### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ####### ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## #### ## ## #### # # ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ####### ####### ## [ Suicidal ] [ By The Chief ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ------------ SUICIDAL ------------ Pitch black. In daytime, the old construction area looked somewhat like an amusement park, but now, it had the feeling of a scene from one of those Terminator movies. The big metal monster ahead of her seemed to stretch its long arm towards her, but she was not afraid. She knew the crane couldn't hurt her. Nothing could at this moment. The pounding sound was the only sound that penetrated her brain. It was almost like her heartbeat ran through her legs and down into her shoes, that had to be the source of the sound, walking on the metal platforms. In a couple of minutes, the monsters' rusty metal eyes would light up the scene, making it impossible to stay unnoticed. She had to hurry, even though she didn't want to. Taking that first step up the ladder made it impossible for her to ever go back. Arms hurting. It didn't matter. She looked up, and found she was only half way, but didn't believe it. They had said it would only take seconds, and then it was all over, you never had the time to think. But this felt like a lifetime. She checked her watch. Had it stopped? Probably not. A few steps. Made her think. Think about when everything had been 'normal'. Only three weeks ago. Then suddenly, it happened. Not once, but twice. Everyone talked, wondering who'd be next in line, but no-one dared to guess. She hadn't either though she couldn't help hearing what the others said. Their voices almost telling her she was the one. And one day, she couldn't stand it any more. Had to do it. Had to. She reached the top and felt the wind caressing her body. Sat down with her legs over the edge for a minute. The rope lay next to her. She picked it up, to make sure it would hold. She didn't want it to break and make her look like a loser. A failure. Looking down, she noticed that some people had gathered, and hoped that no-one would try to stop her. When she stood there, ready as she ever could be, the rope almost felt too tight. It was hard to swallow. But it was time. Time to go through with it. There was no turning back. One step into the air and she fell. They had lied. She did have time to think. Pictures flashed in front of her eyes, and she could hear the crowd scream below her. Waited for the rope to bring her to a halt, and about a second before she would have hit the ground, she felt it. The rope stretched and then retracted, pulling her back up in the air again. Just like they had said it would. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #257 Underground eXperts United 1995 uXu #257 Call DIGITAL ANARCHY -> +1-703-758-0950 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------