The Lady in Black meets the Guppy
The noise of the attack faded as the few remaining invaders fled. Zombie Knight took a deep breath and groaned. She would have to help track them down. The work wasn’t done yet. She got up. Her plackart poked her. She would have to fix that. The sounds of screaming hit her ears. She would have to fix it later.
Doorman cheered and raised his fists in triumph. His guns were still smoking.
She waved at him then pointed at the shiny monster running after the shiny girl.
He dropped his arms, nodded and ran after them. Lady was following.
“What the hell is that?” Doorman screamed over the radio.
“Save the guppy.” Lady answered.
“What’s the guppy?” Doorman screamed.
Zombie turned down the volume. Lady didn’t offer any further clarification on the guppy but Zombie guessed the guppy wasn’t the giant point glass dinosaur monster.
Zombie watched them from her vantage point at the top of the mountain while she decided what to do next. She felt no drive to move without careful thought. Lady and Doorman had the problem in hand.
The creature started falling behind. The girl slowed down. Zombie realized the guppy was leading the monster away from the Lady in Black.
The guppy stepped on a loose stone. The stone shifted. Her foot slid out from beneath her.
“Don’t you want to play? Play with me.” The glass monster called out to her.
She wanted to play. Zombie studied the girl’s reaction. She could sense it. It tempted her body, her mind and her soul and reminded her how empty she felt so far from the things that comforted her. Zombie’s held her breath while the girl made her decision.
She wanted to go home. Kneeling on the ground, she pounded the ground with her fist. She growled, “I want to go home.”
“Well, you screwed that. Play with me” The glass demon growled.
“That’s not home. Not them at all.” It hurt her to be so far from the place that she wanted to be. “Not home.”
Zombie gasped at the pain she felt in the girl’s stomach.
The glass monster moved towards the guppy. “Please play with me.”
Zombie watched with horror and the guppy ran at the monster. Zombie ran down the hill. She would never make it. She had a vision of shredded flesh. The vision did not come to pass.
The guppy hit the monster. The glass cracked. She broke off her attack and ran. She was such a little thing in the way bullets are little things. Lady threw herself into him.
“Thanks.”
“I’m Lady. Nice to meet you."
“I’m danger. Be wary.” She fell back in the dirt.
“Let’s get acquainted, Danger."
Zombie called to Lady over the radio. “Bad head injury.”
“And then some.” Lady responded.
“What?"
“Nothing.”
“It’s Poe, actually. My name is Poe.” She said.
“It’s nice to meet you, Poe.”
Doorman cheered and raised his fists in triumph. His guns were still smoking.
She waved at him then pointed at the shiny monster running after the shiny girl.
He dropped his arms, nodded and ran after them. Lady was following.
“What the hell is that?” Doorman screamed over the radio.
“Save the guppy.” Lady answered.
“What’s the guppy?” Doorman screamed.
Zombie turned down the volume. Lady didn’t offer any further clarification on the guppy but Zombie guessed the guppy wasn’t the giant point glass dinosaur monster.
Zombie watched them from her vantage point at the top of the mountain while she decided what to do next. She felt no drive to move without careful thought. Lady and Doorman had the problem in hand.
The creature started falling behind. The girl slowed down. Zombie realized the guppy was leading the monster away from the Lady in Black.
The guppy stepped on a loose stone. The stone shifted. Her foot slid out from beneath her.
“Don’t you want to play? Play with me.” The glass monster called out to her.
She wanted to play. Zombie studied the girl’s reaction. She could sense it. It tempted her body, her mind and her soul and reminded her how empty she felt so far from the things that comforted her. Zombie’s held her breath while the girl made her decision.
She wanted to go home. Kneeling on the ground, she pounded the ground with her fist. She growled, “I want to go home.”
“Well, you screwed that. Play with me” The glass demon growled.
“That’s not home. Not them at all.” It hurt her to be so far from the place that she wanted to be. “Not home.”
Zombie gasped at the pain she felt in the girl’s stomach.
The glass monster moved towards the guppy. “Please play with me.”
Zombie watched with horror and the guppy ran at the monster. Zombie ran down the hill. She would never make it. She had a vision of shredded flesh. The vision did not come to pass.
The guppy hit the monster. The glass cracked. She broke off her attack and ran. She was such a little thing in the way bullets are little things. Lady threw herself into him.
“Thanks.”
“I’m Lady. Nice to meet you."
“I’m danger. Be wary.” She fell back in the dirt.
“Let’s get acquainted, Danger."
Zombie called to Lady over the radio. “Bad head injury.”
“And then some.” Lady responded.
“What?"
“Nothing.”
“It’s Poe, actually. My name is Poe.” She said.
“It’s nice to meet you, Poe.”
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