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"A-Are you sure about this?" Nitrogen asked, looking hesitantly at the ground. "It sure is a far way down.." He shuffled his feet nervously. He was an element, however, he hadn’t been able to combine with much, given his stability within him, but still, he was packed with nutrients. Protein, as well as nucleic acids were coursing through his system, begging to be used.
"Of course, it's natural. you'll mix with oxygen, and then become part of the water." said another nitrogen. "Get ready, we're about to head down.” Of course. This was the natural part. Nitrogen had experienced this hundreds of times, however, it never made the process easy to go through.
With a harsh intake of air, Nitrogen braced himself, as came the sudden burst of light, thundering down onto the soil with harsh speeds. Lightning struck, crashing down like an emperor from the sky down to the vital earth.
The element crashed onto the soil, and before he knew it, he felt a strange weight, as he combined with oxygen, slowly became NO3. The familiarity of becoming a nitrate came to him, the mix of oxygen and nitrogen swirling, filled with opportunity and a need to become more.
"So this is how it feels.." NO3 murmured, as he navigated the rich brown of the soil. Suddenly, he ran into long thin probes. Roots, as he could faintly remember from his last descension rite. Cautiously, he entered the thin long worm-like tunnels. He felt himself feel a burst of energy, as he became one with the plant.
After a while of getting used to it, he felt himself be picked. "ouch-!" he exclaimed, as he looked at the assailant, a rabbit.. Soon, to become one with the animal
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NO3 didn't know when the rabbit had died, by there it lay, in the cool of the soil, as slowly his essense seeped into the soil underneath. Slowly, he lost himself, becoming NH3.. or.. Ammonia
He broke off into many, becoming multiple. Every time he went through this, he felt he was losing more and more of himself.
Some of him was lost to those strong and burly nitrogen fixing bacteria, becoming Ammonium, then to Nitrites, and finally, nitrates once more, repeating the cycle.
But him.. the main him, after becoming Nitrates once more, bumped into a more adverse being.
The denitrifying bacteria.
"Ah.. we meet again, I presume?" Nitrate spoke up, looking at the group of bacteria.
" hyup. Hold still." they approached, crowding closer, until Nitrate felt himself breakdown once more.
He opened his eyes, finding himself floating back up in the atmosphere, pure, elemental, him. Nitrogen. His head felt fuzzy from the recent events, but all he knew was that he'd be doing this again.