November 23, 2010

• Scattered Stories: Weaponized

  The scientist gleefully paced the corridors of the mall, waiting for his opportunity. He calmed himself by remembering how it all began. He was in the lab late one night, working with whiny Susan on his latest experiment. As usual, she was carrying on about some idiot man who had the good sense to leave her before Susan's constant nagging sapped his soul. The scientist was busy nodding his head while working when suddenly...
  BOOM
  Peter Parker required the bite of a spider to grow his web, but the scientist's weapon had the bite of 10,000 spiders, and was smaller than a tarantula. The resulting explosion tore Susan to shreds before the scientist's alternatively amazed and gleeful eyes. He carefully wrote down each detail that had led to the explosion in his lab notebook before fleeing the scene.
  Now, he walked the mall levels, gleefully waiting for a worthy victim. He began walking towards Jamba Juice when suddenly, an acne-marked fat teenage boy cut across his path and bumped him. The scientist's eyes narrowed with cruel hate. He quickly unsealed the clasps that housed his weapon, opening the white-zippered teeth that kept the pouch intact. He tapped the young man on the shoulder and opened the pouch, ready to destroy the teen the way he had destroyed Susan late that night, leaving her body intact but her soul forever broken. A world of evil was unleashed...

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