he hesitated. L waved him
off. Suddenly, it was too late, it was on top of them.
The light stopped short of the campsite. It
scanned a few trees right near Perry, the scanning approached his
tree. He wasn’t hidden particularly well, he crunched up into a
ball as the light slid over the tree he was in. The light didn’t
hesitate. It must’ve not seen him. Same with Eric.
Then the search light saw the bong. It
froze. The little red light began spinning. Everyone’s heart
dropped. Perry, Eric and Tony had seen trouble with cops before,
their plan was always to scatter. The thought was “They can’t catch
us all.” And when their group was at full capacity, they’d have
Juicy, and he was the slowest. This time they didn’t have Juicy.
They didn’t have anywhere safe to go, no predetermined meet up
point. They were days deep in the middle of the Elohssa Corporation
forest. They couldn’t even call the cops to help.
Tony thought, “We didn’t plan this good
enough. We’re fucked.” As kids, when they didn’t plan well enough,
the cops caught them and brought them home, it was all a learning
experience. This time, it looked like they were going to be burned
alive, not a good learning experience.
Tony was holding Fozzie’s collar, he handed
her to L, scooted up and gave her
a look. The look said, “If this goes bad,
you stay here I’ll take off and distract them.” He crouched like he
was ready to take off running.
L looked back at him. her look saying,
“No.”
The two backup drones appeared and began
scanning the area. The search light went over the rock formation L
and Tony were hiding in. It stopped. Tony and L held their breath,
Fozzie didn’t. It scanned back and forth again.
The three drones met up over the campsite,
hovering in a little huddle, 20 or 30 feet above it. Without
warning, a muffled zipping sound and the ground around the bong
exploded. Dirt kicked up and created a cloud of smoke. A few pieces
of glass dinged off of rocks. Perry grimaced at the pain of his now
only bong being destroyed. “Goodbye old friend, thanks for all the
fish!”, He thought.
The two backup drones silently left again.
The search drone’s red light turned
off and stopped spinning. It took off,
search light waving back and forth in front of it.
Tony popped his head out and watched it
leave. Once it was far enough away Eric began appearing from the
bush. Perry fell out of the tree with a thud, he bounced up, arms
flailing and ran to where the bong once was. “Awww, man!” It was
destroyed.
“ That was too close.”,
Tony thought out loud.
“ Yea way to close. We
didn’t plan for shit like this.”, L chimed in.
Eric was pacing back and forth, thinking
deeply, “We gotta bail. Fuck this place. We didn’t almost get
arrested, we almost got burned alive. Flying murderous drone
motherfuckuing fire fighters, warstores, not a sign of life around
besides us! And now our bong is gone!! That’s just too much.”
Perry couldn’t resist, in a panicked but
joking voice he did his best Bill Paxton impression, “That’s it
man. Game over, man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now?
What are we gonna do!?”
Tony continued as Burke,”Maybe we could
build a fire, sing a couple of songs. Why don’t we try that.”
“ Are you fucking serious?”
Eric wasn’t laughing. “You guys can joke about
that right now?! I just saw my life flash
before my eyes.”
No more fire tonight. The rest of the night
they talked by the moonlight.
“ In the morning, let’s go
see that other camp they hit.” L said.
“ Good idea.” Perry
agreed.
“ We need to be more
careful.” Tony said the moonlight lighting his face in an eerie
way,”Like in D&D, we can’t all go to sleep with those things
flying around. We need to set up a watch.” He continued, “We need
to have a plan, in case shit hits the fan.”
“ Yea, like how we’d all
meet up behind Treetop after a job.” Eric remembered.
I’d say we
off. Suddenly, it was too late, it was on top of them.
The light stopped short of the campsite. It
scanned a few trees right near Perry, the scanning approached his
tree. He wasn’t hidden particularly well, he crunched up into a
ball as the light slid over the tree he was in. The light didn’t
hesitate. It must’ve not seen him. Same with Eric.
Then the search light saw the bong. It
froze. The little red light began spinning. Everyone’s heart
dropped. Perry, Eric and Tony had seen trouble with cops before,
their plan was always to scatter. The thought was “They can’t catch
us all.” And when their group was at full capacity, they’d have
Juicy, and he was the slowest. This time they didn’t have Juicy.
They didn’t have anywhere safe to go, no predetermined meet up
point. They were days deep in the middle of the Elohssa Corporation
forest. They couldn’t even call the cops to help.
Tony thought, “We didn’t plan this good
enough. We’re fucked.” As kids, when they didn’t plan well enough,
the cops caught them and brought them home, it was all a learning
experience. This time, it looked like they were going to be burned
alive, not a good learning experience.
Tony was holding Fozzie’s collar, he handed
her to L, scooted up and gave her
a look. The look said, “If this goes bad,
you stay here I’ll take off and distract them.” He crouched like he
was ready to take off running.
L looked back at him. her look saying,
“No.”
The two backup drones appeared and began
scanning the area. The search light went over the rock formation L
and Tony were hiding in. It stopped. Tony and L held their breath,
Fozzie didn’t. It scanned back and forth again.
The three drones met up over the campsite,
hovering in a little huddle, 20 or 30 feet above it. Without
warning, a muffled zipping sound and the ground around the bong
exploded. Dirt kicked up and created a cloud of smoke. A few pieces
of glass dinged off of rocks. Perry grimaced at the pain of his now
only bong being destroyed. “Goodbye old friend, thanks for all the
fish!”, He thought.
The two backup drones silently left again.
The search drone’s red light turned
off and stopped spinning. It took off,
search light waving back and forth in front of it.
Tony popped his head out and watched it
leave. Once it was far enough away Eric began appearing from the
bush. Perry fell out of the tree with a thud, he bounced up, arms
flailing and ran to where the bong once was. “Awww, man!” It was
destroyed.
“ That was too close.”,
Tony thought out loud.
“ Yea way to close. We
didn’t plan for shit like this.”, L chimed in.
Eric was pacing back and forth, thinking
deeply, “We gotta bail. Fuck this place. We didn’t almost get
arrested, we almost got burned alive. Flying murderous drone
motherfuckuing fire fighters, warstores, not a sign of life around
besides us! And now our bong is gone!! That’s just too much.”
Perry couldn’t resist, in a panicked but
joking voice he did his best Bill Paxton impression, “That’s it
man. Game over, man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now?
What are we gonna do!?”
Tony continued as Burke,”Maybe we could
build a fire, sing a couple of songs. Why don’t we try that.”
“ Are you fucking serious?”
Eric wasn’t laughing. “You guys can joke about
that right now?! I just saw my life flash
before my eyes.”
No more fire tonight. The rest of the night
they talked by the moonlight.
“ In the morning, let’s go
see that other camp they hit.” L said.
“ Good idea.” Perry
agreed.
“ We need to be more
careful.” Tony said the moonlight lighting his face in an eerie
way,”Like in D&D, we can’t all go to sleep with those things
flying around. We need to set up a watch.” He continued, “We need
to have a plan, in case shit hits the fan.”
“ Yea, like how we’d all
meet up behind Treetop after a job.” Eric remembered.
I’d say we
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