The Wizard of OZ A Steampunk Adventure by S. D. Stuart

Author:S. D. Stuart
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Ramblin' Prose Publishing
Published: 2013-01-04T22:00:00+00:00

Jasper had only run a few dozen steps when he realized the Woodsman was going after the Marshal. He slowed to a stop and watched her run as fast as she could, but the Woodsman still got closer with each step.

When she ducked just before the Woodsman cut off her head, he knew he had to do something to help her.

There was no way a 12-year-old boy could stand up against a death machine more than twice his size. However, he couldn’t sit idly by and watch it cut apart the new Marshal either. He had to figure out away to even the odds somehow.

He looked around for any type of weapon he could use. Nero had not provided any weapons for them. It was obvious this was a one-way slaughter fest.

His eyes fell on the pile of scarecrow parts in the Marshal’s cage. The Woodsman before had already torn Scarecrow apart easily, so there was no way he would be any good in a fair fight. However, Scarecrow was faster and more nimble than the Woodsman was. If he could convince it to pick up the Marshal and keep her away from the deadly spinning blades, they might last long enough to get a reprieve and have more time to devise an escape. He knew from attending past games that the spectators became restless when contestants stayed away from each other for more than ten minutes.

That was the problem with modern audiences, he thought. They always wanted to get right to the chase. If Jasper could bore the audience, Nero would have no other choice but to do something else. It was a long shot, but anything was better than what was happening now.

He ran back to the cage and began rearranging Scarecrow in a more recognizable form. He finished laying out the various parts when he realized he was missing the most important piece, the head.

He glanced around him and saw it lying several feet outside the cage. He leaped up and ran out to get it when the lion-man scooped it up and kept running.

Jasper called after him. “Hey! I need that.”

The lion-man hollered over his shoulder. “Sorry kid, I need it more than you do.”

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