The Archfornicator of Canterbury

75 On the road again

The knock on the door woke up both Jack and Suzy.

"Your breakfast is ready."

Jack heard the barman go back downstairs.

"Would you care for some eggs."

"I'd love some. If you're buying."

"I am. What next."

"What do you mean."

"I mean do you want to stay here or come with me."

"Where to."

"Anywhere you like."

"That's a tall order. I'm not so sure you can afford that."

"I can soon. I've some business in Nuevo Saunabad to take care of first."

"You are serious aren't you."

"Serious is my middle name."

Suzy smiled. They dressed and got downstairs for breakfast. The eggs were sunny side up as promised. That's a first, Jack thought.

It only took Suzy five minutes to pack up. On the way to the bus station, they stopped to pick up the latest edition of the Royal National Herald. The front page screamed "ALIENS TO BREED HUMANS IN OUTER SPACE" in big letters. Jack shook his head.

"Whatever will they think of next."

Suzy grabbed the newspaper from him.

"Let me see. It says here that the aliens want to take a hundred people back to their home planet."

"What aliens."

"Don't tell me you haven't heard."

"Heard what."

"About the aliens. About the huge spaceship parked in the middle of Nuevo Saunabad."

"I've had other things on my mind."

"Well now you know."

At the station, Jack exchanged the rest of his Transvestitian shekels into rallods. He didn't care too much about the abysmal exchange rate. Soon, he would have real money instead of bongobucks. Lots of it.

The bus to Nuevo Saunabad stopped at each and every cowshed and barn on the way, or at least that's how it seemed to Jack. Hours later, they were finally in the heart of the capital of Bulimia.

The Archfornicator of Canterbury by Olli-Pekka Rinta-Koski
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