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>Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot
>Chapter 5
WAI!
>And then the head snapped back just as lightning quick,
>restored in its
>original position in the brim of Zeiram's head.
>Inexplicably, the giant
>green creature turned and strode away just as
>purposefully as it had when it
>approached Iria's prone form.
>
>Disbelief, not relief,
Me, too. O_O
>was the prevailing emotion Iria
>felt. What had just
>happened defied any process of logic. Zeiram never
>demonstrated mercy,
>almost as though the very concept eluded it. Moreover,
>Iria had attacked it,
>all but begging to be its next target. So why, when it
>have
would have (subjunctive)
>taken it the
>same amount of effort to rip out her throat that most
>people had to chew a
>candy bar,
Suggest: people expended to chew a candy bar,
>had it stopped, and walked away as though its
>work was already
>done?
[snip]
>Yuri folded her arms and snorted in disgust. "Excuse me,
>but I am offended
>at the very idea that I would end up in the same place in
>the afterlife as
>Kei."
>
>The particular outburst-cum-insult caused Kei to scowl at
>her partner.
>Giving Yuri a bland stare, the redhead said one word.
>"Clydesdales."
>
>For a moment, it looked to Iria as though Yuri would fall
>over dead, given
>the ashen pallor her entire body took on in the span of a
>heartbeat. In
>total shock, the raven-haired troubleshooter babbled out,
>"I thought your
>memory of that whole day was erased!"
ARGH! More teasing of the reader. ^_-
>
>"Yuri, there are some things that are so disturbing they
>can never truly be
>erased from anyone's mind." Kei seemed highly amused now.
>
>Falling to her knees, Yuri blurted out in a panicked
>stream, "I'll do
>whatever you want whenever you want, just don't ever
>mention that word to me
>again."
>
>"What word?" Kei asked, now happy at having the upper hand.
>
>"Right," Yuri said, relaxing somewhat.
Hehehehehe
[snip]
>Despite the barrier, or perhaps because of it, Yuri
>remarked teasingly to
>her partner, "Going for my breasts, Kei? I always thought
>you looked at me a
>bit funny. I hate to break it to you, but I don't go that way."
>
>"I am not that way!" Kei shot back.
>
>"What about Senchiro Sykes?"
>
>"For your information, he was a hermaphrodite.
>Hermaphrodites don't count.
>And it wasn't like I knew he was one until we..."
O_O
LOL!
>Bob tuned everything out after that. There were some
>things no man, even one
>reduced to being a computer intelligence, wanted to know.
HEEE!
>The commander considered that and nodded in apology.
>"Sorry. Your sag is
>barely noticeable."
>
>Iria had the Dirty Pair calmed down enough to start
>talking coherently in
>under five minutes.
Hehehehehe...
[snip]
>Simms placed his hand to his chin in thought. "Well, now
>that you mention
>it, I suppose I could have mistaken several guys wearing
>black special
>forces type jumpsuits and carrying sophisticated
>state-of-the-art armament
>while moving with a military precision that managed to
>blow up half of the
>police force in the city in just over a minute as not
>being a giant walking
>mushroom. Sorry about that. I guess it was your perp"
Missing punctuation at the end.
[snip]
>The three discussed the plan for all of thirty seconds
>before coming to an
>agreement. Yuri acted as spokesperson for the trio. She
>went up to the
>commander and began listing her demands. "We aren't going
>to need much to
>get into that place. Just one of your larger vehicles,
>three full body
>reinforced firefighting outfits, as big a smokescreen as
>you can manage, a
>hundred, twenty gallon drums of paint thinner and
>kerosene, a powerful laser
>cutt inorch, and last but not least, a cinderblock."
>
>All Simms could manage was a twitch of the jaw.
Hehehehe
>Rene Foulcard
Nice name. ^_^
[snip]
>said, "It figures the
>one guy that thinks I got a nice rack I had to kill. I
>just don't have any
>luck."
>
>The redhead continued her search looking for more
>compliments as well as
>people to kill.
:) Ah, the trials and tribulations of trying to stay pretty. :)
[snip]
>'In one of the side rooms,' Number 18 signaled. Taki
>Omori knew damn well
>the intruder they were pursuing couldn't have made it to
>the next corridor
>before they had arrived in the hall. Not with the way she
>was limping. She
>might have been wounded, though he hadn't seen an injury
>or any telltale
>blood on the ground. He was becoming fairly certain she
>didn't have any
>additional weapons either, since she had not returned
>fire at them since the
>start of the chase. Still, he would rather error
err
>on the
>side of caution when
>it came to potentially being shot at.
>
>The troopers were cautious and orderly, searching each
>room one at a time in
>order, always keeping one eye on the hall should she be
>further down and try
>making a break for it. Their caution paid off as, during
>a search of the
>third room, Yuri ran out of hers and made for the
>adjoining corridor.
>
>Number 18
Number 2: Number 6...
Number 6: I am a man! Not a number!
[snip]
>Iria kept her gun trained on the man, not allowing it to
>waver in the
>slightest. Through gritted teeth, she was barely able to
>spit out, "Kei, I
>want to introduce you to the biggest waste of flesh that
>has ever existed.
>The one creature in the galaxy that ranks only behind
>Zeiram as the lowest
>form of organism around, and he's a real close second.
>This pustule that
>stands before you is named Eugene Lance Killgore."
>
>Killgore appeared offended at the comparison, though the
>smile never left
>his features. "Hey there, Sunshine, is that any way to
>properly introduce
>your husband?"
ERK!!!
Well, plot twist after plot twist in this one.
Heh, nice chapter. Sorry I didn't have more commentary, but the
chapter was very clean.
>Sorry it took so long to get this chapter out. Got
>distracted with writing
>low grade porn
O_o
>and real life business around these
>holidays. Only have a
>single one shot idea floating around in my head that
>might prevent me from
>getting the next chapter out sooner.
>
>BTW: No one said 'Clydesdales' is a reference to horses.
>Of course, it
>doesn't say it's not either. ^_^
GAH!
^_^
Dave
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