Fury

[Fraroc]

How does an early Christmas present sound?! Here you go, a new chapter of Fury! (you better like this one, With a garbage processor and crappy RAM, I went though hell trying to make the pictures. I can't WAIT until I get my new PC.)

Chapter Twenty-Nine






“KARILLA! What the hell are you doing?”

Mike’s voice boomed across the corral....by the tone and attitude of the yell, it is evident that Mike had just witnessed a very shocking event.





“What is Princess doing outside of quarantine!?”
“Relax Mike! She actually improved a lot over the past few days!”
“Really?”
“Yeah! Today, I was actually able to touch her without having her freak out, and not only that, I was also able to comb some of the knots out of her mane!”
“And I’m assuming that you have your saddle out because....”
“It’s a stretch....and I might not be able to mount her yet, but I just want to see how she is with a saddle on her back.”




Mike mulls over Karilla’s words, and subsequently decides to trust his girlfriend’s judgment, but there is still an aura of concern in his being.

“Ok....but...I feel more comfortable if I can keep an eye on you.”




Karilla slowly but surely walks over to the black mare with the saddle blanket in her hand. Not knowing exactly how Princess will react to having something on her back, she softly speaks to her.

“Its okay girlfriend....I’m not going to hurt you....I promise you....what I’m going to do to you is not going to hurt in any way....”




Thinking that Princess understood what she was saying, she goes ahead and slowly places it on her back....which later turns out to be a grave mistake as the black mare without warning, goes berserk.
“Whoa! Easy Princess!! Calm down!!”
“KARILLA!”




Mike jumps in front of Princess as she rears up in an attempt to stop her and calm her down, but fails to do so when Princess rears up again and kicks Mike straight in the chest, knocking him to the ground.

“Easy there, girl....EAS- (BOOF!)”




With Mike incapacitated and Karilla occupied in tending to her boyfriend, Princess sees an easy escape via the low fence....and takes it.





“Mike!”
“I’m fine, Karilla....damn mare just knocked the wind out of me, that’s all.”
“Well you better get the wind back inside of you, Princess is gone!!”
“She’s not gone, Karilla....she just ran off somewhere....we just gotta find her, that’s all.”




With that said, Karilla saddles up her old friend Raven while Mike just hops on Fury’s back. They search all around the grasslands surrounding the township of Crystal Falls, but the find no sign of Princess or any other horse around....

“She’s not here Mike!”
“Just calm down...we’ll keep looking...wait...”
“What?”
“Down there in the town. Just look.”




Karilla looks and gasps.

“No.....that can’t be.....It’s Princess! She’s running through the town and people are literally diving into the road to get away from her!”
“We have no choice, Karilla...we need to ride through town...I know you don’t like to make a scene by riding through Crystal Falls, but...we need to if we have any shot at getting Princess back safely.”




Meanwhile in the shopping district of Crystal Falls, many people are shocked and surprised to see a seemingly wild black horse tear through the town. For them, it is something either out of a western movie or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. A young woman who is talking on her cell phone is instantly interrupted by the sound of the loud clomping of hoof beats on the concrete.

“Yeah uhh.....you’re not going to believe this for a second but right now, there is literally a horse running on the sidewalk. I’m NOT kidding you, I stopped to take a sip of my coffee and I heard this loud-ass neigh and this big black horse was rearing up inside the park and a bunch of cops were trying to calm it down! What? No, I’m NOT on crack, I’m serious! Hold on....”




Suddenly, the woman is taken completley aback as she sees a reddish-brown streak and a yellow and black streak race right past her.

“Ok....ready for this? There are two people that are riding horses that just sped past me....It was a guy and a girl....the guy looked like he had one of those lasso things so it looks like they’re trying to catch the black one....Well, there are some horse stables on top of the hill...




"Hey! What are you doing!? Horses belong at a horse farm!"
"Sorry! Excuse me!"

Mike and Karilla swiftly gallop their horses in the streets of Crystal Falls, weaving through and dodging oncoming traffic and angry pedestrians with great speed. However, after a long and grueling chase throughout the city, Mike finds that Princess had made her way out of the city and back into the wilderness.




Soon enough, the duo find Princess in the grasslands and gallop near her, Karilla signals to Mike to use the lasso to ensnare Princess, but she soon makes a discovery that thoroughly annoys and angers her.

“Mike! The lasso! Use the lasso!”
“Uhhhhh....Karilla? I don’t know......how to use one....”
“What!? THEN WHY THE HELL DID WE BRING IT ALONG WITH US IN THE FIRST PLACE?!?!”
“I don’t know....I thought I would be able to figure it out! I didn’t plan on her galloping through the f***ing streets of Crystal falls!”
“Well, How the hell do you expect to catch her now?!”





The expression of Mikes face changes from one of bewilderment to determination as his brain brews an idea....

“There is one thing I can do...”
“And what is that, Mr. Cowpoke?”
“Princess is just a few feet that way....If I can make Fury gallop, I can gain enough speed so that Fury and Princess are parallel, I can jump from Fury’s back to Princess’ back.”




“WHAT?! That is far too dangerous! This is not some kind of movie or TV show, it’s real life! What if you miss? You can easily break a ton of bones, or worse!!”
“Trust me Karilla....With 13 years of MMA experience....I can honestly say that I am one tough motherf***er....I can handle some pain... GIDDYAP, FURY! HYAH!"
“MICHAEL!!!!!!!!”




Ignoring Karilla’s yell, Mike makes Fury gallop closer and closer to Princess....Without taking a second thought, Mike positions himself to where he is no longer straddling the stallion rather he is crouching on his back......With his powerful legs, he springs from Fury’s back........




and lands right on Princess’ back as planned.




“Holy sh*t....he actually did it.”




Despite Mike being successful in his attempt to wrangle Princess, he seems to have trouble calming down the frightened mare as she gallops wildly in circles, trying to throw him off her back.

“HEY! EASY!!! Easy there girl....calm down...It’s gonna be okay...”




“There we go....good girl, Princess! What can you say, this horse has definitely got some spirit!”





Karilla simply smiles at her boyfriend......

“Lets go back.....we should keep this little...“misadventure” between us, okay?”