A Fall In The Mall

Chapter 3: People Make For Hard Landings

A high-pitched squeal that sounded like nails being dragged on a blackboard made Vérónika look up and put her crab, Samantha, back on her shoulder. She looked up at the scene unfolding above her which was one unlike any other. A figure was quite literally falling from the sky flailing its arms as they toppled towards her through the open skylight. Its eyes were covered but she could see that its mouth was wide open, which made her wonder how this person could scream so much while catching so much air. She was mid-laugh when she realised; she would be squashed. CRASH! Too late. The figure fell on her and they slammed, not so gracefully, into the floor. Vérónika was squished between the ground and fabric of a parachute like material. She tried to shove it off and attempt to sit up, but the weight of the parachute held her down. Maybe if she asked Samantha to help her...Wait where was Samantha? And where was the figure that came down on her? “Wh ō are yoú and what have yoú done to my prēciôus crab Samantha?” Vérónika shouted into the cramped space around her. “Help! I can’t see! Is anyone there? My name is Vector.” She heard a masculine voice say.

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