posted 12-09-98 09:57 PM ET
Anarchy? What Anarchy?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(The crowds press in on all sides. Cries of pain echo through the hall and sprays of blood pour onto the floor. Dozens of snapping sounds are heard as bones are broken. Random crashes fill the air. Aura dives through the chaos, ignoring minor hits on her side as she sights her goal. Her hand reaches forward... Success! Her hand closes on the object, and she turns and runs from the scene of the battle.)
Random person: Get her! She can't get away! That's OURS!
Aura: Never! This dress is MINE! I got to it first!
(Aura dives down a flight of stairs as several other shoppers dive at her, bags of shoes raised. She stuffs the dress into her bag as she runs merrily along the foyer of the mall, a rampaging horde behind her. The mall's doors slam shut behind her, holding back the horde as she dashes towards the HQ.)
[BoS HQ]
Imran: Okay now, let's see what you've caught... Looks like that CWAL woman...
(The bruised woman before him glares at him.)
Aura: You have the wrong geneticly engineered identical twin, you idiot!
Imran: Umm... Oops.
Aura: Of course, I'll have to take revenge for this.
Imran: HA! You're alone and unarmed, and chained up!
(The woman raises her hands and snaps the chains with ease. Her eyes flash red, and a nearby soldier evaporates in a puff of flame. Her wounds close.)
Imran: Oh, poopity. EMERGENCY!
(The woman smashes him across the face. She then leaps out a window. Talon runs in.)
Talon: Imran, I heard a bunch of crashes and a meaty thud that sounded like a jaw beeing broken! Are you okay?
Imran: Am I okay? NO, you idiot! Do I LOOK okay to you?
Talon: Well your nose is covered in blood, your jaw is dislocated, and your teeth are half-knocked out, but otherwise, yes, sir, you do.
Imran: Idiots... I'm surrounded by idiots...
[CWAL HV HQ]
Aura: Ah... Dress is good... Dress is bliss...
Freerunner: Is she actually meditating in that?
Fjorxc: That's Aura for you. Now, where's that blasted elf? We have a plan to carry out, and he hasn't been here for days!
(At that moment, the windows explode in, followed by dozens of small, furry, heavily armed forms.)
Fjorxc: We're under attack! Run away!
*CRASH*
*THUD*
*BANG*
*TINKLE*
*YEEEARGH*
Freerunner: Forksy, you're supposed to run out the *door,* not the window.
Fjorxc: Owies...
Laeryn: You really have to learn patience, Forks.
(The elf lounges by the staircase, surrounded by rabbits. However, these rabbits seem different. perhaps it is the large supply of carrot missile launchers, lettuce grenades, and heavy machine guns that makes them seem odd.)
Commander Snuggles: The 666th Elite Rabbit Infantry are reporting for duty, sir! Satan's Hoppers are ready to go!
Fjorxc: But... Snuggles, weren't the rest fo them killed by the squirrels?
Laeryn: That's where I come in. You see, I recently used a spell called "Summon Cheap Fodder Creature." At the same time, a freak portal to the afterlife was opened. So, the rabbits were pulled through, and they're all set to fight. We have fodder now, it seems.
Fjorxc: Oh, this is good timing. Come along, people. We have a party to crash.
[BoS Party Hall]
Snowfire: Ah, Imran, this is a great party. Lots of food, lots of drink, and plenty of Civ II.
Imran: Yes. Too bad Firaxis is still working on SMAC...
(Barely heard evil laughter drifts through the air. They look around in consternation.)
Imran: Okay...
(Ominous music plays.)
Imran: Okay, that's it! Find that orchestra! I HATE that orchestra!
(The curtain on a nearby stage is pulled back. The orchestra is quickly obliterated. There is much rejoicing.)
Snowfire: Hey, sir, we're detecting a large horde of rabbits coming this way.
Imran: They're rabbits. What of them?
(The entire wall is eliminated by a barrage of carrot missiles.)
Commander Snuggles: All right, you snot-nosed wimps! CHARGE!
(Lettuce grenades arc through the panicked party members. Tables explode under heavy machine gun fire. Imran looks around, panicked.)
Talon: Sir, I think we may be under attack!
(Imran smacks him.)
Imran: Make yourself useful, man! Fight, or do SOMETHING! Don't just stand and gawk!
(Talon runs off and starts doing an ancient, tribal dance as missiles land everywhere around him.)
Imran: (shocked) What the *BLEEP* are you doing, you *BLEEP*ing idiot?!
Talon: You said to do something. I'm doing the Zumteeng, an very little known dance, at least, to people outside of the Zaheelu tribe.
Imran: Aren't you supposed to be smart?
Talon: Am I, sir?
Imran: Oi... (looks around) What happened to those rabbits?
Snowfire: They ran off as soon as they had razed the kitchen. They burned our food, sir!
Imran: NOOOOO!!!!!! Not the food! ANYTHING but the food!
Snowfire: I'm sorry, sir. The burgers are nothing but ash.
Imran: AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!
[CWAL HV HQ]
Snuggles: Mission accomplished, sir.
Fjorxc: Excellent. Did the mission objectives pan out?
Snuggles: Tehy suffered no casualties, btu we trashed almost all of their food and drink, and their party hall's back wall is a smoking crater.
Dave the demo expert: Yeah! I blew that sucker up REAL good!
Laeryn: So, am I useful now?
Fjorxc: Maybe. If you can conjure up some snackes for us, then we'll be all set.
(Assorted foods appear on the table.)
Fjorxc: Excellent.
The End
Happy Anniversary, BoSers. Rest assured, by the time the rabbits got to the party, most of you were already stuffed to the brim with food and drink. No rabbits were harmed in the making of this story.