Welcome to another
Saturday of Science Fiction & Fantasy snippets exchanged by writers. http://scififansat.blogspot.com/
My contribution this
week comes from A Tale of Two Colonies (Free this weekend).
Why she wants to escape
Terra
Lily
strode through the grimy subterranean passages to her tiny room, flushed with
the success of her performance and indifferent to the hunched figures of the
silent passersby. She ignored the group of five ragged youths lounging idly at
the corner, until they moved deliberately in her direction.
“Out
alone!” one man jeered, clearly believing her to be vulnerable.
“We’ll
give you a good time!” another man called with vulgar intentions, reaching out
to grab her arm.
She
swiveled rapidly, punching him below the belt. He collapsed with a moan.
Two
others advanced angrily on her. She leaped at them, aiming a vicious kick. Her
target crumpled in agony, clutching at his groin. The third man hesitated,
unluckily for him. Her fist thudded against his jaw and he sagged to the
ground, unconscious.
One
of the two youths, who had hung behind well out of the action, shouted, “Watch
out! It’s Tiger Lily. I saw her fight in the arena.”
The other man called,
“She’s big trouble! Let’s get out of here!”
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