Re: The Relentless Slaughter [Round 3: Tormentorland]
08-05-2012, 11:08 PM
Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.
Ke found herself disoriented by the shift in locale, even moreso than the first. What had happened? Who had died?
An entire story had passed her by. How could she have allowed this to happen? She had been right there. She should have been following the story, guiding it, remembering it.
She was a disgrace.
But Ke knew that dwelling on her failure would do no good. With a new round came a new story, a new opportunity, a chance for redemption.
She would not let the story pass her by again.
Then she felt a cold touch on her shoulder. She turned, and saw a very large green man glaring at her. He was dressed in a black uniform, with the word SECURITY written on his hat.
"Wonderful, now it's a Tara N. Tula costume," he grumbled, pulling some handcuffs off his belt and awkwardly trying to fit them around her forelegs. "Just how many of you troublemakers are there today? No, don't bother answering that just yet; there'll be plenty of time in the cell."
For just a moment, Ke froze. Then she snatched the handcuffs from the security officer and pushed him to the ground.
"No! Not again!" she screamed, scurrying away as fast as she could.
The officer soon picked himself up, and pulled out his radio as he ran after her. He needed to warn the central office.
"Got a Code Fourteen heading for the Ferris wheel. I'm in pursuit, may need backup. This one's stronger than she looks."
The dispatcher on the other end acknowledged his report. He was about to disconnect, but then he realized he was gaining on his quarry and decided that time was too short for that. He rushed towards her, and reached for one of her hind legs...
And then Ke found her second wind. She slipped out of his grasp, leapt through the line up ahead, hopped over the fence as the operator yelled at her, and then began climbing up the side of the spinning Ferris wheel.
The security officer groaned and raised his radio again.
"Sorry, I've got to amend my last message," he said. "It's a Code Twenty-Two now."
Ke found herself disoriented by the shift in locale, even moreso than the first. What had happened? Who had died?
An entire story had passed her by. How could she have allowed this to happen? She had been right there. She should have been following the story, guiding it, remembering it.
She was a disgrace.
But Ke knew that dwelling on her failure would do no good. With a new round came a new story, a new opportunity, a chance for redemption.
She would not let the story pass her by again.
Then she felt a cold touch on her shoulder. She turned, and saw a very large green man glaring at her. He was dressed in a black uniform, with the word SECURITY written on his hat.
"Wonderful, now it's a Tara N. Tula costume," he grumbled, pulling some handcuffs off his belt and awkwardly trying to fit them around her forelegs. "Just how many of you troublemakers are there today? No, don't bother answering that just yet; there'll be plenty of time in the cell."
For just a moment, Ke froze. Then she snatched the handcuffs from the security officer and pushed him to the ground.
"No! Not again!" she screamed, scurrying away as fast as she could.
The officer soon picked himself up, and pulled out his radio as he ran after her. He needed to warn the central office.
"Got a Code Fourteen heading for the Ferris wheel. I'm in pursuit, may need backup. This one's stronger than she looks."
The dispatcher on the other end acknowledged his report. He was about to disconnect, but then he realized he was gaining on his quarry and decided that time was too short for that. He rushed towards her, and reached for one of her hind legs...
And then Ke found her second wind. She slipped out of his grasp, leapt through the line up ahead, hopped over the fence as the operator yelled at her, and then began climbing up the side of the spinning Ferris wheel.
The security officer groaned and raised his radio again.
"Sorry, I've got to amend my last message," he said. "It's a Code Twenty-Two now."
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