The “Deus Ex Machina” Challenge

[A.S.]

"On the other side of the world a witch was casting a magic spell to bring her husband back from the dead. The spell went very wrong and instead of bringing her husband back to life, it sent her the nomad."

New:

An old man was laying in a hospital bed. He was dying from an unknown illness he had contracted after being abducted by aliens. The aliens refused to aid the humans so the old man was destined to perish.

[Thomas]

Little did the aliens know, there was a human sympathizer on their ship. A stowaway who was already preparing to destroy the ship. It grabbed the cure the aliens had, set off an explosion in the FTL Drive Room, and escaped in a pod to help the human. The old man recovered, and little did he or the alien who helped him knew, he was now immortal.

New: There was and old witch, and she loved nothing more than terrorizing towns with summoned imps and demons before destroying it completely. The townsfolk would become so frightened they would point fingers at any well dressed woman they suspected was the witch. No one ever chose her because she had cast a spell on herself that made her appear homely, and she wore modest clothes in order to blend in.

Tonight was the night she had designated the town for destruction.

[Nevada]

As she performed the rituals to summon the imps and demons she unknowingly scuffed one of the runes drawn on the floor with ashes. As she finished the spell, the improperly controlled demons turned on her and ate the concealment spell from around her. The demons drove the witch out of her house, into the center of the town where all the people saw an extremely well-dressed woman cavorting with the demons that had plagued them. Of course, the townsfolk mobbed the witch and tore her to pieces, preventing their destruction by her hands.

The demons watched on in glee.

New: Natalie had not studied for her chemistry test today at all. She had snuck out to go to a concert after her parents were asleep instead. She wished she could go home sick, but her mom was her chemistry teacher and would definitely notice if she skipped school.

[Dwayne, Head of Lettuce]

When Natalie arrived in the chemistry room, the substitute teacher said that the regular teacher had called in sick and she could not find the test, so it would be postponed. When Natalie had a chance, she called home to check on her mom. "I called in sick," she said. "But, well, don't tell anyone. Not even your dad, but I sneaked out last night to go to a concert."

NEW: Benjy had had better days. But, today, he woke inside a coffin, buried under six feet of dirt.

[Jane]

Yay. He thought. No work today.... it's not often a zombie gets a whole day off.

New: "Down boy" Liesl laughingly pushed the man's hand away from her knee. He didn't laugh, replacing his hand with a seven-inch sawtooth blade.
"That's down boy please" he whispered before ripping her blouse from neck to waist....