Thursday, 29 December 2011

Fugitive


“Don’t bother with the passport. It’s fake.”

He doesn’t check, just smiles smugly.

He’s too young, too eager: immaculate suit, shirt, tie; cute haircut; sharp eyes; perfect muscles. That has to be his first body, top of the range, very expensive. Me, I’m down to cast-offs. This flabby thing stinks, but it’s all I’ve got left. That, two hundred years of experience, and a hidden blade.

“Ok, old ma—”

Evisceration. The best way to interrupt a man, or fleshwalker.

As I leave he’s trying to shove his guts back in, blabbing about how much that ruined meat cost him.







(Originally written for Lily Childs' Friday Prediction)

2 comments:

  1. Well, he has youth on his side, now he's been shown that he has the guts too...

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  2. Ha! =D Thanks, Steve. When you're on the run you just don't really have the time to get to the heart of the matter... ;)

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