100 in 100!

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

Your challenge (should you choose to accept it) is to crank out 100 words or 1 graphic inspired by the word:
Paralyzed

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[agdhani.livejournal.com]

“Mr. Fenway! My word it is good to see you! After what people have been saying…” The thin faced soldier with broad hands grabbed Aman’s hand and pumped it enthusiastically.
Assuming the rumors involved his death and not feeling inclined to address it until he confronted the Laedan, he stood paralyzed until the soldier let him go “I haven’t been gone that long,” he quipped. “Have you seen Norse?”
“Didn’t Laedan tell you? You don’t know?”
“Tell me what?” He chose not to mention he had not yet spoken to the Laedan, that he had not yet been to the Fortress, he steered the fellow through the barrack’s doorway as though he had come to inspect the facility. It looked the same as it always had, gray, drab, nearly lightless except for the feeble sun’s rays that pushed through the layers of grunge on the narrow rectangular windows. There was no power to the overhead lights, as that was reserved for evening or for the stormiest, coldest of days, and the fire at the far end had already gone out so that the hearth could be cleaned. Beds had been made save for those on off-duty rotation who snored as the slept and seemed not to hear the muted conversation of the pair walking the center aisle between the left and right rows of beds.
“Gone missing they say…or maybe he’s on his own mission. People won’t say. One day he just stopped comin’ round.”
Aman pursed his lips. Norse undoubtedly had his share of enemies, people who would want him dead. If his absence was a kidnapping, Geary would undoubtedly prevent that knowledge from spreading. But a secret mission…
He nodded with relief. That was the most likely explanation. It meant he was not likely to run into the other man before he was ready to do so.
“Some think HOPE’s using him for their heists…or he’s doing them himself and that’s why the anakarist is here again…” His guide whispered.
“Anakarist?” Aman’s heart beat faster and harder. “Heists?”
“Medical supplies…we’re stretched cause a lot of us are guarding the clinics and medical centers…either to protect them or as a cover up. Nothing’s happened in Kennedy though. All’s been quiet otherwise. Is it true you went after weapons...?”
“Why would there be weapons?” Aman asked him, reaching the door at the opposite end of the barracks and opening it to let himself out. “Shouldn’t you be about your duties?” Norse might not be there to punish them for slacking, but if word reached the Laedan, the punishment would be no less severe.
“Yeah…I should…” He had been so surprised by seeing Aman as he left the barracks that he had forgotten he was on his way back to the main gatehouse outpost. “Well…welcome back, sir…”
Left alone, Aman knew what he had to do next.
Talk to as many soldiers and grounds staff as possible to verify those rumors, all while avoiding the Laedan, Anakarist Miller, and Donn Channon.

Paralyzed - OZ - Tobias Beecher - 152 words

[cmk418]

He couldn't move but Tobias Beecher knew he wasn't paralyzed. For a while, things seemed to float in and out of his consciousness in a haze. He'd snatch whispers here and there, nothing that stayed with him long enough to comprehend. The dull pain in his arms and legs was ever-present. That's how he knew he was okay.

Well, as okay as anyone could be for having their arms and legs broken. His mind still worked and the memories and heartbreak came back to him in a flood along with a tide of anger. That anger was his biggest motivator right now. In this bed with nothing to do but stare at the ceiling, he could plan his revenge. He would be the model patient, go to therapy, do his exercises, because, as soon as he was well enough, the people who put him in this bed were all going to pay.

[simplyn2deep.livejournal.com]

Derek stood paralyzed, the weight of the moment pressing down on him like a tidal wave. Stiles lay unconscious, blood trickling from a gash on his temple, his breathing shallow but steady.

"Derek, move!" Scott’s voice barely registered, distant and frantic.

He couldn’t. Not with the image of Stiles crumpling under the creature’s blow replaying in his mind.

Scott grabbed his arm, shaking him. "We have to get him out of here!"

Snapping out of his daze, Derek scooped Stiles up gently, his hands trembling.

“I’ve got you,” he whispered, the words more for himself than anyone else.