Business as Usual
This is more of the story that I published a few days ago.
Writing prompt is: Create a Character that defies their own type, such as a nice monster.
Scenario: Business as Usual
Words to Include: Housewife, moonwalk, dog, Basement, conclude, alien, ignore, lightning, embrace, time
“So where are we going? Not to lunch obviously. And don’t think you’re gonna get out of telling what happened last night!” Arie Demanded. “Who says we aren’t having lunch! Bon Appetite!” The professor said as he shoved two tables of food in front of them. Taking the lid off her plate Arie smelled a divine feast consisting of pork, mashed potatoes, steamed green beans in buttery deliciousness, corn, sliced bread and butter, and a Romaine salad with a balsamic vinaigrette. “Wow! Okay . . . How long did it take you to whip this up? Oh look it’s even got a salad for that thing in my phone to try.” Arie asked in amazement. “Allow me to let you in on a secret, Devin is quite the housewife. He “whipped” It up.” Professor Achis proclaimed pointing at the man in the drivers seat. “You mean he’s quite the chef? Am I safe in a vehicle with that Alien driving?” Arie asked correcting the professor. “Of course he’s a master driver! Best of the best! Why he practically does everything cooks, cleans, answers the phone and door, drives, mends torn clothes, he even prefers a cat to a dog.” Arie looked at him with eye brows raised in sarcastic amazement slightly nodding her head. “Aha . . . I was gonna say he sounds more like a butler and then you said the thing about the cat and I was like, oh yea, totally a housewife.” “Just you wait and see, you’ll be surprised at Devin’s versatility.” Said Professor Achis proudly. “I’ll ignore the pride in your tone as you speak of your pet, now tell me how I got home last night.” Arie said. “Well I took you home just as I am taking you back to the cathedral today, for another pow wow.” The professor said as if nothing was weird about that at all. “Wait, what? How’d you get into my apartment not to mention I was in my PJ’s when I woke up! Creeper!” Arie demanded. “You’re house keys, duh!!!” The little voice said from the phone. “You went through my purse!?” Arie said in shock. “Well, you passed out. What was I supposed to do? Put you up at my place?” “Passed out? Why?” Arie asked confused. “I couldn’t very well have you know where my lab is. So I had Devin use some of his super power to make you pass out. We took you home.” Arie’s eyes were wide in confused anger at the thought of having her privacy invaded. They drove in silence the rest of the trip as they ate the delightfully scrumptious meal provided on the way to the cathedral.
When they finally arrived there Devin turned on the radio which was appropriately playing MJ’s Thriller. “What are you doing? Oh great the half demon dude dances as well.” Arie said sarcastically puzzled at what could possibly happen next as Devin the all so stoic beast showed a more pleasant jovial side of himself doing the moonwalk over to the sliding door and offering her a hand down with a bow. “Wow! I had no idea such a beastly creature could be so charming.” Arie said to Devin who slide his sunglasses down with a fiery red glint as he winked at her and smiled. Arie felt something wet on her face she looked up to see that clouds had gathered and it started to rain just then Devin pulled an umbrella from his coat. “Ah what else ya got hiding in those coat tails?” Arie asked quizzically.
The door they went through this time was a side entrance that was boarded up. As she was guided through the precarious entrance Arie jested, “What? Is this meeting super top secret or something? We can’t use the front door like last time?” “No silly, this is the entrance closest to where we parked!” The little voice from the snapped. “Oh, good, cause fora minute there I thought this was Fred Astaires doggy door into the good professor’s lair.” Devin gave her a hand off of the ledge which they stood on and gave Arie a look of disdain that quickly turned into a blush at the thought of being compared with Fred Astaire. “Not a man of many words are ya? Oy! This one’s gotta get a clue!” Arie said in amusement raising an eye brow and shrugging off the anomaly that was Devin. As she entered the “lair” a flash of lightning lit the small windows that lined the top of the basement walls which added to the phantom of the opera vibe the lab had with candelabras that were also lining the walls. More to the center of the large room were amazing artifacts in glass cases lit with plasma lights as if they were in a science museum, and multiple bio human animal and plant splice experiments going on in the more than weird warehouse of oddities. “What’s going on here?” Arie asked slowly in shock of what lays before her. “What do you mean dear?” The professor asked blankly. “Aren’t these spliced beings? I thought you brought me and my classmates in to help you find and do away with this research? Destroy it?!” Arie explained. “Oh no dear quite the opposite. Destroy yes, but not the research just the test subjects. We are still doing the experiments, but there are a few like Devin who went rogue. About the time they flew the coop is when we brought all you brilliant students in to do some detective work and bring our rogue friends back.” Professor Achis said proudly of his accomplishment. “What will you do with them once we have found them?” Arie asked to shocked to understand what he had said earlier about destroying the test subjects. “Like I said before, destroy them.” He said sadistically with a maniacal glint in his eye. The professor must have sensed Aries reluctance to the idea in her demeanor and silence as he said to her, “My dear would you leave grazed wild beasts on the street to tear innocents apart?! Come join us in ridding the world of these foul creatures, embrace this opportunity!” “Did you hear that Devin? He called you foul creature?” She said looking at Devin who seemed unfazed by the unfeeling words the professor spoke of his kind. “I don’t know what to conclude from all this information I must think about it a little more before I give you an answer.” Arie said as she took the drink the professor handed her without thinking drinking from it. “Oh of course take all the time you need. It’s not like you have a choice really.” Professor Achis said as Arie looked dazed held her hand to her head and passed out as she fell into Devin’s arms. “Well! Go on you stupid creature take her into the room with the others for her conditioning!”
To Be Continued
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