Music: “GETAWAY” - by MS (© GnomeTone Records)
“Quick, hide!” Alhannah hissed.
My head whipped around frantically. There wasn’t anywhere obvious to go. “Where?” I squeaked.
Dax grabbed the handle of a small metal door and yanked it open. It swung open with a rusty groan, releasing a pungent odor that immediately made me gag.
“It smells!” I complained, recoiling and covering my mouth and nose.
Dax grabbed a fistful of my jumpsuit and roughly shoved me inside. “It smells fine! Now shut up and hurry!”
My eyes instantly watered from the sour mold stench overwhelming me. I gagged again. Coming from a guy who eats rotten fish, I thought, disgusted.
Alhannah leaned close and whispered, “Don’t worry, we’ll be right here. Just stay quiet!” The door slammed shut, plunging me into darkness. I knelt forward and peeked through the vent slats of the door.
Outside, I heard muffled footsteps, then silence. Alhannah and Dax must have hidden themselves above the pipes lining the ceiling.
“Have ya ever seen a move like that? Gnolaum throwing his shield at the King's Jester…knocking the snot outta it?” said a youthful voice nearby.
Skinny and pitted-faced, a redheaded gnome came into view. He lugged a large black bag over his shoulder.
“Totally,” answered another voice lazily. The second youth, his concession box strapped across his chest, popped something into his mouth. “Then again, Skyline was pretty intense with that rifle shot.” He made a shooting gesture down the hall. “Droppin’ to one knee and blowin’ King Jester’s leg clean off.”
Together they cried, “EPIC!”
The metal door suddenly jerked open, flooding my hiding spot with dim light. I froze, terrified, but neither boy noticed me. The redhead tossed the heavy black bag inside, narrowly missing me, and slammed the door closed again.
“Dude, eww—that stinks—shut it! Let’s go to my mom’s house and watch the replays,” the second voice said, fading down the hallway.
“Yer on, man!”
Once they were gone, I flopped out onto the hallway floor, shaking uncontrollably. I brushed desperately at my hair. “Ew, ew, ewwwww!” I shuddered, feeling filthy. The smiley face on my shirt had turned a sickly shade of green. “That was disgusting!”
It nodded back.
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