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Dead Letter: Part 4 – Raising the False Flag
Guppy froze in his tracks.
“Guppy?” asked Jim-Bean.
“No, I think this is a trap.” His eyes darted to the other workers. Computer speakers dinged as a mass email was sent to everyone. Staff slowly started to get up, their eyes on Guppy and Jim-Bean.
“Look,” said Fiona. “Just follow me—“
“No!” shouted Guppy. “I can see you are in it with them! The only way we can bring about balance to Mother Gaia is through force and fire!”
Fiona’s hand slipped under her desk. Her eyes narrowed. “Are you threatening me?”
“I’m threatening the world!” shouted Guppy, spittle flying from his lips. “I—“
Before he could continue with his rant, Fiona lifted a black canister and pushed the trigger. Pepper spray hit Guppy full in the face.
“Run for it!” shouted Jim-Bean.
Guppy shrieked, pawing at his eyes.
Jim-Bean hurdled a desk, shoving Jenkins aside, and slid down the banister of the steps to the lobby. Guppy attempted to follow, running blindly in the direction of Jim-Bean’s voice…
Only to smash his groin into a desk. He groaned, bent over in pain.
Downstairs, Hammer and Archive reached the lobby just as Jim-Bean did. The staff, up to this point calm and collected, panicked. People started screaming as Jim-Bean tore through the lobby, dashing out the exit.
“Stop!” ordered Hammer. He comically fumbled for his gun, giving Jim-Bean ample time to get away. Guppy was not so lucky.
One hundred pounds of angry editor kicked him square in the back. Guppy flipped over the desk. Fiona leaped from the desk onto Guppy’s torso, straddling his throat with her thighs. She had one fist upraised over him.
“Wait!” gurgled Guppy.
Then Fiona punched his lights out.
Guppy froze in his tracks.
“Guppy?” asked Jim-Bean.
“No, I think this is a trap.” His eyes darted to the other workers. Computer speakers dinged as a mass email was sent to everyone. Staff slowly started to get up, their eyes on Guppy and Jim-Bean.
“Look,” said Fiona. “Just follow me—“
“No!” shouted Guppy. “I can see you are in it with them! The only way we can bring about balance to Mother Gaia is through force and fire!”
Fiona’s hand slipped under her desk. Her eyes narrowed. “Are you threatening me?”
“I’m threatening the world!” shouted Guppy, spittle flying from his lips. “I—“
Before he could continue with his rant, Fiona lifted a black canister and pushed the trigger. Pepper spray hit Guppy full in the face.
“Run for it!” shouted Jim-Bean.
Guppy shrieked, pawing at his eyes.
Jim-Bean hurdled a desk, shoving Jenkins aside, and slid down the banister of the steps to the lobby. Guppy attempted to follow, running blindly in the direction of Jim-Bean’s voice…
Only to smash his groin into a desk. He groaned, bent over in pain.
Downstairs, Hammer and Archive reached the lobby just as Jim-Bean did. The staff, up to this point calm and collected, panicked. People started screaming as Jim-Bean tore through the lobby, dashing out the exit.
“Stop!” ordered Hammer. He comically fumbled for his gun, giving Jim-Bean ample time to get away. Guppy was not so lucky.
One hundred pounds of angry editor kicked him square in the back. Guppy flipped over the desk. Fiona leaped from the desk onto Guppy’s torso, straddling his throat with her thighs. She had one fist upraised over him.
“Wait!” gurgled Guppy.
Then Fiona punched his lights out.