21Price Guns, A torturous appliance
Rai's P.O.V
Today, we are going to the super market. And under usual circumstances, I would believe that this meant that it was some such places like a large market place. But no, I'm going to a super market here, here in this war camp. They are very good at keeping up the facade that this is not a war camp, with the exception of Nokomis. Nokomis is not very good in the art of deception at all. She would never be able to make it in the army. Not in the army I am in. This army though, what I thought to be pitiful defenses are impenetrable. I have escaped many, many times the friendly looking building I am currently situated in, but I have found nothing more but these buildings. Oddly there are no gun battles near by, so I have decided to stay here until I can find place to escape much easier.
"Rai, stop stalling and get in the car." The car, an evil, evil steel weapon. Anora has tried to make me believe that it is only for transportation, but the picture on the black box is proving her wrong. Many people are killed in these traps. And she expects me to get in one!
Hmph, I am not going to walk into an easily saw trap!
"Get into the car! The others are all in."
Well they are fools, walking into a trap.
"Rai, the army are going to be there." The army are good, the army will sort out this mess and hold my captors, who are most likely convicts holding me for ransom. The army will sort it out. Yes, the trap must be disguised as a trap so they can take me there without hassle. Or they were spies sent in by the army and couldn't tell me. Or at least one of them.
The trap is surprisingly comfortable and has ropes to tie people in. A black box plays music like sound in the front. I don't like it though, but Anora is adamant that it stays on. Stupid woman, thinking she can rule me.
"Dara seat belt!" So that is what the ropes are called. It makes sense I suppose.
"Sorry Ora!" Dara yelled. He seems to yell everything. He acts more like a child than a grown man.
He's probably from one of those asylums. I've heard though horrible things go on in those places. Electrocution, starvation, isolation, sleep depravation. I heard there's things even worse.
Damn the trap is moving. The other traps are too close to the trap. She will crash it, and like on the pictures of the black box glass will make its way into our faces as the window at the front shatters and before that we will all jerk forward in our seat. Someone will maybe crash through the front window and roll out onto the ground. Then blood will be everywhere and no one will die in an honorable way. It will be a waste of life.
Why have all the traps stopped in front of the colour changing light. They're even closer than before. I don't want to sit in it anymore. I want to get out. Must reach for exit lever without Anora noticing.
"Hayden, Rai get your hands away from the door." What was the clicking sound? Must get out, trap must be ready to blow up. It is because of the changing lights , they are its detonation device! Why wont the door open!
"Rai stop pulling at the handle, the door wont open. Aah the wonder of the child lock." That is it, Anora is evil, she must be working with the one true enemy.
"Stupid bloody..." Hayden is mumbling under his breath, everyone knows he's to afraid to insult Anora directly.
" WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS DEATH TRAP! THE DETONATION DEVICE WILL SET OFF THE EXPLOSION. WE HAVE TO GET OUT NOW!"
"Will you kindly stop SHOUTING. You're hurting my delicate ears." Nokomis's delicate ears! She shouts all the time. And she is always shouting at me. Stupid woman. She's too bossy.
"IF YOU WANT TO STAY IN THE DEATH TRAP THEN YOUR WELCOME TOO, NO ONE WOULD MISS YOU!"
"THEY WOULDNT MISS YOU EITHER!" I can name plenty of people who would miss me.
"YOURE JUST JEALOUS KNOWING EVERYONE WOULD MISS ME! EVEN YOU WOULD!" Ok, so if I died, I would hope she would miss me. Especially if it is me who is to die in the trap.
"I hate to break up your argument, but as much as you two arguing is a great way to release those pent up feelings you have for each other, I need to concentrate on the BLOODY ROAD! UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT THE CAR TO BECOME A DEATH TRAP!" OK, maybe I should also be scared of Anora to. I don't want to die in a trap. That's better now.
The traps are still to close. Why could we not have walked to the super market? We would not be as close to the traps then. Yes, then the traps would not get us, and then we would die honorable deaths, later on in life and we would be able to get much needed exercise.
No, we can't go into a place like that. It's got death traps even closer together. They are not allowed to be that close! They all look like bombs waiting to explode. Anora is moving the trap too close to the other ones. What if it caused a chain reaction? And all the traps instantaneously exploded?
Yes, I can finally get out of the trap!
"Rai can you wait until the car has stopped!" Hmph, Anora does not get how dangerous the trap is!
I have to slowly and carefully open the door, so not to set off the other traps. It takes a lot of skill, to get out of the trap.
"Is the idiot going to take much longer getting out the car? Because Im sure we could visit this super market and buy all the food needed before he gets out of the car. Actually Im quite sure we could get back to the house and walk back here before he gets a foot on the ground. Can we just leave him here? It would-"
"Hayden, no. Rai get outta of the bloody car. Its not going to kill you." I suppose I shall have to comply with Anoras orders. We will soon reach the building in which the super market is in. And then I shall be able to go back to the army.
I hope that my army will not kill my captors, they haven't been bad at all, as far as wardens go. Nokomis even though she is bossy, she is very beautiful. I suppose I have a crush on her.
"Move out of the way, idiot!" Hayden hollered as he pushed Dara out of his path and he ran into one of the death traps. Anora shot him a dangerous glare, she must have worked for some kind of army because that glare was lethal.
A horrendous noise broke the air as a loud alarm sounding beep went off. Wait, alarm? The traps! They're bombs!
"THE BOMBS!"
"Rai! NO!"
"HIT THE DECKS!" Why aren't they dropping to the ground? Don't they realize that the bombs are about to go off?
"Rai! It's just the car alarm!" Anora shouted over the noise, but it wasn't! It's a detonation device sounding the near explosion! I was already halfway across the trap holding grounds when the detonation warning stopped. I knew that when the beeping stops, it means that the bombs explode. This means that the other bombs would all EXPLODE IN A CHAIN REACTION. Nothing is happening. No blasts of heat no scorching flames, just Anora yelling.
"REI GET THE HELL UP! HAYDEN, DONT PUSH!" she had pulled Dara away from the so called 'car', which is really a trap, and he was staring at it with wide eyed fascination. But he was pulled away from the trap by Anora, who was also pushing Hayden forward, and the others followed. I was still in the army crawl position, but soon I was being lifted by the collar of my shirt and dragged to the gigantic building in front of us. How dare they do that! Soon my army shall have their revenge!
Their army must has invisible members to open the doors! I must warn my army.
"Dara- No Hayden grab a trolley. Connor take the coat off your head, were indoors."
"What do you think I am? A slave! HOW DARE YOU INSULT ME THIS WAY!" He needs to have his head deflated. His arrogance will kill him in the war.
"IT WAS CLOSER TO YOU! And I'm asking you because you could actually get the bloody trolley without causing some form of damage!" Ha. Anora has put him in his place. His eyes, he is the great enemy! My army will have to take him prisoner! I shall make sure his death is quick and painless though.
Well at least the vampire is useful, I'm glad the vampire got the trolley.
"So Rai, lets go find some soldiers for you then?" Anora sounded suspicious, what is she up to. She should know she will never be able to trick a soldier of my high standards.
"Connor are you going to push the trolley?" He nodded, doesn't he ever talk?
"Thanks! At least you do what you're told." Ha, the great enemy is blushing again. He can't keep doing that, otherwise the other soldiers will notice him.
"I'm sorry Ora!"
"Dara it wasn't you fault this time. It was Rais and Haydens!" She needs to stop making a mockery of me, what will the army think! Now we are going to go down the aisles, find the army and uh... yeah. What was the smirk for, I don't trust her, perhaps this is all an elaborate set up for torture?
I suppose I should follow her, as the others are, why does she have to walk so slow, its a life and death situation here!
Why is taking me to a stall that sells toys, is it some ingenious plan of the armys? Yes it must be!
"Ok, here's your army!" My army cannot surely be hiding in a bucket, unless its some form of magic they are using against our great enemy.
"What the hell is in this?" The great enemies picked it up?... WHY IS HE PICKING IT UP? HE MUST BE PLANNING TO KILL THEM ALL! I have to save them. Yes. My only choice is to tackle hi-
"Ora, did the soldiers do bad things so they're imprisoned and shrunken by good magic?"
"Give me the bucket, you prissy pink eyed opponent!" I need my army! Ha, he's no where near as strong as me.
"Have it, idiot."
"Rai fell on his ass!" She doesn't have to laugh, Nokomis is evil. It hurt a lot, stupid enemies hard floors. But now I can get back to my army. Why are the army not real, why are they green?
"THIS IS NOT MY ARMY!" THAT STUPID EVIL LITTLE GIRL! SHE HAS DECEIVED ME!
"No, but it is the army." And now she has the nerve to snicker at me, that is it!
"LET ME GO!" Damn that stupid vampire!
"That was a really bad joke." Joke what does the vampire mean this is some sort of joke? The army isn't here? "I AM GOING TO MAIM YOU, you stupid little-"
"Say one more bad word about Anora, and I will maim you. And I can think of many more interesting ways then you can." He is right, he is the great enemy.
"I will do worse." Since when has the vampire liked Anora? And why does he sound so terrifying when he says that?
"Uh guys, take a deep breath and calm down." Anora's incessant whining better stop soon. "I swear Nokomis and I are the only sane ones out of the bunch. Anyways, we are meant to be shopping!"
"So we can go stare and drool over the extremely fine looking man, at the sun cream counter, right?" How dare Nokomis call that, that, weak and ugly market seller, fine? Not when she is standing next to one of the greatest soldiers in the history of the-
"He is fit! But were not going over there, I have a boyfriend thank you very much!"
"Fine then!" Nokomis is in a huff. But that is good. She can't talk to the pretty boy. Why is she going over there?
Hey NO! She is using the hair flick and smile maneuver. And he's doing it back, but without the hair flick. He is not allowed to outrageously flirt with a woman, not so obviously. It- it is a disgrace. It should not be done! They should follow the proper courting ceremonies, damn it!
"Hi there." He's greeted her back. He's not allowed to do that. It's simply awful. It's getting worse, she using the eyelash batting technique. And he's falling for it. I must get her back, before, before they start some sort of improper courtship. Yes, I will be saving her from social disgrace! From children out of wedlo-
"You finally listening to us!" What does the stupid wench want? She is distracting me from my mission on saving Nokomis from an improper courtship. Does she not know how important it is to have a proper legal courtship! Her reputation! Her status in society will be ruined! Though her status is not revealed to me, it must be high if she is a priestess! Yes! Priestesses are not allowed to do such thing!
"Rai, come on we have to get the shopping done. I already have to pay all freaking bills and you could at least be cooperative and walk around the supermarket and put things in the trolley. And you too Hayden. Where the hell is Dara?" Why should she care where the mental patient has gone? Its better than him being here! And she's distracting me from my planning. So is his muttering under his breath. I shall just go over there and pretend to be her husband and then the sun cream counter man will know his intentions of courting her are dishonorable and he will leave her alone.
"Ora, what are those?" Why does that red headed fool have to be back.
"Oh, there price guns, Dara." Guns in a supermarket, a supermarket. Guns should not be around women. Or mental patients. They are dangerous! "They're for-"
"EVERYONE GET DOWN. THEY HAVE GUNS!" Yes, that is right everyone should drop to the floor. Ah! That siren must be to bring law enforcers here, to arrest and kill the idiots with the guns. The women's lives are not in danger anymore. I have regained my hero status again.
Misconception number 3: The courtship rituals are your world will be followed properly and obeyed strictly to their rules in the new world.
A/n: I have several points.
1. I'm sorry Rai's kinda sexist… I'm not! I'd be sexist against myself then (waves a female sign flag thingy ), which would be pretty stupid. But I'm trying to portray his character and the time period and world he came from.
2. Thank you for reviewing! Very very very much! (I would type more very's but I'm soon to be kicked off the computer. (darkwizardry (I hope I spelt that write) I hope it was long enough for you and there will be more text between the speech. Just not in this chapter. And thank you for constructive criticism, its really helpful! Thank you! Its taken me so long. Only Jessica knows how long. I'm sorry jess!) (Jessica, thanks for proof reading and writing part of this, can't remember which part though.)
3. I re-spaced the story? Is it better this way? Or like the previous two chapters?
Ok anyways, thank you for reading this. It's not my favourite chapter, it was the entire reason for putting the story up, so I would finish this chapter. It took a lot longer to write than it seems. Anyway buh-bye for now.