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  6. ÇüThelaterescueÇ
  7. byZealotofO.U.C.H.
  8. (Norwegian)
  9.  
  10.    äAshockingandterribleemotionalstorythatmakesyoucry-ifyou
  11. arenotinpossessionofaCokenoragirl-I'mnot.IalmostcriedwhenI
  12. wrotethisstory,andIactuallycried(?)whenIwrotetheendofthe
  13. story.Sitback,read,findahandkerchiefandenjoy!
  14. Ç
  15. ---------
  16.  
  17.    "Weareclosingin,Mary."JohnlookedatMary.Shewashappytohear
  18. thegoodnews.Afteralltheseyears,shewouldseeTomagain.Theywere
  19. goingtomarrywhenTom'sspace-shipcrashedonthisplanetnobodyhad
  20. everheardofbefore.That'swhyhecrashed.
  21.    "Good."Shesaidcarefully.Sheturnedaroundtolookoutofthe
  22. window.Theplanetwasaboutthesizeofthemoon,butuntouchedbyman-
  23. exceptfortwo:TomandSteve.Shecouldonlyseeonecontinentonit,
  24. andtherewasabigredspotinthemiddleoftheplanet.
  25.    Thespace-shipshookabitwhenitenteredtheatmosphere.Marysat
  26. downinherchairandstartednavigatingtheship.Onlyhalfanhour
  27. later,theycouldseethewreckofTom'sshipflashinginthesun-light.
  28. Buttherewassomethingelsetheretoo.Itseemedlikeasifacrowdof
  29. peoplewasgatheredthere.Buttheydidn'tlookhuman.
  30.  
  31. ---------
  32.  
  33.    "Itisnow40yearssincethismysteriousspace-shipcrashed!"Theman
  34. whospokewasabout75cmtall,hairyandlookedremarkablyalikea
  35. miniaturegorilla."Whenwillweeverknowwhatkindofcreaturesused
  36. thisthing?Whydidthepolicehavetoarrestthem?Theyhadn'tdone
  37. anythingwrong!"
  38.    Thecrowdwhichwaslisteningtothemangaspedasaglimmeringobject
  39. caughttheireyes.Theobjectcamecloserandcloser-rightbehindthe
  40. manwhoobviouslywantedtheattentionofthecrowd.Heliftedhishands
  41. towardsthesky.
  42.    "Wecan'texpecttogetmorevisitorsfromspace-dowe?"Hepaused-
  43. Çexpectingananswer.Hethensawthatthecroweddidn'tlookathimat
  44. all,butsomethingbehindhim.Heturnedaroundandwasquiteupsetwhen
  45. hesawwhatheneverexpectedtosee:aspace-shipheadingdirectly
  46. towardshim."WhydidIhavetosaythattoday?"hecried,jumpingoff
  47. theplatformasthespace-shipflewjustinchesabovehishead.
  48.  
  49. ---------
  50.  
  51.    "Whatwasthat?"Marywastotallysurprised."Agorilla?"
  52.    "Oh!It'sprobablyjustanalienlifeform.We'llaskthemifthey've
  53. seenourmissingfriends."Helandedthespace-shipcarefullyand
  54. unfastenedtheirseat-belts."We'rehere!"
  55.    "Wecertainlyare,"Marysmiled.Itwasthefirsttimeshehadsmiled
  56. duringthewholetrip.
  57.    Adooropenedslowly."IfthishadbeentheU.S.inthe20thcentury,
  58. theywould'veshotusrightnow."Johnthoughabitandcontinued."On
  59. theotherhand,40yearsago,thesecreaturesshouldthinkastheU.S.
  60. then...Butletusnotbepessimistic.LetushopeTomandSteveare
  61. alive."
  62.    "Letushope,"repeatedMary."EspeciallyTom."Hersmilehadvanished
  63. asshethoughtofthepossibilitythatTomcouldbedead.
  64.  
  65. ---------
  66.  
  67.    Thecrowdgatheredaroundthenewspace-ship.Ithadn'tcrashed!That,
  68. forsure,wassomethingnew.Somethingothernew,wasoneofthetwo
  69. humansthatcameoutoftheship.Itwasshapedabitdifferent.They
  70. thoughtthatthishadtobeanothersex,buttheydidn'tknowwhichsex
  71. lookedlikewhat.
  72.    One"gorilla"steppedupandsaid"BertPebbie.Pebbit,male."
  73.    Marysmiledabit(again)andanswered"MaryRogg.Human,female."She
  74. lookedatJohnandsaid"JohnFebble.Human,male."
  75.    ThepebbitwhohadaskedsmiledandtoldJohnandMarythattheyhad
  76. arrivedattheplanetPebbiton.Rightnow,theywerestandinginthe
  77. BackyardDesert.
  78.    "Backyard?"Maryasked."Whoownsthisplace?"
  79.    "Nobody.It'sjustthebackyardofahouseinPeblon.Peblonisacity
  80. Çabout50milesnorthfromhere."
  81.    "Butsomebodymustownthehouse."
  82.    "No.FritzPebbieownedit,butheisdeadnow."
  83.    "Oh!Howdidhedie?"
  84.    "Aspace-shipcrashedinhishead40yearsago."ThePebbitlookedat
  85. thewreck.
  86.    ThiswasthechanceMarywaswaitingfor.AchancetoaskforTom.The
  87. OneChanceofherlife.ShehadtoaskNOW.
  88.    Answer:Negative."Thetwohumansfromtheshipwerearrested,and
  89. theydiedinjail4yearsago.I'msorry."
  90.    Marycouldn'tbelieveit.Tom.Dead.Injail.Why?WHY?Sheneededto
  91. seethegrave,andwhenthepebbitshowedittoher,shefelldown-
  92. crying."No!No!Tom!Ispent40yearssearchingforyou,andwhenIfind
  93. you,youaredead!"Shestoodup,wipinghertearsoff,butcouldn'thelp
  94. it.SheturnedaroundandrushedstraightintoJohnbeforeshefound
  95. herselfcryingonhisshoulder.(Hey!Therearetoomanyemotionswalking
  96. aroundinmyroom.Ican'twritedownanymoreofthem!Sorry!-Zealot)
  97.  
  98. ---------
  99.  
  100.    Thecrowdwavedtothespaceshipasitflewawayfromthem.(Bye!
  101. Bye!Oops!Ithinkoneofthemfarted,andalltheotherpebbitsfainted.
  102. Thepoorpebbitwhowasresponsibleforthefart,couldn'tunderstand
  103. anything.Marydidn'tunderstanditeither.Shewassittinginthespace-
  104. shipandcouldn'tsmellthesmellofthefart-eventhoughthecomputer
  105. toldheraboutsomedamagetotheship)
  106.  
  107. ---------
  108.  
  109.    (No,thiswasn'ttheend-notyet.Ifyouaren'tcryingyet,Yousure
  110. willbecryingnow:)
  111.    "Fuck!"Marywasangry."Ijustlost5000fuckinggamepoints,and
  112. I'llfuckinghavetostartthisfuckinggameallfuckingoveragain!
  113. Fuck!Fuck!Fuck!"
  114.    "Okey."Amaninblacksteppedoutfromnowhere.HelookedatMaryas
  115. ifhewasgoingtorapeher."Ontheotherhand,"hemumbled,"Idon't
  116. thinkit'sworthscrewingpeopleinfrontofanauthor."
  117. Ç
  118. ---Fuck!Notevenafuckinghappyend---
  119.