CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
He looked around, anxisouly. There was no one about. No nurses or doctors walking by. Still, they could appear at any moment. Catch him. He had to be careful. If they caught him trying to escape one time, they'd be watching him constantly and he'd never get a chance to try again. He edged himself out of his bed. His back still hurt and his legs were weak from lack of use. But he could walk. His IV drip had been removed and he was eating solids again. He was as healthy as he was going to get. Besdies, he only had hours before they came. And they WOULD come this time, he'd never talked to his mother on the phone. Well, she had talked. He'd just listened as his carefully constructed reality was completely, finally, dismantled and said "okay" at the end. He would not let it happen. Sure, he hated being Johnny Nose, but it was better than the alternative. He had to keep being Johnny Nose. It was the only way.
He started to walk away from his hospital bed. He walked quicker and quicker as he got to the door. He looked up an down the corridor. No one! Incredible! He started down the corridor now, fast. Faster than he thought possible. His legs felt strong again. The pain in his back was almost gone.
Then a dwarf jumped out in front of him. Johnny froze in fear.
"You're not getting out of here, you freak! YOU LIVE HERE NOW!"
Johnny kicked the midget in the face and started to run. More and more midgets appeared now, jumping out of rooms as he passed.
"They'll tear you apart, make you normal, HAHAHAHA!" said one as it jumped at him. Johnny batted it away.
More and more of them, grabbing at his legs...they seemed to be getting smaller and smaller! They weren't midgets, they were hobbits! Biting at his heels. He kicked and kicked.
"DIE, DIEEEE!" he said. Johnny never hurt anything. Not usually anyway. But he wanted all these hobbits to die.
He ducked down a staircase. He seemed to be in the clear now. He jumped down three stairs at the time...almost into the open jaws of a waiting lion. It lunged at him. Johnny ducked to the side at the last moment and ran without looking back. He was nearly out now, just had to reach the door...
That was when the stormtroppers started shooting at him.
"Ha!" said Johnny, triumphantly. "Everyone knows you guys can't shoot straight!"
"Hurry, young Master Nose!" said Obi-Wan. "I can't keep deflecting their shots forever!"
"You mean they're only missing because of you?" asked Johnny, suddenly feeling guilty. Obi-Wan was protecting him with his very life!
"HURRY...NOOOOOOOO!" A stormtropper had shot Obi-Wan in the head. Johnny was terrified. He fled outside, into the streets...the streets of SCUMTOWN.
"WELCOME BACK TO SCUMTIME, JOHNNY NOSE!" said Rusty, a homeless man Johnny had slept near for a while. "YOU WILL DIE HERE!" The homeless people began stabbing at Johnny with their AIDS-infected heroin needles. There was no escape...then his cousin was there. She wasn't homeless!
"Johnny, wake-up," she said. He opened his eyes. He was still in the hospital bed, of course.
"Are they here?" he asked.
"Yes," she said. "Will I send them in?"
Johnny felt his heart beating faster and faster. A heart attack, now? That would just be perfect. But no. It just kept beating.
"Yes," he said.
His parents entered the hospital room.
He started to walk away from his hospital bed. He walked quicker and quicker as he got to the door. He looked up an down the corridor. No one! Incredible! He started down the corridor now, fast. Faster than he thought possible. His legs felt strong again. The pain in his back was almost gone.
Then a dwarf jumped out in front of him. Johnny froze in fear.
"You're not getting out of here, you freak! YOU LIVE HERE NOW!"
Johnny kicked the midget in the face and started to run. More and more midgets appeared now, jumping out of rooms as he passed.
"They'll tear you apart, make you normal, HAHAHAHA!" said one as it jumped at him. Johnny batted it away.
More and more of them, grabbing at his legs...they seemed to be getting smaller and smaller! They weren't midgets, they were hobbits! Biting at his heels. He kicked and kicked.
"DIE, DIEEEE!" he said. Johnny never hurt anything. Not usually anyway. But he wanted all these hobbits to die.
He ducked down a staircase. He seemed to be in the clear now. He jumped down three stairs at the time...almost into the open jaws of a waiting lion. It lunged at him. Johnny ducked to the side at the last moment and ran without looking back. He was nearly out now, just had to reach the door...
That was when the stormtroppers started shooting at him.
"Ha!" said Johnny, triumphantly. "Everyone knows you guys can't shoot straight!"
"Hurry, young Master Nose!" said Obi-Wan. "I can't keep deflecting their shots forever!"
"You mean they're only missing because of you?" asked Johnny, suddenly feeling guilty. Obi-Wan was protecting him with his very life!
"HURRY...NOOOOOOOO!" A stormtropper had shot Obi-Wan in the head. Johnny was terrified. He fled outside, into the streets...the streets of SCUMTOWN.
"WELCOME BACK TO SCUMTIME, JOHNNY NOSE!" said Rusty, a homeless man Johnny had slept near for a while. "YOU WILL DIE HERE!" The homeless people began stabbing at Johnny with their AIDS-infected heroin needles. There was no escape...then his cousin was there. She wasn't homeless!
"Johnny, wake-up," she said. He opened his eyes. He was still in the hospital bed, of course.
"Are they here?" he asked.
"Yes," she said. "Will I send them in?"
Johnny felt his heart beating faster and faster. A heart attack, now? That would just be perfect. But no. It just kept beating.
"Yes," he said.
His parents entered the hospital room.
