The Final Minutes of Tokyo P0.038n
by
Andrew Findlay
(Age: 37)
copyright 08-13-2005
Age Rating: 10 to 127
Serena was clearly disturbed about something. Maybe it was the constant zombie attacks, or maybe it was because Artemis had just exploded. Amy, at least, was able to clarify the cause of his explosion. She reported that Artemis had eaten two pounds of dried rice and then proceeded to drink roughly 4 gallons of warm water. Either way, it was already turning into a really bad day.
Darien puked as he cleaned up the mess left behind by Artemis, adding to the mess. "I can't get the brains out of the corners," he muttered to himself, only vaguely aware that no one was paying even the slightest attention to him.
Just then, Lita walked into the room. "I found another nest of zombies at the old warehouse on 4th street," she said as she plopped herself down into the nearest chair. "I think they're laying eggs in there or something..."
Amy perked up at the scientific news. "Laying eggs? That isn't typical zombie behavior..."
Serena spun around and looked a little upset. "That's not normal, is it Amy?"
"I'm afraid not Serena. Depending on the gestation period of the zombie larva, we may be over run with zombies in a matter of months. Perhaps even weeks." Amy ran a few calculations in her hand held computer. "Make that days," she gasped. "If my calculations are correct, the zombies should be breaking down our doors in about five seconds..."
"This world is doomed," said a voice from the shadows just as the first sounds of zombies breaking down the door also intruded on their uneasy silence.
"Who's there?" asked Serena.
A man calmly walked out of the shadows. "I am called Mok. I have come to rescue you."
Lita jumped from her seat and went into a defensive stance. "Oh yeah," she said threateningly.
Mok only smiled. "Your world is doomed here Sailor Moon," he said to Serena.
"How did you know my name?" she asked. At this point it really didn't matter. She had merely asked out of instinct.
"That will become clear later. For now, we must evacuate your world." Mok pulled a small device from his pocket. He pointed it toward the middle of the room and pushed a button. A bright red beam of light shot from it and seemed to collide with the air. A large red vortex of shimmering light appeared, about 8 feet in diameter.
"What is that?" asked Lita, as the vortex itself disturbed the air, blowing papers and white fur all around the room.
Amy smiled knowingly. "I know what that is. It is a wormhole. It leads to a parallel world if I'm not mistaken." She looked over at Mok, apparently for confirmation of her theory.
"That's exactly right Amy," he said. "We must leave...now!"
Just then the door flew open and hundreds of zombies broke into the house. They instantly went toward the Scouts.
"NOW!!!" screamed Mok.
Amy was the first to jump into the vortex, saying something about the Einstein-Rosen Bridge as she went through.
Lita and Serena followed reluctantly, but also went through. The zombies, having eaten Darien, now made their way toward Mok. Mok waved his hand in the air and created a force field with his magic to give him time to make it to the wormhole.
The zombies clawed at the glowing blue force field, but could not break through.
"Why does it always have to be zombies," he whispered. He jumped through the vortex and it closed just as his force field collapsed.
*P0.038n refers to the quantum dimensional coordinates of the doomed city. **Hi, the idea for Artemis eating dried rice and drinking warm water was Kathryn Voletto's idea originally. She wrote it in response to one of my questions where I asked something like, 'Artemis explodes suddenly during a meeting. What could the cause have been?' Her response was, 'he ate two pounds of dried rice and drank four gallons of warm water.' It was an incredibly funny and original response.
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This is positively amusing! Poor Artemis... he died for the sake of humor, but don't let PETA get wind of the Artemis fiasco, or someone could be facing stiff legal penalties... anyway, this is great! Few (if any) spelling errors, but a punctuation error (namely near the end) when Mok said "Why does it always have to be zombies," You could have done it either "...zombies?" or "...zombies...", but don't worry too much.
Overall, amusing and well-done. You also turned typical zombie "reproduction" upside-down, but as long as it makes for a good story, who am I to complain? A short and humorous story, especially when Darien was cleaning up Artemis... I almost laughed myself sick the first time I read that part, and the rest was good too!
*I am a zombie movie fan as well. One question: do you plan to do any works based on Dawn of the Dead or something to that effect?
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