flash, he remembered his safe place –
his sycamore tree and tried to go there again, but when he did, it too was in
flames. Burned away, just like everything else he’d ever loved.
As his body shut down; the darkness quickly swamping his consciousness, Michael
prayed that hell was no worse than the furnace of his crematorium.
The
End
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THE
SAVAGE SERIES
Episode
1: Savage Dawn
Christopher West is an engineering student,
moonlighting as an exotic dancer and struggling to make ends meet in order to
care for his drug addicted mother. A young man of both Native American and
Caucasian ancestry, when tragedy strikes he is torn between powerful forces
representing two worlds.
A SHORT EXCERPT:
Expecting the same treatment as he had received all
those years before during his Uncle’s funeral, Chris stepped out of the car and
headed across the half-empty parking lot, eyes watching for the tell-tale signs
that meant he was entering territory he was not welcome on. Around the entrance
to the casino, a few shady looking characters loitered in the shadows, eyeing
him as he made his way towards the doors and he wondered what they were doing until
one called out to him, “Hey, kid. What you looking for?”
The voice had an unfriendly quality to it and Chris
turned towards the sound, expecting to be berated for being different or
encroaching upon land that he didn’t belong on, but instead the figure, wearing
jeans and a baggy shirt waved him over.
Chris stood where he was, unmoving.
“You looking for some ice?”
The man, who looked just as pale and goggle-eyed as
many of the other residents he had seen, smiled. Chris saw he was missing his
front teeth, making him appear much older than he must have been.
Chris shook his head, shocked at what he had just
heard, “No, I don’t do that shit!” He turned and walked off, pushing through
the double doors into the casino, feeling anger boiling up through his veins.
It seemed everywhere he went; his people were willingly filling their bodies
with poison. He didn’t see the attraction himself, but somehow he knew why many
of his brethren had chosen to immerse themselves in drugs and alcohol. The pain
and anguish they still felt at their humiliation and eradication from their
lands by the white man still burned as brightly as it always had and with
unemployment figures in the reservation soaring, there was no hope for the Whayani
tribe.
Little by little, they were destroying what remained
of their heritage. He gritted his teeth as he heard the beeping and buzzing of
the gambling machines and the raucous cheers of the casino denizens. This is
what they had been reduced to.
SAVAGE
DAWN is the first episode of the epic SAVAGE
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