Brains ... brains .... brains ....

Posted on 15 Oct 2019 @ 2:16am by Captain Jonathan Reynolds

Mission: Mission 2 - The Agora crossroads
Location: Holodeck
Timeline: TBD
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OCC - What Jon went through after being separated from True in their Pride and Prejudice date gone haywire. I have submitted as my Golden Pumpkin attempt. Enjoy …

ON:

“Colonel, Colonel Darcy. You must come. We have one upstairs, we need to corner them,” a young man in what was clearly military wear insisted.

“I have to protect Elizabeth Bennett,” Jon stated looking around desperately to find True in what was rapidly becoming chaos. The other man grabbed his arm and started dragging him with him.

“Protect one of the Bennett sisters,” he said incredulously. “You know the have been trained. The sisters are in formation now. Weapons at the ready. The women can fight off anyone down here. We need to decapitate the inflicted in other areas.”

“And besides the general has issued the order and ……” he looked at him funny. “Sorry sir but didn’t you very publically state of Miss Elizabeth that “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.”

“I did?” Jon asked. Nothing about this supposed “love story” True had gushed about was making any sense to him. How would his character get the girl being as rude as that?

Another scream followed in the direction he seemed to be frogmarched in. People – not dressed in finery like the party below started running in their direction.

“Its so horrible. Mrs Gardiner, she’s inflicted. We got out but the chambermaid was not so lucky,” one of them said in a hurried voice.

“Colonel Darcy is here now. We will dispose of Mrs Gardiner,” the other man announced.

“We will do what ……” Jon asked as they stepped round into a doorway. “What?” he repeated as he was looking at the back of female.

Several things seemed to happen at once. The wind gushed violently through an open window long drapes flapping crazily, the candles in the room blew out and the woman turned to look at him ….. her mouth dripping with blood.

She stood up and threw something to the ground, Johns eyes darted to follow it. It was someone’s hand. His brain didn’t have time to compute that as she suddenly screeched an unholy sound and flew in his direction. Right at his neck ….

“Geeeerrrr off,” he yelled as she tried to sink her teeth into him. His brain finally caught up with him. He pushed her back, raising a leg to kick her for good measure too as he could feel adrenaline now pulsing in his system.

She growled and sized him up as he finally remembered he had a sword. “True,” he yelled at the malfunctioning holoprogramme, “Next time …..” he stabbed at the woman …. No the creature ….. “I get to pick the novel,”

“Her head Colonel,”

“Yes,” he hissed side stepping round her and ducking when she found the unfortunate victims arm again and whacked him with it.

“Am I not handsome enough to tempt you?” it laughed.


“Colonel don’t let her draw you in,”

“You would be imprudent a match,” Jon stated stabbing her right through the chest then attempting to pull the sword back again. It was stuck …. well this was a lot harder than those old movies he had watched and stories he had been told. Perhaps he did need to take Aidan up on his offer of lessons after this.

Jon did the only thing he could think off as she laughed loudly again and showed no sign of it bothering her. He kicked her legs out from under her. The creature fell down with a thud and he placed his foot firmly on her stomach holding her down.

He grabbed the sword again now sticking upwards at arm level and started pulling as she flailed her arms and legs around. Why was this so hard? He swore and tried to redouble his efforts. The sword came away with him again but he staggered back surprised at the effort.

“Colonel,” the other man rushed in. “Allow me to rid the world of this fallen woman. Its such a shame you were once a respected wife …..”

Jon watched as the woman now scrambling to her feet again grabbed at the other man and wrenched him up and up. What in the goddesses name was this creature? Normal human women did not have strength to be holding a bloke weighing easily what he did like that.

“Thank you, sir, but I am perfectly content being the bride of death.” She flung him back and forth a few times shaking the sword he was holding free so it fell to the floor and then sank her teeth into his neck. The man screamed.

“Kill her. Then kill me. Do not allow the curs ….. Ahhhhhhh”

Jons stomach curdled at the sight.

“COLONEL do not let me become like ….. argggghhhh. She continued to crack his head open with her teeth. “Brains ……” she hissed.

“Computer END PROGRAMME” he demanded desperately this was starting to add up now and it was dark. Way too dark.

Again nothing happened. Of ALL the times to malfunction and them be cut off from the bridge. To be stuck in this programme. It was meant to be a romantic date for Astraea’s sake. He had never heard of Pride and Prejudice ……. And Zombies …

She took a moment pulling her face away, and staring at him. “I’ll be ready for your brains for desert Mr Darcy …”

Jon raised the sword again …

……………………….

A little while later, sweaty, covered in things he never ever in his wildest dreams wanted to be, bruised and aching and royally fed up he ventured back into the grand hall which looked like it had been through a war of his own.

He found True and pulled her into a hug. Improper behaviour be dammed.

“Jon your necks bleeding …..”

OFF:

Commander Jonathan Reynolds aka terrified Mr Darcy