[story] The Incredible Norn - Episode Three (Final): The Emergence
Mike Davisson
Bill could see no end to this nightmare. He started to believe that death
may be the only way out. He was at the island, lonely. But he had to be
lonely. It was the only way to keep his monster from appearing.
Suddenly, Sally came up the elevator. She walked over to Bill and started
kissing him.
"No," Bill said. Could his condition be inherited? Bill didn't know, nor
did he contemplate the issue. His simplified norn mind only told him not
to get involved with Sally. So he went down the elevator. Fortunately,
Sally didn't follow him. She stayed where she was and played the radio.
Just as he got off the elevator, another norn arrived in the ocean tunnel
cart. Who was this? He was a quite plain-looking norn, if that mattered.
But he seemed to recognize Bill, and actually seemed startled.
It was James, of course, the norn who had been following Bill for so long.
James saw Sally up above with the radio, and wasn't sure what to do. Get
away from Bill before he turns into a grendel? But that would leave Sally
vulnerable.
While James was making up his mind, Bill got on the cart and pushed it
off. James rushed over to catch the ride. James was worried about being
in the cart with him, but he had to go wherever Bill did.
Bill was worried too. Always worried that something would happen to anger
him, or scare him. He knew he did bad things after being angered, but he
didn't know how or why. He had to get away from this other norn.
They arrived at the other end of the tube, and Bill went up the elevator
before James could get off the cart. Feeling somewhat relieved, Bill
stared at a fish bowl. He tried to take the fish out of the bowl, but for
some reason he couldn't.
Suddenly, James came up the elevator. Bill immediately ran to the right,
where he hopped on a raft and went across the pond. He headed towards the
computer room, the safest place he knew of.
James waited for the raft to come back, and got on. He followed Bill, up
through the music room and down underground. He had to do something to
Bill. He had to stop him, somehow.
It was a long way to the incubator. Even though it was pretty nearby,
there were walls blocking the way. Bill would have to go all the way to
the temple, then back through the garden. He got to the temple, and saw
Bruce there. Apparently Bruce had forgotten all that Bill had done to him
as the grendel, because he approached Bill and slapped him once. Bill
hurried up the elevator, got off, and ran into the garden. Suddenly, he
felt very tired and was forced to take a nap.
On his way to the temple, James found something. It was a Solution-X
device. James wasn't sure what that was, but it didn't seem pleasant.
Perhaps it would be useful in dealing with Bill.
James found Bruce at the temple. "Push norn," Bruce said, and he hit
James. James rushed towards the garden. Bruce picked up a jack-in-the-box
toy, and followed.
James saw Bill, sleeping next to the teleporter. He decided to wait.
Anything he did, would have to be done to Bill as the grendel. It didn't
seem right to harm him as a norn.
For Bruce, that was no problem. He walked right up to Bill and started
slapping him until he woke up. He then activated the jack-in-the-box,
which scared Bill out of his skin when it popped up.
James approached Bruce and hit him a couple of times, hoping to distract
him. Bruce turned his attention to him, and hit him four times in rapid
succession. James tried to withstand it but could not, and backed away a
few steps.
Bill had started to walk away but Bruce engaged him. A couple more slaps
was all it took. Bill went down on the ground and started to change.
James noticed that Bill was right on the teleporter, and got an idea. He
approached the device, and while Bruce was still focused on the changing
Bill, he pushed the control button.
Bill did not teleport away like James expected him to. He did not change
into the grendel either, however. Instead he stood up and ran back towards
the temple. James started a punching match with Bruce and it lasted until
they both finally fell asleep.
Bill felt better. Much better, as a matter of fact. He went up an
elevator, and then rested, staring at some birds fluttering near the
mountain. He then turned his attention elsewhere, and saw something rather
interesting. . .
The grendel, formerly a part of Bill, had made it through the teleporter.
He found the learning computer and began teaching himself words. Up until
then, his only existence had been an angry one, with only brief moments of
calm just before changing back into the norn. He was not angry now; in
fact, he was quite content. He drank from a nearby pot of honey, and
smiled. He was free, and had a full, promising life ahead of him.
-THE END-
Lis Morris
Love that ending! Very Surreal!
Lis Morris,
Get your hippy norns and grorns here!
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/morris_family/hippy.htm
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"When you've got your back to the wall, the only thing
you can do is turn around and fight"
Dorothy
Lis Morris wrote:
> Love that ending! Very Surreal!
> Lis Morris,
>
> Get your hippy norns and grorns here!
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/morris_family/hippy.htm
Yeah, I liked the ending, thry all lived happily ever after :)
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Mike Davisson
Thanks glad you liked it :)
[off subject] By the way, if anyone's interested, I wrote a "Seinfeld
episode"
last weekend (I was really bored). Anyway, it's not creatures related so I
won't plague the newsgroup with it. If you want it just email me. It's
about
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