Within the span of 30 minutes, Tim's life had gone from near-perfect to an indescribable horror. The day had began like any other Saturday. Late morning, browsing the Internet, preparing to meet his girlfriend. The last few days had been going great for him, work hadn't been too stressful and he was progressing smoothly in his bio-engineering course. He had been out walking through the busy streets when it happened. A flash sparked from the sky, brighter than any lightning strike. A great and terrible roar echoed all around, throwing everything into chaos. Tim was knocked to the ground by the force of...whatever had happened, he wasn't sure. Was it some kind of attack. Around him, the city descended into madness. Drivers, distracted by the event, slammed into street lamps and other vehicles. People looked up in fear, expecting a fiery nuclear inferno or worse. Tim joined them, craning his neck to see whatever had caused the eruption of light and sound. The sight that greeted him was un-Earthly. The sky itself...convulsed...like some sort of morbid kaleidoscope. It didn't make sense, yet it was happening. After a few seconds another flash blinded everyone, its intensity greater than the first. Tim's eye were screwed shut but before he opened them, the screaming started again.
If the first view had startled him, Tim was utterly in shock with the second. No more did the convulsing mass of clouds and sun hang above him. Instead a hazy, monotone white replaced it. But what scared him beyond anything else, was the being that had consumed the horizon. It looked like teenager or a guy in his early 20's. But his size was incomprehensible. An expression of curious surprise was etched on to his monumental face. Tim was frozen, unable to understand what he was witnessing. The thing was simply huge! He could easily grasp buildings between his fingers, destroy entire blocks beneath his palms. The giant stirred briefly, his face contorting to one of delight, with a smile that was tinged with malice. "Cool", he boomed. The behemoth began to move his hand, the speed of which took Tim by surprise. Around him, people had begun to find their voices, screaming in abstract fear at the sight before them. The hand hovered over the buildings in the distance, a looming symbol of devastation. Tim's mind was racing. Amber lived in the apartment building there, directly below that monster's hand. Adrenaline coursed through his body as Tim hoped against hope that the giant wouldn't do anything, or that Amber was in some other part of the city. But he knew that on Saturdays she liked to stay in, usually waiting for him to call over. Tim started to sprint through the sea of distraught onlookers, desperate to stop the unstoppable. It was all for naught and he watched as the monolithic finger of the giant crashed into the city. Immediately a rush of wind threw him back, as the sound of collapsing concrete rang all over. Tim screamed, knowing she was gone, crushed like hundreds of others beneath the touch of a god. The giant lifted his finger, admiring his work as more buildings collapsed from the impact. It was catastrophic.
The next few minutes felt were horrific, as if Satan himself had climbed out of the depths of hell to torture them. After unfathomable destruction and countless deaths, Tim found himself looking up at the callous being, bowing feverishly. The giant had commanded them to serve him, lest they incur his wrath. Tim felt a mix of pure fear and hatred, hating the monster that had killed so many, but powerless to stop it. So he, like a hundred or so others, continued their gestures of servitude to their new god. He towered above them, a living mountain. Any time he had made contact with the city, tremours tore through the ground. There was simply no comparison between them and him. He knew this, and seemingly enjoyed tormenting them. Just as the thought passed Tim's mind, the giant moved again, no doubt to toy with them further. He reached beyond his worshipers, into the damaged metropolis that lay smoking behind them. After a few moments, the giant's fingers clenched another writhing group of people. There must have been 2 or 3 hundred, held thousands of metres above Tim, directly in front of the smirking giant. He looked at them for a few moments, not caring for the ones who slipped through his grasp and fell to the depths below.
Suddenly he did something unexpected. He slowly opened his mouth, rolling out his tongue beneath the mass of people. He held them above his tongue, before letting them fall. Tim watched as hundreds of people were deposited onto the tongue of the giant, before he drew them into his gaping maw. His mouth closed, sealing them inside. As if for a captive audience, the giant the captives in his mouth for a bit until he finished with an exaggerated swallow. He let out a laugh, not caring for the countless lives he had sent to an early grave. Tim couldn't understand what they had done to deserve this fate, the mere playthings of an uncaring teenager. He crushed them, demolished their buildings and ate them like candy. The giant looked down at them, an evil glare in his eyes. "Who knew you shrimps were tasty?", he said. Tim lost all hope, looking up into his eyes. He hoped his death would be swift. The giant stirred again and rose higher still, standing to his full height. His shorts came into view, but Tim was cast into shadow by the long erection that stretched his apparel. The giant was a truly sick creature, deriving such pleasure from the suffering of others. Suddenly he leaned over, no doubt to torment the city further. This action though, drove the hardened shaft straight towards Tim's group. Immediately half of the group, men, women, children were crushed beneath the giant's crotch. Tim had been positioned slightly to the right and avoided the sudden attack. He began to run, hoping against hope that he might escape. Looking over, he saw the giant raise his palm before slamming it down, destroying everything beneath. After that, Tim didn't look back despite the screams and sounds of calamity echoing behind. He just ran.
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