Enough for now

Bad Guys Need Flowers - Pt. 8

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“Catch!” Cal appeared, throwing newfound weapons at Midnight and Rog. Midnight snatched the item – which appeared to be little more than a sharpened metal pole – out of the air, turned, and immediately skewered two approaching scorpions. Rog only turned, to avoid getting hit by the pole.

“Pick it up!” Midnight yelled. Rog obeyed. “Now stab…” she demonstrated again (this time spearing three) “… and dispose.” She thrust the poker-end over the pool, where the dying scorpions detached and dropped. “Repeat.”

Cal joined the fight from his outside position, picking out the ones arising from the pool. Midnight shouted over to him, “Hey! You’re getting the cheap kills.”

Cal: “It’s not cheap. It’s prudent tactics. This is how we won The Revolutionary War.”

Rog (struggling to shake a scorpion off his stick): “We won by killing scorpions?”

Midnight: “No! We won by…”

Rog: “Oh yeah, I get it. Prudent tactics… Sorry, ma’am. I’m not that stupid. I’m just a bit distracted.”

Midnight: “We all are. Let’s finish the fight.”

Rog: “Oh! Like in…”

Midnight: “Concentrate! And finish it.”

And with that, the self-ordained leader quieted the legions. The ravenous scorpions, while easily holding the advantage in numbers, failed in all other categories: speed, agility, strength, and, most-importantly, spiked metal poles.

Again, it was (as they’ve said) almost too easy.