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Re: Tell a story
Is anyone else drunk right now?
Okay, here is my story:
It had been a long, rough day. The sun was finally beginning to set and soon the city would be ablazed with artificial light to signal the awakening of the ever-present night life. A man standing solid walked in and out of the shadows, down the sidewalk and towards downtown. He, Michael Logan, was a master of this night life. It was easy to get away, and he'd been living a double life behind his wife and two kids' back for some time now. But hard times had fallen on the family, and he believed that in the long run he was only ensuring their safety. Better to keep it secret, and hey, he may even bring home surprise gifts for them with the money he earned. "Where shall this night take me," he thought as he headed towards the brightly lit Strip. The casino, the strip club, the bar, any of them were suitable starts. "This is going to be one of the hardest nights of my life. I need to relieve some stress before I can pull this off." He stopped in front of the dimly lit building, and proceded towards the entrance.
He opened the door to Bullseye, A bar he went to every night to unwind after a long day in his depressing job as a stock broker. He had been working there for the past ten years. Since he lost all his money in the stock marker life had been rough. He had to sell his car, private jet and his beach house in Italy. What he had been keeping from his family was his newly made ties with the Mafia. This was a sure way for him to make some money for his family. Sure he was not doing the most morally right things but if it meant more money in the wallet why not? He was having fun with them the best fun in fact he had in his life nothing could compare it not even his drunken nights at college with his buddies. Every night he stayed out till three in the morning with his Mafia friends drinking the finest most intoxicating liquor, smoking the freshest Cuban cigars, getting high off the purest Marijuana, and mingling with the random girls in the strip club. Yes he was living a life of sin and it would just get worse as the night went on. He had to relief some stress before the other members came to plan out the whole action for later that night.
Micheal loved his family and his wife very much. He was doing this for them. They might not have understood if he told them, but it was truly for them. Yet, the stresses of being in the Mafia made it harder for him to hide. He needed to relieve this stress so when he went home that night his wife wouldn't suspect anything. After a couple drinks he started to feel better. At this point many very attractive women were all around him. The room started spinning and all he could think about was how he could get with any one of these women. He drank more and more to try and block his feelings out, but it only made him want it even more. He was doing this for his family, his wife. He was doing it for them so why couldn't he do just one thing for himself. It wouldn't be wrong. His mind was going in circles. Next thing he knew he was in the back room of the bar with Candy. Candy showed him that he mattered. His wife didn't do that. He was doing this all for his wife and she never showed him that she cared. He deserved this! It wasn't wrong!
Candy finished up much to Michael's delight. He could now get on with what he was instructed to do early that morning. He felt a pang of guilt as he left the bar, but shook it off. He knew he was only taking his life into his own hands. There wouldn't be anymore dead-end jobs. There wouldn't be anymore deadlines, quotas, and all the other bullshit he had to go through for the past 20 years. All of those rich, undeserving scumbags. He worked harder than any of them, and yet they were the ones who saw the dough.
And to think, he was once a fresh-faced college grad ready to take the world on just like anyone else. Michael met his wife, Summer, during his senior year of college. They hit it off at a party after being introduced by one of Michael's friends. They were meant for each other...at least they used to be. Was it really that long ago? Had they really drifted this far apart over these past few years? He shuddered at the thought of his children's faces if they discovered what their father did for a living now. How could he ever explain to them that it was for their future? That their college education and future were being ensured? He pushed the thoughts away, it was time to get down to business.
Michael walked out of the bar and turned down the alleyway, slinking into the shadows after making sure no one else was around. He continued on, all the way to the back where it was darkest. Here stood an unimpressive and unoriginal green dumpster. Michael was told to find the package and wait here until his contact came with more information on where and when he was going to make the drop and deal with their growing "problem". Hmmm, it's supposed to be around here somewhere. He began searching through the dumpster, tossing pieces of cardboard and compost aside. Where is it? More cardboard, an old video tape titled "Jungle Fever", a crumbled newspaper. No, that can't be right. A shattered bottle of booze, a blowup doll? No! He became frantic now, afraid that someone had discovered it. Their entire plan would be in jeopardy and ---- *CRASH* He was hit in the head from behind. Things began to slow down as he tumbled downwards. "Unngh," he moaned. Desperate to get a look at his attacker's face he pushed himself face up and onto his back. "It can't be??" he choked out before taking a direct blow to the face and slipping out of conciousness.
He blinked to keep his eyes open. Then he got a look at the attackers face. He couldn’t believe himself. It was… Candy. She just looked at him and said “Sucker! You really thought I wanted you?!?, I only got with you to buy time. Good luck telling your boss about this”. A few moments later, Michael woke up… rubbing his head he felt a bump. Candy must have hit him and knocked him out this time. How could this be? He ruined the entire plan. What was his boss going to do? Now Michael was afraid for his life. Then his fear turned into anger… he wasn’t going to tell his boss. No- Michael was going to find that package get it back. Candy was always at the Bullseye. Now all Michael could think of was how he was going to get revenge and get the package back and deliver it as planned.
Great not only was he screwing up his job as a stock broker now he was screwing up his job in the Mafia. Sure he could loss his job as a stock broker by messing up but now he might get killed by messing and losing the package. As he regained control of the situation he rummaged again through the dumpster to see if the package was there. After several minutes and digging through slimy, moldy, and rotten food he found it. The package was about the size of an egg carton and it was brown with a fake address labeled to a Miss Tiffany Blue. He grabbed it and slid it under his coat. Now all he had to do was wait for Robby to come and tell him where to drop it off. He went back on the street to wait for Robby he wanted to look as discreet as possible so he waited at a table out on the street and ordered a cup of Coffee from the café. It was an hour before Robby finally showed up. Now Michel was impatient, angry and still was a little drunk. Robby told him how important the package was and told him that he would have to drop it off on 72nd street and wait for a man named Night to come by. Night would be driving a 2004 red Hummer. All Michel had to do was wait in his car.
Chapter 2
After Robby left, Michel finished his cup of coffee then headed towards 72nd street. After waiting for twenty minutes a red Hummer slowly drove up to where Michel was waiting. The drivers side window rolls down and the man orders Michel to come to his car. Michel walks over and gets into the passenger side.
"You the guy", Night says.
"Yeah, the names Michel".
Night tells Michel to take the package to room 509 on the fifth floor at Flamingo Hotel. Michel takes out his palm pilot and carefully writes the information down so he wouldn't forget. His head still hurting for the blow from Candy was still giving him a headache. Michel gets out of Night's car and walks back to his car. He did not bother to look back at Night but he can hear the exhaust on Night's car roar as Night drove off on the Vegas strip.
Standing outside of the Flamingo Hotel, Michel was feeling a little better. He knew that this was the last stop of the night. After dropping off the package he can head back home to his family. He walks into Flamingo and heads towards the elevators. As he walked towards the elevators he can see the gambling room. He got closer and closer and so did his urge to gamble. What people don't know about Michel is that he has problem with gambling. Once he starts he can't stop untill he is staified with his winnings. Michel's thinking to himself and decides that the package can wait. It's no problem trying to win a couple bucks.
So he walks over to the black jack table. Takes out four hunderd bucks from inside his blazer and asked the cashier to cash it in for chips. It only took thirty minutes to lose two hundred. He stared to get angry, yelling and talking shit to the other players at the table. Couple more black jack hands was dealt and still Michel was losing. Finally his big break. Michel get's two ace's, he splits the cards and decides to bet all of his chips. The dealer deals a Queen and a ten both giving Michel twenty one. First win of the night and Michel triples his money. Greed starts to fuel his actions. Michel starts to bet higher and higher. Winning more and more, he decides to try the high stakes table. It was his lucky night, he was successful winning at the high stakes table but what Michel didn't know was that time was running out and he forgot all about the package.
He was on fire and had made $2800. "One more hand," he tells the dealer. He's dealt a king in the hole with a queen showing. He sees the dealer has a 10 showing. "I'll stick." The dealer looks him up and down and decides to hit. A 4 is dealt and the dealer smiles. They flip the cards and the dealer shows 10-7-4 giving him 21. "No..." is all Michael can say. He'd just lost $2,400. He shakes it off, trying to ward off his disbelief at what just happened. "Fine, one more---oh shit." Michael remembered the package, his job was to deliver it safely with no problems. He gets up from the table and cashes out his last $400. He leaves the room reaching into his pocket to check what room it was supposed to be on his palm pilot. But...where was it? He checked his other pocket. No, not again. Michael looked around frantically, this is not what he needed. He looked back to the blackjack table and saw it shining on the ground. Phew, he walked back over and embarassed, picked it up and walked away.
Okay, let's see...room 509. Shouldn't be too bad. He walks into the elevator and is about to press the button for the 5th floor when he notices he has a new message on his palm pilot. Summer's probably just getting worried, he thought and decides it can wait for now. A man walks into the elevator and calmly tips his hat. He presses the button for the 5th floor.
"What floor?" the man asks. "Same one."
The elevator creaks to life and starts lifting them up the shaft. To say the peaceful elevator music was annoying would be an understatement. The man stood still next to him just staring at the floor, almost like a statue. What a weirdo, Michael thought. As the door opened to the 5th floor, he remembered the message he hadn't checked yet. The fifth floor looked terrible. It was broken down, the lights were flickering, it was like they hadn't done maintence on it in years. Odd, Michael thought as he went to check his message. The subject line was blank, which was typical of Summer. But...the author line was blank as well. How can that be? He opens up the message.
Don't go to the 5th floor! It's a trap!
What?! Who could have sent this? That doesn't make any sense. The man in the hummer told him explicitly. What's going on here? Michael realized he didn't have time to sit there and wonder who could have sent the message. He had to get out of there, and quick!
He tried not to look alarmed and turned back towards the elevator. The man was still standing inside the elevator with his head down. As Michael neared the elevator, the man suddenly pulled a pistol from under his coat. "Going somewhere?" he asked with a menacing smirk.
"What, no, umm."
"Shut up. Do you have it?"
"Have what..what is this?"
"Shut Up! Yes or no?"
"Really I don't..."
The man points the gun directly at his head. "The package, yes or no."
Michael reluctantly pulls it out of his coat and flashes it to the man. "Good," he says. "Come with me." He sticks the gun directly into Michael's back an leads him down the hallway. "Why?" Michael stammers, but the man says nothing. He continues to lead him down the hall, until they stop in front of room 509.
"Knock," the man says. Michael cringes at thoughts of who or what is on the other side. Not needing to be told twice, he knocks on the ominous door three times.
No answer!
“What’s going on?” Michael asked the man next to him.
The man said nothing. After no response Michael knocked again. Just then the package dropped from his pocket. He quickly reached for it, grabbing it just before the man got it. Just then the door opened… and there was Michael’s wife and kids tied up and gagged. “How did I get into this?” Michael thought. They weren’t supposed to get hurt in all this.
“What do you want?” Michael said to the guy who opened the door.
“The package!” he replied.
All of a sudden Michael noticed a man with a gun to his wife and kids heads.
“What do I do, give him the package and risk getting killed by my people or not give the package and risk having my wife and kids killed.” Michael thought.
Michael decided to play dumb… “What package?” he said to the man.
“You know what package!” the man replied.
Just then Michael’s palm pilot made a noise indicating he had another message. The entire room went silent and Michael reached into his pocket to pull out his palm pilot.
The number on his palm pilot was the number that his mafia boss would contact him on whenever he needed Michel to do a job for him. Michel brings the palm pilot up to his ear and says
"Hello".
"Michel, you did bad, you disobey me and now your going to pay for it" says his mafia boss.
"No, please no, I'll repay you, i'll do anything", Michel replies.
"It's too late now, you wasted my time, you was suppose to just deliever the package".
Michel's boss hangs up before Michel can say anything else. What am I to do now? I put my family in this situation now how am I going to get them out. Michel thinks about the great man above and says a pray to him. But Michel feels sorrow inside, thinking that God may not answer his pray. He thinks back to the days when his parents used to push him to go to church but Michel would always say no but he was forced to go. After Michel turn sixteen he never went to church and never prayed until tonight. He wonders if God would answer his prayer and save his family and himself. Michel says to himself.
"if you get me out of this situation i'll pray everynight and go to church every sunday"
Why did this happen to me God, why. Michel flashes back to reality and he can see tears of fear in his wife and childrens eyes. What am I to do now, how can I get my family out of this?
Okay, I wrote a great portion of it. Other people wrote some of it too. I started it, and then wrote about being in the alleyway, and then about being in the elevator and basically added in the plot twists. It's for a class project on the 7 deadly sins. It's a story including them in it. I win!
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