Forty Days of Flash Fic: Day Thirty-Two
Jul. 21st, 2012 05:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalI'm going to get this thing finished soon, I swear. I've only got eight days left to dwaddle.
"Miss Angela? Miss Angela, time to wake up," Kitty said, shaking her gently. Angela woke with a start. She'd fallen asleep on the couch watching old programs on the telly, the remains of dinner on the end table. It was dark outside, but she couldn't see the street lights.
Mostly because there was now a huge wall separating her apartment complex from the rest of the city.
"Oh... Oh sh... sh..." Angela's chest began to heave as her throat contracted, and Kitty handed her asthma inhaler so she could take a lifesaving puff. "Please Kitty, don't let them take me away." She stumbled to her feet, swaying as she made her way to the window. White coated morphs were carrying out bodies laid out on stretchers, loading them into long line of ambulances that disappeared into huge maintenance ramp that had been hidden under grass of the building's front green space.
"Now, now, please don't be like this, Miss Angela," Kitty said soothingly. "You're not going with them."
"I... I'm not?" Angela sagged against the wall in relief, trying not to cry.
"No, but you do need to come with me." Kitty took hold of her hand, her grip tightening as Angela tried to pull it back. "Please, Miss Angela. You're too heavy, we can't risk sedating you like the others."
"Miss Angela? Miss Angela, time to wake up," Kitty said, shaking her gently. Angela woke with a start. She'd fallen asleep on the couch watching old programs on the telly, the remains of dinner on the end table. It was dark outside, but she couldn't see the street lights.
Mostly because there was now a huge wall separating her apartment complex from the rest of the city.
"Oh... Oh sh... sh..." Angela's chest began to heave as her throat contracted, and Kitty handed her asthma inhaler so she could take a lifesaving puff. "Please Kitty, don't let them take me away." She stumbled to her feet, swaying as she made her way to the window. White coated morphs were carrying out bodies laid out on stretchers, loading them into long line of ambulances that disappeared into huge maintenance ramp that had been hidden under grass of the building's front green space.
"Now, now, please don't be like this, Miss Angela," Kitty said soothingly. "You're not going with them."
"I... I'm not?" Angela sagged against the wall in relief, trying not to cry.
"No, but you do need to come with me." Kitty took hold of her hand, her grip tightening as Angela tried to pull it back. "Please, Miss Angela. You're too heavy, we can't risk sedating you like the others."
