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I will not run in to save a damsel in distress. I will not poke my head into other peoples business. I will not land into any further trouble. I will remain careful.- I continued the auto-hypnotic chants as I walked ahead.
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Then came the scream. Loud. Terrified. Distinctly female scream. It was almost as if Minca was transposed to the next street.
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I will not rush in to save a damsel in distress! I steeled my resolve and continued to walk in the same direction.
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No master! Don’t respond to the screams. I am certain that it is a trap. Keep going straight to the main road. Don’t stop.
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I was really irritated. My inner mind had already told me not to interfere. And now this Gok. Two negatives certainly made one positive.
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I decided to disregard both my inner mind and the lizard in my pocket.
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I swiveled around abruptly and started walking towards the screams. I heard it yet once again. It was indeed a female in terror.
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No master! Please don’t!. but the goks pleadings only acted in the opposite was as I almost broke out into a sprint.
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I seemed to be a specialist in attracting damsels in distress. This one appeared to be an action replay of what had happened with Minca on my home planet.
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Both my inner mind and the lizard in my pocket were screaming their heads off urging me extreme caution.
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This damsel was curvier, prettier and sexier.
I will not rush headlong into trouble… my auto hypnotic suggestions continued to bug me.
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I thus decided not to rush headlong. I cautiously took a few steps closer.
The villains were three in number. In some strange local fashion, they were dressed in playing card suit designs. Diamonds, hearts and clubs.
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This did look like a genuine assault. Probably even an attempted rape. Even as I watched, diamonds darted his hand and yanked the front of her dress.
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Clubs joined the fun and ripped her clothes.
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The body uncovered was sensuous indeed.
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But what surprised me was the total lack of struggle. she stood silently even without token resistance.
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Only then did I glimpse at the opposite side and saw the pointed laser pistol. And the one eyed spades with a leery grin!
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Even I would stand rooted and petrified to my spot if a laser pistol was pointed towards me. Well not actually me, because I was different. The girl however behaved exactly as she should in such a situation.
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No master! Please don’t do your activation magic! I can not hold on! Anyway it looks like a trap. It is better if we leave now!
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My Gok had not been too accurate in his diagnosis in the past and I chose to disregard him. But I did not make any move towards the girl either!
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When diamonds yanked her panties down, I knew that it was no trap. The poor thing was indeed in trouble.
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The laser pistol had physically immobilized her, but had not frozen her vocal chords. Her petrified eyes pleaded with me as she softly screamed – help!
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I recognized the model. An advanced version of the type that the Galactic Security carried. A red beam, once sweep, and the body cleanly cleaved into two halves. I wondered how street goons in such a seedy place could have access to such a sophisticated weapon!
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I took two steps closer
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My movement seemed to have alerted the spades who moved his laser pistol in an arc and now the barrel was pointed towards me.
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She seemed to realize that the laser pistol spoilt the equation moreover they were four and I was only one! |
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The girl did not attempt to run away. The pistol had quite a long range.
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This was not a trap. But I was in serious danger of loosing my life by poking my nose into other peoples business. Unlike Minca’s brother and the Cyborg, rank amateurs, this deck of cards was a professional bunch.
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Irrespective of what Auxumba had said and notwithstanding Gok’s suggestions, I knew that I had to act. My hand went to the button in my back.
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At eleven X speed, they were no match for me. It appeared as if I had flown to spades.
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In one invisible movement, the pistol was squeezed out of his hands and tossed to the pretty girl..who caught it deftly
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In my modified mode, I had no need for laser pistols. In any case I did not want to kill anyone. I was already in enough trouble.
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A pistol takes one point eight seconds to travel six meters and this was enough for me.
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Moving at eleven X speed, I acted. A broken jaw.
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A cracked thigh.
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A dislocated shoulder and fractured tibia.
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The four assailants lay in four directions.
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Master, please have mercy on me! Goks thought waves hit me only after I deactivated.
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I gave a wide smile as I walked towards her.
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She stood still laser pistol in hand, totally nude, making no attempts to cover her lush lascivious body.
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One look at her and I fell in love again
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It was a Minca story all over. My mind went into an imagination drive.
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Whoever she was, I could not have managed a better introduction to her. With a serene smile and a reassuring demeanor, I walked towards her with an outstretched hand.
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