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Post by texican on Oct 5, 2020 16:03:34 GMT -6
The Thors, Loki and Natalie are having a lot of fun.
Thanks WillC.
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Post by willc453 on Oct 5, 2020 17:55:58 GMT -6
Yeah, I figured no doubt those 3 wanted to do something like this to the paparazzi for years and unable to REALLY do something about it. And how about other famous people? No doubt they're laughing their asses off on what happened to them and maybe even running a bluff on their own against the paparazzi. Like saying if you people DON'T back off, there can be DIRE consequences to you....like that evil Witch in Wizard of Oz who thought she was all powerful until Dorothy dropped that house on her. Imagine the paparazzi backing up while looking upwards into the sky?
As to Thor, he likes those 3 because of the way he and others were treated at the cosplay convention. They like him because he's not a gusher, oohing and awing because of who they are. As far as the aerial rides go, he figured they might like to see what it's like.....in a way, returning they way they treated him with their autographs. This is also why he gave a bunch of people a short ride at Disney Studio's as he could see the wanting in their faces. He figured if he didn't, he'd be a kind of a dick and playing favorites. Right now on page 3 of chapter 11 and he's busy in the Florida keys, helping the Coast Guard.
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Post by texican on Oct 7, 2020 12:45:25 GMT -6
The kid is has some smarts.
Have you noticed as we get older, the age we consider kids is older also.
Thanks WillC.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 11, 2020 7:23:47 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 10 We're cruising a couple of hundred feet above the ground and doing maybe sixty or seventy miles an hour because I thought the three of them would enjoy another aerial tour if you will, on our way to work. We had flown over a couple of freeways and I was busy scanning the sky for any possible helicopters just in case. Then we all saw it.......some cars had hit their brakes for some reason and suddenly there's a bunch of cars rear ending each other because they didn't have much time or distance to stop. But there were also semi trucks pulling trailers and people being people, would cut in front of them just to gain a little bit more distance to where ever, disregarding what could happen if they had to do an emergency stop with a multi-ton truck and trailer behind them. As soon as I saw what was happening, told everyone I'd have to drop them off, catch a cab to the studio and please let Bob know why I was going to be late, then to call 911 to make sure those people knew what was going on and that I'd be there already trying to help. They immediately said okay, so I dropped them off on the city street that was also an overpass over the freeway where the accidents had just happened. First thing was to find out who was hurt and get them out of harms way. The overpass had a fourteen foot plus clearance, so there was room enough to float under it. Problem was, with so many vehicles having crashed into each other, many couldn't get out of their cars, delivery vans, etc. and this wasn't helped by a couple of semi-trucks and trailers. I had to shout a couple of times, telling people I was there and I'd be getting them out as soon as possible. Some people had managed to crawl out of their vehicles, so I took them out of there and landed them on the other side of the overpass, across from Chris, etc. Figured they'd be safer there than further along the freeway, even if they were out of the way. This took a few minutes as I only wanted to carry one person at time and some of them were bleeding, with me not knowing if they had any internal injuries. The reason I took them was because they were out of their vehicles and could at least move. Heard the sirens, so fly to meet the first CHP car and told cop they needed clear me a path so I could drag the semi-trucks and trailers out in a bit. Thing is, he didn't hesitate and got on his portable radio. So they started directing traffic so the far right hand lane would take the exit, then get back on the freeway, with cops stopping ALL the traffic on the overpass. Once enough vehicles from the first lane were out of the way, the same went for the second lane, with many of those people having to back up to take it, then the third, followed by the forth lanes. In the mean time, I started pulling cars out from the overpasses other side and putting them in the breakdown lanes. Once I saw a bunch of ambulances at the scene, I told one of the cops what I was doing on the other side and why. Those ambulance people immediately went there to check out and treat people, then haul them away if needed. The problem with dealing that other side was three of the semi-trucks and trailers had flopped onto their sides and their fuel tanks had busted. So glad nothing caught on fire. Then there were the vehicles and some trucks and trailers where most of the cops, etc. were. What few cars there were on that side were easy enough to pull out, away and put in the breakdown lane, with them quickly being towed away by tow trucks. Then it was those trucks and trailers to deal with. So I dragged them backwards a bit towards the cops by me holding onto the rear axle of the trailer while also lifting it up a little bit in the air. Used both hands to do this, with Mjolnir's leather strap in my elbow area. Once that set was clear of the overpass, it was easy enough to pull it to the side at an angle from the air so it would be upright. Then drag and lift everything off to one side and out of the way so the paramedics and firemen could do their things once I started bringing other vehicles out from under the over pass. As you might imagine, it was JAMMED with damaged vehicles. Did the same with the semi-trucks and trailers on the far side. Later on, was told there were twenty-four vehicles that crashed, with about one third of the people immediately going to various hospital emergency rooms. Doing all of this took a lot of time, like maybe ninety minutes or more? But when I got done, the tow trucks got busy hauling thing away using the overpasses exit and then getting back on to the freeway, along with a couple of firetrucks being used to hose down the freeway from all the glass, gas and diesel fuel that had spilled. Of course, we were gone before the tow trucks finished doing their thing. Yeah, those three hadn't called for a cab to get to work. Thing is, there were a lot of people on the overpass watching me doing what I did, which also included some of the news media. What helped was the cops keeping most of these people back, but Natalie, Chris and Tom being permitted to remain where I'd landed them. Before we took off, asked Natalie to ask Bob to have that catering truck ready by the alley, which she did. Then she, followed by the others, said I didn't look too well and I said me doing what I did, like I did, was something I hadn't done before and that energy I had used was taking a lot out of me. So she called Bob again, with us taking off for that dead end alley. Thing is, instead of dumpsters to eat behind, he had portable screens, the kind you'd find making up office cubicles. Not only that, he had a folding table and a chair for me to use. I asked for and got a soda pop box to hold my food and emptied the hot box with the pre-made food, with one of the studio people carrying the other soda pop box with food. Asked how many double cheeseburgers the cook could make, with me saying I'd take twelve. Chicken wings? Ate ALL he had, followed by what I was told was two, three pound bags of fries and nine taco's. Bob ended up having someone bring out two of those five gallon bottles of water you'd have in a office. It was no problem for me to lift it with both hands and empty it as I ate. I ate for basically an hour straight, then asked for a step on type scale. I was still about nine pounds under my normal weight. That is, what I weighed without my costume. After that, Bob asked if I was okay, but I told him that after we were done for the day, I knew I'd have to eat something else on the way home. He says forget it......we have a cafeteria here for the employees and we'll set something up for you just like we did here if that's okay. It was with me. Now you'd think I should of busted out of my costume stomach wise, but it felt almost normal of all things, meaning it was a little loose because of my weight lose. Anyway, it came time to get to work. Well, I will say this....Bob sure rolled out a couple of surprises for me and the onlookers. It first started with him bringing out TWELVE copies of Mjolnir and wanting to know how many could I control like I had done last week with Natalie's, Chris's and Tom's. How about ALL of them? Yeah, none of us expected that. I had them in the air just like last time ready to defend me. Kept my Mjolnir with me, with Bob having twelve people unable to come near me, with those Mjolnir's keeping them in place and once again, even with 2 people pulling on their arms to drag them forward, it wasn't happening. Then we went to where we'd destroyed that car, but this time I commanded them to TOTALLY destroy it. By that, I mean the car was all of six or seven inches high, with the engine REALLY buried in the ground around eighteen inches until I commanded the hammers to stop. Told later on that they had to remove part of the asphalt and ground around it so they could get an engine jack to lift it out. Yeah, it was kind of squished when it was brought up, with the hood REALLY embedded in it. Bob made a phone call and here it came and all I could say was HOLY SH*T, is that......is that what I think it is? Bob laughs, saying it is.....surprised you didn't I? It was a FULL SIZED Ironman suit, the one used when Tony was trying to stop The Hulk going crazy in town. I said oh yeah and can someone get a picture of us standing next to it? Bob did, saying he'd have an 8x10 ready for me when I got ready to leave. Man, talk about unspoken benefits working for a movie company. What did he want me to do? Fly and move around in it of course. Boy, was I eager just to get in this thing. Now this thing wasn't made of metal, but plastic, foam and styrene, but it looked so frickin' real and cool in the movie and even more so now. Not only was it light weight, this was because the guy inside of it could walk around with it, though slowly, along cables inside of the arms with rings on them that went clear to the fingers so the guy inside of it could move, open, close, etc. them. Adding to all of this, the “arc reactor” and other things like the thrusters could be turned on or off and either the thrusters turned off, but the “arc” reactor” could remain on. Yeah, I was anxious to get inside it and try it out. While it was huge inside, there wasn't enough room for me and my backpack. So told everyone to hold on a minute, then floated up to put my pack on a roof top, figuring nobody's going to try and grab it. Told Bob what I had done and he immediately had two guards to guard that entrance to the roof. But not content with it being on the roof, had it on the lip of the building so I could see it easily, along with anyone figuring trying something. Back down to the big Ironman suit and inside it again with another problem: Mjolnir. I could fit it inside with me, but no matter where I placed it, it was awkward. And I did TRY to walk in this thing.....and right off the bat, fall on my face?! I'm apologizing like crazy to Bob, while saying I hope I didn't break anything, while others are rushing to help me out of the suit. I cried out for everyone to back off, this is something I have to learn.....kind of like a baby learning to walk upright. So they backed off and when they did, it was no problem for me to float myself up with the help of Mjolnir and back to that ladder where that guy had gotten out of it to begin with. I just stood there for a couple of minutes thinking things over, with no one saying a word while I did this. I got the upper part of me out of the suit, then placed Mjolnir on the ladders platform where it stayed. Then got back inside the suit and now I had LOTS of room, with me then asking that guy who'd been in the suit if he'd mind lifting my cape up so the ends were draped over each shoulder. He did and once I made sure I was good to go, told Mjolnir to come to me, but gently place itself against my back. After a couple of adjustments of it doing so, told it to help me remain upright and NOT to fall flat on my face like I had just done. Surprised the hell out of everyone when I started walking in it and after a few minutes, had the street cleared so I could try doing a slight run. I didn't fall down. Then told Mjolnir to lift me up in the air by a foot or two each time I lifted a leg off the ground so it looked like the suit was powered, taking giant steps each time. I would never be an Olympic sprinter in this thing, but in watching some of the videos people had taken, it was pretty awesome AND realistic looking. Wasn't sure about my next trial and that was flying because Mjolnir's always been in my hand. But when I thought about what I wanted to do and told Mjolnir about this, it was also no problem. Well, I had been doing all of this without the helmet and back plate part. The problem was, to me, it was kind of dark looking thru the “eye's” of this thing and with Mjolnir on my back, the prop people couldn't close the back of it properly. Bob had them remove the darkened eye pieces, saying he's have different shades made for me to try out next week and as for the back plate, he'd do the same as far as making it bigger depth wise. In the mean time, they took my suggestion of just wrapping a bunch of duct tape around this things chest area so the back area was more or less closed. And off into the air we went with everyone watching and video taping. Landed at the boarding ladder, got out, then flying with Mjolnir in my hand to retrieve and put on my backpack. When I landed before Bob, asked him what was next and he said he'd like to measure me a regular Ironman suit AND a Dr. Strange costume?! I said no problem because I figured the more people I could imitate that could fly in the movies, the more valuable I'd be to Bob, along with possibly work even more during the week other than one day like I had been doing. That's when I asked him about a letter from Disney Studio's offering me a job as an illustrator under some sort of apprentice program. Said I needed something like this to explain why I wouldn't be living where I was now living. He had it ready for me, along with that photo of me and the giant Ironman before I left for the day. A lot of photos were taken, then with my cape removed and Mjolnir sitting on the ground, his tailor people were there to measure everything with me in my costume. No way was I going to be photographed or measured in my street clothes. Then some other people came out, with Bob wanting them to make castings of my hands and this made me nervous because of any possible fingerprints being left inside the castings and maybe, just maybe, fingerprints could be removed from them? These people talked it over, then to me, saying they had never thought of this, but did come up with a way to make the needed castings while I wore my gloves. Took those green ones off, so the copies of my hand was done with the latex ones. Now all of this was actually done just outside the alley and took a couple of hours? Once they were done, asked Bob if the cafeteria was still open and was his offer for me to eat there too. It was and since it wasn't far, we simply walked to it. And I will say one thing, those people can get things done FAST. Bob had already had a set up just like he'd done for me in the alley with a wide, open area around it. And man, did I put a dent in Disney's buffet. Goodbye to the LARGE pan of mashed potatoes, with a smaller pan of gravy. Followed by a full roast, most of its salad bar and about half of the cooked chicken and three pizzas. Bob even had four of those five gallon jugs of water ready for me. Oh boy, NOW I was full and ready to go back to work. This was when Bob hit me with a totally unexpected surprise.....how about fan mail?! Once again, NEVER expected something like this and Bob could tell from my reaction. Then he says you didn't know? I said no......besides, why would anyone write to me, a total stranger? He just stared at me, along with others that were in the cafeteria, though I did hear a couple of them saying how could he think of himself as a total stranger. Well, it seems once Bob had announced I was going to work for Disney Studio's, right after that, the studio started getting fan mail addressed to Disney Studio and someone simply as Thor. I was thinking it was kind or weird or strange and even more naively, MAYBE a couple of hundred. Which is why I asked if could see them and that's when Bob said it'd be better if I went to the office where all this fan mail was being handled because there was so much of it. I said, come on, can't be more than a couple of hundred at the most, right? But I'll go with you to where ever. This is when he says I've gotten something like OVER thirty thousand letters, with more arriving each day. It's almost at the point where the post office may have to send at least one truck to the studio just to handle MY mail?! I pulled a chair to me and plopped down onto it, with me saying this makes no sense at all Bob and I'm sorry to have been such a pain in the behind about this. About this time, Natalie, Chris and Tom came up, with Natalie asking me what was wrong. Bob tells her about the amount of fan mail I'd been getting, with them looking at me and Tom asking me I didn't know about this? I said no, Bob's never said anything about it and frankly, it's something I hadn't thought of either. Then Tom says after what happened earlier, no doubt it's going to get larger. Then I had a really bad thought and asked Bob, does this mean I'm going to have to pay those people dealing with my fan mail and how much is it going to cost me? Silence....then LOT'S of laughter from everyone in the cafeteria. Bob says no, none of that will come out of your pay. In fact, it's even more publicity for the studio, along with whoever you might step in for during the filming of any of our productions. That's when Chris says usually the studio has a company which receives and processes all the fan mail, but what with you've been doing in the past and today, the studio, meaning Bob, decided to keep it in house until it could get a handle on it. I said I never thought of this.....that is, a fan letter didn't go to that man or woman, or should I say, someone who worked for him or her. That's when Tom said they get A LOT of fan mail and while they do read some of it, usually they have protocol's on how these things are handled, like sending a photo of me in my Loki costume which is signed by a machine basically all the time. You do understand don't you? I said yeah, now that you said it like you did, it makes a lot of sense and I turned to Bob. He says hold on Thor and I'll answer your question in a bit and turns to those three, asking what do you mean what happened earlier? They looked at me and I said go ahead, no doubt it's already on the news, so they told him. His reaction was to PLEASE tell him they'd been using their phones to record at least some of this, which they nodded yes. He's back on his phone, telling someone he wanted any and all news about this recorded from ALL news sources, then he's asking them if he could down load their videos for him. They looked at me and said go ahead, I mean you guys weren't the only ones there. Bob makes another phone call and before too long, here come 3 people to download their videos, short as they were. That's when Bob said that when I had seen the big Ironman suit, I knew ahead of time I could use it, but why did I fall down like I did? I said, I didn't KNOW at the time what I was doing in that suit to begin with and as far as the freeway thing once again, it was all new to me and I had do do SOMETHING to help those people in their trapped vehicles. As to moving them like I did, remember I had already done that for you not long ago. As to the semi-trucks and attached trailers, once again I didn't know if I could move them out of the way or not as heavy as they were, but still had to try. And it's the same thing with me attaching Mjolnir to my back.... I simply didn't know if it could be done or not. Asked Bob since the studio was apparently replying to this fan mail, just what was the procedure. Find out a many of them get a five by seven photo of me, one of many that Bob had taken of me earlier. They get a polite letter from the studio thanking the writer for their interest in me, but due to my work schedule and number of fan requests, he regrets he's not able to personally answer each and every one. Then there's those that ask me for money?! No doubt some of the stories are true, but as to the others.....scammers. Figured that had to be true because how many people have I seen on some street corner with a sign saying please help? How do you tell if someone's truly in need or out hustling? Then there were various organizations who now want me to make a speech somewhere? And of course, it ALWAYS seems to be a fund raiser for some charity. I told Bob, thanks, so glad I don't have to deal with this, but could I have some letters just to look at? No problem, another call and about five or ten minutes later, here comes two guys pushing a BIG cart just loaded with fan letters. Reached in with both arms, trying to get half way thru it, then came out with about a dozen letters. Figured that was enough. Bob had no trouble with me wanting to take some home, with me putting them in my pack. The reason for this was I was curious just WHY would anyone be writing to me. I also got a dozen prints of me....you know, those five by seven photos just in case I did want to write back to any of them. Was about ready to talk to Bob about a thought I had, so I called out to Tom, saying hey Tom, how about a PRIVATE chat? You know, something you just KNOW your brother wouldn't approve of. He asks if it was nefarious and I said yep. How about Machiavellian? I said most definitely. Him: I'm in and when he said that, told him what I was thinking of. He asks can I actually do this and said I'm not sure, then told him what I'd done to those looters in New York City. He said he wondered what had happened to those people and I said let's not tell anyone okay? This way if it happens again, they won't have any warning. Him: mum's the word and he takes off with a big, Loki grin on his face while ignoring Bob, Natalie and Chris's questions of where he was going. I said let's go back to the alley and the street it's on okay? On the way out, heard one guy saying look at those two....they look like they're going to play a prank on somebody or maybe a bunch of people. The other guy says not only that, they're acting like a couple of school boys and I don't know about you, but I want to see what they're up to. While I'm waiting for Tom to return at the alley street area, During that time, I had those who hadn't gotten a ride the previous week, got theirs. I'd of done additional rides, but no idea when Tom would be back with the stuff we talked about. Thing is, Natalie was giving me THAT LOOK as in remember, once everyone had gotten their ride, I owed her a ride just like I'd given Chris and Tom. I said yes, I remember, okay? That seemed to satisfy her. Well, Tom comes back with a crew and they get to building the things I asked for, with Bob asking what was going on, with Tom being in full Loki costume. Tom says it was something I thought of while in the cafeteria and if it's done right.......Bob didn't hesitate to tell those people to keep recording. Yeah, he figured something was going to happen, but didn't know what. Then Tom uncovers those twelve Mjolnir's I'd used earlier and that surprised Bob, while the other workmen partially filled water balloons with water from a near by spigot with the hose they'd brought. Now the balloons didn't have much water, but they were then filled from a bunch of helium tanks, you know, the kind you can buy at Walmart, but a lot bigger. Most of the ones that had gotten water, still floated in the air, while those completely filled with water didn't. In any case, they all strings attached, then the strings got nailed to a bunch of boards made into a frame work, then spray painted with either an X or a O. Now all of this took a good thirty, forty-five minutes, with Tom saying okay, they're done and proceeds to walk to me. Then tells Bob, Natalie and Chris to remember the Avengers scene where the Avengers were all busy fighting those robot things from another dimension in New York City. That the X's would represent soon to be dead robots because in cartoons, dead people always have them drawn over their eyes. The O's would be people, in this case stunt people. Then it was since his “brother” wasn't fully dressed for the part, unlike him, why he'd have to sub for him. I saw Chris and Natalie doing face palms. Like before, I'm behind Tom with one arm around him and we rose into the air so we both had a good look at all these balloons. Asked if he was ready and boy, was he. So I called to one of the prop Mjolnir's and it flew right into Toms hand. He'd quietly give me a number for each target that had an X. The balloons were ten balloons wide and ten deep. I'd verify his number and when it was right (which was always), I'd zap it with a bit of electricity from my hammer. We did five of these, then Tom says watch this and with that, I called the other eleven Mjolnir's to me so they were in the air in front of us like they were protecting us. Then we started destroying the other X marked balloons. There's oohs and awe's coming from everyone, but then we went for the grand finale in which Tom “orders” the hammers to destroy all the O marked balloons at the same time....which they did. THAT really got a reaction from everyone. We land and Tom going to Bob, saying imagine if you had full sized props in the air, with Chris destroying all of them. And that's when I spoke up, saying it's never been talked about how Mjolnir came to be has it? So why not have Loki figure out a way to make his OWN set of look alike Mjolnir's? I mean, they may not be as powerful as the original as they are recreations, but still......... Bob says that's nice, but impossible at which time I said you forget Mimir, the giant who guards the well of knowledge. This was something Bob DIDN'T know because he always thought this was something Odin had created and given to his son, Thor. And one thing about Tom, he didn't mind helping me out on another thing when he said that I thought the ending of the last Ironman movie was crap. Dead silence from everyone, but all Bob said was why? I said think about it.....Tony's THE smartest man when it comes to technology, right? He nods and I said remember the part where he's holding Pepper and blows up all those other Ironman suits. Bob nods again. Then no doubt, he flies off with Pepper in his arms to one of his many homes, with Bob nodding again. That's when Tom speaks up, saying remember that guy who was always in competition with Tony and always failing? Bob nods, then Tom went in for the kill, much better than I would of. He says imagine ALL these different Ironman suits now being blown up, but there's still A LOT OF PIECES either on the docks or in the ocean below. IMAGINE the scramble by not only this guys company, but other weapon manufacturers world wide wanting to get their hands on just bits and pieces of them so they could reverse engineer them. That idea should be good for another Ironman movie, that is, if you can get Robert to go for it. And very probably all these suits were powered by arc reactors that Tony also built......and what if only two or three of them remained intact? What would they be worth? And even the damaged ones would be extremely valuable because remember, Tony had invented a new element for them to run off of. The other thing is does Pepper ever get pregnant? Total silence. So I said, remember how Tony was like a rabbit busy chasing lady rabbits all the time or it being implied? Nods from a bunch of people. I then said so now he's got only ONE lady rabbit in his life and so....... That's when the three of them turned to me, then to Bob, saying I had a valid point and to think of the romantic interest you could have. Bob asks me where and when did I come up with these ideas. I said as far as the balloons go, it was while we were in the cafeteria and I saw Tom and had him get dressed up as Loki. And don't forget the other gods in Asgard, not just the fighters the movies show. Then proceeded to rattle off some of their names and abilities, then added don't forget about the Valkyrie, who gather those worthy of it so when that someone dies in combat, they back to Valhalla with the Valkyrie. So instead of just Thor/Loki movies....... Bob says he's going to have to think all of this over with his people, but I had given him ideas for movies they hadn't. That's when Tom suggested I get a bonus for these ideas of mine and Bob says no problem, how about another ten thousand? Kind of shocked everyone when I said no and I saw the look on Bobs face like I was going to ask for more. I said no and it's NOT because I want more money. It's because I work for the studio now and if any of my suggestions work out, that means I can have more work in these movies by just flying. Do you understand? He did. He's says I've given him a lot to think about, but as far as he's concerned, I could go home at any time. Then he calls a security guard over who passes my ten grand to him and he passes it to me, with Tom putting it in my MRE pouch. Waved to everyone as I rose into the air and back home I went. Attachments:
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Post by texican on Oct 11, 2020 22:34:08 GMT -6
WillC,
Good chapter and the kid is thinking. Like the big Ironman suit. Ironman going to have a kid??? Makes sense.
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Post by willc453 on Oct 11, 2020 23:54:53 GMT -6
Thanks.....like I wrote earlier, taking this story in a direction the comic books and movies never took or thought of. Because no doubt, those others that have portrayed gods/fighters living in Asgard would sure like to have a movie or movies showing them doing their thing. Anyway, I hope I'm giving a good mix of reality, like having those fires in the west, but nothing about the virus. 11's at 4.5 pages and just thought of something to add to it. As in how Thor almost kills himself. 12 is 2.5 pages, with the .5 just a paragraph. Was checking out one of my 2nd Revolutionary stories and came up with something different for it when I caught a scene from a movie via Youtube. Added more to another latest Affected story which is about 3 male college students and told from the view point of one of them like I did with The Shadow and him talking about Aaron. Each one has a different ability and working on when and where the FBI and later on, Homeland Security gets involved.
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Post by willc453 on Oct 17, 2020 9:00:02 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 11
With me giving notice at work and now out of school, I HAD to find someplace to live which was going to take time which was something I didn't really have. I could get a non commercial class A license by taking a test at DMV, no driving test required. Downloaded the handbook for it which ticked me off because it cost me five dollars for the entire drivers test manual. Two days later, city bus took me to DMV where I took and passed the test. And yes, I was sweating the entire time while taking it because a lot depended on me passing. Back to Reno's Craigslist where I found a used class A motorhome with what I considered style. How about a 1977 Winnebago for five thousand dollars? Only reason I was interested in it was because the guy said he had spent six thousand in replacing a lot of parts, so basically it was brand new parts wise and in great shape, outside and inside. AND he had receipts for everything he'd bought. From the supplied photos, it also looked just like the one used in The Walking Dead tv series.....I mean, talk about cool. I emailed the guy selling it and we set up a date for me to come out and look at it. Thing is, since I didn't have a car, the bus system didn't go that way and thought of using a cab. Then it was maybe renting a car, but they were really expensive, then thought of a U-Haul van, but what if I decided to buy this RV? But checked and there was another U-Haul place in Truckee, so I could drive it from here, check out the RV, buy it, then simply turn in the U-Haul van to that U-Haul place. I also realized I'd need insurance.
I called the guy to set up a meeting for me to look at his RV, so while Mom was sleeping, took the bus to the nearest U-Haul where I rented their first big sized moving truck. Thought of renting a van but realized I needed to start learning how to drive something so big. With the sellers directions, I found his place with no trouble, though I was REALLY nervous on the drive to there. Not just the city streets, but the freeway out of town, going to Truckee, but I didn't have any trouble. I didn't know if I should pull into the weigh scales, so did, but learned from the guy on duty that people like me are exempt driving these things from being weighed. Get to the guys house and right after I got out, he and has daughter came out to greet me. Pretty sure he was surprised to see me, me being so young. But he was polite thru out all of this meeting and showing me what he'd bought and installed, including show me his receipts. Told him I'd never owned one of these before and would he go thru it with me to show how everything works. Still find it strange you got your own generator, along with a working toilet and shower? Then he drove it to Donner Summit where there's a rest area and man, it was beautiful up there, then back to his place. Well, he knew I was interested in it and when he said the asking price was the selling price, I said okay. I'd taken six thousand out of my stash at home as I didn't know if he'd raise the price or not with me being so young and I paid him his asking price in hundred dollar bills. He was quick to get and sign the title to this thing, but said he'd leave the selling price blank so I could put a lower amount on it to save me on taxes in Nevada. Yeah, I didn't know you had to pay taxes on a vehicle when registering one. I thought it was just for the license plates and tags. He followed me to the U-Haul place where I turned in the rental truck, which cost me around thirty dollars total, then took me to MY(?!) motorhome. He removed his plates, but then got me a ten day moving permit for the state of California. I was on my own in getting it back and now really kind of scared of driving this because I didn't have any insurance. But then, I had no other choice either. Sweating again till I got near home and because I'd been busy doing all this stuff, I saw the girls get off the bus, then started walking home, while looking for me.
I pulled up alongside them, honked my horn with the girls looking at me and both flipping me off?! They kept walking, so I pulled up a little ahead of them, this time calling out to them if they wanted a ride home. Them: YOU PERVERT, WE'RE TELLING OUR BROTHER AND HE'LL KICK YOUR ASS! With them now running down the sidewalk. Once again, pull up in front of them, but this time I got out of the Winnebago and telling them they could either get a ride with me or hop right onto their brooms and fly back home like all witches do. They stopped dead in their tracks for a few seconds and then rushed by me with questions, but got inside with no hesitation. Then it was like a whole bunch of questions from them, but said as one word: whendidyougetthis,wheredidyoubuyit,whatdiditcost,didyoustealit? I said no, I DIDN'T steal it and by the way Margaret, you don't have to go to school tomorrow. She says really......then it was why didn't she have to? I said you know we have a bunch of different people staying at the hotel, right? She says yes and I said, well, this guy needed a new kidney in order to stay alive, so I sold him yours. And please be ready for the ambulance which is to arrive at home at seven am to fly you and the Mexican back to Mexico for the needed operation. Nothing pleased me more to see their jaws open and close like fish out of water. Then it was WE'RE TELLING MOM! I said go ahead....besides, why just the other day she commented on how much you two were eating. Not only that, you were getting REALLY FAT and probably end up with a house full of cats as no man would want to marry EITHER of you! Once I stopped in front of our place, the girls took off like a shot. Took me five minutes or so of backing up into the driveway because I got out to look just to make sure I wasn't near anything. Then I see Mom with the girls behind her and Mom's got her arms folded across her chest.....NOT a good sign, let me tell you.
I said let me get something from my room and I'll be right back. Got the letter that Bob had given me, then handed it to her. Well, she was shocked and of course, the girls are trying to look at it at the same time. She asks when did all of this start and I told her awhile back and I just got this letter from the Disney Studio which was true, but still, I felt bad about lying to Mom in such a way. Then it was when was I leaving, with me saying in a few days. The three of them kind of gasped, then Mom said why a motor-home and what did it cost? I told her why I bought the motorhome and what it had cost me. I said I still got money in my savings account, though I still have to get it registered and insured before I can leave. Figure I'd park it at different places each morning when I go to work and from what I understand, Los Angeles has a good bus system, so it shouldn't be any hassle getting to work. Mom: but what about college? I said I can learn even more about drawing from people who do this for a living AND get paid for it. Not only that, I'd get paid AT LEAST one thousand a week, possibly making more if I'm really good. Think of the money I'll be saving in not renting an apartment or house, with me telling her what I'd seen on Craigslist. The guy who sold me this motorhome also gave me all the cooking utensils because he wouldn't be needing them anymore, so the only thing I need to buy is groceries and gas. And since I wouldn't be driving all over town in this thing, gas shouldn't cost me that much. Then Mom wanted to know if I'd given notice at work that I was leaving and told her they'd gotten just over a weeks notice. I'd of given more time, but with me basically doubling my weekly income, I wanted to start work down there as soon as possible.
She sighed, then said she knew one day I'd be leaving, but never imagined me doing it this way. Told her that's the way I felt......I didn't want to leave the three of them alone like this, but what else could I do? As to money, still got a lot of it left and getting almost a full refund from UNR which was another reason for me leaving there as soon as possible. The longer I delayed in giving notice there, the lesser refund I'd be getting back. As to the girls, they were happy for me, but also unhappy that I'd be leaving them. However, told them I'd be back when I could after I got some money saved, along with making sure Mom got some money from me every week so she wouldn't be in a money bind of any kind. Yeah, I could see that thought had crossed her mind and tried to tell me they'd make it okay. I said even if that was true, you can always put it in your bank account just in case. After that, it was showing them how things were set up, with Mom realizing I'd need sheets and pillows for the bed. Good news was I had half a tank of gas and the propane bottle was almost full, along with a full water tank and the gray or sewage tank had already been emptied and flushed. Needed toilet paper and some paper towels too.
Mom helped me look for insurance, with us deciding on CSAA which stands for California State Automobile Association or Triple A. The reason we went thru it was because they had roadside assistance. Even though I had a good spare, no jack, etc. to pull and replace it. And it wasn't just changing tires, but a tow if needed or a jump if my batteries went dead for any reason. I took the larger road package even though it cost a bit more, but any tow I'd need would be good for up to one hundred miles, along with some free gas if needed. Went to their office after work, paying for that, then to DMV where I felt I was there for HOURS waiting my number to be called out. Actually, it wasn't that bad and because of the year of the Winnebago, I didn't need to have it inspected which would of cost me extra. Once I got home, put the plates and tags on it, followed by me making sure my insurance and registration paperwork was in the drivers visor. Then went inside, asking Mom if she'd like to be my first passenger. She didn't hesitate, though I could see she was also thinking was this a good idea, as big as it was. We went to Donner Summit where the rest area's at and had a good view of Donner Lake, before returning home. When the girls got off the bus, I was waiting, having walked to it as normal. When I asked them if they'd want to go for a ride, they took off like a shot, leaving me behind. I had to unlock the door for them, then they asked about Mom going too, like I had some how forgotten her? Told them she'd already been on one trip, but when asked, she was ready for another, though we couldn't go to Donner Summit as she soon had to be at work. Went to that park on the west side of town, staying there for about ten minutes, then back into town, where I dropped her off about a block from work. Then took the girls to Donner Summit, then back home. Was surprised when they made supper instead of the normal three of us doing this. Yeah.....things were changing and felt strange and lonely at the same time. Went to bed as I still had a few days before I left for good. Next day it was walking the girls to their school bus stop, then taking the Winnebago to The Alamo truck stop to fill up the gas tank.
Was going to go back home, but changed my mind. Took off for Red Rock which is just north of Stead and just driving down that road till I found a large, empty spot. Had my backpack with me and it was the first time I changed in it. Made darn sure no one was around before I came out of it, then shot up into the air, then headed west to check out those fires that were still burning, though pretty much under control and about out. Between ocean, river and lake water tornadoes, I put them all out, along with making sure they were really out. Headed east for Wyoming and some other states, doing the same. Hadn't been to Chicago, but I'd seen photos of it via Google and over that part of it pretty quick. Had never seen any of the Great Lakes, so went to take a look at one of them, not that knew which one I was looking at. Then headed for Disney World, a place we'd never been to of course, with me getting a different perspective of it from the air. Boy, talk about Florida being green EVERYWHERE, so unlike the brown most of Nevada and many of the western states are. From there, cruised on down to Miami Beach and boy, were there a lot of women running around in very little. Yeah, I got a little closer to get a better look as in down to about five hundred feet. But this time, I was seen, with a lot of people waving and taking photos.....and those girls jiggling ever so nicely. I waved back, then headed for the Florida Keys because I wanted to see that bridge that starts at Key West(?) and goes all the way down to the end of it. Landed on one of the pillars that supports the highway and just looking at the ocean which was a new one on me. I mean, I'd seen it while dealing with those fires in the Bay area, but not actually had the time to really look at it.
I actually saw a couple of dolphins swimming nearby, another first for me. First seeing a bunch of pretty girls sunbathing on the beach AND waving to me as I cruised by, now dolphins? What more could I ask for? Thing is, got to thinking it'd be nice if I could feed them some fish, you know like you see at Sea World. Well, below me I see a bunch of fish and wondered if I could zap 'em, collect some, then fly ahead of the dolphins to feed them these fish. ZAPPED the water with Mjolnir and suddenly I had about a dozen or so fish floating belly up in the water. Landed back on the pylon, get my garbage bag out of my backpack, then with me holding it and Mjolnir in one hand while grabbing as many fish as I could with the other into the garbage bag. Think I got about two dozen or so and of different sizes. Got a bit higher in the air to where I could spot those two dolphins, which now totaled six big ones and some baby ones. Got above them, then a little bit in front of them, at which time I tossed one of the fish. Would of felt bad if they hadn't eaten it because those fish would of died for nothing. Anyway, they swerve around the tossed fish floating in the water, then one turns around to eat it. That's when I tossed another near it and it ate it. Guess they must of said something to each other as the others came back to the one who'd gotten the first two fish. Thing is, when I started tossing a fish to the two baby dolphins, the adults let them have them. Started tossing more fish and then they saw me in the air hoovering over them and they kind of went crazy with all sorts of chirps and whatnot. This was followed by them standing on their tails and going backwards while looking up at me! So I started tossing them fish, which they caught. Well, I ran out of fish and started to leave them, but when I looked back, they're following me?! I got lower as in just a couple of feet above them and stuck out my hand. Now I'd never heard of a dolphin biting anyone and was surprised when they came up to me (including the baby ones) where I could pet them. Then they started taking turns jumping over me! Talk about awesomeness. After five minutes or so of this, said I had to go, got higher in the air, with me taking off for that bridge support as I had to put my fish smelling garbage bag back into my backpack.
So once again I'm sitting on a bridge support and thinking what a great day it's been when I heard a helicopter. Thinking crap, that damn radar thing has hit me some how, so better get out of here. Thing is, it wasn't just one of them, but three, painted white, with an orange stripe on its side. Then I could make out U.S. Coast Guard painted on the side of them as they went flying by. Wondered what was going on, thinking this was some sort of training mission? Or maybe something bad, like a ship or some big boat was sinking somewhere? Decided I had time to follow them, which I did. I mean, they never thought to see if anything (or one) was behind them and of course, helicopters don't have rear view mirrors. The other thing.....well, it was kind of boring as they were kind of moving kind of slow. I mean, slower than what I was used to most of the time. We're flying for a good fifteen or twenty minutes and frankly, I was ready to go home as I figured this had to be some sort of training exercise but I wanted to make sure, just in case. So I went a little faster and found myself on the left side of the helicopter where there was a big, sliding door and I knocked on it. A lady Coast Guard woman wasn't expecting anyone to knock on her helicopters door like I was doing and when she turned to see who or what was making the noise, saw me....she fell on her behind! So I waved at her like how abou letting me in. After maybe thirty seconds, she slides the door open, backs off so we could get in, with me closing it behind me. I said I was sorry to be such a bother, but I've been following you guys for awhile and wondered if you needed help or were on some sort of training mission. There was another guy in the back with us and he went to talk with one of the two guys flying the helicopter. She tells me a cutter had intercepted three, fast speed boats and when the cutter called out to them, they really took off. Not away from them, but at the cutter, then firing upon that ship with what she called RPG's, which I found out meant rocket propelled grenades. The cutter suddenly had holes in it and then the engine went, leaving it dead in the water sinking, at which time they made a distress call with more Coast Guard assets as she put it, on the way.
I said okay, where is this cutter thing of yours at and how far away? She says they got another forty miles because those speed boats took off for international waters which is three miles from any U.S. Coast. I said which way and she gives me some numbers and then had to explain what longitude and latitude was. I said I don't know what you're talking about, so how about just pointing where you think they are. She did, then asked her if I could use her phone and she just looked at me like what the hell? I said PLEASE lend me your phone as I'm going to call in the cavalry. She lent me her phone, so I got that piece of paper with Bob's and Natalie's phone numbers on it. Bob answers and want to know who's calling him, so I said it's Thor and using someones phone right now and I need some help. He says no problem...what do you need? I told him and he says hold on while I make another call, so I waited. Says things will be ready within three minutes, so I looked at my watch and hit the timer on it. I said hope to God you're right about the three minutes, otherwise there might be hell to pay. Gave back her phone, put away my note, opened the door and with Mjolnir in hand stepped out and after being clear of the three helicopters, took off in the direction the lady had pointed.
Didn't take me long and I saw the cutter which was REALLY low in the water and then saw some things that looked like half an orange. Found out they were completely enclosed liferafts with the crew in the two of them. When I called out to them, yeah they were a little surprised to see a guy dressed up as Thor, floating above the ocean. Asked if everyone was accounted for, but one of them was missing. I said hold on, I'll see if I can find him. I did and he was face down in the water, dead. Thing is, could see some sharks headed towards the body and said no way you mothers. Reached down and grabbed this guy by his collar, lifting him up into the air with me and we headed back to the sinking cutter and those liferafts. Gave them their buddies body, telling them I was sorry I was too late. Then it was me looking at my watch and it was about four minutes showing on the timer, with me thinking what I wanted to be done. Then said it and within maybe two minutes, I got twelve Mjolnir's in the air before me. I asked those Coast Guard people could the holes in their ship be repaired and they said not without going back to land and a dry dock whatever that was. Thought things over and gave commands to six of the Mjolnir's and they took off for the cutter and then hit the water to go under it. I saw the cutter slowly rising up from the water, with water starting to pour out from those holes.. Those people looked stunned and I asked them if they had any silicone, which of course they didn't. I said hold on, I'll be right back while telling the other six Mjolnir's to help those other six lift the boat a little higher so the water would hopefully drain faster. Then took those people and their liferafts back on their ship with me asking which were was the nearest land. They're telling me west by something or other and I said, hey, I'm NOT in the Navy, so just point. They did, with me taking off north and stopped at a Home Depot in some town called Homestead.
I grabbed eight cases of silicone which was suppose to stop all leaks, along with a couple of those guns used to spread them out. Grabbed a roll of duct tape, wrapped everything with it, then to the register. With me being there as Thor, even for Home Depot this was a bit unusual, but at least I wasn't bothered till the end. Tossed four one hundred dollar bills to the cashier, saying I got a life and death situation to deal with. I'm out of here. The cashier says I can't do this, that I have to wait until she rings everything up and gives me my change. I said you scanned the guns, tape and silicone and I am NOT going to wait as you ring up each item, then walked to the door. Well, an alarm of some kind went off and here comes what I figured was the manager saying wait sir, please wait. I didn't and kept walking till I walked clear of the over hanging roof then took off with them no doubt just standing there in shock. But this was telling on me and when I saw some burger joint called Checkers, landed in front of it to place my order of fifty double cheeseburgers. The lady just looked at me, then said did you just land out of the sky in front of me? I said yes, this is Mjolnir and what's the total? She tells me with me giving her two hundred dollars and me putting my change in that MRE pouch. Problem was, this was going to be A LOT of burgers and with one hand holding Mjolnir, the other was holding that caulking stuff. So I asked this guy if he'd please give me a hand by wrapping duct tape around the caulking stuff and my chest. This way I could carry my food without worrying about the caulking material. He hesitated, then did it.....followed by are you REALLY him? I said yes and if you want try picking up Mjolnir. He tried, followed by several other guys asking to do the same. Okay with me as I had a few minutes and once again, why are you wearing a mask? Then came six of the burgers in a bag and I said just bag up the rest in one bag if possible. I told everyone I had to get something to eat, but in order to do that, I had to remove my mask. Oh yeah, more than one was interested in seeing that happen.....not that it did. I simply picked up Mjolnir, then lifted myself into the air, landed on the buildings roof, then proceeded to devour those six burgers and my water. Packed my garbage away, then landed to get the next six burgers, repeating myself getting on the roof to devour those. This got everyone excited of course, with lots of photos being taken. It took about twenty minutes or so for everything to be cooked and bagged for me. They ended up using a clean garbage bag to hold them all because they didn't have a regular burger bag big enough. Said thanks, then took off for those Coast Guard people.
Land on the front of the ship and told we're about twenty miles from shore. I said I got some stuff that might help you with your leaks and they cut the duct tape from me. Of course, there wasn't that much silicone they said, but I said wait a minute, there's more to this repair job other than silicone. Had them take me below and while there was water still sloshing around inside, most of it was gone. That's when I started bending and pushing the metal that had been blown inwards by those RPG's, outwards. Once one of the holes had been pushed back into more or less shape, called one of the Mjolnir's to be on the opposite (outside of the ship) side, with me using my Mjolnir to hammer things a bit more into place. Followed this by using my Mjolnir and its lightning ability to crudely seal the metal together. Kind of like an arc welder and no, this didn't affect my eyes, though crew members couldn't watch me doing this. Once it had cooled down, the crew got busy sealing that area with silicone. Once all three holes got “repaired”, went to the outside of the ship to use the silicone on those areas too. There was no silicone left and made sure I got everything I'd bought from Home Depot into my garbage bag. Felt bad when the crew thought I'd bought the burgers for them, but had to tell them differently. I'd work a little bit, stop to gobble a couple of burgers, then get back to working on their ship. There were no left over burgers, with all my garbage from them going into my garbage bag, then the backpack. Thing is, they understood. Then came word that someone saw land, but none of us knew what kind of land it was. Come to find out there are these trees(?) called mango groves that grow on these islands, but also in the salt water and can poke a hole in a ship in a heartbeat. Okay.....time for someone to volunteer to go fly with me as he or she would be the best one to know of a place for a good beaching. Then we got all sorts of Coast Guard company....ships, planes and helicopters. Now the repairs we'd done....well, they were okay, though it was still leaking a bit. But at least it was a lot better than what it had been. One of the ships had material to fix it even better, so I ferried a couple of those guys and their materials to the damaged ship with me welding a steel plate across each outside hole while they did the inside ones. The ship was still above the water. Come to find out all these ships carry emergency radios which they said worked on something called the Guard Channel, meaning frequencies used only by the military and when something like this happens to one of them. Oh, but it got better.
Seems the Coast Guard wasn't the only ones out looking for them. How about the Air Force and the Coast Guard had airplanes called C-130's which were long range aircraft AND had cameras in the noses of these planes, so it wasn't just a bunch of eyeballs looking over the ocean for this ship and its survivors. And guess who they were tracking and sending more ships after? Yeah, the three drug boats. I told the captain of the damaged ship that if he wanted, I could take care of those faster than your guys, no offense meant of course. He said go for it. Ended up taking a Coast Guard lady name Alexandra Zuck because she was about the same height as Natalie, with me explaining why I wanted her over the rest of the crew. She got one of those guard radios and a compass because she'd realize she'd have a hard time telling which direction was which when it came to north, south, etc. when we'd both be over the ocean. Remember, this was my first time over the ocean doing this sort of thing. Then had her duct taped to my chest because I was thinking of trying something else. One of the Coast Guard ships said they'd tow the damaged one back to port, meaning one of theirs and possibly get its engine running again. So had the twelve Mjolnir's lower the damaged, but now kind of repaired ship and got them into the air above Alexandra and me, then had her point the way where those drug boats were suppose to be at. Thing is, they'd all split to go somewhere. But hey, gotta start somewhere, right?
Find it and it was zooming along with Alexandra says it was heading for the Bahamas and if it reached its coastal waters, the Coast Guard couldn't enter its territorial waters. I said no probblemo, sending one of the Mjolnir's to hit that boats engine hard enough to stop it from running, but not poke a hole in its hull. Apparently they never saw Mjolnir coming, but they did see us up in the air and start firing at us?! My Mjolnir started automatically having us weaving because I had told it not to hit anything or allow us to be hit by anything. Yeah, it was a bit crazy for a bit. I said okay girls.....it's SHOW TIME! There were four guys in that speed boat, so I had four of the Mjolnir's whack each of them on the head hard enough to knock them unconscious, but not kill them. Then she says we were closer to the Bahama's than she figured and look, here comes one of their boats. I said, no way....finders, keepers. Had six Mjolnir's raise that boat completely out of the water with no trouble, then asked her to get on the guard channel to find out where the nearest Coast Guard boat was. She did, then pointed for the direction for us to take. Considering my speed, we actually overshot that other Coast Guard ship, so we had to turn around, then have my Mjolnir's put it next to that ship, with that Coast Guard crew boarding her and dealing with those unconscious people. We did the same thing to the other two boats as there was no way I'd even accidentally place Alexandra in danger like I'd done earlier. We then took off for her ship where it was still being towed and the twelve Mjolnir's in front of us, but I landed a bit hard.
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Post by texican on Oct 18, 2020 19:22:47 GMT -6
WillC,
Was the coast guard woman duct tapped to Thor's front facing him or outwards?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Thanks for the chapter.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 18, 2020 20:31:51 GMT -6
Outwards, just like he's done with Natalie. How else would they be able to point in the direction they needed to go? 12 continues with the Coast Guard story and will finish 13 tonight, with it being 4.5 pages long. As to what happens in 12 & 13, you meet Larry, Thor visits Area 51 and learning about Quack Fu.
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Post by willc453 on Oct 22, 2020 11:54:13 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 12
Some guys got the duct tape off of Alexandra (which I put in my garbage bag), who asks me if I'm okay as in did I get shot? I said no, but remember all those burgers I ate while fixing your ship? She did, then explained why I ate them like I did and with me doing all this unexpected work, I needed to get a lot of food in me asap. I had planned on flying to Las Vegas, though I hadn't been there before, but there were a lot of places with cheap buffets. She then says she knows a place among the Keys that's pretty good and if I'm up to it, she'd guide me there. I said okay, but I gotta eat on the roof because I need to remove my mask to eat. That's when the Captain of this ship takes his personal credit card out and gives it to Alexandra, saying buy this man WHATEVER he wants. I said are you sure about this because I got money to pay for it. He says no, compared to what you did not only for us, but catching those three speed boats, it's nothing. So I had Alexandra take the credit card with the Captain giving her his pin number. After shaking hands with everyone, Alexandra put her back to me, me wrapping an arm around her waist and her arms on mine, off we went to the north. Didn't take us long, with her telling me what they served as we headed towards this place. Dropped us off behind the place, then she went up front to start ordering things, with me going to the roof. First it was shrimp....A LOT of shrimp and the first of the three medium buckets continually and literally being filled with ice and water. Yeah, I was that thirsty. When it came to ribs, at about four WHOLE pigs worth and discovered something new....how about there were NO BONES?! Yeah, when I got to eating them, bones and meat went right down without me breaking any teeth. Now Alexandra wanted to talk to me which was fine, but she stayed on the ground while I remained on the roof and out of sight until more food was available. At which time, she'd go to the back of this place and with mask in place, I'd get it from her, then back to the roof. And lobster? Boy, do I LOVE lobster and crab meat, especially when it's dipped in warm margarine or butter, though I didn't eat the shells. Put all my garbage in my garbage bag and then my mask on before landing in front of Alexandra behind the restaurant. When I asked how much everything was, she wasn't going to tell me?! I said I want to know and if need by, I'll just walk inside and ask. That's when she says it was just over EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS?! I about had a cow.
I apologized for eating so much, that while I didn't have that kind of money on me, if you'd give me a few minutes, I can get it and bring it back to you so your Captain doesn't get stuck with such a bill. She refuses to take my money?! She tells me she's already called her Captain about how the bill was adding up and he told her let him order anything and everything he wants. Then she says apparently I actually have no idea what I've done and what it's saved the Coast Guard. Except for that one crew member, they were rescued by me, towed their ship towards land, repaired their ship with material that I'd bought, then turns around by bringing not only those three drug boats in, but the drugs they were carrying AND the smugglers to boot. Imagine what the fuel ALONE had cost the Coast Guard in sending all these different ships, aircraft and helicopters out. Then she wanted to know what the silicone and other things cost me and I said I forget, with her replying um hmm. She wondered if I could hear radio transmissions which confused me, to which she asked how did I come to their rescue then? I told her the truth about just wanting to see that bridge that goes thru the keys, got to play with some dolphins, then I started following those three helicopters out of curiosity. She stared at me for a bit on that one. Asked if I could use her phone to make a call, so called Bob who answered immediately. I said thanks for the Mjolnir's, they REALLY came in handy this time and of course, he wanted to know the whole story. I said how about I stop at your place before I go home if that's okay. No problem he says and after hanging up, gave Alexandra her phone back. This is when she says the Captain said I could either bring her back to their ship or I could drop her off at her home port which wasn't far from here, whatever was good to me. So I asked her what did she want and she said she'd like to go back to base so she could get a shower and change uniforms. Remember, she'd been in that salt water for awhile. I said okay, home it is but first I got to do something. And almost killed myself.
While I had eaten, felt I was short energy wise, meaning electricity because of the welding work I'd done on her ship. Without thinking about it, I rose up into the air with all the hammers and started twirling Mjolnir, saying come on, let's get this over with. What I didn't realize was that the other twelve Mjolnir's were ALSO twirling just like mine was. The clouds built up REAL fast and I was thinking I was getting better at this as I had done it more than once already dealing with those fires., Then came the rumble of thunder, then the lightning, with me saying lightning to me, to me NOW! Remember when I talked about that one time I got a little bit more juice than expected and felt jittery? This was A LOT WORSE! As in being almost knocked unconscious and me falling towards the earth and I was REALLY high up as normal. When I saw the twelve Mjolnir's following me earthward, realized what had happened. ALL twelve of them had also not only taken lightning strikes, but had directed all that juice into MY Mjolnir and therefor, into me. Best I could do was croak discharge and ONLY my Mjolnir let loose and I realized what I needed to do. Had them all start discharging with each command, but it wasn't enough. So I said for ALL of them to do a MASSIVE discharge and that did the trick. Thing is, while I still felt basically fully charged with that kind of discharge, I had fallen to maybe a thousand feet or so above the ground. Yeah....that was REALLY scary having to have been so high to begin with. Not only that, I could feel a wetness, but that had to wait as it was now POURING down rain, so back up we went, with all the Mjolnir's twirling in the opposite direction, dissipating the clouds, etc. Landed on the roof and got some used paper towels from my garbage bag and when I removed my mask, found blood on the inside and outside of it. Even found blood coming from my nose and ears. Yeah, I'd taken that big of hit juice wise and something new was learned and to think about.
Alexandra wanted to know what had happened as she'd NEVER seen clouds form like that or that fast and certainly NEVER any lighting like that before in her life. I certainly wasn't going to tell her how I had almost messed up, so told her how because of my abilities, I use two different kinds of energy, for lack of a better word. First is regular food, but I eat extremely large amounts of it when I use a lot of energy doing things like helping you guys and getting those drug dealers, along with using those other Mjolnir's. The other kind of energy is power, meaning electricity in its rawest form, meaning lightning. That's why I was able to help weld those plates on your ship like I did. But she then asked if I always fell out of the sky like I did and I said not normally....and you ready to go back to your base? She was.
Of course, things didn't go as I had planned or thought of going that way. Was TRYING not to be noticed, but that didn't happen as people all started pointing at us and trying to follow us. And there were those people at her barracks pointing and looking at us along with taking videos and photos naturally. We no sooner had landed when some officer of some kind comes running up, saying the base commander would like to meet me?! I said nonononono, I gotta get home and return these Mjolnir's back to Bob. When he asked what a Mjolnir was, I held up mine and said look up.....Bob was nice enough to lend me those. Yeah, his jaw kind of dropped. But then I asked if maybe the base commander could write a nice letter to Bob, thanking him for lending me these other Mjolnir's. Thing was, I didn't know Bobs last name! I said how about addressing it to Bob, Thor's employer and send it to Disney's Studio as I'm sure he'll get it that way. Told that would be NO problem, followed by people asking for selfies. I said I'll only do one selfie and that's with Alexandra, that is if she wants one. Of course she did. Then said if everyone would form a couple of rows, we'll do ONE selfie, then I'm outta here. They wanted me to be in front and I said no, let's do something different. Once everyone was lined up in a couple of rows, I rose up behind them with my hammer raised and the other twelve above me. Actually there were two group photos because the woman who took the photo wasn't in it to begin with, so someone took another with her in it. Said thanks, but I gotta go, with me, Mjolnir and the other Mjolnir's rising up into the air.
Once we were high enough, we were out of there, then slowing down once we hit California and got lower. I WAS going to ask one of the guards at the front gate, but forget that.....the media was out there, but got lucky in seeing them before they saw us. So I veered a little bit and got lower air wise, with us landing in that dead alley, which was seen by several people. I called out to them, asking where I could find Bobs office or maybe someone could call him to let him know I was here. Guess it was real easy because the guy simply called some Disney Studio number, told whoever that Thor was in “that alley” as he put it, then the guy tells me Bob would be over as quick as possible. Yeah, they were looking at me and the floating Mjolnir's and asked if they could take photos and said no problem. Then I added, so you two want a selfie too while we're waiting? Of course they did, then others stopped to see what was going on and they wanted selfies. Truth is, this was getting to be boring of all things. Still don't understand why someone would want a photo of themselves standing next to someone famous which makes me a kind of hypocrite because I wanted and got one with Natalie, Chris and Tom. So to keep everyone entertained, I landed the Mjolnir's and let someone try to pick one up and couldn't, but then someone else would try and succeed because I let them. But when Bob showed up, everyone scattered. Thing is, he wasn't alone but had a couple of people with him.
Thanked him right off the bat for me letting me use his Mjolnir's without any further questions from him at the time and then started telling him why and what had happened. He just stared at me, then I asked for a whopper of a favor. I said I know this is a really big favor, but I'd like access to those twelve Mjolnir's of his at all times as I never knew when I'd ever need or use them again like I had. But if you say no, I understand and see about making some more of my own. When he just stared at me for a bit, figured at least I had to try, but was surprised at his answer. He says he can't believe me even thinking he'd say no considering the things I had been doing, but yes, I could and would have access to them at all times and it'd be no trouble for the prop department to make more of them. And if I wanted to, he'd be interested in finding out how many I could actually handle next week. I said thank you and flew up so I could see the roof of one of the buildings where I had those twelve Mjolnir's land. We both knew with them there, no one would be able to take them, along with me being able to call them at any time without them having to be taken from some room inside a building. I didn't bring up two things: what was his last name as that would have been kind of awkward I figured. The other was about the Coast Guard base commander sending him a letter like I asked those people to. Didn't know if it was going to happen or not and also was thinking maybe it sounded like me brown nosing Bob a bit if I did. As to those twelve Mjolnir's, I left them on the roof and of course, no one was going to be able to remove them. Then Bob asked if I was hungry as the roach coach was right there and of course, there was the cafeteria. I asked if I could have a double cheeseburger, some fries and bottles of water, with him saying no problem. But with a slight smile, he says that's all? I said yeah, I REALLY ate while helping the Coast Guard and now, it's just a normal kind of hunger. Besides, need to save room for supper when I get home. Even though the food was free, tipped the cook telling him how great his food was. I could tell he appreciated this. Even though I could do all sorts of things, To this day I still remember what it was like cleaning and clearing off tables, along with washing dishes.
I was getting ready to take off when I had a BAD thought. Bob asked if something was wrong and I said maybe and didn't say anything for a bit with Bob waiting patiently. I asked if he could get ahold of Chris, Tom and Natalie and put them on some sort of conference call so I could talk to them at the same time. He says no problem and maybe five minutes or so later, all three are on his phone, which he passes to me. I asked where they were, with Natalie and Tom being at home, while Chris was having lunch some where in town. I asked Natalie and Tom to take their Mjolnir's to their backyard and DON'T touch them unless I said it was okay. They naturally wanted to know why and I said I'm scared I might hurt someone worse case scenario or least case scenario, you'll have holes in your roofs. Yeah, that got everyone's attention. Chris had left somewhere in the morning, so asked where he was at.....not that I recognized or knew the place, Asked if he could get to Hollywood and Vine as I've seen photos of downtown Hollywood and would he mind me picking him up. He didn't, saying it would take him about fifteen-twenty minutes to get there. Fine by me. Called down those twelve Mjolnir's from the roof and had them floating about head height in front of me. Asked Bob to get someone to get a can of spray paint and paint numbers on each of them, one thru twelve. He said he's on it, using someone else's phone to do this. One thing about Bob....when he wants something, it gets got. Shortly after the Mjolnir's got painted, Chris says he's standing by. Told Bob to make sure everyone stands back and let me know what happens in a bit. I said okay, I'm going to pick up Chris so everyone can hang up and I'll have him make a conference call to everyone like Bob did for you. Didn't take me long to find Chris and off we went to his place with people unable to react much with me landing and wrapping a arm around his waist. Thing is, he didn't bother asking any questions on our way to his place.
When we got to his backyard, he went inside for his Mjolnir and placed it on the ground, then had him make a conference call to everyone and I said okay everyone, sorry to have sounded so dramatic, but I couldn't take the chance of something like I'm thinking of actually happening. They (and Chris) could tell I was scared and I was. So I got to thinking what I wanted done, then said it out loud: ALL Mjolnir's except mine, come to me, but don't hit anything, don't allow yourself to be hit and be fifteen feet above and five feet from me. NOW! Within seconds I had FIFTEEN Mjolnir's floating in front and above me. Yeah, EVERYONE was jabbering on what had just happened over Chris's phone while he just stared at them floating in front of me. When I asked, Tom and Natalie said their Mjolnir's took off like a shot into the sky and disappeared, along with Bob saying those 12 of his had done the same. I said okay, here's what happened and told them that when I had called for Bobs twelve to join me, I had ONLY been thinking of them and not of Tom's, Chris's or Natalie's fortunately. So I said hold on, then had Chris's land on the ground in front of him and of course, he couldn't pick it up until I told it to be as it was, at which time he could. Did the same for Natalie and Tom with the same results at their end. I apologized to everyone, then told Bob that I'd be at his place in a bit and hung up Chris's phone. Asked if he wanted me to take him back somewhere and he said if I didn't mind. No problem and a short flight for us to take him there. Then we (me, my Mjolnir and those twelve other Mjolnir's) went to see Bob. Had those Mjolnir's land again on the roof and I told Bob what had happened when I had called ALL of them and why I needed his twelve painted. That I didn't want to see how many more Mjolnir's I could use just to be on the safe side. He understood and agreed.
So I took off, getting back to my motorhome undetected and once inside, changed clothes. Stopped by the convenience store that's at the Red Rock exit to getting me a Slurpee.....yeah, nothing like living the high life while going down the road, sucking down a Slurpee while trying not to get a brain freeze. Anyway, saw a dumpster which was where I got rid of my garbage and garbage bag. Stopped at Winco, but made sure I was parked well enough away from everyone because the motorhome being so big and all, along with me still learning and nervous in driving it. Got toilet paper, paper towels, a box of big garbage bags and some groceries. Some of which went into my cupboards, the actual food going into the fridge which was nice and cold. Which was something again, I hadn't thought of.....buying food in Los Angeles. No doubt they had Walmarts and other supermarkets down there, but where? This was when I thought of buying a laptop which meant internet access no matter where I was at in my motorhome. One more thing to take care of before leaving home.
Get home, then talking with Mom for a bit with her wondering if I was losing weight, but fortunately she didn't have me use our scale. Then go see the girls at their bus stop and they're not only walking right besides me, but have an arm in each one of mine. I told them go away, I'm broke and you know those two said? That as soon as I got off work down there, no doubt I'd be looking to see if I could see Denise Richards to ask her out for a date! Which she no doubt would not only refuse, but because I was so homely, she'd probably spray me with pepper spray! They were NOT impressed when I said I'd tell Mom how mean they were and how they'd TRULY regret me leaving. It was at this point both girls realized with me leaving, that left an empty bedroom! Margaret claimed dibs on it since she was the oldest and Daniel didn't care because she was now going to have her own bedroom. The next few days passed all too quickly, with me buying a lap top at Best Buy, followed by paying for a year of wifi from AT&T. I was able to call my cosplayers friends saying I had an announcement, so would they mind meeting at the Little Waldorf. They didn't and once the pizza was served, I made my announcement of working at Disney's Studio as an illustrator and why I was leaving Reno. They were all happy for me and of course, could I get a photo of Thor who was now working there. I said no problem, just give me your addresses and when I get the opportunity, I'll mail 'em out to you. Afterwards, they wanted to see my Winnebago because they'd been wondering who it belonged to. They thought it was pretty cool seeing it looked like the Walking Dead one, along with not paying rent for an apartment or home in the Los Angeles area. As far as work went, never drove it there because I was unsure if I'd find a parking space for it and of course, maybe it being broken into by someone while I was working. Ended up buying a second suitcase from a thrift store for everything I owned. I mean, when you think of it, kind of strange putting ALL your possessions in two suitcases, along with my backpack of course. As far as work went, didn't say anything except to a couple of people I worked with, but for the majority of them, didn't say anything.
Made sure I was no longer working on Moms two days off, with the first day us going to Truckee and from there, to Lake Tahoe where we had a picnic. And man, that water's COLD! I made the mistake of standing on a rock in my swimming trucks and thinking did I want to slowly work my way into the water or just jump in. The reason for this was because I was bent over and had my hand in the water, testing it first, The girls made the decision for me by the two of them SHOVING me off that rock and into the water! They of course, beat feet for the protection of Mom who was laughing like crazy. The three of us eventually did some swimming, but not for long. We dried off on the rocks there, then it was picnic time with Mom taking photos with her camera. The next day we went to the park on the west side of town, but this time it was different for several reasons. They knew I'd be leaving soon, but also I had bought actual steaks for us to eat. Along with that, potatoes wrapped in aluminum foil that I'd worked on the day before, BIG bags of several kinds of chips and three kinds of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, plus three different pies: chocolate, strawberry and apple and a big bottle of generic root beer. They were shocked when I when I pulled these food items from the fridge and freezer in the Winnebago for desert. Mom protested, saying I'd spent too much money, but I told her I just wanted to see how the rich and famous lived at least one time. And believe me, we all gorged in such a way that we'd never done before, with left over pie and ice cream to take home. When we got home, we cleaned and put away the dishes, cups and utensils that had come with the Winnebago.
After supper, with the dishes being done, we're sitting on the couch not really saying much and I knew it was time. So I quietly said it's time for me to leave which shocked them because they thought I'd be around for another day or two. The girls were sniffling and I said quit with those horrible, fake crocodile tears because now not only do you get your own rooms, there's still all that food left over from our picnic. Besides, you know I'll be calling from time to time, along with writing letters and don't forget how I'll be hobnobbing with all those famous actors and actresses. The girls gave me a raspberry. Well, the four of us did a group hug, then Mom said she wanted to talk to me privately, so the girls went to their rooms as I'd already packed all my stuff and yes, including that photo of Denise Richards. Mom says I needed to be careful down there because it's NOTHING like Reno. We both know bad things happen here from time to time, but because of its size, really bad things happen all the time down there. I looked her in the eye and said I still remember all the times we went to church and there's this saying I remember: Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, for what he deserves will be done to him. Mom kind of stepped back and think she saw the Thor in me, with her saying she had always been glad I was her son, but now I see he's a man. One final hug from her and I took off in the Winnebago.
I was in no rush getting to Los Angeles, especially since I was still basically learning to drive, so I took a slightly longer route. Could of taken 395 to eventually hit I-5, but took 80 east, 95 south to the 360, then the 6 to where I hit 395 and Bishop. I found out that driving long distances was different than working long hours doing dishes or cleaning tables, so pulled over for the night at some place called Four Corners where there was a truck stop. Got gas, used the bathroom, then pulled into a large dirt lot where there was a burger place, but was closed. Didn't want to take up some truck drivers spot, besides, there were a couple of them also parked on this dirt lot, so figured it'd be okay. Eventually hit another freeway which took me thru San Bernardino and into Riverside, pulled into another truck stop for more gas, etc. Now I'd been using my free triple A maps, but at that truck stop found out about GPS things and a BIG book showing ALL the major roads in the U.S. in EVERY state, along with many of the smaller, state roads. One thing I hadn't thought about was the Winnebago's height....was I going to be too tall to get under any of these California bridges? Last thing I wanted was hitting one because of this. So now I had a truck drivers GPS, one of their road map books and from a near by Walmart, got a tape measure and from the roof, I measured how tall the Winnebago was and wrote it down, with me posting it near my dashboard. Better safe than sorry.
It was also the first time I met a prostitute. I mean, I know we have them in Reno working the second street area, but those are the low end ones price wise. Believe me, you do NOT want to do business with them because you had NO idea what they had and of course, many were drug users with more than one John getting mugged. Better to go to one of the many “ranches” in our state, with the Mustang being one of the more famous ones east of Sparks. Of course, there were the higher priced and better looking ones that worked the casinos and more than one working for the casinos. Those ladies were for what the gaming industry called whales. These are the RICH people as in having AT LEAST a million dollar credit limit, with the casinos fiercely guarding who these whales are from other casinos. An acquaintance who worked the floor (where various games were at) told me those ladies were to keep the customer happy, but also keep the whale busy gambling as long as possible. They also got a percentage of whatever the whale lost. Not much maybe, but when you add their basic “salary” to this...... I had just returned from the truck stops fast food area with three hot dogs just loaded with chopped onions and Nacho cheese. This didn't count the two I had had paid for and eaten before leaving that place. No wonder why so many truck drivers are so fat between sitting for I don't know how many hours a day and with such cheap, but delicious food to eat. Since I had several bottles of water, I was good drink wise. Why I even disciplined myself in not getting a Slurppy to go with my meal. It was when I had just unlocked the Winnebago that I met Cheri, as she called herself.
She asked me if I'd like some company and right off the bat, I knew what she meant. I mean, I might be naive, but I'm not THAT naive. I said sorry, but I don't have much time as I'm on my way to Los Angeles, but would you like a hot dog? She just kind of looked at me as I guessed no one had ever offered her food while she was “working”. She took one of them, said thanks, then turning to leave me. But then we heard some guy shouting Cheri, where are you, you godd*mn b*tch? It's time we got things settled between us. Cheri had a look of fear in her eye and I said get inside now, gave her my two hotdogs and said don't eat mine please, because I'm a little hungry. She got inside and here comes Larry. Boy, what a SLEASY looking guy and first one I saw trying to look like some Hollywood mover and shaker in the movies.
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Post by texican on Oct 28, 2020 23:10:37 GMT -6
WillC, Larry is in for a world of hurt. Thanks for the chapter. Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 29, 2020 0:47:36 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 13
She got in my motorhome and locked the door when I told her to. And here comes Larry, wanting to know if I'd seen a girl so tall, etc. I said sorry, but he must of caught a glimpse of Cheri, then goes to open the door to the Winnebago! I didn't even think, with me shoving him away from the door and telling him to get lost. This was when he pulls a BIG knife, saying if Cheri doesn't come with him, he's going to carve me up like a Thanksgiving turkey! I hear the door rattling with Cheri going to unlock it, but I screamed stay inside, sh*t's going to get REAL serious and I can't help you if you step outside with this fly drawing, scum bag pile of dog poop. And with that, I started stepping backwards quick as possible, getting some distance between us. He thought I was scared and he was right. Then I quietly said Mjolnir's one and two to me emergency power and be above me. BOOM! They were there. Now I was used to the noise and shock of them appearing, but a hell of a lot of people weren't, especially Larry who stood there in a kind of stunned disbelief. I told those two Mjolnir's to get on opposite sides (front and back) of Larry and while keeping him in place, raise him up into the air about five thousand feet, but don't hit anything or allow anything to hit him or you two and stay there. Up in the air Larry goes, dropping his knife to the ground, which I picked up.
I knocked on the door saying it was me, then unlocked the door. Cheri had such a scared look on her face then said okay, I'll go with Larry. I said no need to, held up his former knife and said he's gone. She looked at me in disbelief and wanted to know how this happened. Told her I knew Quack Fu and made like I was moving like a martial arts artist. She said I certainly didn't look like a martial arts artist and what form is Quack Fu. I said you never heard of Howard The Duck, the skilled martial artist of Quack Fu? I said let's throw these hot dogs in the microwave for a minute and when they're nice and warm, I'll tell you all about Howard The Duck. When I got done telling her, she about busted a gut laughing about Quack Fu and Howard. And if wondering, I did NOT offer any part of my two hotdogs as I was hungry and we drank water I'd gotten from home. Then she wondered what was that booming noise and I said it was probably one of those secret spy planes the Air Force tests out in Area 51 which gave me the idea of how to deal with Larry. We got to talking and how Cheri had started “working” when she was fourteen(?!) and did much better than many of those working the truck stops, of which there were two here. She said Larry had been after her for the past month or so and was thinking of going to Las Vegas to “work” there as she figured she could make more money. She also had two kids (two girls) from a brief, failed marriage and babysitters were NOT cheap, along with renting cost of an apartment, etc. I realized she was in a dead end job, with NO future for her.......how could I get her out of this dead end kind of life? I mean, I didn't want her to end up looking like those on second street AND having two daughters to boot? Not only that, many of those women were HEAVY drug users.
I asked her if the life she had chosen for whatever means, was something she wanted to do, especially when she has two young daughters. Was told while she appreciated me helping her with Larry, to mind my own damn business. I said okay, but I only got one more thing to say and then we're done. I said no doubt there's more than one Larry here in town and two things to think about. What happens if one of them follows you home to find out where you live and you're alone except for your two daughters? THAT got a reaction, with her picking up Larry's knife, saying she'd kill whoever if that ever happened. I said that's nice, but then it makes you and your daughters situation even worse. Police find and arrest you, with you going to jail with probably NO bail money. And as to your daughters, imagine them crying being separated from Mommy. Off they go to live with some strangers, maybe even being separated to separate foster homes. I said from the way you reacted, you're just like my Mom and if you're wondering, I KNOW what it's like to grow up without a father. I then explained how we (me, Margaret and Daniel) had grown up without a father with Moms struggle to provide and care for us. I said I know a lady who knows a lot of people and I was thinking maybe you need to leave here. Not just Riverside, but California, to go somewhere else and start not only a new life, but a different profession. You know, maybe go to a college, like a community college to start off with. She said, sh*t....you're a Christer aren't you? I was a bit stunned, then replied saying no, I wasn't a Christer and neither was Mom who would take us to church from time to time and ESPECIALLY my two sisters. Why they're so mean I'd die of old age in writing down all the mean things they've done to me in life. She tells me I'm a terrible liar, but while I had brought up things she hadn't considered, all this was going to cost money, so it was all a moot point, but thanks anyway.
I said this lady I know not only knows a lot of people, but rich and I mean REALLY rich and once I talk with her, I'm pretty sure she can put us in contact with people so your life goes in a different direction and even lend me the money so you start anew....but this would be money I borrowed, so I have to pay her back. As for you, once you're on your feet money wise after completing school or something like that, you start paying me back bit by bit, but make sure you pay me back, because I HAVE TO pay her back, you understand? She did, but wanted to know why was I making such an offer? I said I look at it this way.....what if one of my sisters started down the path you took, wouldn't I want someone to help her? Besides, if I didn't, I'd have to face Moms wrath and believe me, even Quack Fu can't help me. Then she turned her head towards my bedroom, saying she'd be quite happy to show me a good time, with me saying I can't afford you. This p*ssed her off, with me thinking she was going to charge me for sex and went to leave. I said stop.....for me, it would be morally wrong for me to take advantage of you this way. She says but it's FREE. I said no, it's not because it would cost ME something here, with me pointing a finger where I hope my heart was. She understood. We'd been talking about fifteen or twenty minutes, then we heard them....several helicopters.
Sh*t....no doubt Larry had been spotted by some radar, some where, some how, hence the helicopters, with no idea if they were military ones or not. I didn't know or learn later on there are A LOT of airports, military and civilian, all over the place in this part of California. I go outside to check out the noise and Cheri is right behind me, NOT what I wanted. Sure enough, there's TWO helicopters with their search lights shining on Larry, though you couldn't tell who it was because he was so high up. That's when Cheri says it's him, it's got to be him and I'm wondering how in the hell could she tell it was Larry, which of course, would bring a bunch of unwanted and awkward questions from her. I asked how could she tell who it was in the air and she turned to me like I was some retard, saying it's Thor?! All I could do was respond with a hunh? She says it's OBVIOUSLY Thor because NO ONE can fly like him.....haven't you been watching the news? Then it was how he was SO handsome and amazing. Well, I had to get rid of Larry in some sort of way and that's when I remembered Area 51. Now I'd never been over it as far as I knew, but I had been over Las Vegas more than once during the day, even to slowing down to take a look at it a couple of times, before speeding back up. I told her that I wanted to check out my motorhome out before we left for her place, which was no trouble as she was staring upwards in fascination, unknowingly at Larry. Behind the motorhome, I thought and quietly commanded Mjolnir's one and two to head east until they were on the outskirts of Las Vegas as quickly as possible, but without going really fast as I didn't want the helicopters to be hit with a sonic boom. They did and one moment they were there, proceeded to leave the helicopters behind, then were gone. When I joined Cheri, she asked if I'd seen what had happened and I said no, I was busy checking my tires, so she then told me all about it, along with he (meaning Thor) was probably going to help someone and isn't he amazing? I simply said yes.
Cheri helped me set up my truck gps, then we took off for her place. I parked across the street from her apartment complex, with me saying I still had to make that phone call for her, but I'd be in as soon as possible. So once she's gone and the door's locked, I got dressed as I had to deal with Larry as I figured once he got to the Las Vegas area, he'd be on someones radar. Stick my head out the door and seeing no one around, took off to find Larry and yeah, I could see the lights of Las Vegas with no problem with me soon floating in front of Larry. He'd wet his pants and was basically unconscious until I slapped him a couple of times. When he sees me, he starts moaning oh God, over and over. I said Larry, it was just pure fortune that I happened to be flying over when I saw you pull that knife on that kid. That is NOT nice, which is why I had my Mjolnir's take you like they did. Then I had a nice chat with them afterwards and Larry, you are NOT a nice man. Says he's really sorry, but sometimes he loses his temper and I said, THAT'S the best you can do for an excuse? Larry, you're a pond scum sucking PIMP and who knows how many young girls or woman you've FORCED into prostitution? You're nothing more than an exploiting slave owner! I look around and here comes some helicopters, so time for us to leave, with us heading to the north part of town and on its outskirts.
I land us out in the middle of no where and tell Larry it's time for him to make atonement, a word he didn't know or understand. I said basically, you're going to repay society for your ill deeds. First you'll remove anything and everything of value on you, right here, right now. He hesitated so I told Bobs Mjolnir's get him back up high into the air please and they did, with me following him until we were about five thousand feet or so in the air. I said I wonder how many seconds it'll take before you hit the ground and.... He's saying what, what....and that's when I released Bobs Mjolnir's from holding him up in the air. Boy, did Larry SCREAM as he fell. But I had Bobs Mjolnir's catch him way before he hit the ground, then had them land him back on the ground. He couldn't get shuck of his possessions quick enough now. Since I was way out of grabbing distance, no problem with me getting a couple of sheets of notebook paper and a pen out of my mre pack, with me telling him I wanted the names, phone numbers and addresses of all the women he had “working” for him, along with names and addresses if possible of competing pimps. And by the way, you WON'T like it if you fail to put ALL of them down because....at which point I had one of Bobs Mjolnir's smash a bowling ball size rock that was near us. OR, you could go SPLAT. So there are your three options: write down EVERYTHING, get whacked by Mjolnir or go splat. Chose wisely.
He had a debit and several credit cards which I got the pin numbers of, picked up his former possessions, putting them in my pack. Then had Bobs Mjolnir's grab him, with him screaming he'd done everything I asked for and please don't kill him. I said I'm not and by the way, I figure someone like you should reside where there are others like you. In this case, Washington D.C., not that I was taking him there. Now I knew Area fifty-one was somewhere north and east of Las Vegas and no doubt I'd flown over it more than once, but with my speed, it wasn't like I was sight seeing at the time. What helped was me remembering one of those Air Force warning signs posted on the fences saying use of deadly force authorized in that area. From there, it was no problem seeing the lights of the hangers in the distance, so off we went to hover, then land on top of the roof of one of them. My parting words to Larry was to remember Washington D.C., with me sending Bobs Mjolnir's back to that roof top and me, to my Winnebago. Figured since this was super secret base, the Air Force would NOT be happy finding him there even though I had placed him there.
Once I was inside my motorhome, I locked the door and started undressing.....and there's a knock on the door?! Yeah, it was Cheri asking if I was coming over or not. Told her I was on the toilet and I'd be out in a bit. Was surprised she was actually still waiting for me when I got done changing. Her place was neat and clean and reminded of how Mom kept our place when we were younger and I said so. She was pleased, saying Mom must be one hell of a woman to raise three kids by herself. I replied that if she could do it, so can you. Her place was furnished, but she did have some stuff that she'd started putting in a couple of suitcases. Her two girls were sleeping and I said make sure we take everything you might need, including their beds, dishes and stuff like that. Like I said, she didn't have that much, I could see it'd help if we had some cardboard boxes, so told her I'd check U-Haul as I think they sold them, then thought of Craigslist which she thought was a good idea. It also gave me time to get away from her and call Natalie for help, that is, if she'd would. It was also all I could do.
I used my phone to call Natalie. I'd forgotten how late it was, but she hung up on me when I said it was me. Called her again, but this time I said in a rush it'sThorIgotaproblemthatIcan'talkwithMomaboutandPLEASEhelpme. THAT woke her up. That's when I realized how late it was, apologized and told her I'd call her back in a more decent hour, but she says no, she's up and can't wait to hear what was going on with something so different that I couldn't even talk with my mother about. Then says wait, I need some tea as I think this is something QUITE unusual and do you mind waiting? Of course not, I said. Then heard her mumbling something and realized I had also woke up her husband and apologized again. After a few minutes she says she's got her tea kettle going, so go ahead with my story. Well, she didn't get the full story at first, other than I was helping a young lady out of a bad situation and I was going to lend her some money so she could not only move to another city, but go to school to learn an actual skill. So I wondered if she knew anyone in Las Vegas as I figured that would be a good place for her to start anew. She then throws a curve ball at me, asking I wouldn't happen to be in Riverside, California would I? Me: silence. Her: we turned on the news and there's some video of some poor guy just dangling from your Mjolnir's WAY up in the air. I said poor guy, poor guy? I said he's a...well, never mind. He's NOT a nice man, he was a pimp looking at forcing the lady I just talked about into working for him. Besides, he drew a REALLY BIG knife on me! She said that's crazy.....who in their right mind would draw a knife on Thor of all people? Me: silence again. Then I hear them saying something to each other, then she says wait a minute.......you dealt with this guy AS YOU and NOT as Thor? Me: silence again, when she says if they're to help me and this damsel in distress they need to know the ENTIRE story. Think of us as your older sister and brother, okay? I said okay and started from the beginning, but didn't say anything on what I'd done with Larry. Believe me, they BOTH wanted to know, so when I told them they both started laughing like crazy. They both offered me money to help Cheri out, but I said no, I already got that covered, but what I need is information I thought I'd never use or need. She says they're going to talk it over and call them back at nine am if that was okay. I said thanks a lot of times.
So now I had to see Cheri to tell her I had contacted that rich lady who'd lend me the money she'd need and she actually cried a little bit. Said it'd take me about an hour or so to get to and from her place, so in the mean time, keep packing and checking about U-Haul having boxes, but also Craigslist that we could pick up for free. She liked the Craigslist idea because it was money saved. Couldn't find a rest stop any place nearby, so headed back to the truck stop and got lucky. A truck was pulling out of a spot and not only that, there were no lights in that area. After carefully backing into that space, got dressed once again, but this time I had my gps which was fully charged along with Larry's stuff that I had wrapped in one of my t-shirts and stuck in my backpack. Thing is, I couldn't go fast as I could because I'd outrun the gps directions. Maybe twenty-thirty minutes later I'm landing in front of a seedy looking area and home. Knocked on the door a couple of times, but no answer with me figuring the ladies were “working” with me having NO idea when they'd be home. Go back to my place, changed once again, grabbed a couple of those delicious hot dogs and after eating them, left for Cheri's place. Knocked on her door and announcing myself at the same time. Said I talked with that lady friend of mine, with her and her husband looking for places that could help her. But her eyes about popped out when I handed her my ten thousand dollars, with her starting to cry. Women crying always has made me uncomfortable, even when it was happy crying like she was doing. I said we need to get some sleep as tomorrow's going to be a busy day for both of us, so I said goodnight and went back to my place. Which sounded strange to me.....I mean, I always thought of us (Mom, the girls and me) living at our place as home instead of my Winnebago.
Thing is, I COULDN'T sleep, part of it being just what have I become involved in and what was going to happen next? Decided to get dressed and just cruise around until I got tired. I'm flying slow and maybe a couple of hundred feet in the air when I heard it.....a car alarm going off and see two guys next to a car, with a busted window. So I dropped lower as they got into it and with me hovering near the drivers door, I said let me guess......you forgot your keys and that's why you're using a screwdriver in the ignition, right? One thing I did NOT expect was the pulling a gun out and shooting at me several times! But Mjolnir was Johnny on the spot, with it intercepting those bullets! That's when I had Mjolnir stun both of them with jolts of electricity so they were unconscious. Flew to the nearest corner to find out where I was street wise, then back to those two. I was going to call the cops on these two, but some guy shouting from a window that he had called the cops and they'd be here really d*mn quick. I said thank you, but let the cops know one of them has a gun, with me rising back up into the air to continue looking for whatever might be happening.
On a freeway, I saw a speeding car being chased by four police cars with their lights flashing right behind it. After thinking it over, told Mjolnir what we needed to do. One thing the car thief didn't expect was someone flying right behind and above him, with Mjolnir keeping up with him with no problem. I drifted backwards where I was able to grab part of the rear frame and lifted the car up off the pavement so it no longer had traction. The cops were RIGHT THERE with their guns drawn, telling the guy to shut off the engine and put it in park. He wasn't having any of this until I lifted the car completely off the ground and kind of shook it. He decided to comply, at which point I put the car back on the ground, with the cops quickly taking him into custody. They thanked me for my assistance and I said no problem, glad to help you guys, then took off once again into the air.
Well, didn't find any more car thieves, but we did save a young dog from being hit by a car. We swooped down with me grabbing him by the scruff of his neck and guess the dog didn't expect this because it let loose a stream of pee, some of which hit me in my costume?! Now what do I do? I'm looking at it and it's a mongrel of some kind, maybe a year or less old, no collar or tags. Homeless? I thought about keeping it, but realized there was no way I could because who knew when I'd be back home and it wouldn't be fair to this puppy. Thing is, I also didn't want to set him free because I was thinking he might be hit by another car in the future even though I wouldn't know this. Get back to my place as I obviously couldn't be flying around with him in my arm, put him on the ground and what surprised me was he didn't take off running. He just stood there looking up at me and then started wagging tail as fast he could. And when I opened the door, he jumps right in, then running around just sniffing everything. Well, I was thinking maybe Cheri and her girls would like him, you know, give them someone to play and fuss over and maybe he'd be a good guard dog when he got bigger. Didn't know when he'd either been fed last whether by someone or going thru someone's garbage can. I suspected the later as he smelled a little bit. Got some 409 and with a rag, cleaned my costume, then putting it away back in my closet. With gps back in place of the dash, we took off for the nearest Walmart, with me parking far away from everyone as normal. As soon as I opened the door, he took off like a shot and I figured this was going to be a short relationship. But it wasn't.....he took off for the nearest tree doing a number one and two, then came back to me, wagging his tail. I said he was a good boy and his tail wagged even faster. When I opened my door, he jumped right in and I said stay, at which time he jumped into the passenger seat and went to sleep. With a grocery cart, went to the pet food section and figured since he was so young, puppy chow would be just the thing for him, along with a few cans of dog food with the idea of mixing them up from time to time or giving him just a can of it by itself. I also found out there were pads kind of like a baby's diaper for a dog to pee or poop on. Better safe than sorry. Figured as well as I was there, may also get him a dog bed, along with food and water bowls, figuring Cheri would appreciate this. Back at the Winnebago, I fed him and he gobbled the dry stuff down in a heartbeat, then slurping up water from his new bowl. As for me going to bed to get some needed rest, that didn't quite work out as planned. I was laying in bed, then he started whining and I thought he had to go after drinking that water. Nope. Back to bed and again, he's whining so I looked at him and he's trying to get into bed, but because he was so small, couldn't make it. So I picked him up and he cuddled/leaned against me in the crook of my arm and went right to sleep. So much for that expensive dog bed.
Next morning, let the pup out, who came right back for his breakfast. As for me, I hit McDonalds for a couple of their breakfast burrito's and a small orange juice. Then got on the laptop, to find some place that could give him a bath....would you believe it, there was a Petsmart as part of the Walmart shopping center. It didn't open till eight am, so there wasn't much of a wait for me to get this done. While there bought him a collar and a leash, once again, figuring once again one less expense for Cheri to bear, along with him now not being so smelly. Can't impress a girl if you're smelly. It was when we were walking back that I realized the Winnebago had a trailer hitch and that got me to thinking if Cheri didn't have that much stuff, maybe we could rent a trailer. This way it'd be cheaper (I hoped) and we could travel together because I didn't know if Cheri even had car seats which seemed unlikely because she always took the bus, sometimes a cab, to “work”. Called Cheri, telling her I was on my way and she asked if I'd had breakfast. Now I already had something, but knew she was trying to show her appreciation, so I said no. Said I'd be out in a little bit, hung up, then Natalie called to say she and Benjamin were making inquires for me in the Las Vegas area and would call me back when they had more information. I said thanks, then took off for Cheri's. She'd packed up some stuff, but had also been busy on her computer looking for free moving boxes on Craigslist. This was when I met her two daughters for the first time who were Susan and Sandra.
I had the pup in my arms, with the girls going wild with canwekeephimmommy?We'lltakegoodcarehimforeverandever, canwekeephimmommy? We'lltakegoodcareofhim foreverandever. Told Cheri that the pup had almost been hit by a car, but I was able to rescue him before that happened. Well, the girls were fussing over him and he was busy trying to lick their faces with them laughing. She accepted provided we find a place in Las Vegas that would accept dogs, with me saying okay. Her breakfast was great and I learned something new. Three pancakes, 4 eggs over easy and two potatoes made as hashbrowns and it was those that really caught my taste buds. Come to find out she sprinkled some stuff called French fry seasoning she got from Dollar Tree. When I had the chance, bought ten pounds of potatoes from Winco and five bottles of the seasoning. Yeah, it was THAT good and different. She was surprised that I had such a healthy appetite, so I explained I had a high metabolism that kicked in from time to time. With a list of places with free moving boxes from Craigslist, we hit two places which she figured would full fill her needs, so now it was off to a U-Haul near her place. During all of this the girls were busy with their new puppy and he was busy with them. Well, during our driving here and there, there was talk among them on what the puppies name would be, with Cheri coming up with Quack Fu of all things! I said it was different than Spot, Sugar, Fido and other names that had been suggested. We talked things over, with her figuring a trailer would hold all of her stuff and maybe even have some spare room.
Get to U-Haul and she picks out the trailer she feels will do the job, with me paying for the rental because I said since my friend is helping you out, I figure it's only fair I do the same. Towing a trailer is another thing I hadn't done before, so I was VERY careful getting us back to her place. Her job was packing everything up, mine was toting it to the trailer while her girls played with Quack Fu. I made sure she had one of those dog diaper things which was good because he did go number one and two while there. While I'm carrying stuff out, her landlord came out to see what was going on, with Cheri telling him that she was moving to Las Vegas. He looked at me and apparently approved because I didn't look like a Larry kind of guy, of which there seemed to be a few of in the neighborhood. She asked if she could get even part of her security and cleaning deposit back even though she knew she was suppose to give a thirty day notice. What surprised her was the landlord was sorry to see her leave as she ALWAYS paid her rent a few days in advance of it needing to be paid, paid in cash and never did she or her daughters give him any trouble. He'd refund her security deposit in full, but as for the cleaning deposit he'd only give her half of it because the carpet would need to be steam cleaned and some other things done. It just depended on how clean and neat the place was before we left and of course, he'd have to inspect it before hand. We agreed this was no problem. Thing is, only God and she alone knows how many times she worked at that truck stop for that money.
Off to Dollar Tree for cleaning supplies, etc., then we got to work wiping down or scrubbing EVERYTHING in sight which took us a few hours. Well, lunch time comes and we're about half way thru and the girls are getting hungry with Cheri saying she'd make us lunch which was Hamburger Helper, something I like. There were no left overs, so I got the makings for sandwiches, some chips and sodas in case her two girls got hungry, along with them feeding Quack Fu and making sure he had water to drink. We got done cleaning, with the landlord coming out to inspect the place and Cheri getting most of her money back in a form of a check. We took her food from her fridge, putting it in mine, along with her canned goods in the Winnebago. Then it was time to leave with the girls and Quack Fu in the Winnebago and Cheri's just looking at her former residence and asked if everything was okay. She said she was, but that she never thought she'd be leaving all of this behind, while waving her hand at her former apartment. I knew she meant more than her apartment. Told her I don't remember all of this saying written by some science fiction guy, but the last line was the best is yet to come. Then she says she wants a photo of us before we leave and I said no problem, you get the girls and Quack Fu and I'll take your photo of you. She says no, I want US to have a photo together.....that is, if you don't mind. She got the landlord to take a photo of the four of us alongside my Winnebago, with her in the middle, the girls on each side of her, with me in the back and Sandra holding Quack Fu. She even emailed me this photo right after it was taken, then it was time for us to go. And if you're wondering, it's with the one I had taken with Chris, Natalie and Tom, along with a few others. She cashed her landlords check before we left town.
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Post by texican on Oct 29, 2020 22:16:37 GMT -6
WillC,
The Kid is growing by leaps and bounds helping others and improving his self confidence and self worth.
Thanks for the chapter.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Oct 29, 2020 22:49:20 GMT -6
Just like The Shadow and Aaron, Thor finds himself being drawn into helping others. Like them, he never thought he'd be doing the things he's doing and as you said, he's growing up in ways he never imagined. Remember, he hasn't turned 21 yet. Thing is, Natalie and Benjamin (her husband) now know Thor dealt with Larry as himself and not as Thor's. I'm on page 3.5 of chapter 15 with new things, including unforeseen problems, happening in 14 & 15.
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Post by eyeseetwo on Oct 31, 2020 18:21:04 GMT -6
Thank you! I am really enjoying your story.
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Post by willc453 on Nov 8, 2020 6:36:16 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 14
Not sure which one it was, either 29 Palms or Palm Springs when I needed a break from driving as my behind was kind of aching. One thing I did learn was to remove my wallet from my pants and put it on the console between the seats. We found a McDonalds which I WAS going to pay for, but Cheri insisted on paying for, saying she wanted to carry her own weight, something I understood. So while they went inside, I called Natalie because I hadn't heard from her. She and Benjamin had REALLY done some research, with me staying busy writing for about twenty minutes of different places to check where Cheri could either go to school or get a job that would pay more than minimum wage if she was qualified. Said she had no trouble with either of us mentioning their names if it would help, but told her that couldn't be done because no doubt those people might wonder how someone like us would know someone like you. She asked where we were at, so told her and that we'd hit Las Vegas in a few more hours, with us either parking at some casino parking lot or maybe finding a rest stop. That we'd also been looking at places for rent via Craigslist, but in any case, I'd be there for Bob as normal and thanked her and Benjamin for their help once again. She then says, oh, when you do come back to work, Bob wants to thank you and I said for what? She says he got not only a letter from that Coast Guard base commander, but also the Commandant and at first I thought she said Commander, which I figured was higher on the food chain. I was wrong as she said Commandant who was the man who commanded ALL the people, etc. in the Coast Guard! I said wow, that's REALLY nice of them to do that as I wasn't sure if anything was going to be done or not about the base commander actually writing that letter. Then it was how they were asking if I'd be available on any future, possible emergency help like this. I said I don't see how, as I was near all of this by accident. Says Bobs tech people are talking with the Coast Guard people to see how this could be done. I said okay, let's see what happens and I'll talk with Bob about it when I get there, okay? She says okay and I took off for McDonalds with Cheri wondering if I was ever going to show up.
I told her only the part about the jobs/schools that could be available for her in Las Vegas and I suggested maybe becoming a cook or better yet, a chef because of the way she cooked such great meals. This was something she hadn't thought of, with me adding that cooks will always be in demand no matter where they're working when you think of it. After I got done eating, we headed off for Las Vegas after making sure Quack Fu didn't need to go. A few hours later, we were parked in Circus Circus's parking lot well away from everyone. Of course the girls had gotten tired, so they were put in my bed along with Quack Fu who got to whining about not being able to get up there. I told Cheri it was okay as he's already been there with me earlier. I had one bed that was converted from one of the tables, while Cheri went to sleep with the girls. It wasn't the most comfortable bed, but still okay. When I woke up, I was a bit confused as I was thinking it was my sisters making the noise. Now Cheri tried keeping them a bit quiet, but I told her to forget it......I had two younger sisters and was used to it. Let Quack Fu out on his leash and felt bad there was no grass or tree to do his business on and after he was fed, we went to Circus Circus for its buffet. Cheri wanted to buy, but I told her no because she had bought last time and besides, if she kept doing this, why people might think she's some gazillionaire and I'm her pretty boy if you will. She thought that was funny. While the circus acts wouldn't start until later, we did hit the arcade, with the girls each winning a My Little Pony figure. Now Cheri had been busy on my laptop looking for places, so she started calling them to set up appointments to see each place. Since we had a few hours before the first place appointment was to take place, we went to Sunset Park which has a lot of trees and grass. Since we were there early, there were few people, so the girls and Quack Fu played and chased each other. Kind of hard driving with the trailer, but it was at the third place she really liked. It was a two bedroom place (house) and just under one thousand a month, with her not having to make a security deposit as she paid for six months in advance, though there was still a cleaning deposit and the manager did allow dogs. There were other kids in the neighborhood, including dogs which we could hear barking from time to time.
So then began the unloading of everything which I swear, took longer than what it did for us to load the trailer to begin with. Now first thing we did was get all her food from the Winnebago, which went into her fridge and freezer, followed by her other stuff. Now we didn't get this done all in one shot, so we went to Winco where she got more groceries for her and the girls, with me picking up some odds and ends. After that, off to U-Haul where the trailer was returned and me paying for its rental. Stopped at Walmart where I got a small barbeque, along with some charcoal and lighter fluid for it. Once everything was brought in, she got busy putting things away until she was satisfied. She was going to post a listing on Craigslist for free moving boxes. And before I forget, her place was on the bus line because she didn't have a car. She could put her daughters in a near by day care center which we visited the next day and while it wasn't cheap in one way, she felt comfortable in leaving them there with her daughters approval of the place. So we ended up having steaks and baked potatoes for us, while the girls got hot dogs, chips and soda pop. Quack Fu got a few of the dogs himself as he had no shame looking as pathetic and hungry as possible. As to my last day there, the four of us went job hunting for Cheri, using the names and addresses so kindly provided by Natalie and Benjamin which took the rest of the day between that and finding that day care center for her girls. When we got back to their place, she tells me she'll have supper ready in a bit and I had to tell her no because I had to get back to Los Angeles to start my new job and of course, get some rest before starting. Once again, we got a group photo of us in front of their new home. Told her I'd keep in contact and when possible, return for a visit if that was okay. She said it was and thanks for doing so much for me. I said I had to because if I hadn't and Mom had found out, no doubt I'd of gotten a severe tongue lashing. So as you can see, I started adding photos of different people I've met over the years, the majority of them as me and not as Thor. Thing is, I did miss Quack Fu but knew there was no way I could have a dog with me doing what I found myself doing now. It took me almost six hours to get to Los Angeles, with me parking for the night at a Walmart parking lot. Thing is, I had to find a better place to park as I had to go to work the next morning.
So got dressed, then stepped outside to look over the lay of the land. Thing is I couldn't fly that high because I needed to see what was below me, meaning street signs. Then I thought I was doing this all wrong.....I should be on the net looking for this kind of thing but once again, things didn't go that way. First off was seeing some flickering lights in the distance, so cruised over to see what was going on. How about SIX cops cars with their lights on, chasing one of those big SUV's down the freeway? So I ended up floating above it while everyone was going down the freeway. Thought about having one of Bobs Mjolnir's hitting the radiator and figured that was kind of drastic which ended up being a good thing in not doing this. Peered at the back end of this SUV and saw it had a trailer hitch, you know, for towing things like a U-Haul trailer. Figured I SHOULD be able to reach down and grab it, lifting the rear end of the SUV up in the air, but was worried what if I missed grabbing it and the driver saw me? Who knew what he or she would do then? Maybe even flip it to land on its side or top on the freeway? Then thought of something different....kind of like that Coast Guard cutter thing. So called Bobs Mjolnir's one thru four to come and be over me, which only took a minute or so because when you think about it, Los Angeles and the surrounding cities are kind of big land wise, but when you fly a couple of hundred miles an hour, it doesn't take long to get from point A to point B. At this time, the cops dropped back a bit and after thinking things over, gave Bobs Mjolnir's commands. The four of them went under the SUV's framework while we're going down the freeway and simply lifted it up a couple of inches. Just enough so the tires were no longer touching the pavement, with the SUV continuing down the road because we were matched speed wise that the SUV HAD been traveling at. Had us gradually slow down, then stop, figuring the cops could take it from here on in once the driver was taken out of it, followed by putting the SUV in park and turning off the engine.
Cops are pulling up to the SUV when I hear TWO voices shouting for the racist and fascist pigs to stay back or they'd shoot the kids?! I took a quick look thru the wind-shield, seeing two guys with guns in their hands and two little kids in the backseat, one of them in a baby seat! Rose upwards and made shooing motions with my hands to the cops and they all backed off. Quickly called Bobs Mjolnir's five and six to me and they had NO problem zapping those two into unconsciousness. Cops got busy dragging those two out, along with the two children who were crying like crazy, not that I blamed them. Then one of them put the SUV in park and turned off the engine, at which time I lowered it, with Bobs four Mjolnir's floating above me once again. Another cop tells me the SUV had been carjacked, but the mother was okay other than some bruises from being yanked from her vehicle. But now that her kids were safe, one of the officers was bringing her here. I said glad to have been of help, with Bobs Mjolnir's heading back to the studio while we headed back to my place, but decided at the last minute to get something to eat. There was a Burger King below us and I remembered how Julie (who cosplays Wonder Woman) raved about a triple cheeseburger you could order, but wasn't on the posted menu. I figured why not, as it was late and I might not want to have breakfast.
Landed before the drive in speaker, gave my order, then walked up to the pick up window to pay for and then get my order. Well, the cashier was surprised to see me walking up as Thor instead of being in a car, so naturally she calls out to a couple of co-workers, with her asking to take my photo. I said no problem and then it was done. But she says she's sorry they couldn't take walk up orders as it was company policy to prevent any kind of robbery and hope you understand. I said yes, I understand and didn't know about this policy, but I don't have a car, but a motorhome and it wouldn't fit under your awing here. And please, it's been a long day for me......I'm kind of hungry and I need some sleep because I'm starting my new job tomorrow. And besides, I've never eaten at Burger King, but a girl I know said nothing but amazing things about your triple cheeseburgers and fries which are always fresh, unlike McDonalds. She sighs, says okay, after all that you said, I doubt you're some kind of robber. Rings up my order, then I pay her, with my receipt and change going into my MRE bag as normal. When I'm done for the day I'd go thru it, separating the change from the bills. Told it'd be a few minutes as they were cooking up a fresh batch of fries and man, I could taste those fries already. Now things were going great until those four fools showed up, also using the drive thru.
Next thing I know, the driver honks his horn and truthfully, kind of scared and startled me at the same time. That's when he starts in on me, followed by the three in his car. Driver: hey guys, did you see “Thor” jump like that? So much for him being a fearless superhero. Front passenger: look at him.....no doubt he's some sort of comic book dork wanting to imitate that real guy flying around. First rear passenger: he's probably one of those guys that work the Hollywood and Vine area.....you know, how they dress up as various movie people in movies, working for tips from the tourists. Then the front passenger gets out and I'm thinking PLEASE get back in your car, let me get my late supper and I'll be on my way. Didn't happen. When he got out, he comes walking up to me, saying you're kind of small ain't you to be pretending to be Thor aren't you? And lookie boys, he's even got a replica of Thor's hammer and a face mask like that actor guy. Ain't that cute....anyone want to bet he probably sleeps with it? Lemme handle it and goes to reach for Mjolnir, at which time I backed up a bit, telling him Mjolnir's MINE and keep your mitts off of it. That's when he says, listen to this puppy bark....bet he's not so barky without his mask, takes a couple of steps forward, then reaches out to take my mask off! Without thinking, I tossed Mjolnir in front of me so it'd be safe and I'd have both hands free. It hit the fan because Mjolnir landed on his left foot! Boy, did he let out a scream, then panics when he realized he COULDN'T take his foot from under Mjolnir. So he calls for help, saying I hit him with my fake hammer and out comes his two buddies from the back of the car, saying they were going to kick my a$$. Thing is, with me backing up even more, that made them even aggressive, but they simply weren't thinking when they tried and failed to pick up Mjolnir. That's when the driver said I probably had a long nail or even a spike hidden in that hammer and handle which was why they couldn't get it off their friends foot. That's when the cashier said she was calling the cops and I said don't bother, it's all going to be over in a few seconds.
Those two said d*mn straight it's going to be over, but this time I wasn't backing up, but moved forward, surprising them. Then they got the shock of their lives when I reached out and grabbed each of them by their shirts and lifted them up so they were dangling a good three or four inches off the ground. Started walking back to their buddy and the cashier is just staring at me as I'm doing this. I said guys, all I wanted was something to eat like I told the cashier, I've had a long day and my new job starts real soon. So after this very late supper, I gotta get some sleep. Now some people start down the wrong path in life and the question is: do you want to continue down this path or take a different one? Choose wisely. They decided to take another path and just stood there when I called Mjolnir to my right hand, they then quickly and meekly got back into that guys car. The cashier just stared at me until I asked if my food was ready, at which time she said it is really you....aren't you? I said yes and she says the drive up window would ALWAYS be open to me, car or no car, smiling when she said that. I said thanks and once clear of the overhang, took off with her and some co-workers taking photos and videos. As to the meal, it was pretty good, though I did have to microwave it for thirty seconds to get it hot. After that, went to bed.
Well, for one thing I must have been REALLY tired because I overslept! Usually I showed up at the studio around nine am and now it was just after eleven?! THOUGHT I'd be able to stay in Walmarts parking lot, but saw a note taped to the door saying I couldn't stay more than twenty-four hours, with the time of the note being posted on my door. One of the roaming security patrol guys in his car saw me, coming over to speak with me. He told me about the night shift had left the note there because they hadn't gotten an answer from their knocking. I said I understood, but would it be okay if I left it here no later than six pm because I had to get to work, with a friend picking me up in a bit. I explained why I had bought the motorhome, but hadn't figured out where to stay, but figured it'd be okay for at least a day as this happens quite a bit back in the Walmarts in Nevada. He said it was okay, but six pm would be it, because after that time, they'd have to call for a tow truck?! He left and because I was so far away from the stores doors, there wasn't anyone parked near me at all. Got dressed and after looking out my windows, locked my door and took off for the studio and the dead end alley. Just after I had landed, realized with everything that had happened the past few days, I still hadn't had a chance to read those twelve fan letters and felt bad about this. I mean, there were twelve people who took the time and money to write and mail me something and I didn't answer?
Coming down, some people saw me and it didn't take long for Bobs studio people to get there, along with the roach coach which was good news as it gave me time to get and eat a couple of egg and cheese burritos. I apologized for being late but had stuff happen, so didn't get to bed until late. They said no problem. Now it seems Bob wanted me to try on some new masks, but they were the pull over kind, like those used in that one Mission Impossible movie. It even had long blonde hair like Chris would have as Thor. Their biggest one was the one which fit the best because I didn't have to remove my own wig, with me tucking that mask area below the neck down into my costume though the mask while a little tight, bearable. Kept my original Chris strap on mask in my backpack because I didn't know if I could keep the new one or not. Those guys then used some stuff around the mouth and eye areas to so it would blend in better. And of course, there was that BIG Ironman suit that Bob wanted me to try out doing different things. Saw the back part had been enlarged, so we fit inside it with no trouble AND I was able to move around a lot easier because Mjolnir wasn't rubbing up against the original back plate like it had been. Now Bob was busy, but the prop guy had been told what Bob wanted me to do while filming everything by those with him.
We went thru a couple of eye pieces for the helmet and found one that was good enough for me to see thru, though not as good as when there were none. They had also come up with a radio headset for me to wear, with them fixing it so it would always be sending or receiving. This way we could talk to each other while they have me doing different things as things were being filmed. Thing is, Bob figured I'd be more comfortable out-side in this suit and he was right because even though the new helmet “glass” pieces were good, but not as good when there hadn't been anything there, so I was having to learn how to walk, etc. all over again because my depth perception was off a little bit. Fortunately, Mjolnir kept me from falling on my face more than once. I explained this to those guys and they understood. For about an hour, I worked out in that Ironman suit and boy it was kind of hot in it afterwards, with one of the guys removing the helmet so I could get some fresh air. Had the feeling I'd be in it a lot so was NOT about to complain, especially making this kind of money. Did more of different things and got good enough that I could actually run at my regular, full speed.....you know, like when I'd be wearing my regular clothes. Then I'd jump up into the air, spin around, with me holding my arms out like I was shooting something, whether it'd be rockets or pure energy supplied by Tony's Arc Reactor. Everyone seemed happy, so then they wanted me to go to that part of the lot where we'd crushed that car not long ago.
Now the studio had blocked off the street I was on so we wouldn't be disturbed by the tourists in one of the studio's tram bus trolley thing. Thing is, they thought it would be a good publicity idea for me to be seen by at least one group of them. I thought that was a good idea too and after getting out of the suit, drinking some water and cooling off, back into the suit I go, with the helmet on. With that radio thing, it was easy following someones direction and landing around a corner where the trolley would turn, with me standing perfectly still. The tour guide lady was surprised seeing me standing near the building, but then announced how this Ironman suit was the one used in the Avenger movie for closeups. The trolley kept rolling down the street towards me and that's when I decided to improvise by rising up into the air a couple of feet. Yeah, that got EVERY-ONE'S attention. I then landed back on the ground with me and Mjolnir taking off running, while also doing a few front and back flips. I mean, it sounds hard, but it wasn't with Mjolnir doing all the work. Then I'd stand by another building waiting for the tram to catch up, then do other things. Figured that Bob could use the publicity if a group photo was taken and these tourists were polite. As to the prop guys, they'd been busy filming everything and they too were shocked when I improvised like I did. They ended up taking a group photo of us (including the tour guide), with the tour guide saying she'd make sure she got everyone's addresses. I told everyone how there could be at least one more Ironman movie coming out, along with a couple of Thor movies. Saw a dumpster and with my back turned to it, had one of the prop guys climb on top of it to open the back of the Ironman suit, with me coming out of it with no trouble. There were gasps from the tourists and the guide who actually thought I was Chris!
Just as I got back inside of it, some guy walks up asking if I was going to be filmed by these people (meaning Bobs people) somewhere else and could he watch? I had to tell him no because Bob wanted to put me thru different things and didn't want anyone to actually know what I could or couldn't do in this suit. He understood, with me going for that part of the lot where that car had been. Different prop car of course and was told they wanted me to run up to it and “kick” it in the passenger door area. I say “kick” it because they'd rigged some wires and pulleys on the other side of it so when I “kicked” it, they'd press a button at which time the prop car would be pulled back around thirty feet or so. Sounded good to me, so I started practicing running up to it a couple of time, then said I was ready and was told to go for it. Oh boy....it did NOT go as expected. Remember me saying I had some depth perception with those new lenses? I actually kicked the new prop car! Not only that, the prop guys never even had the chance to press their button, with the prop car actually kind of skipping sideways on its four tires as it goes back about fifty feet and snapping their cables!
I'm kind of standing there on one leg in shock for a few seconds, then realized I've got the passengers door kind of wrapped around my right foot like a piece of paper will stick to your shoe and without thinking, shake that leg, then reached down to simply pull it off my “foot” and dropping it onto the tarmac. Oh sh*t....just what have I done? Now unless I REALLY bent over, I couldn't see my foot and of course, Mjolnir kept me perfectly balanced during all of this. I quickly floated back to my stand where two of the prop guys got the back of the Ironman suit off of me. I'm d*mn near crying, saying I'm so sorry, that I misjudged how close I was to the car and how bad is this suit damaged? I get out and then it's OH CR*P time because I see Bob talking with a couple of the filming crew and prop guys for a few minutes, then comes walking over to me! I'm telling him how sorry I very badly damaged his suit and I'd pay for its repair even if it meant working for free for a few days. He stares at me for a few seconds and my heart is REALLY sinking, then he says, son, you REALLY have no idea what happened? I explained and he says for me to look at the Ironmans foot that I used to kick the prop door with. I do and it's UNDAMAGED?! As to that passenger door, one of the prop guys brought it over for everyone to inspect. Now I, like Bob and everyone else figured I some how altered the Ironman suit in some way, with Bob telling one of the prop guys to hit one of its toes with a hammer.....and the toe breaks?! We're all staring at the broken toe, but then Bob hits another toe with that hammer and it breaks! More shock, then a woman calls out to Bob to quit hitting the prop before he does irreplaceable damage to it. Bob looks up, with the woman asking me to get back into the suit, with Bob trying for another toe, but then stops from doing so. One thing about Bob, he doesn't know every-thing and is willing to accept ideas/different forms of opinions and thoughts. So when he nodded to me, I got back into the suit with the back put back on. But when he hit a third toe, NOTHING happened to it!
Well, we're all staring in amazement at this turn of events, with Bob asking that woman what the hell was going on now? She said it was kind of like in that first Fantastic Four movie where everyone was hit by gamma radiation while wearing those special suits of theirs. While they got changed, so did their suits, so she was thinking that some how I was putting out some kind of unknown energy which directly affected the suit I was wearing. This was something NONE of had thought of actually occurring. Then Bob said he was canceling other things he had wanted me to do today, but now wanted me to do some different things with the partially damaged prop car, then I could go home for the day. First thing was picking up that prop car with no trouble with just one hand. Then just flipping it with one foot with no problem. Then it was REALLY flipping it and it rolled end over end for about fifty feet. Then I REALLY worked on flipping it with my foot and that was good for about one hundred feet. Man, that prop car was getting a really good beating. Then Bob wanted me to REALLY kick it and I asked him if he was sure about this because I didn't know what was going to happen when I did this. He said he'd take full responsibility, so I said okay. We had about four hundred feet of street and just beyond the studio lot, there was a hill with some trees with no homes built on it. Oh boy once again. I FIELD KICKED the prop car to near the top of the hillside! And we're talking AT LEAST a thousand feet or more to reach that far. Thing is, it started rolling down the hillside and I didn't even think about it, but flew towards it and that's when the d*man thing exploded in flames! Backed off REAL quick, called for Mjolnir's one thru twelve to get above the flames and started all of them twirling. Then with rain coming down and putting out the fires, with me getting a little bit of electricity from the lighting that was going off. Once the fire was out, dispensed the clouds, then grabbed what was left of the car, bringing it back to Bob.
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Post by texican on Nov 8, 2020 22:20:47 GMT -6
WillC,
The kid is learning his power and how to deal with thugs.
Thanks for the chapter.
TExican....
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Post by willc453 on Nov 8, 2020 23:33:07 GMT -6
Oh, it gets better in 15 & 16 and I just started on 17. He really LIKES his motorhome, BUT finding it to be a pita finding a place where he can park and sleep in it over night. Peter Parker (Spiderman) is the only one I can think of that had troubles in his day to day life. This is why I wrote The Shadow and Aaron's story like I did and trying to do the same with Thor.
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Post by willc453 on Nov 14, 2020 17:33:42 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 15
I get out of the suit with Bob just repeating Jesus, Jesus, did you see what he just did and did this get filmed several times. Then turns to me to shake my hand of all things, saying he'd have some new things for me to try out tomorrow, but he thought I'd be done within an hour tomorrow as he's still trying to comprehend what I just did and the possibilities of what I just might be able to do. I told him the truth....that I didn't know ANY of this was going to happen, but I was real happy his prop wasn't damaged due to my clumsiness. I then suggested maybe that woman should get some sort of bonus because I was pretty sure NONE of us would of thought what she said to him. He agreed, though I don't know what her bonus was because that was none of my business. Got my ten thousand as normal, but this time he offered me a five thousand dollar bonus for what had just occurred. Seems one of the filming crew had told him what I'd done in front of the tourist trolley car and Bob did all but do a little jig while rubbing his hands in glee. He said I earned it, take it and DON'T say no. I said okay and told he'd have it in my next “paycheck”. I had to think more of than Mom and my sisters ; but Cheri and her two girls. I figured she'd eventually pay me back, though I didn't know when and of course, hadn't figured out HOW she'd pay me back as we simply hadn't talked that part over. You might tell I'm NOT the brightest bulb in the pack more than once in my telling my story. Bob said he'd get Ironman repaired so it'd be ready for tomorrows tests, so before I took off, had two of those double cheeseburgers from the roach coach, along with two bean and cheese burritos with extra onions and cheese. Figured I'd eat those later on. And with that quick meal finished, took off with his Mjolnir's on the roof as normal.
Got back to my place with a lot daylight left but had to wait on a nearby roof top until the coast was clear of people and their cars. Changed, then hit the lap top to find another place to stay. How about NOTHING?! Hello Youtube, looking for how others with class A's and how they handled parking problems for the night while on the road. Made a list of Walmarts in the area, along with shopping centers, Home Depot's, Lowe's, etc. That killed an hour, then remembered my fan mail which was (and still is) very strange to me. Had twelve letters, with three of them wanting me to appear at some function, two were for some charity that I never heard of. Then there were three requesting that I give them money?! But first I had to leave this parking lot, finding one at a local mall, with me once again parking way out of everyone's way. There was a place called Hooters which was some kind of restaurant and figured may as well give them a try, hoping they made cheeseburgers. YEOW! Yeah, my eyes about bulged out of their sockets when I saw the ladies working there with their TIGHT orange shorts and BULDGING t-shirts. There were a lot of attractive cocktail waitresses where I worked and these women would have NO trouble working there either. With so many beautiful girls working there, I was thinking the food was going to be terrible. It wasn't and their original wings were DELICIOUS, along with the ranch dressing not being bad. Apparently I was still hungry as in eating two platters of wings consisting of twenty wings per platter, with lots of ranch and big glasses of regular ice tea. Now Wanda was my waitress and she really worked on making sure I was doing okay, which got me to thinking about Cheri and her looking for a job in Las Vegas. So asked Wanda if there were any Hooters in Las Vegas as I knew a girl who was looking for a job there but of course, nothing about her back-ground. Find out there's THREE of them in Las Vegas. Two restaurants like this one and a hotel/casino/restaurant! When Wanda saw me working on my second platter of wings, also found out they had all you can eat wings on Tuesdays! And no, didn't eat the bones this time either. Think I was just topping off the tank so to speak.
Asked if Wanda had a few minutes to talk with my friend about working at Hooters and she said okay. Called Cheri, explaining my idea, at which time Wanda talked with Cheri for a good five minutes plus which I thought was really nice of her. When I got my phone back, Cheri was looking at a couple of cooking schools, but they weren't full time, meaning eight hours a day. More like four, but she'd see if she could work at one of the Hooters, just depending where they were at as she'd have to take the bus to get there. And once again, after asking about me parking in their lot, she didn't think there would be any trouble, but I've have to talk with the manager about this. Shirley was the manager who had no trouble with me parking overnight, provided I parked off to one side and was gone in the morning. Darn right I made sure Wanda got a good tip from me. So I hustled back to my place to park to the far side of their parking lot.
This was when I decided to look at my fan mail, but only those I thought were valid. One was from a eight year old girl who was battling cancer at St. Jude's hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She told me how I was an inspiration to her and other kids there and thanked me for helping others like St. Jude's hospital was helping her and others. Man, that really touched my heart. Thing is, I was learning about time zone differences and there was only a two hour time difference between California and Tennessee..... So still time to get there and pay her a visit, along with maybe some of the other kids if there was time as I had no idea what time they had to go to bed or would even be awake when I got there. Took my two bean and cheese burritos to eat as you never know, know what I mean? This was because I had no idea where or what kind of fast food places they had. Then wondered if Penny (the fan letter writer) would like a photo of me and I wasn't too sure about this to tell the truth. Wondered if it was some kind of ego inflating thing on my part, but decided to hit the studio while the offices were still open. It took a bit before the coast was clear so I could take off and land in that same alley as always. One of the studio people was walking by, with her calling the publicity department to send over six different eight by 10 photos of me in my costume....the same ones it had been sending out to those fan letter writers. But I made sure they weren't signed. But instead of using a pen to sign it as Thor, thought I'd try something different. I ended up destroying two of them. Now I could draw and that included calligraphy and what I wanted Mjolnir to do was sign Thor, but using electricity, which meant burning a hole in the photo. I was happy with what we'd done on the third photo and after that, I held the photo and let Mjolnir just float in the air above it, with me pointing where I wanted plain “autographs” on the others. Figured this would be something different for her vs the others. Put the photos in a yellow envelope which went into my backpack and as I rose up into the air to leave, decided to take two of Bobs Mjolnir's with us as I thought she and the other kids would also like to see them.
Didn't take us long to get to Memphis and figured I was still good time wise difference. Now I only had one Google photo of the hospital and that was the main entrance and yes indeedy, we got some stares as we landed. I made sure Bobs Mjolnir's were behind me about head heights worth and a couple of feet from me. Now remember, I'm wearing that new Chris pull over mask and the couple of women working the main counter thought I was him at first which was kind of funny as Chris is so much taller than I. But when they saw Bobs Mjolnir's behind me, they knew I was the real deal. Asked for Penny's room number and one of the ladies there offered to take me directly to her. What I didn't notice or think of, was seeing one of the other ladies on the phone as we left. We're in the elevator with her telling me how much I look like Chris, but told her how tall he really was vs me. I saw her eyeballing my and Bobs Mjolnir's and asked if she wanted to touch one of them and of course she did. I placed mine on the elevator floor and she couldn't move it, so then had her hold onto one of Bobs, at which time I turned and she was forced to let go because they were covering my back just like I had told them to do. Boy, was I SHOCKED at the number of people waiting for us....kids, some parents and hospital staff, with basically all the adults taking videos and photos of us as we stepped out of the elevator. And of course, LOTS of questions. I said I was here to visit a little girl named Penny and after that, I'd have no problems if you want to take photos afterwards okay? NO problem with this from everyone and soon we were standing besides Penny's bed.
She did NOT look good and all I could think of what if this was one of my sisters instead of her? She just stared at me, saying they said you were here and not only that, you're the REAL one and not that actor aren't you? I had to laugh, telling her I must be because how many people and kids see Thor with THREE Mjolnir's and two of them floating behind his back? Then I see three of her roommates near us, so I asked if they'd like to pick up any of the three Mjolnir's. Hell yes was their attitude. At first they couldn't, then they could when I gave permission for this to happen. Then thought I'd do something a little different, once again improvising. Had all three Mjolnir's rise from the floor to each kids head, then had them put their hand thru the leather loop, then had the Mjolnir's raise their arms and had those three Mjolnir's SLOWLY twirling overhead like they were Chris doing his thing in the movies. Those three had such big smiles that I was surprised their heads weren't cut in half. Then I gave Penny that photo I'd used Mjolnir on, then gave the other three the ones with just my thanks and name on them. I could see some other kids looking on in envy and told them to let Bob at Disney Studio's know how many kids wanted a photo like I'd given those three and I'd see they'd each get one, though it might take me some time to get them all done. Those kids were now REALLY happy.
Then I got to thinking which I know may not be the best thing in the world at times. But it is what it is. So I asked if Penny was well enough to go on a flight with me with the okay from the hospital staff? Couldn't, as her parents would need to be notified, etc., so did the next best thing by having kids on one side of the hospital corridor, with the hospital and family visitors on the other side. Penny got the only solo flight, then I'd pick up two of the kids at a time which was simple enough. Simply had my Mjolnir in the crook of my arm, then wrapping both arms around their waists with both kids highfiving adults and kids as we slowly glided down the hallway horizontally, just like I'd done with others like Bob, etc. at Disney's Studio. As to those in wheelchairs, that was no problem with me picking it and with my Mjolnir in the crook of my arm, down the hallway we'd go. Then there were kids too sick to leave their beds. Think I spent something like four hours or so giving rides to the kids and some of the adults along with getting a bunch of selfies taken, along with those kids in their beds. Funny thing was while I had some guys wanting rides, ALL the women wanted one. There were groans when I said I had to go, but after I said I had to be at work in the morning, the groans died and everyone understood.
The same receptionist was there and was going to escort me back to the main entrance, but as we started down the elevator, she gets a call. Tells me the news media is out there big time. D*mn....this was something I hadn't counted or figured on happening. So I asked her if there was a way to the roof. She didn't, but had one of the repair guys meet us at the top floor and when the elevator doors opened, he was waiting for us. He's staring at me like everyone seems to do and follows us. Out on the roof top and ready to take off when the receptionist says the police want to talk with me and first thought was oh God, what did I do wrong this time? I wasn't....seems three guys went to rob a Walmart and things went REALLY bad.
I thought things over a bit, then had the receptionist call 911, who patched me to one of the officers wanting to talk to me. I said I needed one of them to leave the hospital with their roof lights turned off, but to turn them back on about a block away to make it easier to see it. Said thanks to both of those people on the roof and rose up into the air, as in at being at ten thousand feet because I was calling in reinforcements. As in Bobs other Mjolnir's which got there and behind me quick, though no sonic boom as I wanted them to slow down as they neared Memphis. Then got lower height wise, then see a police car leaving the front entrance and a block away, she turns on her roof lights, so I landed near her. It was a lady cop named Sheila. Like everyone I seem to meet as Thor, people stare at me in a kind of disbelief and more so since I now had twelve Mjolnir's floating behind and above me...... Then she tells me what happened and what the situation was right now. It was NOT good and I was wondering how in the hell was I going to handle this one.
Those three bad guys hadn't only escaped from some prison, but killed one of the prison guards in doing so, but also a cop which was where they had gotten their guns and a car to drive. They dumped the police car and some how evaded the police who were REALLY looking for them. Apparently these three thought they could get a lot of money from a Walmart, then they'd go their separate ways by hijacking other cars, making it harder for the police to track and find them. Adding to this mess was apparently one of the customers was armed, with a shootout happening, kind of like in old western times. While a bunch of the customers beat feet, they had about a dozen hostages, not counting at least three people who had been shot. I told the cop that I didn't know what I could do to help, but I'd give it a try, but needed to talk with whoever's in charge. She says no problem and all I'd have to do is follow her to this Walmart which is about fifteen or so miles away. I said too slow, so turn your back to me and just point the way. She hesitated but did so, with me putting an arm around her waist, with her pointing the way for us to take. Up to two hundred feet, then went horizontal and headed in that direction, with us being there within a minute or less. The cops had surrounded all four sides of the Walmart so there were a lot of flashing lights going off on those police cars and let's not forget the local tv news station being there. NO WAY was I going to get near those people, so I landed us near some trees and bushes. Sheila (the lady cop) was kind of stunned at first how quick we'd moved to here, but had her use her radio to say she needed to talk to the officer in charge as she brought someone as requested and who might be able to help with “this situation” as she put it. The officer in charge didn't hesitate in coming to us.
Well, things had REALLY escalated with those three now demanding not only an armored car be delivered to this Walmart which they planned on taking some of the hostages with them to the airport, where a plane would be ready and waiting for them to take them to an unknown destination. And let's add they wanted three million dollars to be in the truck, waiting for them?! Even I knew this wasn't going to happen and no matter what happened, innocent people were going to get killed. I felt helpless in this situation and said so, with me saying what I could do as Thor. Like needing to see a photo of something to get somewhere whether really quick or slow like I had been in getting here to visit St. Jude's. He understood, but it wasn't an all doom and gloom scenario. Seems Walmart has A LOT of security cameras and two guys were monitoring them when the shooting and robbery went down, with them calling 911. Not only that, they had been monitoring the three bad guys when all of this started, but also doing what is called live streaming to the cops when they set up a command post. Thing is, the damn media....that tv station had cameras going just outside of the command post and I did NOT want to be shown on tv. The only good thing was the head cop realized those three could also be watching what was going on outside because of this, so they (the tv station) had stopped broad-casting anything live but no doubt, planned on doing so later. The head cop I was talking to was named Joey and he had a cop bring over a BIG tarp which really covered me so I remained unidentified to the tv crew, with me leaving Bobs Mjolnir's on the ground behind us. Of course, the news people wanted to know who I was, but Joey didn't say a word. Then we're inside the command post which was a really big van, with five cops inside of it. Talk about being surprised when the tarp came off. Joey told them about my limitations, with those guys getting the Walmart security people getting me a birds eye view of the three bad guys. Sh*t....they had split up, but still within eyesight of each other and not only that, they each had two hostages with their guns ready to be used on those hostages. Then came the call from one of them wanting to know what was going on....as in where was that armored car, money, etc. Joey told them they got three banks counting out the money with the armored car ready to take that money from the first bank, then it'd go to the second bank, then after the money was taken from the third bank, it'd be here on it's way. That a plane was already waiting for them, but ALL bets were off if any of the hostages were harmed, but it would still be another hour, maybe just past that time before the armored car would be arriving. They said they understood, but for the cops to understand they had NOTHING to lose as they had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. And they wanted the tv station to start broadcasting again. Yeah, they had been watching the news too.
One of the cops got up to leave and tell the tv crew to start broadcasting again, but told her to hold up a bit and let me think. I did, then asked the Walmart guys if they could shut off the exterior building, roof top lights and those four parking lot lights in front of the main entrance. They could and did, at which time I had Bobs Mjolnir's fly up high, then hoover over the building, but were undetected being in the dark like they were, then had them get lower closer to the ground and on both sides of the main entrance. That's when I told Joey to tell the cops what was happening above them, but DON'T move. That's when I had Joey radio someone to tell the tv crew to start broadcasting. After a few minutes, Joey calls one of the bad guys who tells him they're watching everything now. I was viewing these guys from the cameras in the store along with where every-thing was at from the main door to where they were at. While getting everything settled in my mind, none of the cops said a word. Told Joey that when I said three, his people were to rush inside the store, but NOT until then. He didn't understand, but his eyes had kind of widened when he saw those twelve Mjolnir's to begin with and now they're just right outside of the stores main entrance.
When I said three, it was over in just a few seconds with the bad guys having NO idea what was going to happen. One Mjolnir hit a bad guys arm which was carrying his gun, with a second Mjolnir then zapping the bad guy with some electricity. Then when the bad guy fell to the floor unconscious, had a Mjolnir resting on each wrist and two on his chest. They weren't going any where. The ONLY reason this was successful was because I could see where the bad guys were standing via those monitors. As to the cops outside the store, they went rushing in, but were like turtles compared to Bobs Mjolnir's. Then of course, they couldn't remove or move them until I had them leave the store the same way they had gone in and up above the stores roof. After that, they flew high enough not to be seen and back to where I'd originally landed us. I suggested to Joey that they let the tv news people get a lot closer, so I could get out of here without being under that tarp. He said okay and said he'd make sure I got the credit for what I did. I said I don't want ANY credit and when he asked why, I said think about it. I could command those Mjolnir's because I could see what was happening inside the store. Now what happens if word gets out and something like this happens again? He didn't like that idea, then I suggested a special negotiator from a previously unknown federal government agency had shown up. Why not call it the Bureau of Special Operations? Now since it probably doesn't exist, the government is going to deny that it does, which makes people thinking that it does, but the government doesn't want to admit it. Joey liked that idea and after making sure none of the tv people were around, we took off for California, me to my Winnebago, Bobs Mjolnir's to that roof top. Man, I was so happy to take my costume off, then after cleaning it a little bit, off to bed after making sure I had set my alarm clock.
Now while living in my motorhome is nice, there are also drawbacks, like having to get rid of used water whether it's taking a shower, using the toilet or washing dishes. Once again this was something I hadn't really thought of. Also, the LIMITED amount of water this thing carried. Fortunately, there was enough water left in the tank for me to take a shower and shave, not that I was someone with a hairy face problem. Drove the Winnebago to a different shopping center parking lot and still have a hard time in believing the number of them. Once the coast was clear, I took off landing back in the alley with the roach coach soon arriving with me getting a couple of egg and cheese burritos, hashbrowns and a couple of cartons of milk. Once I ate everything and had that garbage in my backpack, I was ready to start work. This was why I showed up early for one reason. The other was I knew the roach coach people would be told and I wasn't about to pass up a good, free meal. Well, the prop people came out with the big Ironman suit and it had been repaired. I also learned that another was being made and would be ready in a week, maybe less. Seems Bob was thinking ahead as he thought I might want to have it also available, like he'd done with his Mjolnir's. They also had new eye pieces which were great.....I could actually see thru them with no trouble with NO distortion. Then off to that area where I'd been dealing with those prop cars, with me in the Ironman suit.
Oh boy.....how about not only two cinder block walls, but an armored car AND a tank?! Now Ethan Edwards was in charge of this little demo for some things that Bob wanted me try, while also having it all recorded. Thing is, while both walls were made of cinder block, they were different. As in one just being blocks being cemented on top of each other, while the other not only had rebar in it, but also cement poured into them. Neither lasted with me using my Ironman hand. Now since I had that two way radio on my head so we could communicate, asked if I could try something, with Ethan saying go for it. So I picked up a chunk of unreinforced wall and thru it at the side of the armored car from about thirty feet away. Took me a few attempts before actually hitting it, but after that, no problem. But with the reinforced bits of the wall, I actually put DENTS in its side. As to the armored car, it was no problem for me to pick it up. Bobs Mjolnir's easily went thru the driver and passengers doors without going thru the other side. Same with the rear door where the money would be kept. After that, I easily ripped off both doors and rear doors of the armored car while also bending the heck out of the frame because my big Ironman “hands” were so big. My first attempt to kick the armor car sideways wasn't that good because my foot got stuck in the side of it. After getting my foot out of it, I picked it up, then turned it around so I could kick the other side again, this time going a good hundred feet. As to the hillside, I only dropped kicked around two hundred feet horizontally down the street because I was worried about a possible second fire starting there.
Then there was the tank, which I needed both hands to lift up. Thing is, I left “finger-prints” in the steel which got everyone's attention as Ethan wanted to make sure he got as much filmed as possible. So as everyone was backing off for Bobs next request, I got to wondering and yeah, did something entirely different and not thought of. I reached out and with two fingers, gently squeezed the cannon barrel near the end of it. You know, where that round thing is at the end of the barrel.......I flattened it like an empty tube of toothpaste! And man, talk about a HORRIBLE screeching sound when I did that little trick. Everyone turned around, with Ethan saying what the hell happened Thor and where did that noise come from? It took him and the others to notice how thin part of the barrel was now. Once again, the damage was recorded, but this time he asked if I'd done this on my own and I said yes and I'm sorry, but I was just curious what kind of strength I'd have in this suit. I didn't think ahead of time that you'd be wanting to use this tank in some future movie. Ethan says Bob had some other stuff planned, but left it to his discretion to change or just ignore them if something “unusual” happens. Then tells me the tank is all mine and do whatever I want to it?! Found out that the ORIGINAL barrel length was almost forty-three inches, meaning three feet and seven inches long. With Mjolnir lifting me up and at a slight horizontal angle, I “pinched” the barrel right at the part where it comes out of the tank and now, the barrel was just over seven feet long. I know because Ethan had someone get a measuring tape. Since this was going to take a few minutes, Ethan didn't mind me getting a couple of double cheeseburgers from the nearby roach coach, even though I had to leave the suit, then fly to that alley that had that enclosed area. What made it really nice about this new face of Chris's, I didn't have to take it off to eat! This was something I thought I'd try figuring no harm, no foul.
After eating and my garbage put away in my backpack, back to work but this time I called down six of Bobs Mjolnir's. Once I was suited up, I said I was ready and Ethan said they were too. I started working on squeezing that cannon barrel again, this time getting it just short of fourteen feet long. I then had Mjolnir lift me up once again and I simply snapped the protruding part of the canon barrel from where it sticks out of the turret with no problem. When I landed back on the ground, told Ethan I was going to try something different and started rolling that flattened barrel in my hands like it was a piece of string and compressing it. Well, it was a pretty good sized ball, maybe a medicine ball size, so decided to REALLY squeeze it. I got it down to basketball size and when I dropped it to the ground, it made a slight divot in the asphalt. Once it was out of the way, I REALLY hit the front of the tank with it only taking three punches before my “hand” was inside of it. Didn't take much effort to get it out and that's when I called to four of Bobs Mjolnir's to give me a hand. I think the word I'm looking for is plasma torch as I think that's the kind of torch that burns hotter than a normal gas torch. Had two of them working on each side of the front of the tank, cutting into the steel from the top, to the bottom. Then they cut from left to right of the top and bottom of that section of steel and when the last cut was made, I had ahold of it and started bending it into a ball which I compressed slightly smaller than a basketball. Once that was done, asked Ethan had he ever played with marbles, which he hadn't, but I had briefly. So took the smaller ball of metal, set up the bigger one in front of me and with me on one knee, I shot marbles. Or should I say marble? Got some cheers on that one. Then started jamming my fingers into the turret and with the help of Bobs Mjolnir's, started peeling parts of it away to it kind of resembled a kind of look inside of a working tank thing. I also ended up ripping off those little wheels which the tracks run on. With a BUNCH of the tank ripped apart, I started making bowling pins, with me rubbing the metal between my hands like I was working with clay. They weren't perfect of course, but I had enough for ten of them and proceeded to go “bowling”.
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Post by texican on Nov 14, 2020 20:13:17 GMT -6
WillC,
Three more bad guys go back to prison.
Entertaining chapter.
Thank you.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Nov 19, 2020 15:26:57 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 16
When I got done, turned to Ethan asking what he thought of what I'd done. He just stood there for a bit, then suddenly EVERYONE'S cheering, including him?! He then says we're done for the day as what I had done was beyond everyone's expectations or ideas, so come back in a couple of days while we think of new things okay? And if you happen to come up with anything yourself....... I said okay and could I use the cafeteria as I'm feeling a bit hungry? I really like the roach coach food, but I'm looking at quantity if you know what I mean. He did and after I got my fifteen thousand dollars, we got another shock. I said okay, everyone to the roof......and while Bob's Mjolnir's took off as normal, so did that big Ironman suit with ALL of us just staring up into the sky completely dumbfounded. Fortunately, no one was around it when it took off sans back plate. Well, everyone's now looking at me with me saying I had NO idea this was going to happen, okay? So I thought for a bit, then mentally and softly calling out loud, called for the big Ironman suit to come back to resting where it had been. That's when Ethan had the prop guy put the back on and he got busy calling Bob. I asked if it was okay for me to still go to the cafeteria if that was okay with him and Bob, with him telling me to take off with him and his crew meeting me there.
I needed some juice and not wanting to generate the wind, etc. and once again, not thinking, rose into the air to the nearest power line as I was thinking electricity is electricity. When I got near it, I could FEEL the energy coursing thru that line and started pulling power into me. Thing is, two things happened. I was seen literally getting zapped by this line which was a new one on everyone. This took maybe two minutes of drawing power, with me heading for the cafeteria.....that is until my other phone rang. You know, the one Mom was calling me on. And yes, I have two different ring tones. So I landed quickly in my alley and once in my “cubicle” wanted to know why she was calling me because I was thinking maybe something bad had happened. Nope. It'd been awhile (according to her) and she was calling just to make sure I was doing okay and that the job was working out and hadn't had any trouble. I said no, Mom, things are going great and it seems like I'm learning new stuff all the time. That my new living accommodations were working out really nice and no, I hadn't gotten a general p.o. box yet, but would in the next week and let them know. Yes, Mom, I know my birthday's on such and such a date and wish I could come home, but with me working like I've been doing..... She understood and yes, Mom, I've been saving my money but haven't had a chance to put any of it in my account just in case you or the girls need it for something. Then the girls got on, saying how they missed me and I said you're horrible liars....you're both probably ecstatic having your own bedrooms AND eating all that left over ice cream and cake. They said I was horrible and wished they could be there to record it when Denise Richards not only slapped my face for being too fresh and also spray me with a megadose of pepper spray. And by the way......since Thor's working there.....if you get a chance, could you ask him for a photograph of him, signed by him?! Oh boy...this was something I hadn't expected at all, but said I'd do what I could for 'em. Yeah, got a little homesick hearing their voices and wondered how long time wise I'd have to take before I could justify me going back to see them. I was thinking maybe two months would be okay time wise. After putting my phone away, took off for the cafeteria.
Took about half the chicken being offered, along with a big pan of potatoes, a smaller pan of gravy and three plates of salad, along with half a roast. Thing is, there were no bottles of water, so went to fill two dozen glasses, but was told Bob had made some things up for me instead of me using those five gallon office water jugs. That's when two of the cafeteria people brought out two, five gallon buckets that had not only been sanitized and had a lid on them, but TWO REALLY long, big and flexible straws per bucket! They had been told that I was coming over, so they had already filled them with ice and water. Man, that was really nice of Bob and I said please let him know I said thanks and thank you for bringing me that water. Then one of the water carriers said Bob also thought you might want to use some large hand towels instead of napkins......he figured you might get tired of getting rid of them after you get done eating. Once again, I made sure Bob would be told of my thanks. I wasn't worried about fingerprints on them because I was always still wearing those two sets of gloves.....one latex, with the heavier green one on top of it.
First to go was that roast, followed by mashed potatoes and gravy. Then it was half of the ice water from one of the buckets and man, what made it extra nice was those two straws were a bit bigger diameter wise so I could REALLY suck that water down. About the time I was started working on the chicken and salad, Ethan calls out, asking if I was eating. I said yes, but go ahead and talk while I finish eating. The reason for not wanting him or anyone seeing me eat like I was was because of the way I ate at times. No doubt word had spread thru out the studio not what I ate, but the AMOUNT. Maybe word had spread about me eating chicken like I was at the time....with NO bones to be disposed of. And of course, rumors would start, people being people. I got done eating and was drinking more water, with Ethan telling me his people got outstanding footage of me “re-energizing” as he put it and that put the icing on the cake, along with the other footage they got. But he, like the others wondered why I wasn't killed, so I explained to him how one of my abilities is based on electricity, but there were two different kinds. That one is natural, made by nature, the other by man. With nature, it's more powerful and cleaner if you will. That's when Bob speaks up, saying that me doing what I did, explains the temporary brown out the studio had?! I quickly apologized and hoped I hadn't caused any damage, but in the future I'd either take off for some of those big power lines like they have in Nevada and Florida or big a bunch of clouds like I've done before. Bob says that's fine as we're both still learning what you're capable of.
That's when I hear Natalie's voice saying I was so sweet, doing what I did. Me: silence. Bob says what was that thing Thor did that was so sweet, with Natalie telling him and everyone else about me going to St. Jude's hospital. Guess Bob hadn't heard of this, with Natalie saying I was on Youtube at first, THEN the news people started broadcasting the various videos. I came out of my cubicle with Bob looking at me with me explaining how I read Penny's fan letter along with she had cancer and was being treated at St. Jude's. I gave every kid I could a ride there and of course, some of the adults wanted one too. You know, just like I gave you and others here at the studio. He understood, but also that I wouldn't be going to see every kid because they wrote me a fan letter as I simply wouldn't have the time because I said so. I mean, I wish I could but........ Then I remembered how I told those kids I'd send them autographed photos of me, with Bob saying no trouble. This was when Chris and Tom walked in and over to us. I said I don't want to give these kids regular, machine signed ones. Bob said there must be a couple of hundred kids there, that's going to take up a lot of your time, at which time I said no. I learned something new that none of you guys know about. That got everyone's attention, so I asked for two dozen photos of me that the studio was sending to the fans. Then asked Bob to set up some stuff in that alley to make it easier for me to show them what I'd learned.
So we all walked over there and by we, there must have been several dozen people. Took about thirty minutes, maybe a bit more before things were set up. Now, I wasn't really sure what I should write to begin with, so I talked with Natalie, Chris and Tom with none of them knowing what I was actually going to do with the provided photos. Bobs people had knocked together some two by fours and some six by six's to make two upright posts, with string strung between them so I could work with fifteen photos at a time, with the photos being held by those big, metal office clips that hold paperwork together. There was another clip holding each photo at the bottom so they wouldn't flop around in the wind just in case. Thing is, I did remember some of the kids names I'd visited at St. Jude's and called down five of Bobs Mjolnir's to me, then having them hovering in front of the first five fan photos. With this new arrangement, I could have five sets of photos, three deep. I stood there for a bit thinking things over and after giving directions to each of his hammers, I said do it. Suddenly all five of them start autographing via electricity, those photos in calligraphy. There were murmuring from some of the people while this was being done, then silence when the hammers quit doing their thing. When it was done, I pulled those five photos, showing them to Bob, Natalie, Chris and Tom, with them passing them among the people there to see what we'd done. Now those four (ESPECIALLY Bob) wanted to know how I did this and I said it was just a variation of what I did with that Coast Guard cutter....electricity is electricity, you know. They did, but wondered about me doing it in calligraphy, with me saying I'd been learning to draw since I was a kid and before I got changed, had hoped to make a living drawing things for some studio. That I tried doing this before visiting Penny and it turned out pretty good, though I did catch the first two photos on fire until I learned to control the amount of juice coming from my Mjolnir. As to those five photos, each said the same thing but the name on each one was different. As to what I said on them, it was simple enough: Hello (name of kid here) Get well soon, stay strong, have faith in yourself. Your friend, Thor
Below that was the month and year I'd “signed” those photos. “Signing” those five only took a few seconds and told Bob that when he got the names and addresses of those St. Jude kids, that with this set up, I could do thirteen at a whack, using his and my Mjolnir's. So I should get them all done in a couple of days at the most, on my own time of course. Bob says that's not going to be a problem, even saying he'd leave my “desk” here in this alley so you don't have to ask to have it brought out. Even better, I'll have another cubicle put here with a roof on it so it won't get wet and extra photos ready for you to sign whenever you want to. I thanked him, then he got a phone call and he looked REALLY serious right after he got it.
He asks me to put my headset back on, you know, the one I'd been talking thru while wearing the big Ironman suit. Ethan gave it to me, at which time Bob says the Coast Guard is patched into it and need your help if you can help them. I said hello and some guy asks if he was speaking to Thor, the same Thor who'd helped the Coast Guard with their cutter in Florida? I said yes sir, then told he's Captain David H. Meyer, stationed at a coast guard base at Kodiak, Alaska. That they received an SOS call from three fishing trawlers which were sinking due to severe, heavy weather, with the crew in their fat man suits. Now this is a word I didn't know, so asked the Captain about this and he explained what they were. It's apparently a one piece suit that opens by a long zipper in front and comes with a hood too. Get inside of it, zip it up along with pulling that hood over your head and you can last for hours even in ice filled ocean water. I was thinking of the things that went wrong in Florida, so told this Captain what I needed and why. He didn't hesitate, saying he'd have his people on it. I asked if anyone had one of those portable laptop things or a laptop pc either. One of the Ethan's people had a studio tablet and he showed me real quick how to use it, with me then having him talk with this Captain. It took forty-five minutes and things got worse.....the helicopters had to turn back because of the wind they were facing, all ship crew members were in the ice filled water and the ships were just above water. Got my radio back and told the Captain what I needed now, that I was going to wing it, otherwise a bunch of people were going to die real soon, real quick. Once I got the needed information, get into the air and once high enough, called for all twelve of Bobs Mjolnir's to join and follow me.
Pretty quick we're over the first sinking fishing trawler and I can see orange blobs in the ice filled water. We got to counter rotating Mjolnir's, with the clouds and wind dissipating and with little or no wind, waves were “only” three to five feet high. Put four of Bobs Mjolnir's under the trawler and had to move them a bit back and fourth to be the best balance so they could lift the ship up and out of the water like we'd done in Florida. Then I had the remaining eight start picking up the crew members by two's....like I had two of them do with Larry. Thing is, most of the crew had crawled into an orange life raft thing like those Coast Guard people had done, so I rapped on the side of it and called out to them. Yeah, kind of surprised to see a guy just floating in the air like I was. I had Bobs Mjolnir's lower their trawler back into the water with me pulling on the rafts rope and back onto the ships deck, then had the Mjolnir's raise the ship one again, with the guys rescued in the water also brought back on to the ship. I asked the ships captain to point the nearest way to Kodiak, telling him Bobs Mjolnir's would be taking them there completely out of the water. Once I got the others people and ships saved, we'd catch up with them, but it would help Bobs Mjolnir's if they could get below and start bailing whatever water they could from the ship. Then I heard one of the guys say he's going and I said who's going where? Seems three of the crew members Bobs Mjolnir's had pulled from the water had gotten water in their suits some how and their bodies were shutting down from exposure. I said let me deal with those other crew members and I'll be right back. Did the same with the other two ships and crew members in their life rafts and in the water, then back to the first ship. With all of Bob's Mjolnir's keeping those three trawlers up in the air and headed for the first trawler, it was just me and my Mjolnir. Thing is, it was nut cracking time as a friend of mine used to say as the other two ships had a total of six others slipping into hypothermia.
So once again, told the ships captains what was about to happen, with one of them telling me if I was going too fast as in maybe his ship would fall apart. Had the ships line up behind each other and we took off. Had to back off a bit when we hit four hundred miles an hour, then when I saw Kodiak, got us higher into the air so we wouldn't hit anything. There was a parking lot pretty much empty of cars, so I had all three ships hoover about a foot off the asphalt. Yeah, we got attention and even quicker, I was taking those guys with hypothermia to the ground and in the arms of the doctors and nurses. Then took the crew off so they could be looked at. They had forgotten their ships which were still floating over the parking lot, so I had to figure out what to do next which was getting something to eat. I had been pumping it out again, but this time more than I had in Florida because we had not only dealt with saving those men, but their ships in bringing them here. Figured I'd take the ships to the dock area, but leave them up in the air until I got a lot to eat, figuring with me heading back to the studio's cafeteria. But that plan got interrupted with a bunch of Coast Guard and Navy cars and trucks pulling up to the outside part of the parking lot. Then a bunch of men and women getting out of them and running towards me. Thought I might be in trouble with the ships hovering over the parking lot, but wasn't.
Met captain David Meyer who ran the Coast Guard unit here with him thanking me profusely, with me asking him if there was a fast food place I could eat at because I was really hungry. He says no problem, that he'd take me to what he calls their mess facility which is like a military style cafeteria. Tired? Hell yes.....as in taking a ride with him to this cafeteria. And when the boss of this base says something, EVERYONE listened and moved because he ORDERED everyone to step back from the line so I could get what I wanted. They moved back without hesitation because no doubt they KNEW who I was, though probably not why I was there or had done. Found out that I was wrong on that part later on because Kodiak is a SMALL island and you just don't see three fishing trawlers floating thru the air all the time. And it seems two of three ship captains still had their water proof emergency radios, with them talking to the Coast Guard. The third radio was lost during the sinking of his ship and somewhere in the ocean, if it hadn't sank already. First I had to move those ships, which I ended up “parking” where the Coast Guard kept its planes and helicopters. Then off to their mess hall.
I was really shocked to find they were actually serving steak, with a bunch of them in large metal tray. Server asked me what kind of steak I wanted, with her explaining they were rare, medium and well done. Shocked her and everyone when I said ALL of them, along with that big pan of mashed potatoes and gravy. Asked the captain if he'd have some people join a couple of tables together in one of the corners and that got done real quick, followed by the food I asked for which included a full sized ham, ALL of the salad and stuff that goes with it like cherry tomatoes, black olives, etc. A BIG pot filled with ice and water was brought out, with me picking up four glasses to drink from. Also grabbed three spoons which I squished to make a much large one. Once again, murmurs from those who saw this. Asked and got a large carving knife to cut the ham up with, with me starting on the mashed potatoes and gravy. Next was EVERY steak, which there were about thirty and these were GOOD steaks too, followed by that ham. And yes, EVERYTHING got eaten, meaning the bones. Three whole pot roasts, sixteen more steaks, a pan of whole kernel corn, three or four dozen biscuits w/LOTS of margarine on them. I ate for about two or three hours straight? Then I was feeling pretty good, then remembered my motorhome, realizing I had to get back to it and move it again. Told the Captain that I had to leave and he kind of protested as I still had those trawlers floating in the air, but told him I'd be back as asap. But if he had some large sheets of metal, when I came back, I'd repair the damage to the trawlers enough that even if they might leak, they wouldn't sink because I was sure those things were not cheap. He looked at me and said okay.
I needed some juice, so headed to the deserts of Mongolia with me figuring once we “recharged”, I'd just let it rain as the desert there could use the rain. We did that, then zoomed back to California and again, had to wait a bit before the coast was clear for me to land and get inside. Removed my cape and backpack, plopped into the drivers seat and took off for another shopping mall which took about thirty minutes. Thank God for Californians and their love of shopping malls. Put my gear back on and once the coast was clear, back to Kodiak and those trawlers. Now I will say this, Captain Meyer was not only ready for me once he was told I was there, he had people inside the trawlers busy pumping water out of them, onto the ground. Explained what was going to happen, with those sailors getting out, along with their gear. Then we went to work, with us picking up large sheets of steel, like fifteen feet by twenty feet and maybe an inch thick? I'd lay that sheet against the side of a trawler and by hand, would pull and push the damaged section more or less in place. But I needed another Mjolnir to really help me, so with no one around, used my other phone to call Chris, then Natalie, both who weren't home, but Tom was. Asked to borrow his Mjolnir and explained why. No problem with him taking his outside and when he said he was clear, I called to it, with it appearing over the ship I was working on. Having another Mjolnir suddenly appearing was a bit of a shock to everyone.
This made our job a lot easier, with my Mjolnir hitting the trawlers metal with Toms acting like an anvil. Then I'd use my Mjolnir as a welder just like we'd done in Florida, welding the split pieces of the hull together. Then with Toms Mjolnir inside the trawler, we'd weld that big plate of steel on the outside of it. I made sure I had a good overlap starting on a undamaged part of the ship. Doing these three ships ran me about five hours, with me having to hit Mongolia again for more juice. Once one trawler was done, the sailors got busy putting some kind of sealing stuff on the inside of it. Over all, think we spent at least six or seven hours on this job. Then it was time for us to put the trawlers back in the water. Captain Meyers had one of his people drive a truck to the dock area, then showing me where they should go. Good news was they didn't sink once in the water, at which time I sent Bobs Mjolnir's back to the studio roof top, keeping Toms with us. Captain Meyers asked if there was anything I needed and he had no problem taking me back to their mess hall, where I ate sixteen ham, cheese and mushroom omelets, along with about five pounds of hashbrowns and a couple gallons of milk. This took maybe forty minutes or so to be cooked and eaten? I wanted to show my appreciation to those working the food line, so grabbed a bunch of spoons and started squishing them. There were seven people working their mess hall that day, with me engraving the following on the outside part of the spoons: To (persons last name) Thank you for such great meals Thor On the inside of the spoon I engraved the words Kodiak, Alaska along with the month, day and year. For Captain Meyers, he got a lot bigger spoon with the same thing engraved on it, but with his rank on it. Figured what goes around, comes around. Thing is, Captain Meyers told me that if I ever got hungry like earlier, their mess hall would ALWAYS be open and available to me. When I took off, a lot of people waving and cheering me which made me feel glad.....not for the waving and cheering, but the fact a bunch of men didn't die and I met some really nice people. Hit the rooftop where Bobs Mjolnir's were at to make another call to Tom, asking him if I could stop by to return his hammer. Not a problem he says and is waiting for me in his backyard. He wanted to know what had happened and even out in the middle of no where like Kodiak, they have internet, so a bunch of videos were already being posted on Youtube, etc. I owed him for helping me out, handing his hammer back to him and yes, it was his and not controlled by me. Told him I added a little something to his for his help in lending it to me. You know where the handle goes into Mjolnir? Well, on the bottom part of each side of the hammer I engraved Tom, thank you for your help. Thor. On the other side of it were the words Kodiak, Alaska, along with the month, day and year. I could tell he really liked what I'd done and thanked me. I said no, thank you Tom because with your hammer, it made our job a lot easier. I then took off to get some sleep, but making sure I set the alarm clock to get a few hours of sleep. When it went off, drove to another malls parking lot to get some more sleep after talking with one of the roaming security guys know that I'd be out of there by six pm.
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Post by texican on Nov 20, 2020 17:10:54 GMT -6
WillC,
Good chapter. The kid helping others.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Nov 20, 2020 21:26:53 GMT -6
Thing is, Thor remembers his roots, that of being the common man until he was Affected. Working on page 2 of chapter 18, with more details on problems of his living in and finding parking places for his motorhome in those future chapters already written. There are other stories about him not only doing big things like Kodiak, but helping ordinary people.
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Post by willc453 on Nov 25, 2020 18:17:08 GMT -6
The Affected---Thor Chapter 17
Now I had a lot of money in my backpack that I had to deal with. Via my laptop, found a bank branch of my bank, with me depositing two thousand dollars in my savings account which meant Mom could access it if needed. I'd of put a lot more into it, but that might raise questions I didn't want asked. From the teller, found out about debit cards so talked with a bank manager about them, with me getting two of them. One for me, the other for Mom, this way she wouldn't be restricted accessing my money when the bank was closed. From the manager, got directions to the nearest post office with me buying a dozen prepaid envelopes with stamps on them. Well, I was looking for another place to park for the rest of the day when I suddenly thought of something.....storage units. Not the kind that are like mini garages, but where you can store your boat, trailer, motor-home, etc. But I also had to go back to that truck stop in Riverside to get rid of my waste water, along with getting gas, then filling up the water and propane tanks, then some groceries from Walmart. Found out that I got to liking microwaved potatoes with my meals, with a lot of margarine and sour cream on them. Once everything was done, hit the laptop to look up storage units for vehicles and their monthly charges while writing all this info down, then started calling those places. Found a place in a city called Chino, where the rental rates were a lot more reasonable than the Los Angeles area. Figured this would give me a great place to stash the Winnebago since there wouldn't be that many people there during the day and none at night other than some security guard who would walk around the place from time to time. Called Bob to see if the studio wanted me to come in, but he says no. Just call in around ten or eleven am each day, as he had something planned for me. I said that's great, though he didn't say or hint what was planned, so I figured on thinking of doing some stuff myself in order to make myself a more valuable employee. Drove to Chino where the storage lot was, paying three months in advance. I made sure to pay extra for the car port option to help protect the motorhome from any bad weather, while also giving me a little more cover in leaving or coming back to it. It was also open 24/7 which would make things easier for me. Anyway, got to thinking about the girls and realized I had forgotten to mail those photos to them while at the post office, so back to it I went. If I'd of had my way, they'd of gotten them while they were having lunch because it was soon going to start there. Yeah, I was feeling homesick. But if I did this, it would bring up WAY too many questions AND of course, all the kids taking videos of me and them while I was there. Like how does your brother know Thor, where does he work, what's his name, what does he do there? Then imagine someone at the studio deciding to look up my REAL name and NOT finding it? And of course, the unwanted publicity the girls and Mom would get from my visit there. Life sucks at time with my abilities vs me being just me. I also needed a p.o. box so they could write me, along with getting any ordinary mail, not that I had ever gotten anything. Figured I'd get it here while I was at it and found it was only basically thirty miles or so from Los Angeles to Chino. So if I checked my mail via the motorhome, this shouldn't be a problem.
Back at my parking space, I was reading when I realized that I hadn't taken Larry's stuff to the address he'd given me. I was hoping the ladies weren't “working” at this time of day, so got dressed and with the coast clear, took off for his former place. Having been there before, didn't need my gps. Now I really didn't know what I was doing (sound familiar?), but just didn't want to leave Larry's former possessions in front of that door, then just take off because it was that kind of neighborhood. No answer from my first two knocks on the door, so tried a third time, this time with a woman answering. I think both of us were shocked.......her seeing me as Thor, me seeing her. A friend has an expression he calls riding hard and putting her away wet. She was OLD looking in a way I can't really express, but reminded me of those working second street in Reno. I d*mn near flew away in revulsion. Asked and got her name as Larry said he had two women with him. I told her that Larry had decided to seek better job opportunities in another state, with him giving me those possessions he had with him at the time which comprised of included his wallet, watch and jewelry. And the pin numbers for his debit and credit cards were written on the back of them. What surprised me was her hitting on me or as she said, she'd “show me a good time for free”. I politely declined and took off, finally having finished with Larry. So glad that Cheri wouldn't be in that awful business or possibly even her girls. As to Larry, I have NO idea what happened to him after leaving him on that hangar in Area 51, but figure he never made it to Washington D.C.
With a lot of time on my hands, decided I'd go see Benny, another fan letter writer. He was being bullied at school, with him just starting his first year of junior high school. Thing is, he was getting into cosplaying, with some of the kids making fun of him because of this. He liked Batman because of the Christian Bale movies, even sending me a photo of him in his Batman costume. Thing is, he was fat to put it bluntly and this REALLY bothered me because I remember a kid at our junior high who committed suicide because he was always being made fun of and bullied because of the same thing. And no, I didn't know him but remembered how shocked everyone was at school when his death was announced at school, though all that was said was he'd suddenly passed away. On my laptop, found a photo of his junior high school, with me pretending to be his father, asking if it was too late for us to share a lunch together. I had seven minutes, so once dressed and the coast was clear, went to that same Burger King and drive thru where I ordered us two triple cheeseburger meals, which came with sodas. This time NO trouble for using the drive thru AND nobody honked their horn at me. Of course, a lot of people got out of their cars and emptied the restaurant to get photos and videos. But no one bothered me asking for autographs because I told them I was in a hurry to visit a boy who needed some help. Once I got my change back into my mre pouch and both meals and sodas in the other hand, Mjolnir and I took off up into the air, then zoomed to that junior high school.
Walked in the front door and kids were still heading for the outside to eat their lunches, but that stopped real quick when they saw me. Fake or not, they didn't care and out comes their cell phones for photos and videos. Asked if anyone knew where Benny so and so ate lunch at and right off the bat, I was barraged with a lot of insults about him, him being a cry baby, lard ass, Momma's boy, etc. Bottom line, he WASN'T permitted to even eat his lunch in the common area because of the actions of several other students. So he'd take off for the football field and the bleachers to eat. I said thank you and casually left Mjolnir hanging in the air as I walked back to the entrance. This was when they realized I was THAT Thor and not some guy in a costume. When I got to the door and opened it, held out my hand and said to me Mjolnir, but don't hit anyone or any-thing, with Mjolnir flying into my hand. With that, I went outside, rose up into the air and from a higher height, could see the football field where there was one individual sitting on one of the bleachers.
I landed behind him, then walked up to him saying hello Benny so and so....got your fan letter and thought we could have lunch together with me holding up the food and sodas I'd gotten from Burger King. His jaw fell open, then even further when I left Mjolnir floating in the air. I said well, how about lunch together? He nodded and of course it now seemed like EVERY kid was now running towards us, apparently with their lunches forgotten. I called out to them when they got close, with me saying stay back ten feet because Benny and I were having lunch together. A couple of guys called out how could I be having lunch with such a lard ass loser like Benny and I replied maybe I see more in him than any of you. Which should tell everyone how high Benny is on my respectability list vs you people. Total silence after I said that. We finished our lunch with no one coming near us, but watching us like hawks, taking photos and videos. When we got done eating, took our garbage and put it in my garbage bag and back into the backpack as normal. Then turned to Benny, saying it's a little crowded here, so if you want, we'll go someplace to talk privately, that is if you want to. He did, so it was no problem for him to be held in front of me and us taking to the air to land on top of the auditorium which was the largest building there.
He wanted to talk about me, but I told him I was hear to listen to him and HIS problems. Yeah, he thought he had a lot of 'em, but really didn't. It was just lack of confidence and not standing up to being bullied. Then because he was lonely, he started eating which gave him “comfort”, which lead him to gaining more weight, more bullying, more eating, repeating this cycle over and over again. I explained this to him, but I could see that I wasn't reaching him, so tried a different tac. I said have you already forgotten that EVERYONE KNOWS that I came here JUST to see you? No doubt in my mind your status has REALLY gone up, but I think you could use some help in losing weight, which is also going to change your attitude in life. He thought I'd be there for him on a regular basis, like visiting him once a week and I had to dissuade him from that idea, with me telling him where his help would come from. He didn't believe it was going to happen, but at least he was willing to try because as he said, what did he have to lose? I was surprised when he said he wanted to switch from cosplaying Batman to Thor. He looked like he was going to cry when I said don't do that. He kind of sniffled, saying it was because he was too fat, wasn't it? I said no, when you think about it, there are very few actual superhero's, something he didn't understand. I said look at Thor.......he was BORN with abilities because he's a demi-god. He got Mjolnir from his father, Odin, so Thor was basically born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Then you have Bruce Wayne whose parents are killed in front of him as a young boy. Later, he decides to fight crime, putting his life on the line every time he goes out as Batman. And did you know he was also known as the world's greatest detective? Benny didn't, nor did he know that Batman had a small, portable lab in the Batmobile so he could gather evidence to solve crimes. So now, Bruce not only has to get in shape physically, but mentally. What you saw in the movies is not the whole story about Batman. Get on the internet and look this stuff up. And what about The Green Arrow or Hawkeye, two men with great abilities with a bow. But born with that something different that gave them their ability, but no doubt they had to practice and practice to be as good as they are. What about policemen? Every day they go to work and no doubt sometimes they wonder if they'll return to their wife and children, while their wives probably have the same thought in the back of her minds. How about soldiers who go into combat, with wives, children or girlfriends who remain here in America while their men face combat, possibly every day? Saw that he started seeing things in a different perspective and it was time for him to go back to his classes and me, where ever.
When we came down, the kids and many, if not all, teachers were waiting for us below the auditorium and I asked if there were any track members there. A dozen stepped forward, so then asked for football players and they ALL stepped forward. When I started speaking, I put my hand and arm across Benny's shoulders, I said everyone knows Benny's fat and have been giving him a bad time about this. So no more bullying him about this, understand? I'm asking you jocks to help him lose weight because I know you guys eat right and exercise to stay in shape. So you track guys, help Benny to start jogging and I don't mean try to make him run ten miles a day either. No doubt he's going to be slow for awhile, so don't harass him, encourage him in telling him he'll get better in time. As to you football guys, no doubt you all lift weight for muscle tone. Help Benny out in having him lift weights to he gets stronger and better muscle tone. Both groups agreed to help Benny no doubt because of his new social status at school. There was a lot of weights in the gym that was mainly used by the footballers, so I took one of the big weight bars and a smaller one, with Mjolnir engraving these words: Thor was here, with the name of the school, city, state and date. As to the track team, did the same to two of the batons they used in their races. Benny got weighed, with me finding out he was close to sixty pounds overweight considering his age and height. I told him that if he lost at least forty pounds within a year, I'd not only pay his way to ANY cosplay convention in the U.S., including airfare, hotel cost and some spending money, along with whoever he wants to go with him, meaning either one of his folks or someone they would approve of as a proper chaperon during this time. At this time, I took one of the eight by ten photos that the studio had printed for me and in front of everyone, I autographed it using Mjolnir. On it I wrote: To Benny So And So. Remember muscles don't show how strong you are, but the strength you have inside of yourself. Stay strong, persevere. Thor. Below that was the city, state and date. I said I gotta go, but I'll be back and with that, rose up into the air and I could see Benny being talked to and surrounded by a bunch of the other kids.
No doubt you're wondering, over the following year, Benny would write to me via the studio, but his letter was addressed to Bruce Wayne and mailed in a large yellow envelope. This way the studio would know what to look out for, see that I got it and I'd write back to him with the studio mailing my letter back to him. I used the name of Donald Blake when I wrote back to him and it took him a few letters from me before he realized who Donald Blake was. Bet you didn't know that Donald Blake was not only Thor's secret identity, but he was also a doctor who used a cane because he had a “gimp” leg. The cane was actually Mjolnir in disguise. As to Benny, he lost the weight, with me paying the cost of his and his uncles first class airfares, a really nice hotel room, along with five hundred dollars for spending money which would cover the cost of their food and of course, souvenirs that Benny would no doubt like to have. The studio arranged all of this stuff for me, with me paying for everything and delivered it to him in a large envelope while he and his friends were having lunch in the common area. No more being banned to the football field bleachers. During this time, several things happened. Like other “losers” coming up to him and becoming friends with him, with more than one kid getting interested in cosplaying and actually forming a club, not just made up of superhero's, but anime. With him not being bullied any more and along with losing weight, he got more confident. I'd write back to Benny from time to time, with me sending him two photos of Christian Bale dressed as Batman and Bruce Wayne, along with him autographing them with Benny's name on them.
When I took off I was in no hurry to head back, so just cruised at about two hundred miles an hour simply because I wanted to see the countryside because with my ability, I could really see it for the first time in my life. I was cruising about a thousand feet in the air and it was in Oklahoma when I saw a car which had pulled over to one side of the road, with its hood up. Wondered if they had gotten help and simply weren't in it because people just kept passing it without stopping. Thought I'd check it out just to make sure. Glad I did. She was parked under an overpass and I could see steam slowly rising from the radiator as I landed on the right side of her car. Her name was Jeanne and a mother of three kids, two, four and six years old. Two boys and a girl. She was also crying her eyes out. Quite startled seeing me when I rapped on her passenger door, with the kids giving me big, wide eye stares upon seeing me and Mjolnir. Seems her radiator not only over heated, but blew one of the two radiator hoses. She was working as a waitress and just making ends meet, with her sister taking care of the kids while she worked and was returning from her sisters place when “this happened”. She knew her car was needing repairs, but when you're trying to put food on the table, pay rent, etc....... Boy, did this sound so familiar to me. Her brother in law had left for work just before she got to her sisters place, so he couldn't help her until he got off work. Asked and was told there was a gas station about thirty miles down the road and I said that won't be a problem as all you need to do is tell me your speed and we'll push you down the freeway with no problem. And yes, I've moved things a lot heavier than your car, okay?
Well, she no sooner got into her car and I'm ready to start pushing when I hear the quick and short sound of a siren behind us? I go to walk to the state trooper, with him telling me to remain by Jeanne's car. I complied, but left Mjolnir just handing in the air as I walked back to Jeanne's car. When he got out, he tells me he's been a state trooper for sixteen years and has NEVER seen anything like me. I said then we're even then because until things happened to me, I never dealt with the police. Told him what had happened to Jeanne, what I was going to do, but then thought of and asked if he knew any good mechanic that could work on her car at a reasonable rate. He did, followed by us pushing Jeanne's car down the road while it was in neutral. Jim was the first state troopers name, with him following us and he got another state trooper to come out to us, with him (Bobbie) leading. Jim would simply use his loud speaker telling me how fast we were going, when to slow down, etc. This worked out pretty good, taking us about forty-five minutes to find the mechanics garage, whose name was Dale. Yes, we got a lot of stares at first by traffic passing us while people got busy with their cell phones, but then started keeping up with us and not passing. That is, until Jim got on his speaker and told people to move along or he'd call a bunch of state troopers to start passing out tickets for impeding traffic! That did the trick.
As to Jeanne, in the beginning, she told me she didn't have the money for the repairs work and when I told her I'd be paying for it, she looked stunned, then asked why. I said I KNOW what it was like being in a situation like you're in, but please don't ask any more questions about this. She said okay. Jim talked to Dale on what happened and yes, he was surprised at actually seeing and meeting me. One thing about Dale was his rates were REALLY reasonable as in charging fifty dollars an hour, plus actual cost of parts. This ended up taking several hours as Dale had to get antifreeze, the upper and lower radiator hoses, new battery and replacing the water pump which was going bad and giving Jeanne's car a tune up. Her tires were going bald, including the spare, so had Dale order a complete set, plus spare from a tire place nearby. Gave Jeanne thirty dollars so she and her kids could get something to eat at a restaurant within walking distance and during this time, I talked with Jim and Bobbie about Jeannie working as a waitress. Upshot of it was, while the state troopers weren't hiring anyone near her, the dispatcher checked for jobs with the local police and yes, they were looking for clerical people, along with a 911 trainee call taker. Talked with Dale about how long doing all this work was going to take, at which time I got my money from my backpack, paying him along with an extra fifty just in case. Then I turned to Jim, asking him to give this money to Jeanne and tell her about the job openings at the local police in her area. This way they'd have money to live on until she got her first paycheck at her new job. That I don't want anyone talking about what I did other than giving her a push to get her to this garage. Otherwise, people might fake a break down in order to meet me or give me a sob story, with wanting money from me. They understood and that's the way it went down when they were interviewed by the news media who were quite unhappy that this was all they could get from them. So I didn't get any credit other than giving Jeanne a push down the road, while the state troopers got the credit for helping a struggling Mom. A win win situation.
I was slowly taking off when Bobbie started shouting something and waving his hands and arms over his head, so headed back down to see what was going on. Now coming from Nevada, we don't have tornadoes but Oklahoma and other states around there, do. So when he tells me there's two of them, was there anything I could do? I'm just standing there kind of dumb founded shock at his question and wondering what in the hell did he expect me to do about something like this? But then I got to thinking since I could bring forth clouds, etc. AND then by counter rotating Mjolnir, dissipate 'em. Asked him what direction did tornadoes turn, with him having to call dispatch to have someone find out. While we're waiting, I said I'm bring in some help, with me calling in Bobs twelve Mjolnir's which got there pretty quick. Bobbie stepped back in surprise when he saw the twelve of them descend to be behind and above me as usual. When we find out tornadoes turn in a clock wise direction, asked Bobbie where the first tornado was at, with him telling me the name of the nearest city, along with the highways near it. I said I don't know your state, so please point in the direction of this tornado and how far away it is. He does and then asked him to remain there for a bit because if things worked out well, I might become disoriented and go in the wrong direction to deal with the other one. Was told he'd wait for me, so we took off. Real quick, we could see it and fortunately it was in a wide open area. So we then began going in a counter clock wise direction inside the tornado and boy, it was a pain in the behind because of the dust, debris, etc. being sucked up inside of it. We also had to get lower to the ground as in maybe a hundred feet so the suction force of the tornado was disrupted. Once making sure no buildings had been hit or destroyed, back to Bobbie. He said he was sorry that things didn't turn out right, but thanks for the attempt. I said what are you talking about because that first one's been.....neutralized, so where's the second one at? He just stared at me for a few seconds, then kind of dumbly pointed, with us taking off again. This one was a lot bigger, maybe fifty percent bigger and had already started damaging the town. Because the base of this thing was larger, we got lower but in the end, got rid of it. I checked for about fifteen minutes, calling out for anyone who was injured but with the warning given by the states tornado warning system, no one was. There were a few cars and trucks that had been flipped, which we quickly set upright to make towing them later on a lot easier. Back to Bobbie to tell him it had been taken care of, said so long and took off for home, with Bobs Mjolnir's going back to the roof top at the studio and me, a quick stop east of Sparks to slowly recharge myself from a large power line, then heading home.
Have any of you readers thought of going to Disneyland or Disneyworld, but haven't? With the way we were money wise, there was no way we could afford such a luxury. When I graduated from high school, a lot of the graduates took a rental bus for their one night of high school celebration there. As for us, we went to that park on the west side of Reno for a few hours, having a picnic where we had fried chicken, potato salad, a regular salad and some sodas. Bummer as some might say, but not me because I knew how things were in life. Made sure Mom knew this because no doubt she knew about basically all the other kids going to Disneyland. However, they were there when I accepted my graduation diploma and yes, I still have my cap with the idea of wearing it when I graduated from UNR. And no, I wasn't wearing a gown during the ceremony like most of the other kids were simply because of the cost of it, but Mom did surprise me when she gave me my high school ring and school year book. Yeah, I was stunned because I hadn't even thought of buying either one. Mom said some things only happen once in a lifetime and that this was one of them. The girls said they knew about what Mom had done but she's sworn them to secrecy. Yeah....this was when I started learning women (or girls) were good at keeping secrets. Figured it would be okay if I looked Disneyland over by the air.....I mean, it's not like I was trying to sneak in without paying or get in for free because I worked at Disney's studio. That would be SO wrong. Well, the clouds had been building up and I wasn't thinking about them until it started raining pretty good, with me seeing everyone running like crazy to find cover from it. I called four of Bobs Mjolnir's to us and we started dissipating the clouds, so within ten minutes or less, the rain had stopped and it was nice and clear not only of most of the clouds, but also the smog which is terrible in that part of southern California. When we were done, I sent them back to the studios building rooftop as normal. However with us doing this, people started coming out and started seeing and pointing at me. Well, time for me to leave, but then I see Mickey and Minnie Mouse waving at me, so I waved back. Then they go to waving their arms over their heads and motioning me to get closer. Long story short.....I landed to see what they wanted. How about THEY wanted selfies of us?! This brought a bunch of people coming over for the same thing, so asked if any of the Disney employees would also like a selfie? Another employee (janitor) told me that when these employees like Mickey and Minnie are in their costumes, they are NOT permitted to speak. This way they don't break the illusion of their characters.
Ended spending a few hours of having EVERY Disney character coming to meet me for selfies, with many of the other employees inside the Matterhorn ride where they have a basketball court for their employees, something I didn't know. As to the selfies, I had ten people at a time having this done and even so, it was a few hours before I was finished doing this. When I asked, everyone said they'd send eight by ten photos of all of Disney's characters to Bob for me to pick up at my convenience. What surprised me was Uncle Scrooge and Gyro Gearloose WEREN'T characters at Disneyland. Considering how Uncle Scrooge would make a penny get a dimes worth of value..... As to Gyro, he was an odd goose, much like I found myself when I started getting into cosplaying by some of my friends who didn't understand my interest in getting into this hobby. I was offered some free Disneyland passes, but turned them down because I felt it was wrong. But then I thought of those kids at St. Judes and when I mentioned this, the head man at the park gave me twenty-five of those passes! Later on, I talked with Bob if it would be okay for one of his people get me more of them and why. I got them at a discount price because I was after all, a Disney employee. Thru the years I've bought a lot of them, giving them to the kids at St. Judes when they left the hospital, other places I've gone to and of course, some kids and their families I've helped out. And no, I never abused this privilege if you will, keeping my purchases to a max of fifty per year.
On the way home, decided I didn't want to cook and yes, I know, I know....a waste of money when I could cook something at home. Now we have two In N Out burger places, one in Sparks, the other on the south end of Reno. Not that we ever ate there, but having tried those triple cheeseburgers at Burger King, thought why not there? This was when I found out how packed it could be, it being that popular. I waited a bit in the top of a tree and out of sight until the drive thru got emptied of cars. Hit the walk thru just like Burger King, but after a couple of minutes had my order in my hands and off we went though the people working the drive thru got some photos. Get home without any trouble and it was good, I will say that much. But didn't care for their fries as in being too small, preferring the bigger ones from Burger King. After supper, realized I'd been really busy as Thor.....meaning a lot, with no time for me to do the things I liked such as reading and especially drawing. Checked the internet for libraries with in fifty miles of me and there were a lot, followed by checking for Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Dollar Tree and of course, Walmarts for drawing supplies. Now both Michaels and Hobby Lobby have coupons usually good for twenty percent off one item, but sometimes they'd offer coupons good for forty percent off! But if I wanted those coupons, whether twenty to forty percent off, I'd need a printer. Thought of buying one, but hello Craigslist, which is where I got mine. Nothing fancy, but it did the job which ended up helping me write letters back to people who had written to me as Thor and us “autographing” them at the end of the letter. With my drawing supplies out of the closet, I started drawing and I could feel the tension not only leaving me, but my Thor personality too. I was back to doing what I loved starting back to when I was a kid, with me having a really good sleep for the first time in a long time.
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Post by texican on Nov 26, 2020 17:21:59 GMT -6
Thanks WillC.
Hoped you had a blessed Thanksgiving.
God bless.
Texican....
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