Walmart Wakeup (Alex_Jay)

"Shit. Last I remember those gangers were swarming me, now I'm in a Walmart or something. Which means I'm missing time. Which means I have a concussion. This day just keeps getting better" Alice wonders briefly what she did to deserve all this. She'd never hurt anyone, she helped little old men cross the street, she'd tried to do what was expected of a young woman like her. And yet life kept kicking her in the oves. A rather painful breath reminder her that her immediate needs overrode her desire for self-pity.

"Okay, what would Endress do?" she said aloud. "I'm in a closed Walmart. Which means the thugs have probably left. So all I have to do is call 911 -

...

... with my phone, which was in my backpack, which I threw at some would-be rapists. Fuck this Lesbo Earth!"

Alice considered some more. She was concussed, so she shouldn't move if she didn't have to. But maybe she could set off the motion detectors by waving her hands...

She tried it, and was gratified to hear a distant alarm going off.

"Maybe Jace got away." she thinks as she lies on the cold stone floor. "maybe Lana will want to be my friend now that I saved her boyfriend's virginity from those thugs. " she frowns. "Or maybe she'll be insecure that she couldn't protect him herself and come after me even harder. But then maybe he'll be grateful..." Fantasies of Jace showing his appreciation mixed with self-recrimination about feeling entitled to his affection for doing what any girl should have done in her situation, along with some nebulous resolve to be more heroic even if it meant she didn't get the boy. She was still having these sorts of confusing thoughts when she saw the flashlight beam.