Posted by Zorro Daddy on July 24, 2009 at 00:28 [69.244.100.36]
In Reply to: Zeke and Lily - Making a Memory (Chapter Four ) posted by Zorro Daddy on July 24, 2009 at 00:20
“What do you have to do?” she asked, a little concerned.
“I have to climb up the side of that 20-foot tower, grab the flag at the top and climb down the other side,” Zeke said as he finished reading. “That seems do-able enough.”
“Be careful, Zeke,” Lily said as he walked up to the towers.
Lily watched from the crowd as Zeke was equipped with the safety restraints around his body. He looked back at her and winked. She smiled, and then looked at Zeke’s competitor, a six-foot-tall guy with quite a build to him. Lily looked to the crowd across from her, and there standing in the front was a blonde-haired girl with a deep tan. She had a smirk on her face, as if she was going to enjoy this contest. Lily figured her to be with the body builder about to race Zeke.
Zeke and his muscle-bound opponent got set on the starting line. They would have to run up to the tower, scale the side of it to the top, grab the flag at the top, crawl over the top and down the other side. The first to do this won the tickets.
They both stood still, awaiting the starting gun shot. The shot rang out with a deafening tone. Both sprinted from the starting line to the wall. They began scaling it at a fast pace. Ten feet up, Zeke began to pull ahead, using his legs more than his arms.
Out of nowhere, the guy on the other tower reached over, grabbed Zeke’s ankle and yanked him down. Zeke fell a few feet, and re-established his grip. He looked over at the guy who had an evil grin on his face. Lily looked over at the blonde-haired lady who had a smile on her face. Lily looked back at her with horror.
Not giving up, Zeke began climbing again and caught up to his opponent who was beginning to tire. They both made it to the top at the same time and grabbed their flags. At that moment, the guy kicked Zeke in the face, causing him to flip back over the side he had just climbed. A gasp came from the crowd below as the tower operator warned the guy to stop what he was doing.
Zeke, now with one eye swelling shut, hoisted himself back up to the top and over to the other side of the tower. His opponent began to climb down the other side, but got his shoelace caught on something on the top of the tower. Zeke began to take a big lead down the other side. The guy pulled his shoe off, and as he scaled down the other side, he threw the shoe at Zeke, hitting him in the head.
When Zeke was hit with the shoe, he was only two steps away from the bottom. He stopped climbing down, and turned to face his opponent. The guy scaled down the wall, and made it to the ground first where he received a rousing barrage of boos and hisses from the crowd.
Zeke stepped down the rest of the way and walked away from the tower. Lily ran up to him, and hugged him. She was shaking like a leaf.
“Are you alright?” she said, taking a moment to inspect the swollen eye.
“Why did you let him win?” shouted a voice from the crowd.
Zeke looked back at his opponent who was being read the riot act by the ship’s personnel.
“I don’t think he won much,” Zeke stated, realizing the moral victory that had been won.
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