Wishing I'd remembered the old neighborhood better I turned blindly down an alley. I wasn't sure how much distance there was between myself and my low-slung pursuers. It probably wasn't enough. The alley went on for several blocks, but an 8 ft high chain-link fence blocked my path. I didn't even slow down, just veered left towards the stack of dirty milk crates. I leapt off the first crate, one ricochet step off the fence, one off the wall, and I basically collided my midsection into the top of the fence. My feet flailed upwards, and my head swung downwards. Something ripped, and something stung, but I fell, albeit with no apparent grace, into a pile of garbage. No time to look, as I could hear the Spanish swear words echoing off the brick and mortar, so I just kept running. I rolled my thumb to center, benefit of joint laxity, and started trying to work the cuff over my sweaty hand. I'd always figured I could do this, and no time like the present to try. That's life; it's all about your motivation. 2008-04-02T21:08:54Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/25933 <p>&#8220;That’s life; it’s all about your motivation.&#8221; <br />All right, Mr. DeMille, I&#8217;m ready for my close-up. :D<br />More! More! More!<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25933?basename=53927 2008-04-02T21:08:54Z Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) http://ficlets.com/authors/capital_w_writer <p>Whoa, the last line is really cool. I like it a lot. I also like how active it is.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25933?basename=51888 2008-03-27T00:05:35Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061 <p>i like it i like it. visual and action packed.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25933?basename=51833 2008-03-26T22:40:42Z duckn http://ficlets.com/authors/duckn <p>I like the description of the &#8220;low-slung&#8221; pursuers. Very memorable</p> <p>LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/25933?basename=51744 2008-03-26T19:31:15Z Ridcully Calvert http://ficlets.com/authors/user_joon