The Rise and Fall of Antocracy by Terry Birdgenaw

Author:Terry Birdgenaw [Birdgenaw, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781778151668
Publisher: Cyborg Insect Books
Published: 2022-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

EPOCH II: DEATH OF A PLANET

CHAPTER 7

THE DRONE ON THE THRONE CLONES AND HONES!

Some civilized see others as brutal and savage.

Yet ‘civilization’ needs but slight

changes to beget ‘evil nation.’

Remove the third ‘i’ and flip the first one on the cee,

and again, ninety degrees, counterclockwise, turn the zee.

AFTER THE REBELS escaped, the BUG secret police wanted to chase them through the wormhole to Bilaluna to bring them back to justice for treason.

Chief Bugthug sharpened his fangs and shouted out his desired plan, “We’ll march through the portal and hunt ’em down. We’ll catch ’em, try ’em and eat ’em clowns.” My boys will track ’em down.

Antilla assumed the traitors had perished in the wormhole and did not want to lose any of his precious BUG secret police to such a death trap. He also did not want others to discover the portal.

Bugthug tried to further his case with Antilla, “Emperor, my troops are hungry for more victims. If we can’t go after the defectors, some will starve.” Give us a break.

Antilla smiled, “Don’t worry, Bugthug, I’m sure you’ll find more rebels hiding under rocks or underground. Before long, there will be many to sate your hunger.”

Bugthug did a double-take. “Emperor, you are making me drool. What are you planning?” Don’t keep me in suspense!

Antilla turned to walk away but secreted a spiky scent. “Now’s not the time, but there are too many chi cluttering up the planet. And I don’t trust any of them.”

“We’ll be ready when you are,” Bugthug promised. I’ll do whatever you ask, especially if it means killing insects and making them suffer first.

Antilla looked back at Bugthug. “As for Antianna and her gang, I want everyone to forget them. Having disappeared off the face of Poo-ponic, everyone will assume we massacred them. So, they’ll fear us even more.”

“If we bring them back and put their heads on stakes, wouldn’t that scare them more?” asked the drooling Bugthug. I’m craving the taste of hemolymph.

Antilla stamped one of his tripods. “No, I don’t want them remembered as heroes. Dead or alive, they’re all just zeroes.”

“Okay, Emperor, you know what’s best,” responded Bugthug, squelching his urges.

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