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Submitted by Jack McCallum (View user info) at 2008-08-11 18:38:30 EDT
(In response to http://www.ubersite.com/m/118068)
The kitten wandered down the side of the road in the dark, in the rain.
It had been with its mother earlier but some tall thing that made harsh rumbling sounds had scooped it up in massive paws and held it fast inside an odd-smelling place that moved very fast. An opening had appeared in the side of this place and with a raucous roar the kitten had been thrown into the night.
If the kitten remained in the cold and damp much longer it would die from exposure, but for now it was alert, its senses keen with interest. Everything was so new!
It walked down the side of the road, looking at slightly blurred lights in the windows of houses to either side. The kitten relied more on its nose and ears at this point, as its eyes were not yet able to fully focus on the things it saw. It sniffed at a pool of water and pawed at an earthworm writhing on the dark concrete. A chill breeze blew against the kitten's water-soaked orange and white coat and it shivered.
There was a noise overhead and the kitten froze. It was of limited intelligence to begin with, so it would not have known what an airplane was even if it had been able to see the craft which was hidden in the clouds, and it could not possibly have recognized the hazy, fast-moving thing that whined and buzzed as a jet engine that had broken free and was falling to earth.
There was a boom and the ground shook. Flaming debris and chunks of concrete and drywall leaped and bounced across the road. Metal pipes clanged and a burning couch cushion rolled by.
The kitten had no concept of these things. It only knew that the flickering lights of fires were frightening, and the air smelled wrong. The kitten moved slowly now, walking around debris in the road as a group of strange creatures drew near. The creatures released loud ululating wails and had large glowing white eyes. The creatures came to a stop near the kitten, growling loudly, and then they shook off what had to be vermin the same way the kitten scratched at and sometimes removed fleas from its own fur.
The vermin from the white-eyed creature ran here and there. They made loud noises and released spurts of water like great arcs of piss.
The kitten stepped around shards of broken glass.
There was a body in the debris. The kitten sniffed at it. Near the body was a square of light. The light was beginning to fade. The kitten sniffed once more and moved on. It mewed for its mother.
A large hand scooped up the kitten and it struggled briefly, fearing it would be thrown into the night again as before, but a series of reassuring rumbles put it as ease, and it was slipped into a cozy and warm space.
The fireman who had climbed out of one of the trucks surveyed the wreckage. The jet engine had hit a residential area like a bomb. Once the fires were under control he has stopped to catch his breath, and had been shaking his head at the carnage and the bodies around him when he had seen the kitten. His little girl had been asking for a kitten for the last few weeks and the fireman and his wife had been putting her off. Maybe this was a sign, he had thought.
He reached into his coat pocket. The kitten was there, purring against his hand. He looked down at the body lying at his feet, half of a body which had been bisected at the waist. It was a young woman. Only minutes ago she had been alive, now she was just more debris.
The kitten pushed its damp little head past the man's hand and looked out into the rain. It looked down at the pale shape on the ground that smelled like fresh meat, and the blurs that were lines of text in the fading square of light that was a laptop monitor.
One of the lines read "Welcome to Ubersite, Fey!"
The Fireman's hand eased the kitten back into the pocket. The kitten let out an inquisitive mew and received more reassuring rumbles in response. "Just rest, little fuzzball," the fireman said. "You'll be home safe and snug soon enough."
User Reviews
Submitted by morello (user info) at 2008-08-14 09:33:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Jack McCallum is a published author.
Submitted by Replen (user info) at 2008-08-12 13:50:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by myshit (user info) at 2008-08-12 11:00:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2008-08-12 08:50:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-08-12 01:32:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Epic fail.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-08-12 01:31:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Now this! This is fresh kitty:
C:\My Documents\My Pictures\cat.jpg
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2008-08-12 00:49:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Cute.
Submitted by Clamato (user info) at 2008-08-12 00:03:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Too cutesy for my taste.
But yay for bisected lady and cat juxtaposition.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-08-11 20:26:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
OH BLARF.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2008-08-11 19:47:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
God kills Fey.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2008-08-11 19:03:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-08-11 18:44:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I hope this "in response to" thing catches on.
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It did. In fact, it caught on so well that we needed this: http://www.ubersite.com/m/24173
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-08-11 18:55:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
hmm
Submitted by beeltea (user info) at 2008-08-11 18:44:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
didn't read it, but I'll go ahead and counter little ltap below, who clearly didn't either.
Ltap, you couldn't read the side of a cheerios box in three and half minutes.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-08-11 18:44:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I hope this "in response to" thing catches on.
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-08-11 18:42:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Didn't like it.