" No one is going to believe this," Rick said.
" I don't believe it," Jim said. Jim had read Greek myth before, and had seen a couple of Harryhausen movies like Clash of the Titans, but to actually see one. He'd take a photo if he weren't so shocked that they'd killed Cupid. " What do we do now? We can't report this to the police."
" What else can we do," Rick argued. " I'm not going to be found holding a body. The cops will just think it's a guy dressed as Cupid. We'll just get the rocket and go."
Jim wanted to do something. He felt some guilt, but knew that Rick was right. Two guys trying to carry a body was not going to attract the kind of attention they wanted. Jim was about to leave when something happened.
" Hey, Rick," Jim said. Rick came closer to the body. " His wings just came off."
Rick looked at the white,feathery appendages lying on the ground. They had detached, and on their edges was something like velcro. " They're not part of him. They look like things you put on."
Jim and Rick then looked at eachother. They quickly grabbed the wings and ran to Jim's house. It was closer. Once inside, they went to his lab and took a closer look at the wings. These things weren't natural. The wings had been manufactured, but how they couldn't tell. Onw thing they did know was that they each had the same idea.
" So, do we just put them on our back, or do we need something," Jim asked out loud.
" I didn't see anything else on Cupid's back," Rick said.
" Then that leaves just one thing- you or me?" They did rock, paper, scissors....
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Fri Feb 14 05:02:58 2014