Chapter 22

They knew not how long they had walked.

It had been years.

For ages, they only found fire, cries and desolation.

Still, they marched, until the time came when they could hear the sounds of battle in the distance.

After a day’s walk, the sounds of the battle raged near, the angry roars of men tumbling through the lands.

Another day’s walk, and they were at the edge of a great valley.

Within, men fought for as far as their eyes could see, slaying each other, trampling over each other, destroying each other.

For hours in horror, they watched, trying to find a leader of the slayings, but finding none.

As the sun was setting, Min’sun pointed into the distance.

Through the dust of destruction, they could see her: a giant of a woman, 20 feet tall, standing among the men, stomping on them and yelling at them in anger.

She, like all in the battle below, was naked.

“Follow my lead,” Ga’min said to her lover. Min’sun only nodded.

With a great leap, she dove into the valley, until her foot fell on the head of the nearest man.

When she connected, she leaped from the top of his head, moving her foot to the head of another man, then another, then another. In great leaps, she ran on the tops of men’s heads, her lover bounding behind her.

In this way, closer and closer they got to the giantess, until they could see the army surrounding her, attacking her, led by a man with hair and skin painted the color of gold.

Ga’min landed on the top of the heads of two men and stopped. For reasons they knew not what, the two men did not move.

Min’sun stopped near her, her feet planted on the heads of two men who also did not move.

The army attacking the giantess stopped, looking at the two women.

The man of gold glared at them.

“Who are you to stop our victory?” he yelled.

“This does not look like a victory,” Ga’min said in a quiet, calm voice heard by all, as the sounds of the battle ceased at her voice. “This looks like the hunt of someone who cannot fend for herself.”

The man sneered and shook his head. “She wronged us!”

“How could she have wronged you?”

“By being a woman, bigger than us!”

Ga’min laughed. “One does not have to be bigger to be more powerful. Let her go. Lay down your arms. Let love and peace once again live over these lands.”

The golden man sneered again. “You think words can threaten me? No. DIE!” he yelled, charging at the two women.

With mighty leaps, Ga’min and Min’sun made their escape, bounding from head-to-head until they were once again to the safety of the cliffside.

“How is it they do not see us?” Min’sun asked as they watched the renewed battle below.

“The intelligence of men is but legend,” Ga’min said.

Min’sun shook her head. “They will not listen to reason. I do not want to destroy again ... but if it brings peace across the land, then we must.”

Ga’min shook her head. “Remember, at one time I was a warrior until my eyes were open to love. I have vowed to never hurt again, no matter how much evil we fight. I will not hurt here.”

“We cannot defeat them!”

Ga’min smiled. “I have an idea.”

The sun set in the valley, the sounds of battle still ringing.