Bonnie stood at the controls of her cargo sled between her Big Lugs. Unlike most Lugs, these two were armed and heavily modified. It was about time to leave this planet, she knew. Whatever the Clockwork Book was up to had nothing to do with her; or, at least, it wouldn't have anything to do with her any more, now that she was in control. She set her course to an uninhabited spot outside the city and began to batten the sled down for its ascent. Goodbye, Earth, she thought. I won't miss you.
But she'd hardly gotten started when she heard another craft approaching. Bonnie sighed.
It wasn't a craft, as it happened: and for the first time that day Bonnie was alarmed. What set down on her deck was a military grade Myrmidon robot. With all the options. She honestly had no idea what to do even before she saw her two Big Lugs fall to their knees in front of the thing. And bow.
Okay, she thought. First thing: those things can fly. I didn't know that. Second thing: those Lugs never bowed to me. She scowled at the Myrmidon.
"If you think you're going to take this vessel," she said, "you've got another think coming."
The Myrmidon's arm plates rolled apart to reveal a pair of beam weapons. "I am instructed to say 'Stand and Deliver'," it told her.
Bonnie rolled her eyes. "That's highwaymen, you stack of scrap.
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January 6th, 2012 at 4:39 am
Wow the railings on that cargo sled are scarily inadequate. Just tall enough to trip over.
(Can you tell I don’t like heights?)
January 6th, 2012 at 8:41 am
In “Just Imagine” we get to see one of Our Heroes hover a plane over the city, climb across two planes’ wings, and crawl into the second plane’s cockpit, all just to snuggle for a minute.
There was no OSHA in the future!
