| From: | Stefan Hahn <HAHN@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Th' ARGO had it EASY |
| Date: | Thu, 23 Sep 1993 20:50:08 -0700 |
"Where the hell are we now?"
"Just passing Yorkshire."
"Try--COUGH--try to stay away from--HACK--city..."
"Lie down, Reg! Hold your nose already."
"Yeah, an' stop bleedin' all over th' seats!"
(unison) "SHADDAP, KANEDA!"
rolling English countryside far below, the coastline visible in the distance...
And, if you look hard enough, the roiling smoke column rising high through
the clouds over London. No longer Londons Above and Below, but no time now for
sober reflection. Forget, for now, the deaths of so many. and Swallow, for now,
the rage. Just remember the picture imprinted forever in your mind of those
whose worlds have been extinguished. Remember, and---
"More fighters ahead, people!"
"Can they see us?"
"At this speed?, c'mon! B'sides, their radar's useless..."
BEEPBEEPBEEP
"Fraggit! Hold on!" as the world twists into obscene angles and patterns
that Queztalcoatl devised for his dearest enemies...
BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP
Five needles at the edge of a spinning vision...
BEEPBEEPBEE
A sudden straightening, hitting the bottom of a bungee cord to find it's a
steel cable...
BEEPBE
Shot out of a railgun, and a very brief close-up of a sleek bluegray skyshark
BEE
Unfortunately, you haven't reached mach 1 yet, and the explosion of the wing
of fighters deafens you even as it blinds you, for the fraction of a second
that it takes for the actinic shields and sound dampers to kick in.
"Dammittall! How many more o' these does he have?"
"Enough. get us the hell out of here." ]<<<<<
