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- >Be Chuck Walker, you work for the city
- >somehow you got saddled with the job of exterminating their feral fluffies
- >well, you know how you got it. you were the only one who had the stomach for it
- >still, you get nightmares sometimes. usually 'Nam flashbacks but sometimes about the fluffies
- >you've lost track of how many you've killed. a thousand? five thousand? maybe more.
- >has to be done. they eat everything. shit everywhere.
- >some of them have even taken to tripping people carrying bags to try and steal groceries
- >hell of a potential lawsuit right there. and you know some scumbag lawyer would take it in a second
- >a couple of times a week you get community service kids to help you
- >really puts the fear of God and Jesus Christ into them
- >some of them stomach it pretty good. they're the ones that scare you
- >it's lunchtime. you sit back eating a huge hoagie.
- >you remember how it started
- >"Walker, we got a problem."
- >"Shoot, Keith."
- >"These fluffy things..."
- >"Ponies?"
- >"They're EVERYWHERE. New Jersey is one of the prime infestation locales due to the weather and availability of food..."
- >"I saw the same article on Yahoo. What do you want me to do about it?"
- >"Kill them all."
- >"Big job. And I don't know if I'll ever be able to get them all... they breed like rats."
- >"Well, just get on it."
- >"Whoa whoa... I'm gonna need a few things first."
- >"Go on."
- >"I want to be head of Public Services. An appropriate raise. And my own truck. No one else uses it."
- >"No."
- >"Okay. Good luck with your infestation."
- >you go about your business. you've already heard through the grapevine it ain't going so good
- >a week later Keith calls you back into his office
- >"That didn't take long."
- >"I don't like assholes, Walker..."
- >"I promise you, Keith, I am not trying to be an asshole."
- >"Well..."
- >"But I've seen what the job requires. And I know no one else has the stomach for it. "
- >"Yeah... that's putting it lightly."
- >"I heard Stokes ralphed all over the motorpool."
- >"Covered a truck... had to have it steam-cleaned."
- >"Right. So I need a few things but I promise you I will eradicate these things quickly and efficiently."
- >"Okay. I'll write up the details. When can you start?"
- >"Tomorrow morning."
- >and you did. you mapped out the city. estimated how long it would take to walk the alleys and dead-ends.
- >plotted a course that let you cover the city over the course of a week
- >but there were so MANY of them.
- >the first day alone you got fifty adults... no idea how many foals.
- >your arms were exhausted from swinging the machete
- >there had to be an easier way to do this
- >check your watch. back to work.
- >the afternoon passes uneventfully. you drive your tractor back to the landfill site
- >start dumping fluffy bodies into the industrial wood chipper
- >it obliterates them.
- >that was the final part of the puzzle you needed. you figured out it took a fraction of the time if you only killed the adults
- >the foals you bag up and shred en masse.
- >you zone out for a few minutes.
- >"Walker!"
- >"Sir!"
- >"We got a nest of gooks down that hill there. Take a couple grenades and end those motherfuckers."
- >"Yes, sir."
- >you silently move from tree to tree while keeping a sharp eye for trip wires.
- >get within ten feet of a small camp. you see about six Viet Cong eating rice from bowls
- >you don't know how they stomach that shit.
- >pull the pins on the grenades and toss them
- >*BOOM*
- >all right... now pull the sidearm...
- >shit. that was only one boom. the grenade was a dud.
- >you peek from behind your tree. you got five of the six but the last is now screaming in Vietnamese
- >you only know a smattering... get out... come out... bring... bring little one... bring baby.
- >oh no.
- >the last Viet Cong, his face and clothes splattered with his friends' blood, grabs a woman and a small child from a hut
- >he's screaming into the jungle. over your shoulder you hear your squad moving up
- >oh god, this is gonna be a bloodbath. the 'Cong has the woman on the ground in front of him and he's holding the little kid
- >"You no come! Kill woman! Kill baby! You go away!"
- >you hear the voice of your sergeant. "Blow them away. All of them."
- >"No... nooooooo!"
- >you step out from your hiding place. the 'Cong thinks you're the threat
- >"I kill them!"
- >"No! Please, let them go... I won't hurt you... just leave while you can."
- >"No! This our place! We no go nowhere!"
- >"Look... I'll put my gun down... just go and leave them alone..."
- >you drop your sidearm. for a second there you think he might do what you say...
- >*BLAM*
- >you're covered in blood and gore. he just shot the woman through the back of the head and it all splattered on you
- >"Oh god..."
- >you collapse to your knees, vomiting.
- >the 'Cong steps backwards, dragging the crying child.
- >"Told you stay away!"
- >"Don't... don't do it... let him go..."
- >the 'Cong smirks at you and fires two shots into the kid's back.
- >the kid, no older than three or so, falls to the ground, screaming and crying
- >the 'Cong fires one more shot and finishes him, mercifully
- >then he raises the gun at you
- >"Please... please..."
- >"This our place. You die, yankee."
- >a shot rings out and you see a bullet hole right between the 'Cong's eyes.
- >blood pours from his mouth as he looks at you and collapses
- >Sergeant Matthews throws his rifle over his shoulder and picks up your handgun
- >he hands it to you, then snatches it back as you reach for it
- >"Can't save them all, Walker."
- >"I... I know, sir..."
- >"Say it."
- >"We can't..."
- >"YOU."
- >"I can't save them all."
- >"Stop fucking trying to. Fucking bitch probably would have cut your cock off if she had a chance. Start marching."
- >"Yes, sir."
- >"pwease nu huwt fwuffy! nu huwt babehs!"
- >the hell...
- >shit. you missed one. an adult with a nick in her side. you weren't paying attention.
- >a few of the foals have gotten out of a trash bag and are waddling around on the ground
- >the mare, bleeding slightly, pulls them close to her
- >"pwease nu huwt babehs."
- >you look at her sadly
- >"I can't save them all."
- >with one deft motion you grab the loose foals and toss them into the mulcher
- >the mare's mouth hangs open, tears streaming down her face
- >"babehs..."
- >you grab her by the scruff and mane and toss her in as well
- >"nuuuuuuuuuu! gurrrkkk..."
- >grab the last trash bag and dump the contents
- >the last few foals are shredded
- >you hit the kill switch
- >sit down on the ground and start weeping
- >you just don't have the heart for this shit some days
- >you wish you could save them all.
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