They're Calling for You - ep VI

Or she would just have to get used to adulation.

"I hope it's safe, Carol, but not me." With that, he slipped into the woods, the white lab coat soon enveloped by the trees.

She walked to them, her heart racing with anticipation until she heard.

"Carol… Carol… Carol…I"

Men, women, and children with adoring eyes touched her as if she were fragile. There was nothing malicious from any of them until…

"Henry?" a voice called. Someone pushed through until he reached Carol. He sniffed her, looked, long and hard before spitting at her feet.

"Henry!" he shouted. The others gasped. "Henry! Henry! Henryhenryhenry!" He punctuated each shout by stomping his foot. He punched her, knocking her into several people. The others descended on him and he screamed 'Henry' until someone smashed his head with a chunk of concrete.

That was the first day of the war.

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Published on September 20, 2011 21:10
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