You Can't Kill the Multiverse by Ira Nayman

Author:Ira Nayman [Nayman, Ira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC028010 FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure, FIC016000 FICTION / Humorous, FIC052000 FICTION / Satire
ISBN: 9781908168399
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
Published: 2014-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

5. “It can’t get any worse.”

“That…that…that be not right!” the lad shouts, gasping as he runs.

“Waddyamean?” Granpa responds. He had learned that the best way to communicate while running was to get the words out very quickly.

“Subjects…of…the Prophecy…don’t…don’t…don’t…” he waits until they run around a still standing half wall and huddle on their knees in back of it. Behind them, half a dozen robots of various shapes, sizes and attitudes towards gay marriage, gaze at the shopping cart, poking at the plastic bags contained within. Looking for batteries, no doubt.

“Subjects of the…the Prophecy’re not…not supposed to…know about…the it!” the lad breathes heavily.

“Why not?” Granpa asks, ignoring the loud machine noises that are coming from the direction of the shopping cart.

“What if…what iffen they don’t wanna…be part of it?”

“Does it matter? The clowns didn’t get it right, nowise.”

“That’s worse! If they take the false Prophecy to heart, they could do the wrong things and mess up the one true Prophecy! The real one true Prophecy, I mean.”

They stop while the gentle pew pew pew of laser fire can be heard coming from where they had abandoned the shopping cart.

“Dancin’ bears?” Granpa asked, incredulous. “People risin’ up on unicycles? I reckon it sounds so ridiculous that it turned the men away from the whole idea of Prophecyin’.”

“Like the pickle?”

The old man’s face darkens. “The pickle is an integral element of the overall vision o’ peace comin’ to the world,” he insists. “And, it’s symbolic.” He sticks his head around the wall and, seeing that the coast is clear, stands up. “Come on,” he says, walking away from the wall. As they gently step over the charred remains of the mechanical creatures and regain their shopping cart, the lad wonders how he can get out of hearing the rest of the story. For the briefest moment, he envies the dead robots…

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