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Jerry's 'Hi': A Short Story

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“What’s up, Hage!”, Jerry says abruptly as he walks through the door. Jerry is Hage’s boss at the coffee shop she works at near her college. “Hi”, she says back in a really quiet voice. Hage is a really socially awkward person she just always feels like she doesn’t belong anywhere. “Um….. can I get off of work early today I feel a little light headed.” Hage asks lightly. “Well of course you're my best employee wouldn’t want you getting sick. See you tomorrow then.” Jerry says as he starts walking up to his office. As Hage walked home she spots a rare type of animal that is in the guinea pig family called an Agouti. She takes out her phone stealthily, so that she doesn’t scare it away and snaps a picture of it. She puts her phone back in her pocket and starts on her way home again. This time the …show more content…

Then everything went to utter silence as Hage opens her eyes and smells rust and sweat. She looks up and then down and realizes she is being carried on somethings shoulder. The stench of the beast is even worse than the looks. She has only seen this type of monster in movies like Wrath of the Titans and that monster was a giant with one gargantuan eyeball called a cyclops. After swinging back and forth on it’s shoulder Hage started to get really dizzy and passed out. Finally the swaying stopped and Hage was put down and she thought that the cyclops was going to eat her.
Then she heard a really husky voice with an accent that sounded similar to an australian accent say, “Did you find another dimension hopper”. When Hage finally opens her eyes to look around she sees trees imprisoning her and Jixi lying unconscious beside her.
“Rev this one is interesting she looks like she could be your twin”, the cyclops says in a low tone of voice. Hage catches their conversation and immediately looks to the guy called Rev and realizes that they do look strikingly

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