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Look. Don't blame me, I'm bored. If people were in here chatting away, I wouldn't have to sink to this level.
Smoke purred from Ant's mouth, drifting into the air, and pulling the life from within him out...
"You shouldn't smoke you know. It's bad for the insides."
Ant looked down at his curry. He wouldn't be suprised if the curry did more damage.
"I can't eat any more." He said. "I'm not feeling too well today."
The man took away Ant's curry, and emptied it into a bucket.
"That'll be 90 credits..." As the man looked up, Ant was no longer at his seat.
"Put it on the slate!" Ant shouted...
Ant had recieved another message. It was from command. Apparently some of the driods had broke lose, killing a few task forces on the way.
Ant got into his hovercar, just a bog standard craft, but the seats were uncomfortable. He knew this would be his last run before he could buy another.
He pulled the craft up, and out of the giant hanger, and into the open air. It was night. You could tell it was night because there were more hovercars around, it usually gets busy at night... Ant looked up at the deep smog that had settled over the city of Pembroke many years ago... not long after Pembroke was declared the new capital of the former British Isles all those years ago... before the war.
Ant remembers it as if it were about 10 years ago, so he expected the details to be a bit foggy.
Professor Miyamoto about 11 years ago invented the next generation of machinary to compete with the Overlords Playchip 3, which was in popular demand with kids...
Under the company name Nintendo, Prof. Miyamoto released the Nintendo chip into the mass market. Hundreds of people brought them, and had them implanted. Some many happy faces... so much peace in the world...
Then something, as always it seemed, went wrong. The chips started to manufuction, taking the persons will of control with it. They produced hundreds of automated psyhcotic killing machines, and Nintendo had no control over them...
The Overlord had ordered that all Nintendo products to be taking off the market, and ordered that Nintendo was shut down.
Ant pulled out of his daydream, and realised that he was heading straight for a building... He pulled up with ease. But someone behind him, who didn't anticipate his move quickly dodged to the left to avoid Ant, and hit the building that Ant was trying to avoid. The sprialling trail of the hovercars smoke reminded Ant to light his cigarette, which was just clasped unlit between his lips. Ant thought he was going insane...
Ant managed to navigate through the rest of the car maze, and ended up at the Overlords headquarters. Sony HQ.
He landed. Finding a space was easy, just land on top of any car already there. Sometimes you would find stacks of cars miles high, with the Jenga like approuch for the man with the bottom car, attempting to remove his car... There had been several "Jenga" accidents in the last few days.
Ant had left his car, climbed down the stack of cars, and entered the building. He proceeded past reception, and walked down the dark stairs. He took the second door on the left, walked around the fountain in the middle of the room to the third door, past the small wildlife display, through the small hall, under the glass bridge, and through the red double doors.
"Who are you?" Said the man inside.
"My names Ant. I'm a Blade Runner."
"Oh... you looking for the Command office. You should have taken the fourth door near the waterfall, this is the lower hall."
"Oh. Ta."
Smoke purred from Ant's mouth, drifting into the air, and pulling the life from within him out...
"You shouldn't smoke you know. It's bad for the insides."
Ant looked down at his curry. He wouldn't be suprised if the curry did more damage.
"I can't eat any more." He said. "I'm not feeling too well today."
The man took away Ant's curry, and emptied it into a bucket.
"That'll be 90 credits..." As the man looked up, Ant was no longer at his seat.
"Put it on the slate!" Ant shouted...
Ant had recieved another message. It was from command. Apparently some of the driods had broke lose, killing a few task forces on the way.
Ant got into his hovercar, just a bog standard craft, but the seats were uncomfortable. He knew this would be his last run before he could buy another.
He pulled the craft up, and out of the giant hanger, and into the open air. It was night. You could tell it was night because there were more hovercars around, it usually gets busy at night... Ant looked up at the deep smog that had settled over the city of Pembroke many years ago... not long after Pembroke was declared the new capital of the former British Isles all those years ago... before the war.
Ant remembers it as if it were about 10 years ago, so he expected the details to be a bit foggy.
Professor Miyamoto about 11 years ago invented the next generation of machinary to compete with the Overlords Playchip 3, which was in popular demand with kids...
Under the company name Nintendo, Prof. Miyamoto released the Nintendo chip into the mass market. Hundreds of people brought them, and had them implanted. Some many happy faces... so much peace in the world...
Then something, as always it seemed, went wrong. The chips started to manufuction, taking the persons will of control with it. They produced hundreds of automated psyhcotic killing machines, and Nintendo had no control over them...
The Overlord had ordered that all Nintendo products to be taking off the market, and ordered that Nintendo was shut down.
Ant pulled out of his daydream, and realised that he was heading straight for a building... He pulled up with ease. But someone behind him, who didn't anticipate his move quickly dodged to the left to avoid Ant, and hit the building that Ant was trying to avoid. The sprialling trail of the hovercars smoke reminded Ant to light his cigarette, which was just clasped unlit between his lips. Ant thought he was going insane...
Ant managed to navigate through the rest of the car maze, and ended up at the Overlords headquarters. Sony HQ.
He landed. Finding a space was easy, just land on top of any car already there. Sometimes you would find stacks of cars miles high, with the Jenga like approuch for the man with the bottom car, attempting to remove his car... There had been several "Jenga" accidents in the last few days.
Ant had left his car, climbed down the stack of cars, and entered the building. He proceeded past reception, and walked down the dark stairs. He took the second door on the left, walked around the fountain in the middle of the room to the third door, past the small wildlife display, through the small hall, under the glass bridge, and through the red double doors.
"Who are you?" Said the man inside.
"My names Ant. I'm a Blade Runner."
"Oh... you looking for the Command office. You should have taken the fourth door near the waterfall, this is the lower hall."
"Oh. Ta."
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Dunno grix hasn't been on since last tuesday.
Is anyone gonna write on here apart from me and pb??
"Okay, I'm taking you back into the past. The good thing is, you will remember all of this, so you'll know what to do, and it will be a lot quicker. It's up to Ant really, you can do it, can't you??" pb asked Ant.
"Yep. It's not too hard, I just make sure that all the things I do wrong, I do right."
It was an extremely easy job.
*A day later...or earlier, whichever way you want it*
Ant was again standing with 4 other men, the hovercar a mess.
"errr...Ant."
"What?" Ant said, pleased with himself.
"We're in the exact same place as we were before."
Ant looked around, realised his mistake, and went off to buy more sugar.
"Well. He's not gonna do it right,is he?" FM said to the others.
"When there's a problem, there's always a solution," Gobble-de-gook said calmly.
"That's very profound, Gobble-de-gook," FM said admiringly.
Suddenly, a sniggering noise was heard.
They found Dan_UK, sitting on the ground, sniggering and giggling at the library cards he'd stolen.
As they were scolding Dan_UK with hot water for his sins, a dark shadow was cast over them.
The Overlord had found them.
"Yep. It's not too hard, I just make sure that all the things I do wrong, I do right."
It was an extremely easy job.
*A day later...or earlier, whichever way you want it*
Ant was again standing with 4 other men, the hovercar a mess.
"errr...Ant."
"What?" Ant said, pleased with himself.
"We're in the exact same place as we were before."
Ant looked around, realised his mistake, and went off to buy more sugar.
"Well. He's not gonna do it right,is he?" FM said to the others.
"When there's a problem, there's always a solution," Gobble-de-gook said calmly.
"That's very profound, Gobble-de-gook," FM said admiringly.
Suddenly, a sniggering noise was heard.
They found Dan_UK, sitting on the ground, sniggering and giggling at the library cards he'd stolen.
As they were scolding Dan_UK with hot water for his sins, a dark shadow was cast over them.
The Overlord had found them.
"These guys looks suspicious," FM whispered to Ant.
"What's your name again??" Ant asked pb.
"pb," pb said, while showing an old library card with his picture on it. Everyone sniggered at the photo.
"And, what's your name??" Ant asked the disguised Grix.
"errrrrr....ummmmmmmm....... urrrrrrrrr... mmmmmmmm .....errrrr.....Gobble ......de...... gook," came Grix's stuttery reply. Grix then showed a librart card with his picture, and the name, "Grix Thraves" next to it.
Everyone sniggered at the photo.
When he'd stopped sniggering, Ant closely at the card.
"Well, everything seems to be in order. Welcome to our group, pb and Gobble-de-gook."
"What's your name again??" Ant asked pb.
"pb," pb said, while showing an old library card with his picture on it. Everyone sniggered at the photo.
"And, what's your name??" Ant asked the disguised Grix.
"errrrrr....ummmmmmmm....... urrrrrrrrr... mmmmmmmm .....errrrr.....Gobble ......de...... gook," came Grix's stuttery reply. Grix then showed a librart card with his picture, and the name, "Grix Thraves" next to it.
Everyone sniggered at the photo.
When he'd stopped sniggering, Ant closely at the card.
"Well, everything seems to be in order. Welcome to our group, pb and Gobble-de-gook."
And strangely no-one had actually noticed Grix actually being in the group, possibly due to his amazing disguise, which involved a coat hanger, some washing up bottles and a furry car seat. He was, after all, the leader of the group they were all searching for and his main downfall was in learning all about what his enemies were up to.
Still, the group managed to all climb in the Tardis, after tearing Ant away from his sugar collecting task. None of them mentioned the fact that it was bigger on the inside, because frankly they'd heard it far too many times before.
"Do you know," started DanUK, "it's strange, but this tardis seems bigger on tmflfmfmf.." the voice became muffled as everyone else decided they'd heard enough.
"Where to then, folks?" asked PB as the motor hummed into life and the central column started to rise and fall in a fashion that would surely cause some sort of metaphor to be written in a more adult publication.
Still, the group managed to all climb in the Tardis, after tearing Ant away from his sugar collecting task. None of them mentioned the fact that it was bigger on the inside, because frankly they'd heard it far too many times before.
"Do you know," started DanUK, "it's strange, but this tardis seems bigger on tmflfmfmf.." the voice became muffled as everyone else decided they'd heard enough.
"Where to then, folks?" asked PB as the motor hummed into life and the central column started to rise and fall in a fashion that would surely cause some sort of metaphor to be written in a more adult publication.
Author's note:
Strange as it may appear, plot twists do happen, and the appearance of Grix into the storyline was not only intentional, but actually essential to the unfolding plot.
So the story starts from here:
5 men and a Tardis are standing in a field next to a wrecked hovercar and a small mound of sugar, which Ant is desperately scrabbling around trying to scoop up before any of his little bretheren, who also live in the aforementioned field, may also have culinary designs upon, (deep breath, continue), when FM turns to PB, Grix, Dan, and Ant and says:
"What was it I was saying?"
Strange as it may appear, plot twists do happen, and the appearance of Grix into the storyline was not only intentional, but actually essential to the unfolding plot.
So the story starts from here:
5 men and a Tardis are standing in a field next to a wrecked hovercar and a small mound of sugar, which Ant is desperately scrabbling around trying to scoop up before any of his little bretheren, who also live in the aforementioned field, may also have culinary designs upon, (deep breath, continue), when FM turns to PB, Grix, Dan, and Ant and says:
"What was it I was saying?"
As they all stood there looking at the sugary scene around them, a strange noise filtered in, making a whoop whoop sound. This was followed by the appearance of an old looking blue police box.
Ant looked at it for a while with a grimace. "What the hell is that doing here? Did we ask for Doctor who?"
Just then the door opened and PB stepped out, not (as everyone was expecting) wearing a long scarf and wide-brimmed hat.
Pb "Look guys, I've never been in one of these stories before, so I had to make an entrance. Besides, since I've got the tardis I can whisk you all back to the past to clear up the mess."
Grix thought for a moment and replied "Can I go back to last tuesday?"
"Why?" everyone else asked.
"Well," started Grix, "I forgot to pay the telephone bill and it was due on wednesday."
The loose door of the hovercar finally gave in and fell with a *click*
Ant looked at it for a while with a grimace. "What the hell is that doing here? Did we ask for Doctor who?"
Just then the door opened and PB stepped out, not (as everyone was expecting) wearing a long scarf and wide-brimmed hat.
Pb "Look guys, I've never been in one of these stories before, so I had to make an entrance. Besides, since I've got the tardis I can whisk you all back to the past to clear up the mess."
Grix thought for a moment and replied "Can I go back to last tuesday?"
"Why?" everyone else asked.
"Well," started Grix, "I forgot to pay the telephone bill and it was due on wednesday."
The loose door of the hovercar finally gave in and fell with a *click*
Very good work now. BEEP! delete.
I am a freak without warning, cause I am so horny!!!!
A FREAK WITHOUT WARNING,
I won't tell your mummer if you dont tell your dadder.
A FREAK WITHOUT WARNING,
I won't tell your mummer if you dont tell your dadder.
Ant and FM had finally fallen asleep.
Dan_UK, deciding he was tired as well, put it on an autopilot course.
Just as he'd fallen asleep it seemed, he woke up to the sound of the Autopilot alert. This means it had stopped working, and they were probably about to smash into a building.
He got up, and looked outside.
"Oh, boll..."
You see, the alert had gone off, just after the hovercar had just smashed into a tree.
"What's the bl**dy point in having a bl**dy alarm, when it doesn't bl**dy well go off until you've actually hit something."
They hadn't woken up from the force of the blow as they were sleeping in special sleeping chambers situated at the back of the hovercar.
Unfortunately, Ant's sugar, was not in a special sleeping chamber.
Dan looked in horror at the amount of sugar there was over the hovercar, and outside on the ground.
Only one bag had survived.
Ant and FM had now woken.
Ant looked around, "OH S***!!"
Dan_UK, deciding he was tired as well, put it on an autopilot course.
Just as he'd fallen asleep it seemed, he woke up to the sound of the Autopilot alert. This means it had stopped working, and they were probably about to smash into a building.
He got up, and looked outside.
"Oh, boll..."
You see, the alert had gone off, just after the hovercar had just smashed into a tree.
"What's the bl**dy point in having a bl**dy alarm, when it doesn't bl**dy well go off until you've actually hit something."
They hadn't woken up from the force of the blow as they were sleeping in special sleeping chambers situated at the back of the hovercar.
Unfortunately, Ant's sugar, was not in a special sleeping chamber.
Dan looked in horror at the amount of sugar there was over the hovercar, and outside on the ground.
Only one bag had survived.
Ant and FM had now woken.
Ant looked around, "OH S***!!"
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