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“Merry Christmas, Professor Nemesis” by Buddy Goodboy (read by Solomon Harries)
The paragon of super power faces his most deadly enemy at his most desperate—can he save himself and Professor Nemesis?
Today’s story is “Merry Christmas, Professor Nemesis” by Buddy Goodboy, he/him, whose social media, stories, and art you can find listed on his Linktree.
Read by Solomon Harries, the Cuddly Badger Dad.
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Transcript
You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.
Speaker:This is Rob MacWolf, your fellow traveler,
Speaker:and Today’s story is
Speaker:“Merry Christmas, Professor Nemesis”
Speaker:by Buddy Goodboy,
Speaker:he/him, whose social media, stories, and art you can find listed on his Linktree.
Speaker:Read by Solomon Harries,
Speaker:the Cuddly Badger Dad.
Speaker:Please enjoy “Merry Christmas, Professor Nemesis”
Speaker:by Buddy Goodboy
Speaker:Apex glided through the sky at subsonic speed toward Professor Nemesis’ mountain lair.
Speaker:No need to rattle any windows on a holiday, after all.
Speaker:As the thought crossed his mind, infrared lasers from the foothills tracked onto him.
Speaker:Subterranean launch platforms spat missiles in swarms.
Speaker:The roar drowned out his super-hearing.
Speaker:He dove and swerved to avoid the first wave
Speaker:—not too good a turn radius on these models
Speaker:—only to see them arc around to follow him.
Speaker:Guided by the lasers, no doubt.
Speaker:Apex squinted, and electromagnetic waves flowed in a torrent from his eyes,
Speaker:then narrowed and focused to a specific frequency.
Speaker:Sure enough, the missiles veered to follow Apex’s signal and slammed back into their own launchers.
Speaker:Apex touched down at Professor Nemesis’ front door.
Speaker:The gargantuan titanium skull rising out of the mountain was crushed in places.
Speaker:One eye lit up a sickly green.
Speaker:Apex turned up toward it and arched an eyebrow.
Speaker:“Missiles?” he said for the benefit of the camera
Speaker:no doubt tunneling data back to the professor.
Speaker:“Those haven’t been effective against me for fifty years.
Speaker:You might as well come out and talk, Nemesis.”
Speaker:The mouth of the skull yawned open.
Speaker:open.A shrunken, greying scientist in badly oversized lab clothes decorated in a green skull motif shuffled out to meet Apex.
Speaker:“A mad scientist’s budget doesn’t stretch like it used to,” he coughed.
Speaker:Apex reached out a hand toward Professor Nemesis.
Speaker:“You kept your word. Every dollar spent trying to kill me matched by a charitable donation.
Speaker:And no innocents endangered.”
Speaker:Nemesis slapped Apex’s hand away.
Speaker:“As if I would endanger the innocent.
Speaker:My quarrel is with you, you monkey.”
Speaker:He gave a wet, wracking cough and doubled over.
Speaker:“No using—“ he started.
Speaker:“No using your micro vision to diagnose me. You promised.”
Speaker:“I wish you would let me
Speaker:—“ “I let you do enough.”
Speaker:Nemesis’ eyes watered.
Speaker:“Every year, I let you condescend to me,
Speaker:and you get stronger,
Speaker:and I get older.” Apex offered his hand again.
Speaker:This time, Nemesis took it without looking.
Speaker:They were silent together.
Speaker:“I will kill you,” Nemesis said finally.
Speaker:“Merry Christmas, Professor Nemesis.”
Speaker:This was “Merry Christmas, Professor Nemesis”
Speaker:by Buddy Goodboy”,
Speaker:read for you by Solomon Harries,
Speaker:the Cuddly Badger Dad. You can
Speaker:find more stories on the web at thevoice.
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Speaker:This concludes our 2023 broadcast year,
Speaker:but we hope to see you again at the fireside,
Speaker:for another story,
Speaker:in the new year. Happy Holidays,
Speaker:and on behalf of myself,
Speaker:Khaki your faithful fireside companion,
Speaker:all of our fellowship of readers,
Speaker:and all those writers who have contributed their stories
Speaker:to be read: Thank you
Speaker:for listening to The Voice
