[FFML] [AYA] Wild, Wild East - Chapter 7 - Rebooting

[DB Sommer]

% And finally I have a chance to get to this:


                       The Wild, Wild East
                     Chapter 7 - Rebooting

                        by GL Sandborn




         Tina groaned as the real world intruded on the darkness.
Her head pounded like she had been drinking for a whole weekend.

% Instead of the whole week, like she had been.


A bright light caused her to squeeze her eyes tighter and
grimace.  Where was she?
         The bitter aftertaste of chemicals still danced on her
tongue.  She needed a drink - even water.

% Which showed how desperate she was.

         As she sat up, a number insults

% number of insults

         One particularly nasty oath worked its way free, but was
still born

% stillborn


 when she heard the latch on the door click.  It slowly
swung open on squeaky hinges, revealing a large man holding an
automatic pistol.  He wasn't from room service.

% now now, she doesn't know that. Steven is a spy. Maybe he ordered a gun.

the warehouse said with a self satisfied smirk.  Wearing a
miniature version of a tuxedo, he looked so much like a tiny
penguin she expected him to break out dancing at any moment.

% not the Devito version of the Penguin, then


be abducted by brave agents of the glorious people's republic.
In their country, my mother taught other women how to pass as
Japanese.  She was very good at her job.  Because of that, I grew
up in unbelievable luxury.

% Akai: We had food, and even toilet paper. More than 90% of the rest of 
the country.


         Akai sighed.  "Oh, yes, I remember now.  'How To Be A Good
Villain' by Ian Fleming.  It's a classic."

% Heh heh.

         Tina groaned softly as her hand covered her forehead.  She
couldn't believe she had been captured by someone using a
Hollywood 'How To' book.

% It was probably published by Scientologists.


         "Our glorious scientists - who are much smarter than even
your Einstein - discovered that a certain radio frequency when
focused on the human body causes a most interesting reaction.
You see, the human body is covered with hair.  Oh, we don't see
most of it, but it is there - or shaved in the case of your vain,
aristocratic running dogs.  Each of those hairs has a follicle.
When subjected to intense, highly focused radio waves, those
follicles expand so quickly that they explode through the surface
of the skin.  I understand the resulting death is most...
unpleasant."

% I would have preferred a nude bomb myself.

         "Big deal, you created an oversized microwave," Steven said
with disdain.  "You could have used it to make popcorn to feed
your starving people."

% Agent: No, shooting them easier.

         "I think we need to up you dose," he replied before turning
to his captives.  "We go now.  Thank rou for being part of plan.
We have roverly

% rovery (works fine)


         Tina stepped aside with a frown as Steven escaped the room.
"Chick?" she said to herself.  "No wonder he's never had a
girlfriend."

% Hey, some gals love being called a chick. Now, I don't know any that 
enjoy being called 'wench' though.

         "It's probably over there," Tina replied without looking.
"It's in a keg marked 'Coors, Golden, Colorado' - standard model
E12.  Probably an export version with--"
         "How did you...?  Never mind.

% Never argue over booze with a lush like her.

         "Of course, you could always unplug it," she said.

% Heh. She sees the most obvious of things he misses.

         "Windows XP?" Steven gasped as the screen scrolled through
its memory check.  "The damn thing is rebooting!"

% But with Windows it may never come back.

         Tina chanced a look at the little screen again.  "It now
says: Welcome."
         "I hate you, Bill Gates!"

% I just hate his product. :)

         "Yeah, 30 - 29 - 28..."
         "A timer!" Steven gasped.
         "What do we do?"
         "RUN!"

% Through the metal door?

   Trapped in the basement of a collapsing building, her whole
world was exploding, collapsing, and burning.  Thick black smoke
rolled across the floor like a charging demon.  It was her worst
nightmare come to life.  This time, she wasn't going to wake up.
This time, she was going to die.

% NO, there's another chapter to go.

% Great work, as always. Feels like the climax of the series is finally 
here. Nice balance of action and humor and plot development.


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