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Future · #6 (**permalink**) [ ] 07-04-2009, 05:45 AM

That one stare could have instantly killed anyone caught in sight of it, thankfully it didn't. Dang-her held his gun with a firm grip as if his life depended on it, though more logically mine. Most people around us turned a blind-eye, they're used to it here. Insanity Boulevard is known for all it's low-life scum. Even I felt it, a strange sense of familiarity ran across my spine.

As long as he had the gun I was out of control, but by the looks of his eyes, so was he. I had to do something, if only I could get half a second, perhaps a subtle distraction. Looking at my watch I noticed half seconds passed quicker than time could count.

Future: Is that a 5.5 Beretta Stampede?
Peefy: 3.5 actually, my gun is rather small.
Future: Can't all be winners, mind if I take a look?
Peefy: Sure.

He willingly handed over his fire-arm which subsequently fired him as the person in charge, not that he ever was. As I cocked the gun I realized I was pulling the smallest straw. Quite literally I was now the man with the tiny gun.

Peefy: Where is my sister? What have you done to her?!
Future: She's at the r- nearly had me there, clever, asking direct questions. As if I wouldn't expect those.
Peefy: What do you want from me?

Memories of the past lingered behind me, stalking me. I thought of all the things I wanted but couldn't have. Cashew Nuts, thanks to my allergy they'd blow my face up quicker than Peefy's revolver could. Peefy's Tie, it contained a confusing cartoon of Elmo dressed up as a farmer. Next to Elmo stood a cow, the cow said "Elmoo". I didn't get it, all it did was add another mystery into my life, it fascinated me. Compelled to solve the riddle, I wondered if this was the proof that cows can speak. Either way, I wanted that tie but couldn't take it. No matter the foul lies Peefy had spread about me, I was no thief! Unless stealing his sister's heart is a crime, in which case he's dead on. Soon a dead one.

Twenty years ago during the shooting of the movie Incognito, I lost my wife. One moment I saw her, the next she was gone from my life forever. I looked for days, weeks. I grew older, lost my job, the house, my mind. You come to realize money isn't worth a dime when you spend it all on private investigators and bubblegum. Only one of those was helpful, got rid of that addiction quicker than a cold turkey. I started my own case, chasing shadows. Lately all the evidence started to add up like a puzzle, it was overwhelming. When you forcefully stick the pieces together whether they fit or not, there's a brief moment of relief. Peefy was behind it, and the time was now to pay him back by making him pay me back.

Peefy: HEY, you think this is some kind of joke pal? What do you want?
Future: My life back. ..and 84,000 clams. The money kind, not the sea kind.

Right then I knew I said something I shouldn't have, did I blow my cover? Memory lane was right around the corner of Insanity Boulevard, I couldn't help but notice a twinkle of recognition within the eyes of my enemy. The time had come for my great escape, but seeing I neither had shovels nor a motorcycle I had to improvise. At least I had his gun, time for a puppet show.

Future: Get in the car.

Future: Not that car.

Future: No, that's a phone booth.

As Peefy finally made it into the right car, I ran for it.