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Destiny's Annex

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When Matt hailed the cab for Destiny's Annex, he hadn't taken his instructions seriously. Who expects to find the way to his Destiny on the back of a cereal box? He'd used the secret decoder ring that came with the little frosted cookie-shaped candy masquerading as the most important meal of the day, and the message had said exactly this, "Go to the corner. Hail a cab. Go to Destiny's Annex."

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“Welcome? You damn tryclops.”

“No need to be rude, Matt. I saved you.”

“Who is going to save me from you? Idiot.” Matt pressed Rinbin’s temple to activate his transponder. Rinbin flinched. Matt responded, “Connecting I see. Web mother, can you hear me? Ol Spider Bite here stung the wrong guy. You understand me?”

“This is Web Mother. Report.”

Matt saw Rinbin’s temple pulse as the communications were transmitted. “Put it on speaker, blue boy.”

“Repeat. This is Web Mother. Report.” The voice could be heard throughout the cabin.

“Yeah, and this is Schuster. How about a report from you mutha. You almost got me killed back there. Why’d you let this Rinboob blow my cover?”

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first place
"Look pal, I don't know who you really are, but you're not Schuster."
"And you don't need to know who I am.  I spent months setting this sting up, and all you had to do was follow protocol."
"If you were from an another agency, you could have just approached us for help, but you didn't, so you must be just another cowboy criminal."
"And you're just a bleeping bureaucrat who is sleeping with his secretary and lets state secrets slip out in his sleep."
"How did you..."
Matt growled, "Hang up on him!"
Rinbin disconnected the call and said, "I don't think they sleep."
"I know what they do, how do you think I learned about your operation?"
Matt sat in a corner sulking.  His mission was a shambles.
"Matt?  You are not wearing your jacket."
Matt scowled at him, "So what?"
Rinbin was watching the tracer on his monitor.  "Your jacket is leaving this system at high speed.  Perhaps we should follow it?"



by angler Ivory
second place

“Hey, I did my best. You didn’t give me much choice, did you cowboy?”

“You let him come in with all six arms swinging.”

“Well, you didn’t want me to tell him about you.”

Rinbin broke in, “You knew? And didn’t tell me?” His shoulders sank and two of his eyes closed. The remaining eye stayed glued to Matt.

“Well, uh, you’ve been busy with-“

“Yes I have been busy trying to save this unsuspecting human.”

“Did I just hear sarcasm? From a Nibelanjer? I’m impressed.” Matt patted Rinbin’s chest. “You’ve come a long way songbird. Maybe it’s time we let you in on more of the plan.”


by angler Wordlinger
third place

Belkin ripped the pouch of cash from Dap’s hands. “Fraud.The boss won’t be pleased, and you know what happens when she’s not pleased. I’d get lost if I were you. Very lost, for a very long time.”

Dap turned to Ando. “You’re on your own now moron. You can mingle with the other confused sheep we transported from Destiny’s Annex. Just be yourself. No one will suspect you know anything. You’re too stupid. Lucky you – a built in cover.” Dap ran out the door, pushing Belkin to the floor.

Belkin flipped the top off of his wrist watch. “Ready to transport.” He dematerialized immediately.

Ando scratched his ear and walked into the adjoining chamber where a few hundred beings who had been transported from Destiny’s Annex milled about in a daze. 


by angler saclamb
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