Issue 80- "Cosmic Odyssey"

Heath Lail proudly presents...

Words, Pencils, Inks: Heath P. Lail

Cosmic Oddyssey Sampler

In the deepness of space, no one could hear the scream….ever-present, chilling, and full of pain. Thus had it been for eons. No one heard that scream…save one. He knew it because he feared only the being capable of forcing this scream from the man’s very soul. “Thus must it be if this universe is to be preserved, I must free this imprisoned man. I have no reason to believe he will help me once free, but I am still strong enough to capture those he loves most, as leverage.” The prisoner, a human, was trapped inside the heart of a brightly burning star. His life force kept the star burning, otherwise it would have died millions of years earlier. Reaching deep inside, R’hon used his remaining power to free the man from the trap he had been imprisoned in for millennia times millennia. “Saving a person…from inside of a burning star…is no small….feat. Tell me thy name, and ask of me what you shall”, spoke the prisoner. Slowly, R’hon rose to his feet, then to an impressive full height of 3 meters tall. “I come upon the behalf of an entire universe, milord. I ask that you spare it from utter destruction in return for bringing you once more among the land of the living.” “A noble request…to be sure. One worthy of risking thy life to free me from mine prison. ’Tis true that I ’ave seen eons pass in my solitary prison. I witnessed the births and deaths of more civilizations than I can remember. I dreamed of strange philosophies that came to me from alien races…they taught me to expand my soul-spirit great distances away from mine body. I greatly miss my family, and ask that I be given adequate time to reconnect with them ’ere I set off on my journey.” “Unfortunately, milord, there is simply no time for such. The universe I speak of is thy own. I have protected thy family from the destruction thus far, but my power is fast waning…soon it shall be spent, I fear. As such, time is of utter importance. Therefore, I now send you upon your way…good luck.”