispers of voices can be heard.
A voice is heard and again in the same surreal voice tone, but it speaks in English.
Come my son and you shall be one of the rulers of all humans, find me dead and asleep, wait for my return.
The young man begins to question why he has been brought to this city.
Before he can question more, a noise is heard, the sound of rubbery flesh hitting stone.
The smell of rotting fish is strong and suddenly everything is silent.
The young man looks around the city and finds an open plaza .
There is a fountain, long dried up, it seemed to have happened eons ago.
He looks up at the tallest of all the buildings and sees a horror, he cannot believe.
It is giant and it's body blots out some of the moonlight, it is not like anything the young man has ever seen.
A vile creature it is, it has the shape of a man, the body of a dragon as well and it's face is coved in tentacles.
The color of it's flesh is a green unlike any other, the skin seems to have scales as well.
What the he11 is that, where the he11 am I?, thinks the young man.
Suddenly clouds start to gather and the moonlight fades away and now everything is dark.
The noise of rubbery flesh hitting stone starts again and the young man begins to run blindly into the city.
He holds his hands out in front of him as he runs and hopes not to run into any vile creatures.
The young man runs into a small wall and can feel how slimy it is, the smell of rotting fish is strong again.
No, that creature has found me, I must get out of here and find a place to hide, thinks the young man.
Again the words he heard before are repeated and now the words are familiar to him.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'leyh wagh'nagl fhtagn.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'leyh wagh'nagl fhtagn.
Yes, I know what the words mean now, they are familiar to me, thinks the young man.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'leyh wagh'nagl fhtagn.
In his house at R'leyh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
The words continue to echo through out the city and the young man still runs to find safety.
The moonlight returns and the young man has now found himself in another open plaza.
This plaza is different than the one before, there is an alter to a creature, the creature he has just seen.
The stone statue that sits in the middle is large and covered in the same green slime as the buildings.
In front of the statue is a large black stone table and it has shackles connected to it.
What the he11 is that for, did sacrifices go on here at one time?, thinks the young man.
He hears footsteps approach and then hundreds of robe clad beings appear in the plaza.
Who are these beings and what is going to happen?, thinks the young man.
Five of the beings grab the young man and take him to stone table, they shackle him to it.
NO!, what is going on, am I about to be sacrificed to the creature I saw, thinks the young man.
Two of the robe clad beings come closer and one speaks to the young man.
"Kyle, you are about to be one with our master, one of his many children to serve him when the time comes," says one of the beings.
"No!, I don't want to be any creature's servant, let me go!," yells Kyle.
"Too late you should of not of heeded the call of our master Cthulhu," says the other being.
One of the beings has a strange looking needle connected to a long tube and places the needle in Kyle's right arm.
"What is that, what are you doing, answer me!," says Kyle as he feels the needle enter his skin.
The tube connected to the needle is clear and suddenly, Kyle can see a green liquid flowing through it to his arm.
"Nooooooooo!, argh, what is going on?," says Kyle as the liquid enters his body.
"You are receiving the blood of our master and you will soon complete the transformation to one of his children," say one of the beings.
The green blood burns as it courses through Kyle's body and he feels a change in his mind he can now see through the eyes of the one named Cthulhu.
Kyle can barely keep his eyes open and loses the battle to stay awake, as he slips into unconsciousness, he hears the beings chant.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'leyh wagh'nagl fhtagn.
In his house at R'leyh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
Kyle hears the crash of thunder and wakes up, he is in his bed in California, drenched in sweat.
Was it all a dream, it felt to real to be just a dream, he thinks.
He sits up and feels his body burn, his right arm burns the most.
Kyle finds the light next to his bed and turns it on.
He looks at his arm, there is a red mark and notices green slime on his hands.
No, it can't be, no way, that places was just in a dream, he thinks as he panics.
Now he is losing his mind, how can his dream affect him in reality.
Kyle goes to the bathroom and when he look in the mirror he is startled by the reflection of himself.
His eyes glow green, that same green as the blood that was in the tube.
He looks at his right arm and see the veins glow green with the same blood.
No!, it was just a dream, that creature was just a figment of my imagination, thinks Kyle.
He puts his hand to his face and look at himself in the mirror, he hears the surreal voice again.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'leyh wagh'nagl fhtagn.
In his house at R'leyh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
Soon, my child you will serve me and help me awake, then you will help me conquer this world with my other children and servants, says the voice.
No!, there must be a way to stop my transformation, but how, thinks Kyle.
Is there a way to stop the transformation into a servant of the creature known as Cthulhu, can he find it in time?
Kyle feels his time is short, he needs to find anyone that knows of the existence of Cthulhu.
There must be someone that can help me, there must be, thinks Kyle as he stands in his bathroom.
He continues to look at himself in the mirror and wonders if he will find the help he needs.
Or will he have to do something else to stop the madness coursing through his veins.
To be continued....
The name Cthulhu pronounced-"Khlûl'hloo" or "Kathooloo"
*There are many short stories all over the web dedicated to the characters of H.P. Lovecraft.
For more information on the author H.P. Lovecraft here is a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Lovecraft
