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said Isabelle, as the final syringe popped out of her arm.
"Well, maybe if you had let me use my Automated Blood Extractor-" said the scientist indignantly, indicating a large device behind him.
"NO," said Isabelle as forcefully as she could manage, "none of that. You have the blood, now make the bloody bomb before the citadel kill any more people."
The scientist said nothing, instead tied the vial of blood to a pigeon that had appeared on his shoulder, and sent it flying.

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"NOOOOOOOOO" screamed Lucard, as the pigeon hit the window of the ISI building and fell like a stone. Lucard dived onto his chest and slid along the tiles, barely managing to catch the vial of blood tied to the now unconscious pigeon's leg.

"NO...MORE...CARRIER PIGEONS!" said Lucard, after he had picked himself up off the floor. "Still, at least we can complete the project now," he said. He walked over to a giant machine, covered with buttons, levers and little glass containers. He opened the container that was marked "NARRATIVITY RECEPTACLE A" and poured the contents into the machine. The needle on the dial marked "NARRATIVITY (RAW)" rose to "Full".

"Dr. Wrend," said an aide, "we haven't fully tested this machine. Are you sure this is safe?"
"No," said Lucard, calibrating various variables on the machine.
"So... maybe you should stop?" inquired the aide.
"We have no more time," said Lucard, as he prepared to pull the big red lever.
"Dr. Wrend, I really think that - "

It was too late. Lucard pulled the pig red lever all the way down, and lights began to flash on the machine. The dial marked "NARRATIVITY (RAW)" slowly began to drop, and then the lights went out in the lab. The machine continued working.

"That's how much energy it's taking, Lucard!" yelled a scientist over the noise of the machine. "It's leeching power from the rest of the station!"

Lucard said nothing, instead he cranked up a dial and the noise level increased.

"Lucard! Stop it now before it blows up!" screamed the scientist.

The ground began to rumble as the machine began to work harder, and the noise level increased again. Red lights began to flash on the machine.

"LUCARD!!" screamed all the scientists in the lab. Then, suddenly, everything went quiet. The lights came back on. There was a little whirring noise, and the aide rushed to the spot on the machine where a little paper was printing out. He tore it off.

"What does it say?" said Lucard, without emotion.
"Err... Out of Cheese Error, Reboot From Start?"
Lucard fell over.

After some repairs and the loss of one pair of eyebrows, the machine was restarted. The entire process took about four minutes, with no dramatic noises or lights. At the end, a screen raised and Lucard stared in wonderment at the small black bomb (only about the size of a soccer ball) that lay in the bullet-proof glass room.

"We did it," breathed a scientist. "I can't believe it."
"The Narrativity Bomb," said Lucard.


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POSTED WITH LEO'S PERMISSION