Ants Vs Mary - Part III

Little Ant and all the soldiers from Unit 1 were at their positions, between the back of the bed and the wall. It was almost nightfall. Commander Unit 1 was in a meeting with other top generals, the soldiers were on their own. Some soldiers were more eager than others.

"Let's go! Let's go! Get into position under her pillow.", said Private 0105.

"Wait!", Little Ant yelled. "It isn't nightfall yet. The fat lady isn't in the bed fast asleep. There's no one there. We have to wait until she's there. Those are the Commander's orders."

"No more waiting! We've waited long enough. I'm sick and tired of waiting. Those who want to follow, come along. The other cowards, just watch the action from the sidelines! Haha..", laughed Private 0157.

A handful of them went. Not many though. Little Ant estimated around 20. He watched from the corner of the bed. If the fat lady found them, he could still make a fast escape back to safety. He saw the rogue ants position themselves around and under the pillow. They waited there for the fat lady.

Not long after, the ants from Unit 1 heard the key turn. They knew the time had come. The fat lady and the man had returned. It was only a few more hours before they would spring into action. The generals heard the key turn as well and were returning to their units to prepare for attack.

Little Ant heard the group of rogue ants talking.

"Yeah! She's back! We'll hit her the moment she gets into bed.", said Private 0197 enthusiastically.

"She won't even know what hit her. Ha ha ha.", laughed Private 0154.

"Yeah, we'll show those cowards!", said Private 0157, pointing at some of the soldiers from Unit 1 who had gathered to see what they were up to.

Little Ant felt the bed shake. He looked up to see that the fat lady had jumped on the bed. The man was there as well. He was seated on the side of the bed. He saw Private 0157 and 0154 running around the sides of the pillow. They were chasing each other. They didn't notice the fat lady was there.

"Hey guys! Stop fooling around. She's here! She's here!", Little Ant shouted at the top of his voice.

"Shut up coward! We're not afraid of her!", replied Private 0157.

They continued playing around the pillow and even climbed onto the top of the pillow. Little Ant was worried for them. He didn't want any more casualties from his Unit, even though these few were the biggest ant jerks. Ant Jocks he called them. Proud, arrogant and insensitive. They thought they were the strongest and best of the lot.

The fat lady moved closer to the pillow. Little Ant's heart dropped! He rushed out from his safety position to the corner of the pillow. He wanted to warn them. As he did that, he saw the fat lady's face move closer and closer to the pillow.

"Run guys! She's spotted you. Run before she crushes you!", shouted Little Ant from the corner of the pillow.

Private 0154 and 0157 took him seriously this time. They felt it. They felt a shadow come over them. They looked up and all they saw was a giant finger. It was too late. They knew it in their hearts. All they could do was try to run.

Little Ant watched in horror as they ran for their lives. Of course they were no match for the fat lady. Just the tip of her finger was a hundred times their size. She caught them, crushed them. She was looking for more of them. She was certain there were more. Little Ant could see it in her eyes. She was hungry for revenge after last night's attack.

"Run guys! Run back to base. She's coming after all of us.", Little Ant shouted, trying to warn the rest of the rogue ants as he was himself running back to safety.

He got back to the corner of the bed. Panting, he saw that the fat lady had turned over the pillow. "Oh no!", he thought, "Now she's going to spot the rest of the rogue ants hiding under the pillow. He saw her crush his friends with her fingers. She was sparing no one. After she finished those under the pillow, she moved the pillow away and attacked those who were trying to run back to base. She got them as well.

With tears streaming down his cheeks, Little Ant could do nothing but watch. He was powerless. He stood there motionless.

He saw the fat lady moving towards him. She had spotted a few rogue ants running back to base. She now knew where they were hiding. Luckily, it was a small entry way between the bed and the headboard to where they were hiding. Her fingers couldn't even fit through.

Little Ant retreated a little as the fat lady's face moved closer. He could see her giant eye balls peering into the entry way, looking for ants. She couldn't see them of course, because they were hiding between the bed and the wall.

He heard the General's voice calling all remaining soldiers back to base. He left immediately. Before leaving, he took a last look at those mean, peering, giant eye balls.

"This is not over.", he thought to himself.