Do You Still Like Us?

The Captain continues to cry, a broken mess of hopelessness. ‘we need to take her from here’ ‘away from it’ 2 strong gals confidently grab The Captain underneath her armpits and begin to drag the sobbing, struggling thing towards the broken window that brought them here. It is a heavy mess of effort and ugly, but with each step the 2 little girls grow more determined to win, to win back their Captain, to win back their crew, to beat that obsolete king back into oblivion and show that they never have to give in. “ please!” The poor Captain pleads, “...we need it, we need this, everything is about this, we can’t go on without this, there is no way to win without this...please help me solve this....keep this...help me find a way....forward ” The Captain continues to cry, a broken mess in need of help. ‘we need to take you away from here’ ‘we need to save you’ ‘without this’ 2 strong gals strongly drag their Captain to safety, their steps in sync and as they draw near to the threshold a fiendish, quiet laugh quie