Chapter 3, Happy then...Dead
"Selena," Robinflight said quickly, squeezing her shoulder to get her attention. She jerked up and looked around at him.
"Timers," he muttered.
"Timers?" The old hag warbled, "Dah youngs Wolf Men?"
"Yes," Robinflight said, "Now come on, we're getting out of here, right now.
"I'd not goings zenywhere," she gargled.
"Yes you are! Get up or you're going to be killed!"
"Nedder!" she shrieked. Her bulging eyes lingered on his face, and then her dirty, bony hand with its foot long fingernails dug into his shoulder. The grip was strong.
"Let me go!" he shouted.
"Nay…" she rambled, and she snatched his wing. The sharp nails pierced his mending wing bone (It had been snapped by Time) and he yelped in pain.
"Ye nay going nowhere wid dos winged. My winged! My gade you winged!"
"No you didn't! Their mine! Their special! Get your hands off me--," he struggled and slashed, but the woman only gripped harder.
"LET GO OF ME!" He thundered, smashing his fist down on her arm, which cracked. He darted away as she rose from the yoga mat with actually quite amazing swiftness and hobbled over to him. The door of the house banged open and Timers fell into the room. The stood up and looked around, then they swarmed around.
A Timer leapt foreword to Robinflight, pushing him hard to a huge pile of blackberry seeds. Robinflight sunk easily into the soft heap, disappearing under the dark bits. He choked and thrashed and regained surface. The Timer grabbed his head and wrenched him from the pile. Robinflight kicked him hard in the stomach. He twisted around and kicked down a few rotting boards, falling from the house as the Timer snatched at his feet.
He fell onto the soft grass and the air left his steel lungs with a whoosh. He scrambled to his feet, searching desperately for Selena, worried for her because she had recently had surgery, and he did not know how her metal ribs would hold out…Then she leaped at a wall and flew from the house with a showering of wood, splinters and dust.
"Ow…" she mumbled, massaging her arm, which was bruised. But as soon as she said that, Timers exploded from the shack, shattering the tiny building to nothing. A Timer dragged the crazy old lady out; she was rambling random words to the world, grinning stupidly.
The Timers dropped the woman and raised their guns. There was a bang and a shriek from Selena, who had dived into one of the tiny pools for cover. The bullet banged onto Robinflight's chest and bounced back and hit a Timer on the skull. The Timer's piggy eyes rolled as a tiny spurt of blood gushed down his face, and then he fell over, dead.
Selena burst from the pool and smacked a Timer on the face. A different Timer sprang to Robinflight, baying like a demented dog. He grabbed Robinflight's wings and twisted hard. Robinflight let out a quick series of yelps before biting the Timer's hand.
He grabbed the Timer's wings and bent them back. The Timer cried out and then kicked randomly, tripping himself. His neck fell on the point of his gun, and the end appeared on the other side. The Timer groaned and died.
Robinflight sprang to his feet and sprinted across the lawn to where Selena fought.
"Zome back ere…" Said a warbly voice, and Robinflight felt a bony hand close around his ankle. He adjusted his foot so he stepped on the woman's fingers. She made an unpleasant, snotty sound and released him.
"AH!" Shouted a Timer, and he shot his gun at Robinflight and the hag. His gun tip blasted up and the Timer toppled back into a tiny, gritty pool.
The bullet whistled through the air. Selena shouted, "ROBINFLIGHT!" and he ducked. There was a thick, splattering sound and the old woman said:
"Oog…Why did you do zat?" and looked at her chest. Where there was a little hole. Weird, pinkish blood oozed sluggishly out of it.
"HAHAHAHA!" She burst into laughter, one orange tooth glowing in the moonlight as she grinned. She stumbled to Robinflight and collapsed, babbling stupidly.
"Wolf Men come back. Wolf Men come back to see me..." her legs gave way and she began to fall. Both Robinflight and Selena grabbed one of her shoulders, and lowered the gibbering woman onto the ground, where the grin stayed on her face forever.
Oh yeah! Action right away! I don't feel sad that the crazy hag died, just sorry for her because she was really just living a peaceful life that could have gone on a few more good years…and then she had to be killed by a stupid Timer. Please review!
MoonAquaAngelSea—I've been trying to use a variety in my word use for the last two chapters. How have I done??
