The Dishes THE DISHES!!!

Story by Sonya Novelli on SoFurry

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I grumbled and quickly looked back down at my note book making sure I had the distance right as I waited for her to poke her head out again. I sighed and flicked the safety off as I stared down the scope for what seemed like hours before sunny slowly leaned out from the blown out building and crouched behind a piece of rubble draping her riffle across her lap as she scanned the my cliff face with her binoculars. I smiled and checked the wind age flag on the building across form her and doped the scope. I grinned and gently squeezed the trigger grunting as my Barrett kicked hard against me as it threw it's 50. Caliber projectile down range. Sunny flickered as the wall behind her exploded. "Oh...shit" I mumbled as Sunny's hologram stood looking down at a chunk of concrete and pulled the katana off her back. I hissed as the blade dug into the back of my neck. "Hi love, the rifle...push it over" I growled at myself and nudged the weapon over the edge wincing as it clattered down the cliff face. I glared and rolled onto my back as Sunny stood over me her sword pushed against my throat. She smirked and raised it yelling as she brought it down. I vaguely heard the sound of someone else screaming as I pulled my 1911 from my breast plate and fired three rounds into her neck. Before the world started to twist away showing sky, rocks, sky and rocks with a sickening feeling of falling. I gasped and lurched forward ripping the VR holo off my temples as I feel to the floor gagging hard. I scrunched up in a ball as Sunny choked and tore her head set off as well before grabbing her throat and gasping. "Oh gods...Ell"

I slowly climbed to my feet and looked at the Holo wall the split screen showing both our corpses mine headless and still oozing blood and Sunny's lying next to mine with her hands still locked around her throat. "Elli how...how long...where we in there?" she coughed again. I looked over at the pile of dishes in the sink and then up at the number floating above the door.

"About...five hours" I mumbled as I plopped back down on the couch..."We each only managed to kill each other once...so we tied." I frowned as my corpse began to twitch.

"I have an idea" she said clearing her throat and reaching past me and stuffing the VR Holo back into my hands. "What if we team up and whoever gets ten kills first doesn't have to do the dishes" I nodded and placed the pads against my temples as the band of holographic light moved across my eyes whiting out the real worl