The Rise and Fall of Lorkhraan

The Rise and Fall of Lorkhraan is an entry to the 2013 Halloween Writing Contest. It follows a Fe-Matoran, Lorkhraan, in an alternate universe where Metru Nui was ravaged, and quarantined, due to the arrival of a virus that reanimates the dead with a hunger for any living flesh

Chapter One
Metru Mui wasn't in the best of shapes, to be totally honest. The streets reeked and building smouldered. At the moment, it wasn't a very nice place to be.

A Po-Matoran, Akhmou, crept from his apartment. He swung his head around warily, looking for any signs of the undead. He was low on supplies, his radio was broken and the power was out. Po-Metru, as far as Akhmou knew, stunk of death as much as any other Metru. He dashed across the street into the shadows, popping his head out to see if there were any infected in the street. The street was empty, but the alleyway he'd ran into wasn't. A fellow Po-Matoran was in there with him, heart-stone dead and eyes glowing a sickly green.

He stumbled out of the alleyway, gasping. The plague-ridden, walking corpse dragged itself out after him. A brown Kakama hung from the gaunt face of the undead Matoran. Though it was stained with dried blood and dirt and practically about to fall to pieces, Akhmou recognised the powerless Kakama that was worn by the once-living Hewkii. Akhmou didn't have time to try to fight back, because Hewkii had already tucked into his chest. Akhmou screamed in agony, but that only attracted more of the mobile corpses to take a bite of him.

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