MrWolf1
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(Closed thread for AmbrosiaCaress and myself.......hope you enjoy)
“Last call, son.”
The stained glass shades that covered the lights above cast their muti-colors about the walls of the bar, showcasing the beer brands etched into their surfaces. Though, this almost beautiful light show went unnoticed by the few dregs still scattered about the several chairs and tables. The bar itself, a perfect reconstruction of one from an Old English pub, had but one patron sitting upon one of it’s stools. Even now, his head raised only slightly, looking up at the short, rotund man across from him. Wiping the inside of a shot glass, the barkeeper tried to read the young man’s look.
Dirty, shoulder length brown hair fell in oily clumps over a pale ashen face, who’s red veined eyes were set in dark circles. It was a face that seemed to have not known sleep, at least not restful sleep, in a long time. The crinkled t-shirt and stained jeans that he wore looked no better.
“I said, ‘Last call’.” The barkeeper repeated, not knowing if the younger man could even understand him. From one of the tables, two other males seemed to have heard. Rising from their seats, they walked past the pair at the bar. One, wearing a green jacket, emblazoned with the Packers logo on the back, eyed the man still sitting at the bar. As the two past through the door leading outside, quick, quiet words were exchanged.
About that time, from the seat at the bar, the young man rose shakily to his feet. Tossing a wad of bills onto the counter, he used the edge of the bar to steady himself as he worked tired and dizzy legs towards the door. The barman, looking up from counting the money, that included a rather large tip, saw how unsteady the young man’s gate was.
“You need a cab, son?” The younger man just shook his head in answer, and, with not just a little effort, managed to push open the front door, and pass into the cold dark night beyond.
Cold it was. With puffs of cloudy breath circling his head, the young man began a long slow walk along the side walk. The city was dark and quiet. Even the typical stray animals seemed to have gone to warmer places this night. The tall lamp posts, casting their islands of light around them, the only company he had as he took step by wobbly step. He couldn’t remember just how long he had been drinking. However long it had been, he knew it wasn’t near long enough to bury what he was trying to numb himself from.
At least he wished he was numb, when a long plank of wood came crashing down onto his head as he past a dark alley between buildings! Stars danced before his eyes, as rough hands seized him by his shirt, pulling him into the shadows and onto the ground. A foot then connected with his gut, pulling a grunt and cough from his now aching belly, and shoving him into several metallic garbage cans. Their rattling filling his ears, as he was lifted to his feet and slammed to the wall behind him. Hands then again came upon him, searching his pockets, not stopping till they found the thin wallet tucked into his back pocket.
“Fuck! He’s only got ten bucks!” a voice growled. Bloodshot eyes creaked open to catch sight of the Packers logo on the back of the one facing away from him, throwing his now empty wallet into the garbage. They then turned to the other, the one who’s hands held him to the wall. Their eyes locked.
“What the fuck you looking at, asshole?!” The one before him barked. “Drinking away all your money, huh? Well, looks like we’ll just have to beat some sense into ya, so next time, you’ll have some money for us.” His meaty fist was pulled back, ready to deliver a massive and damaging blow to the face of the one he held.
Yet, he paused. For, upon the face of the young man whom they had beaten and robbed, there came a smile. A wide, toothy smile. Then, the eyes that had been red and weak, took on a new look, a look that caused a chill of terror to run down the beater’s spine.
At that moment, in a dark alley, in a bad part of town, there were seen flashes of strange light, and there was heard a scream. A scream that only just sounded human. A scream that caused pets to scurry under their owners beds, to shiver till the morning. It made the trees let fall their leaves, flowers to wilt. As the first faded, another rang out, not as horrid as the first, but one marked by monstrous pain.
And out of that alley, one walked. His steps still wobbly, his face even more ashen and pale. As he strode to his apartment, he pulled the green jacket closer around his shoulders.
He didn’t even like the Packers.
“Last call, son.”
The stained glass shades that covered the lights above cast their muti-colors about the walls of the bar, showcasing the beer brands etched into their surfaces. Though, this almost beautiful light show went unnoticed by the few dregs still scattered about the several chairs and tables. The bar itself, a perfect reconstruction of one from an Old English pub, had but one patron sitting upon one of it’s stools. Even now, his head raised only slightly, looking up at the short, rotund man across from him. Wiping the inside of a shot glass, the barkeeper tried to read the young man’s look.
Dirty, shoulder length brown hair fell in oily clumps over a pale ashen face, who’s red veined eyes were set in dark circles. It was a face that seemed to have not known sleep, at least not restful sleep, in a long time. The crinkled t-shirt and stained jeans that he wore looked no better.
“I said, ‘Last call’.” The barkeeper repeated, not knowing if the younger man could even understand him. From one of the tables, two other males seemed to have heard. Rising from their seats, they walked past the pair at the bar. One, wearing a green jacket, emblazoned with the Packers logo on the back, eyed the man still sitting at the bar. As the two past through the door leading outside, quick, quiet words were exchanged.
About that time, from the seat at the bar, the young man rose shakily to his feet. Tossing a wad of bills onto the counter, he used the edge of the bar to steady himself as he worked tired and dizzy legs towards the door. The barman, looking up from counting the money, that included a rather large tip, saw how unsteady the young man’s gate was.
“You need a cab, son?” The younger man just shook his head in answer, and, with not just a little effort, managed to push open the front door, and pass into the cold dark night beyond.
Cold it was. With puffs of cloudy breath circling his head, the young man began a long slow walk along the side walk. The city was dark and quiet. Even the typical stray animals seemed to have gone to warmer places this night. The tall lamp posts, casting their islands of light around them, the only company he had as he took step by wobbly step. He couldn’t remember just how long he had been drinking. However long it had been, he knew it wasn’t near long enough to bury what he was trying to numb himself from.
At least he wished he was numb, when a long plank of wood came crashing down onto his head as he past a dark alley between buildings! Stars danced before his eyes, as rough hands seized him by his shirt, pulling him into the shadows and onto the ground. A foot then connected with his gut, pulling a grunt and cough from his now aching belly, and shoving him into several metallic garbage cans. Their rattling filling his ears, as he was lifted to his feet and slammed to the wall behind him. Hands then again came upon him, searching his pockets, not stopping till they found the thin wallet tucked into his back pocket.
“Fuck! He’s only got ten bucks!” a voice growled. Bloodshot eyes creaked open to catch sight of the Packers logo on the back of the one facing away from him, throwing his now empty wallet into the garbage. They then turned to the other, the one who’s hands held him to the wall. Their eyes locked.
“What the fuck you looking at, asshole?!” The one before him barked. “Drinking away all your money, huh? Well, looks like we’ll just have to beat some sense into ya, so next time, you’ll have some money for us.” His meaty fist was pulled back, ready to deliver a massive and damaging blow to the face of the one he held.
Yet, he paused. For, upon the face of the young man whom they had beaten and robbed, there came a smile. A wide, toothy smile. Then, the eyes that had been red and weak, took on a new look, a look that caused a chill of terror to run down the beater’s spine.
At that moment, in a dark alley, in a bad part of town, there were seen flashes of strange light, and there was heard a scream. A scream that only just sounded human. A scream that caused pets to scurry under their owners beds, to shiver till the morning. It made the trees let fall their leaves, flowers to wilt. As the first faded, another rang out, not as horrid as the first, but one marked by monstrous pain.
And out of that alley, one walked. His steps still wobbly, his face even more ashen and pale. As he strode to his apartment, he pulled the green jacket closer around his shoulders.
He didn’t even like the Packers.
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