Friday, October 16, 2015

Dubious Arrangement: Day 14

Word Count: 84,008

Summary of Events:
Greyson worked to get Stella to relax while he stroked her and introduced Piper to the kittens. After succeeding in getting Stella to relax Greyson asked Piper about her childhood and how she'd gotten to Wainwright and told her about his own childhood and journey to Wainwright. Odie then knocked on the door and took them over to the incinerator with intent to kill Piper and Greyson . . .

Excerpt of the Day:
""But you've wanted to kill me for longer," Piper said. "And now you think you're going to do it."
"Oh no, I don't think I'm going to do it," Odie said. "I am going to do it."
Greyson snapped his hand up and wrenched the wrist on the gun-holding hand of the gangster guarding him. Then he pried the gun out of the gangster's hand, knocked the gangster on the back of the head, and strode over to Odie.
Stopping in a braced stance, Greyson trained the stolen pistol square onto Odie's forehead. Odie stared at him without a glimmer of fear, although Greyson could see surprise.
"You're going to see if your gutsy enough again?" Odie asked. "See if this time you can kill me, instead of cripple me?"
"You will not kill Piper," Greyson said monotonously.
"Who?" Odie asked.
"Piper," Greyson replied.
"You've given her a name now?" Odie asked.
"You have a name too," Greyson replied.
"Oh do I? And what is it?" Odie asked.
"Odie," Greyson replied.
Odie's face contorted into rage and he gave Greyson a shove. Greyson stumbled back and fell into Piper's legs. She buckled and knocked the gangster restraining her down. Greyson scrambled up and pulled Piper up.
"Run," Greyson whispered. "We have to get out of here."
Piper nodded.
"Run around the incinerator and make for the trees by the river," Greyson said.
Piper nodded again.
Greyson leapt to his feet and gave Odie a hard shove, sending him staggering back into the trees. Piper jumped the other camouflage-clad gangster while Greyson knocked out the one lying on the ground and took his gun.
Charging at the last standing gangster, Greyson jumped him, knocked him down, and gave him several good hard whacks on the head with the pistol butt. The gangster Piper had taken down looked particularly lifeless. Greyson felt chilled to think that Piper might've killed him.
She was almost at the trees now. Greyson saw Odie moving; turning, he ran at Odie, who raised a crutch and would've impaled Greyson on it, had it been sharpened — even with a rubber foot on it, though, it'd knocked Greyson's breath out and left him staggering.
Piper turned and looked.
"Run!" Greyson screamed.
Piper whirled around to run and four shots split the air. Piper dropped to the ground, bleeding. Greyson tried to scream, but he had no air. Piper didn't move. She lay lifeless on the ground, just as lifeless as the gangster whose neck Greyson supposed she'd broken when she'd jumped him.
Suddenly something hard and wooden hit Greyson in the face. Greyson wavered and dropped to his knees, he felt dizzy, he could hardly get any air. Odie crutched past him without a word — not that Greyson was sure he would've heard anything Odie might have said, those shots were still ringing in his ears."

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