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WARNING: Violence, although not as nasty as Prism's tale ...
Via Sanguinis: Vertigo's Tale
by Phil Hartman
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***
I don't know what century it is, anymore. The Master sent me so far away ...
I'm supposed to infiltrate my target's household and kill him, then get his kids away from him. Simple enough, right ?
I'm just a scared little swamp primate who got evolved. I didn't ask for this ...
Not for time travel.
OK, Vee, buck up, as Mike would say ...
It's showtime.
***
He nodded curtly, muttering, "She'll do."
"The new servant, my liege," the ruler's wife hissed as Vertigo took up their trays and plates. "She is ... unsettling."
"'She' is MY servant, my wife, and I remind you of your place in things," the ruler growled. "Your efforts would be better used in educating our children."
"As you suggest, sire," the queen replied curtly, leaving their bedchamber.
"How may I serve you, Master ?" Vertigo said sweetly.
She repressed a gasp as the ruler pulled her close, his lips twisting in a familiar grin.
"Very -"
He coughed, blood dribbling from his lips, as Vertigo removed the steak knife from his rib cage.
"Men. Arclight was right," the mutate muttered, letting the ruler drop to the floor. "I hope that sedative my REAL Master gave me is affecting your creepy wife."
She opened the door, finding the queen asleep on the floor of the hall.
#And ... score two for the jungle girl !# Vertigo thought, doing a quick little dance as she slipped into the royal nursery.
She stood over the sleeping princelings, their red curls of hair visible over the sheet covering them, and touched each of them as she whispered, "Three to transport."
The door exploded inward under the captain of the guard's foot, his scream of fury muffled by the energy bolt from his spear. It struck thin air, and he cursed again.
"Lord Neut !?" one of the guards asked.
"IMBECILES ! One pathetic little servant wench KILLED our Lord Kang, poisoned the Lady Mantis and made off with Prince Tobias and Prince Malachi !" the blue-skinned being raged. "The House of Kang has been decimated by ONE HAPLESS MUTATE !?"
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