Infernus Saltus

Infernus Saltus. By Sulvat Terrana

My Dad, Henry, told me never to go into the Dead Man’s Forest. They call it that because of the amount of people who go in, but don’t come back out. That a monster is living in the forest. I never really believed it till my Dad disappeared into the forest after our Pug named Skittles ran in after a cat. Dad told me to stay in the house till he got back but I didn’t listen. How could I live confined to a house? That’s because Dad never came back… My mom, April, said dad abandoned us. But I know better, my dad died in that forest. I know because he would never do that. He is a great man who served ten years as a marine and came back as a good, kind, and caring man. I’m going to find what happened to him, but not yet. I’m only seven after all.

Two years later I learned Kung Fu from an old friend of my dad’s and asked to learn in the styles of Tiger, Bird, and Snake. I also worked out and ran miles every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. While going to Kung Fu every day. Because of My devotion to find my father I was in Kung Fu for eight years, and got my black belt and mastered the styles of Tiger, Bird, Snake, and Mantis, which I picked up after I got my yellow belt. I also learned how to use a multitude of weapons, but the one that stuck out to me the most was the Meteor Hammer, consisting of two weights connected by a rope or chain. I trained with the Meteor Hammer for five years during the eight. Because of working out I gained a muscular, lean build, and lungs good enough I could run for miles on end.

When I was nineteen I joined the Military. I served for about five years before I was picked up by the Special Forces as a CQC specialist because of my abilities in Kung Fu. I served in the Special Forces for about fifteen years.