Chapter 5
-:- CHAOS -:-
Walking into what we class as our shed, I make sure I have the shoe coverings on and the coveralls. They are all able to be burned afterwards, as a no evidence left, kind of thing.
Wings, Drag, Buzz, BS, and Stitch are all in here. Buzz has blood on his coveralls already. When I look at the man, I notice that although he is only in his boxers and tied to the chair, he is missing two toes, then I look at Buzz who shrugs. “Thought I'd do toes for a change. I was a bit fed up with fingers. You know it gets boring doing the same thing all the time.”
“Any idea as yet what is going on? What he had in the syringe?” I ask, leaning against the wall.
“Nope, as yet he’s being a brave little man, aren’t you?” Drag drawls, then looks at me. “Where’s Meat? I thought he’d be here for this shit.”
Now I don’t get to answer as the door flies open and Meat storms in. Oh, my, oh, my, we all burst out laughing because here comes, wait for it…Freddy KruegerofNightmare on Elm Streetfame, but the sidekick of course is Star dressed as none other thanJason VoorheesfromFriday the 13th.
The asshole tied to the chair is gaping with shock, but we all continue waiting to see what happens next.
Star skips around the idiot swinging a fucking machete. Just like the character used, but it is real and it’s here in front of all of us. Swinging the damn thing, it whizzes past the fucker's shoulder, missing him by centimeters. Now, to hear a grown man scream like a little girl isn’t a great thing, but when he pisses his boxers, it’s even worse.
Freddie wiggles his fingers, which I have to inform you have some kind of spikes attached to them. It looks fucking lethal I have to tell you that, and when Freddie steps forward the fucking asshole faints. Yeah, you got it. He passes out like a pussy.
BS shakes his head as he speaks, “They send these assholes and at the first sign of trouble they show how weak they are. If we’d been like that during, you know our service, we’d have been well and truly fucked or laughed out.”
We all know Meat had it bad, and he’s told none of us what happened, but we will all support each other to the full. Meat may be odd, but we don’t give a single fuck. He’s one of us. Good thing he found Star because I reckon she’s as cracked in the head as he is.
“You reckon this is all to do with the job Victoria has? You know computer wizardry?” Drag asks.
“Wizardry! Wow, that’s an excellent description for her, hey Chaos?” Stitch laughs.
I chuckle because he could be right. “I’m going to see if Specs and Delta from BaronsSecure can find out what she’s been up to, and if they can help her.”
“That’s a good idea,” BS agrees, and when he winces, I turn to see Meat has an ear in his hand, and the fucker is awake and shaking in shock.
“You gonna tell us now?” Star asks in a gruff voice that I’m not sure is supposed to be Axel!
“You taking the piss, Star?” We all hear and turn to see Axel stepping inside and closing the door behind him.
“No, Boss,” Star quickly replies, but continues skipping around the asshole which looks ridiculous considering what she’s wearing.
“Freddy and Jason, get over there,” Axel snarls and points to a corner of the room. I snicker because he’s got the characters down. “Right, this is going to end in a minute, asshole. Nod yes or no.” Axel bends, so he’s looking in the asshole’s face and closely. “Were you trying to murder Victoria?”
The idiot nods yes, and more piss drips down his legs and between the chair legs. Axel moves back with a scrunched up disgusted look on his face. “Be a man. You took and tried to do the job, so at least be man enough to die for it. Now, is someone else going to come for her?”
Again, the idiot nods yes.
“Hmm, so this is because of her computer savvy?” Axel continues, again getting a nod. “Do you know who is after her?”This time he nods no. Turning to look at us all, Axel shrugs. “He’s no good to us. Just get rid of him. Take him to Nell’s she may want to play with him a while.”
With that Axel gives Meat and Star a shake of his head, but I can see his lip twitch so he is amused. He’s just trying not to show it. Drag follows Axel out of the room, and I hear them open the dumpster outside where they’ll throw their coveralls and shoe coverings. Once we’ve all done here, the last one will set it alight and watch it until it’s burned out.
Meat and Star are quietly arguing about who wants to go with this idiot to Nell’s and join in any fun. “Why don’t you two take him and we’ll clean up in here?” I ask, which gets me a nod from both of them. I’m not sure what Nell will think when Freddy and Jason arrive. Should I warn them? Nah, it’ll be fun for them to find out for themselves.
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Morning comes far too early, and I grab an amount of gear from my room at the shooting range. I walk into the living room, and Winter is sitting with a heap of paperwork in front of her. “What is all that?” I ask as I plop into a seat.
“Month end reports, but I’m checking orders because one of the suppliers has upped his prices for the third month running. It’s not what I would expect from them either. I may look for another supplier.”
“Do you think something is wrong?” I ask because this supplier has been with us since the range opened.
“It may just be the economy right now, but I’m going to do my research to be sure. I don’t want to wade in and accuse him of ripping us off to find out it really is just prices soaring.”
