Chapter 3 - Part D
[Author's Notes] Again, I'm repeating that one paragraph so you can follow.
Tiny! Gotta protect Ti - Another blow hit her on her right shoulder. She thrust her arms out in front of her with a hand on each end to block the blows. "ARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!" With no concept that she was yelling, she ran forward with all her might pushing through her legs into the ground and pushed back a couple of slaves into another one. Dashing back to where Tiny was, she swung blindly, and hit Arite square in the nose. Blood squirted and he staggered back. Then, pain exploded in her thigh.
She looked down and her stomach churned in reaction. Nails sticking through a board were imbedded in her thigh! She sensed someone coming at her and she stabbed at the ground with her board. Somehow, her board landed square on an incoming foot and a scream ensued, then someone stumbled back.
"TINY! GET IT OUT!" Her lungs hurt with the effort she put into screaming but next she felt a tug at the board hanging off her thigh, then a wrench. She screamed, then swung with her board, catching someone trying to get at Tiny. Warm liquid was dripping down her leg and it tickled. Looking up, she saw Arite lunging for Tiny, but she was too far away. She flung the board hard and hoped it found its mark.
Hearing a scream of "GET HER!" she ducked but while one attacker missed her, another plowed right into her side. Tumbling over banging into the side of a wall, her breath whooshed out of her. Tiny saw that she was in trouble and chucked the board he was holding over to her, yelling for her to catch it.
She stuck out her hand and caught the board, then swung with all her might. Her jaw fell when she looked to see what happened. It was Burk, a cell-mate. One she had considered friendly. And he looked at her funny, with unseeing eyes. Time seemed to slow then. His mouth was agape, and spittle was flying out as he tried to gasp out a word. Slowly sinking to his knees, he reached out to her and then fell over.
A screeched pierced her paralysis. Arite had gotten to Tiny! Hunching over, she hurled herself at the slaves now surrounding the alarmed boy. A slash ripped her side open but still she scrambled over tumbled kids. Launching herself at Arite, she clawed until she clambered onto his back. Baring her teeth, she took a chunk out of his neck and hopped off as he whirled away in pain. Twisting on her ankle, she stumbled. And took a blow squarely on her back.
Tiny! Gotta protect Ti - Another blow hit her on her right shoulder. She thrust her arms out in front of her with a hand on each end to block the blows. "ARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!" With no concept that she was yelling, she ran forward with all her might pushing through her legs into the ground and pushed back a couple of slaves into another one. Dashing back to where Tiny was, she swung blindly, and hit Arite square in the nose. Blood squirted and he staggered back. Then, pain exploded in her thigh.
She looked down and her stomach churned in reaction. Nails sticking through a board were imbedded in her thigh! She sensed someone coming at her and she stabbed at the ground with her board. Somehow, her board landed square on an incoming foot and a scream ensued, then someone stumbled back.
"TINY! GET IT OUT!" Her lungs hurt with the effort she put into screaming but next she felt a tug at the board hanging off her thigh, then a wrench. She screamed, then swung with her board, catching someone trying to get at Tiny. Warm liquid was dripping down her leg and it tickled. Looking up, she saw Arite lunging for Tiny, but she was too far away. She flung the board hard and hoped it found its mark.
Hearing a scream of "GET HER!" she ducked but while one attacker missed her, another plowed right into her side. Tumbling over banging into the side of a wall, her breath whooshed out of her. Tiny saw that she was in trouble and chucked the board he was holding over to her, yelling for her to catch it.
She stuck out her hand and caught the board, then swung with all her might. Her jaw fell when she looked to see what happened. It was Burk, a cell-mate. One she had considered friendly. And he looked at her funny, with unseeing eyes. Time seemed to slow then. His mouth was agape, and spittle was flying out as he tried to gasp out a word. Slowly sinking to his knees, he reached out to her and then fell over.
A screeched pierced her paralysis. Arite had gotten to Tiny! Hunching over, she hurled herself at the slaves now surrounding the alarmed boy. A slash ripped her side open but still she scrambled over tumbled kids. Launching herself at Arite, she clawed until she clambered onto his back. Baring her teeth, she took a chunk out of his neck and hopped off as he whirled away in pain. Twisting on her ankle, she stumbled. And took a blow squarely on her back.
posted by resigned idealist @ 11/06/2004 01:43:00 PM
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