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“Annie, don’t,” Rich warned his
companion.
“But, it’s so cute and fluffy,”
Annie looked at him with puppy dog eyes. Her hand still reached out towards the
teddy bear in the sandpit. It appeared the old, decrepit building they hid in
used to be a toy store, much to Annie’s glee. However, the only intact toy they
could find was the single teddy bear.
“It’s obviously a trap,” Dallas
commented as her hand rested on her revolver.
“Annie, just leave it, we don’t need
any more incidents,” Captain stated as he tried to pull the young girl away.
“I’ll be careful, I promise,” Annie
pleaded.
“The second you touch that thing,
one of those freaks with the pincers is going to jump out and try to drag you
under,” Rich explained. “But, if you’re willing to get yourself killed over a
toy, be my guest.”
“Rich, knock it off,” Captain warned
the younger man.
“Ok, I’ll stop,” Annie sighed. “Poor
little teddy bear, being left behind, all by his lonesome,” she moped.
“Don’t feel bad, Annie, we’ll find
another one,” Dallas tried to comfort her. Captain remained silent as he
watched the scene, while Rich rolled his eyes.
“Ugh, what a child,” Rich groaned at
the sight.
“Seriously, Rich?” Captain snapped
at the other man.
“Fine, I’ll lay off,” Rich turned
away, but as his eyes scanned the room, a glint of inspiration filled his eyes.
“Hey, I’ve got an idea, one that’ll make everyone happy.”
“Oh?” Captain raised an eyebrow.
“Those pincer freaks aren’t nearly
as smart as they think they are,” Rich explained. “They’re so proud of their
little traps they’ll jump to grab whatever triggers them.” As he finished his
sentence, Rich gestured to an empty, metal shelf in the corner of the room.
“Give me a hand, won’t you?”
The two men lifted the shelf and
hefted it over to the sandpit where the teddy bear sat. Dallas gave the two a
quizzical look until she caught onto their plan, then gave them a thumbs up.
Annie simply looked on in confusion.
“Alright, Dallas, second that thing
shows its ugly mug, pop it between the eyes,” Rich exclaimed.
“Sure, sure,” Dallas shrugged as she
pulled out her revolver. With everyone in place, Rich and Captain chucked the
shelf into the sandpit. The hunk of metal sank for a moment before a giant
insect-like creature burst from below the sand. Its giant pincers that came out
of its face snapped at the shelf, but the beast quickly noticed it was only an
inanimate object. However, by the time the creature realized it had been duped,
Dallas had already fired her gun into the back of its head. The insect fell to
the ground like a sack of bricks.
“There, now you can take your bear,”
Rich stated smugly as he kicked the side of the creature to ensure it was dead.
“Really?” Annie’s eyes lit up as she
jumped into the sandpit to retrieve her new teddy bear. “Thank you, Rich,” the
young girl cheered as she hugged the toy, “in honor of this moment, I’ll name
him Little Richie!”
“Vetoed,” Rich shook his head.
“Aw,” Annie pouted.
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Sometimes it's the little victories that are the sweetest.As for the story itself, this is a scene I had stuck in my head for a few weeks now. There's a theoretical much larger story it could be apart of, but if I do right that story it will be in the distant future.
Until next time, Read, Comment and Enjoy
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