*** At the abandoned Amusement park***
” No please! Don’t kill me!”
” Shut up!”, I interjected as I knotted my belt around his neck quickly strangling him to death.
” Hwweewww”, I exhaled out of my mouth as I wiped off the sweat on my forehead with my forearm. ” That’s all of them”, I said as I looked around at the bodies on the ground. I turned around and looked at my car, dented with marks of ricocheted bullets all around. ” Geez, that’ll need quite a lotta work”, I said as I walked towards the door.
” Krrrkuh”, I heard a gun crackle behind me. ” Put your hands where I can see ’em now!”, a voice ordered from behind me.
” Who are you guys anyway?”, I asked the person behind me.
” That’s none of your business. Now put your damn hands up where I can see ’em”, he ordered.
” Fine”, I replied as I raised my hands up.
” Good, now turn around and get on your knees”, he ordered. I turned around and looked him in the eye with a smirk on my face.
” Get on your knees now!”, he ordered. As I got on my knees. I heard whirling sounds.
” Tocotocotoco…..”, a helicopter whirled, as it approached us, hovering over the playground. It’s huge searchlight illuminated the spectacle of someone pointing a gun at my head.
” We have you completely surrounded, come out with your hands in the air!”, the cops blared through their megaphone.
” The cops?! But when did…..”
” They’ve been tailing your sorry ass the whole time”, I said cockily.
” Get down! get down!! down now!!!”, we heard as armed cops began to run in, surrounding us. The guy with the gun quickly lay on the ground and immediately, the cops jumped on him, and handcuffed his hands behind him. I kept my hands in the air as the cops ran towards me, probably to cuff me up.
” It’s me! I’m the one being attacked!”, I said as they approached, still on my knees. Then the inspector strutted through the myriad of cops, who gave way for him to pass. He stood right in front of me, scanning the environment with his eyes, and then me.
” Are these the rest of ’em?”, he asked me.
” Yes sir. I had to finish ’em off myself”, I said, the wind from the chopper ruffling my hair as I spoke.
” What are you? a monster?”, he asked as he looked down. at me.
” Nah, I’m just ex-military. Navy seal to be more precise”, I answered.
” I guess that explains all this”, he said taking yet another look around and then again at me, ” but we’re still gonna have to take you in for investigation concerning your affiliation with this drug syndicate. We can never be too careful, you know? Alright boys, take him in”, he said as two cops ran up behind me, putting handcuffs on me.
” Geez this is surprising”, I said as the two cops lifted me off the ground by the shoulders, to my feet, ” y’all just ruined my date”, I added as they escorted me into one of the patrol vehicles. There I sat, in the patrol car, as red and blue lights flashed in periodically from the silent siren lights of the other patrol cars.
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*** Morning, Kelly Medicals***
” Pheeew!, finally done”, I sighed, ” alright take him in for now”, I said to the other doctors as I took off my gloves, wiping the sweat off my forehead with my forearm. ” I need to get some sleep”, I muttered as I walked out of the theatre.
” Dring! dring!!”, my phone rang. ” Urrghh! now what?”, I grumbled as I took out the phone from my lab coat pocket. ” Alberto? I wonder what it is this time”, I said rolling my eyeballs, before picking up.
” Hey Tristan, how you doing amigo?”, his Mexican accent blared out the phone, which made me pull the phone away from my ear temporarily.
” What is it, Alberto?”, I asked.
” I guess you’re not in talking mood, no? Anyway, we’ve got a problem on ground”, he said.
” Oh yeah? and what’s that?”, I asked as my one of eyebrows arches upwards in impatience. ” He just wants money again”, I thought.
” I sent my men to go finish off your brother last night, now all of them are dead except one, and that one’s been taken in by the police”, he said.
” Oh yeah? and so what?”, I asked.
” What do you mean…”and so what?”,?”, he asked, ” we’ve gotta get him out of there”, he said.
” Look Alberto, I don’t have time for this. You find a way to sort it out yourself”, I said.
” Sort it out myself? But it’s your mission muchacho, or have you forgotten? You’ve got to at lea…..”.
” Shut your mouth Alberto! Shut your stupid mouth!!”, I interjected in frustration, ” I’ve had it with you guys. Deal with your shit yourself and you know what? I’m done with your goddamned gang”, I said and hung up. ” Hwweewww!”, I exhaled with puffed up cheeks as I ran my fingers backwards through my hair in frustration.
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*** Justin’s Residence***
” Urrghh”, I groaned as I woke up. I opened my eyes slowly, and looked around. ” Urrghh! I’m still here?”, I asked as I sprung up into a sitting position. I was about to get off the bed, when I heard slight snoring sounds. I looked beside me only to see the strange guy from my dreams laying beside me. I was going to scream, but something in me made me hold back. It felt right, seeing him sleeping there, like I had seen it many times before. I gently reached out my hand and touched his cheek. As my hand made contact with him, memories of us together flashed rapidly through my mind and I quickly recoiled my hand.
” Where’d that come from?”, I thought, ” could he really have been saying the truth all along?”, I pondered and then suddenly remembered Madison who I met yesterday. ” Is she really my sister?”, I thought. I certainly couldn’t deny that she surely was related to me in some way, seeing how she looked so much like me. ” But if these guys are telling the truth, then where does Tristan come in?”, I wondered.
” Isabelle?”, his groan interrupted my thoughts as his eyes opened. I turned to look at him and our eyes met. He had the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen on a guy. More memories of us dating and even memories of our wedding pervaded my mind. I closed my eyes tightly as I tried to get it off my mind.
” Are you okay?”, he asked as he sat up on the bed.
” Yeah I am, just stay back”, I said placing my palm in front of him to keep him away from him.
” What happened? “, he asked in a worried voice.
” I think my memory is fucked up”, I said as I put my hand on my forehead.
” Just calm down”, he said, ” the doctor gave you some prescriptions to help you recover your memories. So try not to stress yourself, okay?”, he said to me. Then I remembered the feeling, the feeling I used to have whenever Justin and I were together. I was feeling it now.
” Oh my god!”, I exclaimed.
” What is it?”, he asked.
” It’s you! I remember now”, I said as I looked at him, ” the feelings I had for you, they’re back!”, I said.
” Really?”, he asked in excitement as his eyes widened.
” Yeah, and I also remember us dating in highschool, even our wedding!”, I said excitedly as I hugged him. Tears welled up in my eyes as memories of our kids cropped up in my mind. I made sniffing sounds as I tried to hold myself back from crying out loud.
” Are you crying?”, Justin asked, my head still on his chest.
” I’m so sorry”, I said as I began to wailed out loud, ” I said left you and the kids and said all those mean stuff to you….. I’m such a terrible wife and mother”, I cried.
” No you’re not. To you’re the best thing that ever happened to me, you and the kids”, he said as he patted me on the back, which only made me wail even more. ” There there, it’s okay”, he said, rubbing my hair as my head lay on his shoulder.
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*** Just outside the Royal Resorts***
The next morning was quite the pain in the ass. We had gone out to get some chilli dogs, meanwhile Jeremy kept taunting me about how funny it was that I would cry and yet wouldn’t let him stop during our steamy encounter last night.
” Shut up Jeremy! Urrghh! You’re so…..”.
” So what? ” so good” ?”, he interjected in a sensual moany voice, mimicking my voice from last night. I was just about to grab him by the collar, when he ran a few steps ahead before I could catch him.
” I’m so gonna rip your hair off when I get you”, I said as we kept walking towards the chilly dog stand. Then a van screeched right in front of us and masked men came out and one of them knocked Jeremy out with pipe. I was about to run when another grabbed me from behind and placed a handkerchief over my nose. My vision blurred and I passed out immediately.
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*** At the Police station***
” Young Man, I believe you are well aware of the gravity of such a case”, the police chief said to me as he looked through the pictures on my phone.
” Yes sir, and that’s why I want him arrested and duly prosecuted”, I said.
” Frankly, this is enough evidence to issue an arrest warrant but your brother is a notoriously sneaky guy and we’re gonna have to tread with extreme caution”, he said.
” What?! Why can’t you just barge into his office and make an arrest?”, I asked angrily, ” I mean the other guy just confessed to having being paid by Tristan to get me killed and it’s not the first time he’s sending such people at me. Officer, he’s way too dangerous to be left out there”, I complained.
” Calm down sir”, he said, ” indeed you are correct, but we’ve been tracking your brother for a while and have photo evidence of him meeting with members of the Purple Mafia, whose activities we’ve also been tracking for a while and it turns out that your brother might be the only way for us to finally apprehend the syndicate”, he explained.
” Humph!”, I sighed, ” I get your point but I’m certainly not comfortable with that monster being out there”, I said.
” I do understand your point, but we simply can’t miss this window of opportunity. I ask that you help us out so that we can apprehend both your brother and the syndicate”, he said.
” Alright fine. I’ll give you a call if I find anything suspicious”, I said as I got up from the seat.
” Alright Mr Kelly, I’ll talk to you later”, he said as I took my leave
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*** A few hours later***
” Plip! plop! plip! plop!”, the sound of waterdrops colliding with a metallic surface woke me up. ” Urrghh! my head!”, I groaned as my eyes slowly blinked before opening up to a horrific sight. ” What in the… where am I?”, I questioned and tried to get up only to find that I was tightly strapped to the seat. I looked left and right frantically, only to see Janet passed out on the seat to which she was strapped.
” Oh my god! Janet! Wake up, Janet!”, I yelled at her. Then suddenly I heard a clank sound, followed by the screechy clanky sound you’d expect from dragging metal across a rough concrete floor. ” Who’s there?”, I asked in a startled voice. It was dark, the place where we were, except for a small yellow bulb that hung right over our heads, swinging with any slight vibration.
” Hola, muchachos”, a man greeted as he stepped into the light followed by a some guy in a mask.
” Who are you? Why did you kidnap us?”, I asked in a seemingly courageous way that was actually just a cloak for my fear.
” Well I brought you guys here because her brother…( he said pointing at Janet)… insulted me and disrespected the Purple Mafia”, he said in an intimidating Mexican accent, ” well at least that’s why she’s here, I don’t really know about you. You were his idea”, he added with a shrug as he pointed at the guy in a mask behind him. I looked at him, surprised at what could have made him ask for me specifically.
” Purple Mafia?”, I muttered. It sounded really familiar, and gave me a rather ominous vibe.
” Anyway, I was hoping to meet her but I guess I’ll have to wait. Can’t disturb a lady’s beauty sleep, y’know?”, he said with a shrug, ” In the meantime though, I’m gonna let the two of you have some time to yourselves. I’m sure you’ve got some things to settle”, he said and walked out of the room. Then I looked at the guy in the mask.
” Who are you?”, I asked as he took his mask off.
” Remember me?”, he asked, now barefaced.
” It can’t….. it can’t be”, I stuttered. It was him! The guy I killed two years ago!
” This can’t be possible. I… I killed you!”, I said to him, ” how can….”.
” Geez man, I thought you’d be happy to see me”, he said with a mischievous smirk as he pulled a chair over and sat right in front of me.
” How are you still alive?”, I asked now having more rage in me than fear. Like, I really detested the sight of this guy!
” It’s quite the long story”, he said, ” frankly, I did think I was dead. Then I woke up at the hospital. Turns out I was lucky and instead of dying, entered into a coma for a year. I miraculously woke up last year and the only thing on my mind was to return the favor” , he said.
” That’s not possible!”, I yelled.
” Well, I’m right in front of you, that should be enough evidence”, he said, ” anyway, I’m gonna make sure you suffer just as much as I did and I’ll give a taste of what’s to come right now”, he said as he stood up and walked over to my chair. Then he began to punch me in the face and that was were the torture began, receiving all those hard knuckles in my face, unable to dodge or block. I could already feel my nose breaking and started losing my consciousness gradually.