Luminescence-Art

          Russel stepped out from the limited cover first and was followed close behind by Walter, Iris, and Maxine.  They moved through the blackness at an irregular walking speed dictated by the uneven ground and wind-blown foliage.  The relentless gusts blew against them more as the strange trees and large ferns vaporized in bright flashes and disappeared with ever increasing frequency.  The bigger the plant, the larger and more intense the flash was; the lightning above illuminated them more with its blue-violet light, to also provide brief visibility across the increasingly vacant terrain ahead.  They could only guess and pray to themsel