{"sf1_id":231533,"sf2_id":"AnKbjjPm","title":"Pleasant suprises: Ch 2 - Soaring through a concrete jungle","author":"LuCkY25","words":2479,"posted_at":"2011-03-17T12:43:00.000Z","tags":["City","Day","Freerunning","Near Death","parkour"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/231533-pleasant-suprises-ch-2-soaring-through-a-concrete-jungle","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/AnKbjjPm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c9/4e/c94e83dd-a226-441f-ba3b-7eed6507d123","description":"","content":"Second Chapter.\n\nIf you haven't already, I would reccomend reading chapter 1 first. A story is always best told in the order it was written.\n\nEnjoy!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMidday.\n\nThe sun was bright.\n\nFew clouds in sight.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNow was as good as ever to begin.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nLucky dashed forward\u0026nbsp;with lightning speed.\n\nFueled by adrenaline, he sprinted towards a short building and leaped with incredible precision.\n\nTaking 3 steps up the vertical concrete wall, he launched himself as high as he could, grabbing the edge of the roof and skilfully pulling himself up.\n\nWith his beautiful golden fur shining in the day's light, he continued to run, as fast as\u0026nbsp;he possibly could,\u0026nbsp;towards the next building.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe large gap between the 2 buildings didn't phase him one bit as he leapt across the alley below, and grabbed onto a fire escape ladder\u0026nbsp;on the side of the next, taller building.\n\nSkilfully climbing the ladder, he was atop the next building within seconds.\n\nStill at such a great speed, he ran for the edge, noticing at the last second, the large amount of obstacles in between him, and where he was headed.\n\nBy then, he would have crossed most of the city on foot, faster than any car could take him.\n\nJumping high onto and off of the edge of the building, he hit the other wall, running 2 steps up before finally launching himself towards\u0026nbsp;a window.\n\nAdrenaline, coursing\u0026nbsp;through his body, the streak of gold that was his hand, snatched onto\u0026nbsp;the windowsill, and with great strength\u0026nbsp;and a continuous movement, he jerked himself up and started to grab windowsill after windowsill until finally, with a huge burst of energy, he threw his body up to the roof and pulled his\u0026nbsp;it over the edge.\n\nStill running, he noticed that ahead was a large\u0026nbsp;carpark, but it must have been 4 storeys lower than this apartment.\n\nThis was no problem.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe hit the edge of the roof with amazing precision and grace, and leaped, a huge leap, that seemed to last for minutes, before landing against the hard concrete and rolling over his left shoulder to absorb the fall.\n\nHis blood pumping furiously through his veins, he finished his roll and ended back on his feet and was still running. Faster than before.\n\nHe wasn't on the roof this time. No. Roof's were too easy. This time, he was dodging smaller obstacles.\n\nHe ducked as he sprinted under low walls and metal bars, still at an insane speed.\n\nA quarter of the way through, but it was only going to get harder.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe leapt a barrier and fell for a couple of seconds before hitting the hard concrete road that snaked it's way up and around the carpark.\n\nIt didn't hurt. If anything, it made him faster.\n\nAgain, sprinting so fast that he was almost a blur\u0026nbsp;to anyone who dared to watch, he dived over a car, and rolled along the ground to his feet, losing no momentum at all.\n\nHis ears, for once, were rigid and did not flop around at each sudden movement. But he was too busy to notice, concentrating on every movement he would make with extreme precision.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA staircase.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe hated stairs, they were no fun.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe leapt onto the hand rail and ran on all fours up the side of the stairs with ease before leaping from the rail, over a car, onto a thin metal fence, that was standing\u0026nbsp;between the parked cars and a long drop to the ground.\n\nAdrenaline running high, he sprinted along the thin fence, jumping, right at the end, and landing with one foot on a concrete barrier similar to one he had jumped off of previously.\n\nWith a pulse of strength, he launched his body over the car parked in front of the barrier, rolling as he hit the ground and getting back to his feet instantly.\n\nNo time for rest.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nDodging similar walls and metal bars as before, he found himself on the other side of the carpark approaching the edge at incredible speed.\n\nA tall building stood in front of his speeding body, as he jumped off the carpark's edge.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFlying through the air, he felt better than ever. The sensation of having nothing nearby to grab on to as you soar through the air at a high speed.\n\nThis is a thrill that only parkour could give you.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHitting the large, tall brick wall, he ran on all fours up the vertical\u0026nbsp;surface pushing hard against the wall 4 times before finally launching off it for the fifth.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was very high...\n\nHe didn't know if he could make it...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nReaching out as far as he could as he slowly reched the top, he ran out of speed, only narrowly managing to cling onto a large crack in the bricks.\n\nFrom here, he pulled himself up to the roof of the 7 storey building with speed and ease.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat was close.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHalfway there.\n\nHe needed to get down to the subway.\n\nBut first, he needed to get across the wide street below him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis was a real challenge.\n\nHe sprang up over the edge of the building, clearly not able to jump accross to the buildings opposite.\n\nThis was going to be tricky.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFalling for a few seconds gave him the small break he needed to regain the concentration to pull this off.\n\nThe lamp post was a good opportunity.\n\nHe would swing from the top of the curved lamp post then run along the side of the building, maintaining the momentum from the previous fall.\n\nThere, he would have slowed down enough, yet still had enough speed to jump to the next one, from which he would slide down and run accross the busy street.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis was he hoped would happen...\n\nHe realised that the post was facing inward to the street, so when he grabbed it, his right paw slipped off it and he injured his right arm.\n\nStill managing to maintain decent momentum from the swing, he ran along the wall of the\u0026nbsp;building he\u0026nbsp;had jumped from\u0026nbsp;at high speed but slipped a bit, and nearly fell, only saving himself at the last second by pushing off with whatever he had left.\n\nHe fell a bit short of the curved part of the post.\n\nHe turned sideways and started to swing horizontally around the lower part of the post, nearly slipping off due to his now-injured arm; but maintained his grip just long enough to decrease his speed.\n\nArms now wrapped around the post, he slid down to the ground and rolled to counter for the hard impact.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBack on his feet, he ran. No cars? Good.\n\nThe subway was a block or two over, so he had to take the alleyway.\n\nSprinting accross the usually-busy road, he noticed his arm wasn't hurting.\n\nMust have been all the adrenaline.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEntering the alleyway, he noticed a large collection of boxes, a dumpster\u0026nbsp;and other trash blocking the path ahead.\n\nThis was easy.\n\nNearing the blockage at a terrific speed, he launched to the left running up and along the side of the wall, well clear of the rubbish and boxes.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nDodging puddles of water as he ran down the wet backalley, he came to a tunnel.\n\nHe was\u0026nbsp;under two joined buildings, and straight ahead at the exit of the tunnel, was another brick building.\n\nThis is something he had wanted to try for ages. Though he couldn't see it, he had hoped for something to grab onto on the side of the building he was under, that he could use to climb to the top.\n\nExiting the tunnel at high speed, he pressed the paws on his legs hard against the wall, running 3 steps up before pushing off of it altogether, backwards, towards the building with the tunnel.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere. Exsactly what he was hoping for.\n\nHe grabbed onto the bottom of the emergency staircase and started to climb up the side.\n\nThe metal structure was quite weak and felt like it could break under his weight at any time, but he kept climbing.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nReaching the top, he threw himself over the edge and onto his shoulder, from which he skilfully rolled back to his feet.\n\nHe was now one large gap away from the building next to the entrance to the subway.\n\nHe couldn't jump it.\n\nIt was times like this he wished he had a crossbow that fired a grappling hook.\n\nIt was times like this he wished he could fly.\n\nBut he could do without.\n\nHe had to.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAfter a split-second of examining the wall he needed to get on top of, he noticed a small open window in the hallway of the building.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe had originally decided that he was going to get on the roof and take the stairs down, but perhaps a window would work just as well?\n\nIt was his only option.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe leapt.\n\nOnce again, soaring through the air towards the tall brick wall in front of him, he could feel his heart beating fast. So fast that it might just explode.\n\nThe open window was quite far down the wall, and he was going too fast to grab it. if he tried, his arms would probably be ripped off, and he would fall.\n\nThis, he clearly did not want.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe ran along the side and tried to change his momentum to horizontal, not vertical.\n\nThis didn't help greatly, as he was now going too fast to the side that he would go past the window.\n\nHis last chance was the use his nails.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe hated resorting to this. It hurt.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe dug his nails into the wall as hard as he could, trying desperately to get a grip.\n\nLarge scratch marks were made as his entire body's weight and momentum was put against his nails and the wall.\n\nThe splitting pain shooting through his fingertips didn't affect him; he had so much adrenaline pumping through his body that he could feel no pain.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was working. He had slowed greatly and now could allow himself to drop down, and grab the windowsill below his left leg's paw.\n\nThe drop was slow, but the relief he felt on his nails was so refreshing after enduring such a task.\n\nHis lightning fast, golden paws grabbed the windowsill tightly, as he pulled himself up and into the hallway.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe pressed the button on the elevator, but waiting for it seemed like it would take forever so he went for the stairs instead.\n\nStairs...\n\nOh how he despised stairs.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThese ones didn't have a handrail...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe hated this place already.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe leapt down an entire flight of stairs, before rolling around to the left and getting to his feet. This flight was longer and he couldn't jump far enough, so he had to walk like a normal fur would.\n\nBounding down the steps, skipping 3 at a time, he reached the ground floor and went outside to see the subway entrance right in front of him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nNearly there.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis was the quickest way he knew.\n\nHe never rode on any of the subways.\n\nHe had better ways of getting around.\n\nHe reached the platform within seconds after bounding down numerous handrails on the sides of staircases.\n\nNobody around.\n\nThe subway was empty. He jumped down onto the subway tracks and began to sprint.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAfter a while the tunnel seemed to get smaller.\n\nIn fact...\n\nHe almost thought he could-\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe heard a noise in the distance...\n\nA big light turned the corner in front of him and was headed straight for him!\n\nHe had to try it.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe leapt high onto the wall on his left, sprinting up against\u0026nbsp;it, and after one and a half seconds, he found himself running upside-down on the roof of the tunnel.\n\nThis lasted for what seemed to be minutes, when in reality it would have lasted half a second at most.\n\nThe bright light and noisy carriages passed under him as he returned to the ground after having run all the way around the inside of the tunnel.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat was cool.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n2 minutes of running down the dark tunnel lead him to the next platform. It was pretty high.\n\nNothing a good wall-run wouldn't fix.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n3\u0026nbsp;sprinted steps up the wall, and he pulled himself up with the spare momentum.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEasy.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nJust in time too, another light started heading down the tunnel towards where he had climbed up from.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe had made great time. Far faster than any car would have taken him.\n\nWhat seemed like several\u0026nbsp;hours took only 7 minutes.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe headed for the surface.\n\nHe was next to the building he was expecting. He had gone the right way.\n\nHe entered the building nearest to the subway exit.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThis elevator took much less time to get here, and it took him to the top in only 20 short seconds.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe liked elevators.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere it was.\n\nThe place he had spent this whole time trying to get to.\n\nThere it was.\n\nThe helicopter that would take him where he needed to go.\n\nAll that seperated them was this one gap.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWithout looking back, he summoned up all the strength and adrenaline he had left and bolted in a large gold blur towards the edge of the concrete building.\n\nHitting the edge as hard as he could, he soared for the last time through the air.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut there was one problem...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nHe had overestimated himself.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe jump was too big...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...He was falling...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...A cool sensation suddenly rushing over him...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...There was nothing he could do as he helplessly fell from what seemed to be thousands of metres from\u0026nbsp;above the ground...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe air rushing past him, he knew it was over.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n--------------------\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nLuCkY woke up, desperately trying to grab something and\u0026nbsp;clinging onto his bed.\n\nHis fur, covered in sweat as he found himself rather shaken by his awakening; was still intact.\n\nNothing had happened.\n\nIt was all a dream...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"All a dream...\" He said to himself.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA glance at the ticking clock on the wall told him that he should go back to bed.\n\nHe had an important guest tomorrow...\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n...One that meant more than anything to him right now.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThat's the end of Ch 2. Hope you liked it.\n\nI'm still pretty new to this, so if i made any mistakes or anything, please let me know and I'll probably edit them out or something.\n\n\\*yawns and goes to bed\\*\n\n  \n  \n\n","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/230246-pleasant-suprises-ch-1-why-is-lucky-lucky.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/232038-pleasant-suprises-ch-3-plans-for-the-near-future.json"}