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Post by willc453 on Nov 26, 2020 19:08:35 GMT -6
Same for you, yours and everyone else here. Having never been neutered (married), I get to eat what I want, when I want. Today's breakfast was 3 potatoes as fries, 12 oz dr pepper. For supper, it's going to be 4 legs, 3 potatoes as fries w/hidden valley ranch dressing, 2 12 oz dr peppers and some green olives. I eat A LOT of potatoes as in 10lbs a week on the average. Mainly as fries, but also microwaved from time to time with LOTS of margarine and sour cream. Tomorrow I might whoop it up with a couple of Krutzie pancakes, 3 eggs over easy and some milk. Maybe with a side order of 1/2 lb of bacon.
Got 2 pages done on 19 and figure with some notes I've got, should have another 5 pages within a week. Makes me feel better to have a chapter in reserve in case I get hit by writers block. Worked on I Love The Nightlife a few weeks ago, but Thor's been taking up basically all my time. Another 2nd American Revolution story idea came up, but since the California governor has been killed in one of them, will simply make it another liberal governor either in Oregon or Washington. Hell, maybe even Illinois or New York. I also worked a bit on a story called The Hoarders, which is about 2 retired Lockheed engineers. Think Skunk Works/Area 51.
Plan on leaving for Florida around February, March at the latest. Yeah, Dads estate is finally getting settled though not in the way we (youngest brother and I) figured it would be. Dad failed to give brother his place, so he HAD TO sell it. He'd planned on buying it, then selling it to his youngest boy but things have drastically changed property price wise due to the virus. A sh*t load of northerners have flocked to Florida as in something like 1,000 people (families?) A DAY now. Brother thought Dads place was worth X dollars, but it's now worth XX. Brother put place up for sale and in less than a week, it was sold. He's busy finishing up odds and ends on it, but basically it's done. Should have check sometime in mid December, late December at the most. Been checking on class A motorhomes on Craigslist/Facebook. Being winter in other parts of the country, won't bother going to see uncle and other relatives in Nebraska, uncle/cousins in northern California and of course, no research trip to Oregon/Idaho until later for my The Layover story. Looking at taking my Scout with me in case I do have a breakdown or just want to go somewhere where I can't/don't want to take the motorhome. So now have to check out the towing capability of the motorhome and can I simply tow it or do I need a trailer for it to sit on. Figure on being gone for at least 4 weeks, maybe 6 in Florida.
Still downloading free 3D files for my zombie/apocalypse dioramas and found out there's a larger and faster Photon resin printer now available. Nephew is still into D&D and he was over here a few weeks ago. Spent about an hour or so downloading stuff that he'd like to have as they're not available in any store. With a bigger printer, I can make some REALLY big figures for us....fantasy women of course.
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Post by papaof2 on Nov 26, 2020 20:47:55 GMT -6
Robots one place; 3d printed women another. You planning to build the ultimate assassin? A female robot with body and functions which can be built to specifications?
Last paragraph of the story:
"I don't know exactly what happened, officer. Charles got this big box today from "3D Dreams Come True" and then he went down to the basement and locked the door. About an hour later, I heard 'Oh yes, Baby!' five or six times and then he yelled 'Why am I itching and swelling up?' and then "Oh, god! They said there was no latex!' and then I heard a 'Thump!' against the door so I called 911. You broke the door down and he was that splotchy red all over and barely breathing and then the EMT said he was dead."
"Did you know he was allergic to latex?"
"Of course. I was an ER nurse when he came in with the first bad reaction. We use nitrile gloves in the house and garage."
Part of the sequel to "The Layover"?
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Post by eyeseetwo on Nov 26, 2020 22:28:38 GMT -6
Let us know when you end up in Northern California.
Love Thor and his saga of life.
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Post by willc453 on Nov 27, 2020 0:01:48 GMT -6
As to The Layover story, been all over Portland with trailer and bobtailing. Did some basic research via Google a LONG time ago, with Ben & his party heading east to eventually get to Idaho with its potato fields and cattle farms. Then they return, with Ben getting another kick in the nuts. Something happens (not saying what), with him REALLY pissing off those Satanists. With Ben beating feet for east and south of Portland where he meets other people, some who are NOT nice. They don't survive their brief acquaintance with him. I've also been thinking of him and his brother, Godzilla having a journey of their own because they're looking for someone.
As to female androids and A.I., earlier this year I started working on a sequel of at least 1 chapter on my iMoms story. In doing research, found out that sex dolls are made of latex and I think, silicone. Who knows....maybe some guy sexually abused his android so much, that something tore inside of it and it clamps down on him and he can't get free? Or his wife finding out that the android has FULL sexual capability and some sort of jealousy starts up between the two of them with the poor android not knowing what to do? And when the divorce comes, who gets it? Just thought of some other stuff, but saving them for that story.
As to northern California, will let everyone know as I figure I'll be running around for a month, maybe two just getting info and lots of photos. Uncle, his wife and son live in Yreka. Aunt (Moms sister) and her her husband lived outside of Yreka on Cherry Creek. Us 5 kids spent 4 summers with them. Cousin (another uncles youngest girl) and her family live in Red Bluff, though never been there.
Thor's a young man, with basically no worldly experience. So not only is he trying to comprehend his abilities, it's meeting different people as the story goes along.
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Post by texican on Nov 27, 2020 11:41:10 GMT -6
For supper, it's going to be 4 legs
WillC,
Now, just what type of legs. The imagination went into overdrive. Good for the day after Thanksgiving.
Thor needs to find a significant other. Maybe the gal in Reno.
God bless all.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Nov 30, 2020 15:30:18 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 18
The next day after breakfast got a used printer from a guy via Craigslist and he even had some extra cartridges for it. He was upgrading his printer, which is why he was giving it away. Man, I was basically doing a little jig as I walked back to my motorhome. No problem hooking it up to my laptop, with me printing those coupons from Hobby Lobby and Michaels, which was where I took off for as I wanted some larger drawing paper and even buying an easel to make drawing easier for me, along with some better quality gum erasers. Then back to the storage place with me starting a letter to Mom and the girls, making sure to tell the girls that Denise Richards had NOT slapped or sprayed me with bear spray either. Not that I had met the woman, but figured it'd drive the girls crazy in possibly thinking I actually had. Called Bob, who said they were still working on things but to call back tomorrow. Frankly, I was anxious to get back to work and making money and I was also thinking could Disney Studios actually keep me working trying different things out until they had a script for another Thor movie or two? And if not, what was I going to do if the studio says thanks Thor, but we won't need you for a couple of months? One thing for sure, wasn't about to tuck tail and run back home to find another job cleaning tables and washing dishes. My mind was made up that those days were over. And with school going on, couldn't go back to UNR either. And I had a good laugh at the thought of me going to Hollywood and Vine or downtown Las Vegas as Thor, working for tips from the tourists. Knew no matter how desperate I might get money wise, I wasn't about to cheapen Thor's reputation. I also had to think that I might have to work at some other studio to make ends meet. I mean, I got a lot of money even after giving some of it away, but the only way I could help people out money wise was if I had money coming in. And would another studio be willing to pay me what Bob was paying?
Then realized that I hadn't talked with Cheri for some time so called her, getting her voice mail, with me leaving a message and apologizing for not having called back sooner, but work had been keeping me pretty busy. Worked on a drawing on that bigger sheet of paper while using my new easel which made it SO much easier. If you're wondering, it was a composite of Chris, Natalie and Tom as them, but also in the costumes/clothing they were wearing in the Thor movies. I also had Natalie dressed up as both of her Star Wars characters as I figured she didn't want me to remembering or seeing her only as Jane. After a couple of hours of this, left the storage area to check out the nearest library for books on drawing only to find out that I couldn't check them out because I wasn't a resident of California! Another internet search, with me going to a Barnes and Nobel's to see what it had. Found one book on its discount table for eight dollars on how to draw with a different perspective on how to do this, so bought it. Back to the storage unit, made lunch and then started reading my new book.
Don't know why, but decided it might be a good thing to have one of the news channels on, using the tv that came with the motorhome. Previous owner had installed some sort of digital tv receiving thing which brought me about a dozen stations, most of which I rarely watched. Anyway, was thinking maybe we could help more people when natural disasters occurred. Which did, but thankfully not that often. Now I'd been to Disneyland, but not in a way I thought I'd be doing. I wanted to go as me, but how do I get there? Taking the bus was out of the question as it'd take too long. And I had no idea what parking was like there, so got on the internet to find out. Well cr*p.....you can't park your motorhome in the regular parking lot at Disneyland, but instead have to use its RV park which cost sixty dollars a day?! Hey, I don't want to buy my parking spot, just wanted some place to park for a few hours. Then it was MAJOR sticker price shock for a one day pass....how about TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS?! So now we're talking THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS for a days worth of entertainment? Screw that. Considering what the tourists had spent being there while I had been, I now felt kind of bad in not having the tourists get some selfies while I was there. You know, give them a little extra for their hard earned money. Then thought maybe I could order something from Disneyland, you know for Margaret and Daniel. Boy, talk about sticker shock..... the CHEAPEST things I was looking at and thought they might like, were FIFTY DOLLARS and up?! AND they were SMALL items! Yeah....I was making outstanding money, but there was NO WAY I'd be blowing it willy nilly on stuff like visiting Disneyland or souvenirs.
Now I had kind of, sort of been listening to the news until I heard the word Philippines mentioned three times that I decided I should check it out. Now I only vaguely had any idea what the Chinese had been doing other than building that island somewhere and claiming it and the surround area was now theirs. Thing is, their Navy had chased off some Filipino fishing vessels from that part of the ocean who'd been fishing it for unknown centuries, with their (Chinese) fishing trawlers claiming they were in open water and NOT Filipino territorial waters. So now the Filipino military had ships on the way and aircraft in the air, looking at what was going on. You know what? I'd of been there quicker but for a security guard at the storage unit who decided to take a smoke break next to the boat and trailer parked next to my Winnebago! I bet Superman NEVER had to wait for a phone booth to be empty so he could change into his costume or maybe finding some wino in some alleyway he had hoped on using. Twenty fricking minutes later, the guard leaves and we take off. Only thing I knew was the Philippines was somewhere east of Hawaii, but at least I had some news coverage of those ships leaving port, along with those planes taking off. This time we got high into the air, with me calling for all of Bobs Mjolnir's, then we beat feet REALLY fast. Found the ships with no problems and I had NO idea what to do next except land on the Filipino lead ship (of four ships) to find out who was in charge of all of them. As normal, got a lot of looks when I landed with Bobs Mjolnir's remaining over head. Now I don't speak Filipino, but those Navy guys spoke English, so no problem finding out I was on the wrong ship. Get to the right ship and meet the captain who's in charge of this fleet.
Thing is, the Philippines government is ready to go to war to protect their territorial waters and fishing rights! I said hold on, let's not go to killing each other okay? He asked what did I propose to stop this naked aggression by the Chinese? I had no idea for a bit, but then came up with what Tom would call a cunning, scheming and unscrupulous Machiavellian plan. The captain got ahold of someone on shore who could speak Chinese who told the Chinese navy people to leave immediately and that those three fishing trawlers were to head for such and such Filipino port where the fish caught would be seized, along with fines being placed against the ships and crew for illegally fishing in their territorial waters. Bite me was basically the Chinese captains answer. When the captain told me of that captains answer, I just smiled and the Filipino captain and crew with us smiled even bigger. Borrowed a set of binoculars because I didn't want to be seen and with the ship covering our takeoff, up into the air I went with Bobs Mjolnir's following me. With those binoculars, I could see pretty good and first thing to go on those two Chinese warships, was EVERY visible antennae and dish, so now they had NO communications, quickly followed by doing the same to those trawlers.
Then I had Bobs Mjolnir's poking holes in those warships and pretty soon, it was obvious they were going to sink. Naturally, the Filipino captain offered assistance to the Chinese naval personnel, with his ships ready to pick those sailors up. But apparently, they were going to be picked up by those Chinese fishing trawlers and once that was done, they immediately started leaving the area and back to China. I had six of Bobs Mjolnir's assigned to each of the Chinese ship so they didn't sink, just like I did with those fishing trawlers out of Kodiak. Now as big as they were, we couldn't quite lift them totally out of the water, but just a few feet above the ocean waves which weren't that high. Landed at that captains ship again and said it looks like the Chinese abandoned their ships and isn't there some sort of sea law that if a ship's been abandoned, it can be claimed for salvage? The Filipino captain had a shocked look on his face, then smiled, followed by saying yes, I was correct. So I ended up hauling two dozen sailors to each of those ships so they could repair what hull damage they could, along with pumping a lot of water out of it with equipment we also ferried over. While that was happening, the captain had me beach those two warships on a really nice, but deserted beach where the captain said he'd have more people out to repair those ships and tow them to one of their naval ports for further repair.....along with finding out a whole lot of information about their weapons, communications, etc. abilities.
Now the captain was quite happy with this turn of events because it could of gotten ugly between both countries. He told me he'd make damn sure that any and ALL videos were NOT to show us doing our thing would never be seen with the exceptions of holes suddenly appearing in those ships. What was shown by the Filipino government to the news media was EXPLOSIONS coming from those areas, which the Chinese government vehemently denied ever happening. Apparently, those Chinese warships having had a series of multiple explosions either due to faulty munitions or the faulty handling of them, abandoned their ships, but thanks to his crews efforts, they were able to save those ships from sinking and now claiming salvage rights to said abandoned ships. I can only imagine what the captains of those Chinese warships were saying or thinking when they saw their FORMER ships headed for the Philippines as they were busy heading back to China instead of sinking.
To cover my behind, the Filipino captain understood that NO American was involved in this matter in any way, shape or form when I explained things to him. As to those Chinese fishing trawlers? They apparently lost control of their ships rudders, drifting within a half a mile of shore, with a bunch more of the Filipino navy people boarding and taking control of them. So the Filipinos not only got three, free fishing trawlers, but I don't know how many tons of fish that their citizens could use. Bottom line was I was NEVER involved and while the Chinese government hollered and screamed about piracy. Their citizens were returned to China via some of their commercial airliners, but ONLY after paying a fine PER Chinese seaman and sailor for the uncalled for incursion into the Philippines territorial waters.
Once again, I was pushing the envelope, so sent Bobs Mjolnir's back home, while we took off for Kodiak because I was remembering the Captains offer of a free meal, any time. I ate everything they had on that food line except the spinach and sauerkraut, two foods I can't stand. Those cooks worked their behinds off cooking even more food not only to replace what I was eating, but also feed their own sailors. The Captain came out once he was told I was there and warmly greeted me, saying he'd like to have the Coast Guard send me another letter of thanks, so I told him to send it to Bob. He was curious about what I'd done because this time I was eating a hell of a lot more food this time, but when I told him I couldn't talk about it, he simply didn't ask any more questions. There were a couple of new people working in the mess hall, so made spoons for them like I'd done previously. As to getting recharged, this time I did it somewhere in New Mexico where there was a large Indian reservation which has a lot of rocky places. Figured while some or if not most of the water would evaporate, at least they'd have a bunch of water in those dips in the rocks for awhile. I could also see gullies where water had come down who knows when, so called back Bobs Mjolnir's with them working together to grab a lot of debris that had been washed down thru the years. Yeah, they were crude dams but figured anything which would hold the water back for even a little bit would be a good thing not only for the Indians, but the wildlife. Then sent them back to the studio again.
Now I was tired even after eating and getting recharged which was why I wasn't zooming back home like I normally do as I headed westward and I wanted a long, hot shower. It didn't work out that way. I could see the lights of Las Vegas and if you're wondering, there's NO doubt in anyone's mind what that city is, with it being out in the middle of no where. Now it was a full moon that night and I slowed down and got lower to look at the scenery as we cruised over it. Then I see a car out in the middle of no where with its headlights on and after a bit it stops, then the lights go off. I was thinking maybe the driver now had car problems and who knew if they had cell phone reception being out in the no where like they were. So I dropped lower to maybe a hundred feet because I was also thinking there might be a couple wanting some private, alone time if you know what I mean. It's a four door and two guys get out, then proceed to open the trunk, with me wondering what the hell was going on, so I moved a little bit to get a better view. How about they're hauling out a man and the way he flopped or moved as they took him from the trunk and then just dropped him, figured this guy was either unconscious or dead. I figured dead when they pulled two shovels also from the trunk. Now no doubt we've all heard stories about bodies being buried out in the desert by the Mafia and who knows by whom else. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if there was an ex-husband or ex-wife or two buried in the desert. One thing I did know, was you DON'T do is bury a body out in the desert.
So before things got any further along, dropped down real quick with Mjolnir zapping them unconsciousness. So now I got two unconscious guys and I figured a dead guy because he had two gunshot wounds in his body. But he was still breathing and it was a this point I heard noise from within the car?! How about two lady school teachers from Wisconsin with their hands and feet duct taped together and a piece of duct tape over their mouths? After getting the duct tape off, seems they had witnessed these two guys shooting the other guy and to make a long story short, they had been captured and tossed into the car after being duct taped in some casino's five story parking garage. I needed help with this one, so called Bobs Mjolnir's one thru six on this one, with them getting there pretty quick. Put one of each on those two guys and THOUGHT that other guy was dead, but he wasn't! The ladies went to the front of the car, while the wounded guy got put on the back seat and as for those two killers, they got stuffed in the truck with their own duct tape around their wrists and ankles. No problem with four of Bobs Mjolnir's lifting the car up and us taking off for the nearest cop which I figured would be some where on the Las Vegas strip. It WASN'T as easy as it should have been. No doubt you've seen the videos on Youtube and news stations of us flying about fifty above the strip and me looking for a cop car. I found one, but it just kept cruising down the strip until one or both cops saw people video taping us and pointing up in the air. So they stopped and that's when I dropped to the ground next to the driver, asking him where was the nearest hospital as I got a man who's been shot and is either dying or may soon be dead. Can you believe it? He tells me to get the bleep away from his car and out of the middle of the street or he'd arrest me?! I let Mjolnir just dangle in the air and I said really? He tells me where the nearest hospital was at, with him then having to just point in the general direction of it as I don't know streets there any more than I do of many other towns I've been to. You have a different perspective when you're in the air.
Find the hospital emergency room, with me going inside. The lady at the counters goes to say can I hel...and recognizes me because not many people have a floating Mjolnir next to them. Man, those people MOVED when I told them I had a shot man in the back of the car and right after he was headed for where ever, got shown the direction of the nearest police station. We took off for it, with me landing in the back where all the police cars are at and of course, it has cameras back there with a bunch of cops coming out to see us landing the car onto the asphalt. I told the first cop there were two ladies who had witnessed a murder and they needed to see whoever investigated these things. The ladies got out, with some cops taking them inside to talk to those people. I took the car keys and opened the trunk, showing the other cops those two guys. They got hauled away, with me showing the cops the duct tape the two ladies had been taped with. This was followed by me refusing to go into the station because one of the cops wanted me to provide I.D.?! I said there's no doubt who I am and I'll tell you my story via videotape, but that's it. So the interview was short and done with, with them also being told of the name of the hospital I'd taken the shot guy to. Seems they'd already gotten a call from the hospital about the shot man and me. Got thanked by the cops and we took off for home with Bobs Mjolnir's back to the studio's roof.
Even after eating and recharging, I was really tired and got home with no problem where I changed into my regular clothes. Wanted a shower, but not wanting to use mine because I limited water and wanted to save it. Took off for Riverside and those two truck stops where a HOT and long shower only cost me ten dollars, along with getting a towel and a free, but small bar of soap. Thought it was pure luxury to just stand under that hot water for about twenty minutes straight, WITHOUT having to worry about running out of hot water. The girls were REAL bad about their showers at times. Not all the time, but still more than once I'd have to take a shower in five minutes or less simply because there wasn't hardly any hot water available. More like luke warm if I was lucky. After my shower, grabbed a couple of those hotdogs, loaded with chopped onions and Nacho cheese, eating them in the motorhome. I was thinking did I want to spend the night here, then head to the storage unit in the morning or leave right now so it was over and done with. My mind was made up real quick when I saw that woman walking across the parking lot.....as in that lady I'd given Larry's stuff to earlier! Get back to the storage lot and after parking the motorhome, went to bed with me setting not only the alarms on both phones, but also my windup alarm clock Mom had gotten from a thrift shop a few years ago. And it was LOUD.
When my phones went off, I didn't really hear them, but did with the wind up one. I was still a little groggy, but called Bob a little earlier than normal who said he'd want me there at 11:30am at the usual place, meaning that alley which made me happy as the roach coach would be there and I'd get some coffee to really wake me up. Not that I drank much of it you understand, but it sure helped when I'd have to pull a double shift because someone called in sick or some other reason. Got dressed and after making sure the area was clear of people, took off for the studio because I wanted to be there earlier than Bobs request because I wanted coffee and maybe get a couple of egg and cheese burritos from the roach coach. As I flew over the studio, saw the roach coach below me serving other employees, so I landed and gave me order. I tipped the cook in the amount normally due for the food I'd ordered and with food in a small cardboard box, went to what I started calling my alley. Since I was early, first thing to go was the coffee....all two of three cups. Yeah, I was still a bit tired and sleepy headed. Then it was hello egg and cheese burritos, with a couple of hashbrown patties and 2 bottles of milk. And when that was done, finished off that third cup of coffee and finally felt semi-human.
I had no sooner finished my last coffee and Bobs calling out my name, asking if I was there. I said I was and when I came out of my cubicle, see Chris, Tom and Natalie with Bob and I'm figuring this is going to be really, really big if they're there. Which would mean I'd be even more of a valuable employee than before, which meant more work. Maybe even being able to work five days a week for a couple of weeks at ten thousand dollars per day? I thought we'd be going somewhere on the studio lot as normal but no, we go inside that building they came out of....the same studio where I first saw and talked with Natalie awhile back. Bob noticed Chris's face mask was becoming a bit worn, but then Chris gave me a couple of them, with and without a beard, along with an eye patch to wear. Good thing was I didn't have to wear it for whatever Bob wanted me to do. So after switching faces and keeping the old one as a souvenir, we go inside the building. Backpack got left on the roof with a couple of Bobs Mjolnir's on it just to be safe. When we entered the building, right off the bat I see green screens set up, but as corridors with Bob asking me what I knew about green screens. Of course I really didn't know squat about 'em, so he explained the differences between a green and blue screen. Now we're walking slowly to where ever with Natalie the first to notice my height difference, asking if I had some how grown taller, then the other three noticed my new height. Tom is the one who caught on first, saying look at him.....he's NOT touching the floor while walking with us at the same time! They looked down at my feet and I'm a few inches off the floor, something I hadn't done until we entered the building and doing it gradually. Natalie says look at him, he's grinning at us like the Cheshire Cat who's about to do his disappearing trick on Alice in Wonderland.....so fess up.
So I lowered myself to regular height and told them that I learned this trick a few days ago, because there is a big height difference between me, Chris and Tom. Figured if I could learn to walk at their heights, it might make their movies more realistic if I'm standing next to normal sized people like me.....and a more valuable employee. Does that make sense? I mean, dressed as them, I could be walking next to someone, then take off into the air like I can, provided I'm filmed from let's say from just below the knees and upwards. Bob was happy with my idea and thanked me for it, so I knew I'd done good. We're walking thru these green screen corridors kind of like a maze and I'm wondering just what the hell he was going to use these for. Maybe like have me hoovering over the floor while flying between them.....you know, like I was flying thru a bunch of buildings in some city like I'd done with Tom? We come to a wide, open area with a BIG green screen and smaller ones not as tall in an area a two hundred feet by a two hundred feet and there before us, was the camera crew, but this time it was one of those big ones. You know, the kind that has it supported by a crane and a seat for the camera operator, along with a guy holding one of those long microphones on a boom. Now the inside of this area was kind of dark, with me figuring they'd turn on the lights when they were ready to film me to do whatever in front of the big green screen. Not quite.
Bob has me walk out into this wide open area and it's dark, though I was getting some light from those green corridor areas. Bob tells everyone to start when he gets to three and I THOUGHT he was talking to the camera crew to start filming when he did this. Oh boy. When he said three, suddenly I'm hit with MAJOR bright lights so I couldn't see AND there was a bunch of crashing noises. We shot up into the air without hesitation because I thought something had gone wrong and I needed to see if anyone had been hurt and what I could do to help. It took a few seconds for me to recover my eyesight and when I looked down, there were a sh*t load of people below me and those green screens that we'd surrounded by were down. People are saying where did he go, what happened to him, etc. Then someone says look up, he's up in the air and Natalie says come down here right now you....you...you big scardy cat?! Well, we started coming down and I said I was NOT some scardy cat and she says am too?! Said I was sorry for taking off like I did, but I thought something bad had happened and I'd need some height to find out what had happened and of course, help the injured. But at least I didn't call Bobs Mjolnir's, right? Well, there were a bunch of people there for one thing and it WASN'T for me to do some green screening work. How about celebrating my birthday?! Seems someone was passing by that alley when I was talking to Mom which was when Bob was told, hence the birthday party.....and why he hadn't had any “work” for me as he wanted to get things all set up and ready to go ahead of time on my birthday.
There were at least two hundred people there with a bunch of cakes, ice cream and soda pop. Mine was the biggest (chocolate) with Happy Birthday Thor and below that was may you have many more. Thing is, there weren't any candles on it to show how old I was which made me happy....that is, until Chris pulls out a set of numbered candles, saying I needed to chose and put down how old I was. I hesitated, but Tom said he's this old, pulling out the three and zero from that pack. He says I'm right aren't I, with me saying how'd ya guess? He goes to put them on the cake, but Natalie says stop....Thor's LYING, I can tell. What the hell....when you become a Mom do you have ESP or something? This is the ONLY explanation because I don't know how many times I ran a bluff pass the girls, but then they didn't mind cheating when playing board games, so we were even Steven. She said fess up Thor....I'm right, aren't I? I said it shouldn't matter how old I am, does it guys, turning to Bob, Chris and Tom. They agreed, along with a lot of the men there at my party.....but oh no, that wasn't good enough for Natalie and she got the women there agreeing with her?! Tells me if we're REALLY friends, I'd put my true age down for everyone to see so everyone could actually celebrate my birthday. Man, she was hitting below the belt because I mean, all four of them have been really nice to me, especially Chris, Tom and with Natalie helping me with Cherie and her problem. Then she says if I don't....why, I REALLY am a scardy cat....isn't he girls? And all the women were basically saying damn straight. I sighed, said okay and swapped the three for a two and put twenty on the cake. TOTAL silence from EVERYONE when I did this. Had Bob light the two candles because I figured he had the right since he set everything up for my party. Then people started talking in how they couldn't believe I was “only” twenty, considering the things I'd been doing when not working for Bob and the studio. As to those four, they were staring at me for what I thought was THE longest time and I asked if I had drool or something coming out of mouth which got a lot laughs from everyone. For some reason, everyone there thought I was at least in my mid twenties, possibly early thirties, though no idea why they'd think this. The guys shook my hand congratulating me on my birthday and no doubt I would have no limit in my future in the film business, but also helping others like I had already. Now nobody knew what my hobbies were, but Chris, Tom and Natalie had talked with Bob, with the four of them kicking in to buy me THE one birthday present I NEVER expected: how about the first comic book issued on Thor?! All I could do was simply stare at it and some how I knew it was the real deal and NOT some reprint. I had a hard time getting my thanks out because I was that choked up upon seeing it. But when I did, they knew how much it meant to me. Well, cake, etc. got served and I did my best to thank every person there for coming to my birthday party. A group photo of EVERYONE was taken, with those four and me in front of them. On that large green screen, background, were the words happy twentieth birthday Thor. That's one of photos I have with me being Thor. Well, the party was over and I CAREFULLY put my comic book in my backpack, with Chris, Tom and Bob taking off after saying goodbye one more time. I was wanted back Monday to do some things for Bob.
Thing is, Natalie hung back and walked me back to the area of my cubicle. She then asks what was wrong and I didn't understand and said so. Tells me she saw my eyes, something that the others hadn't picked up on.....that I looked much older than she remembered when they'd met me as Thor here at the studio, at least around my eyes. Was I okay and getting enough sleep? I said I try, but sometimes I just can't sleep so go cruising to see anyone needs any help. She then says like I'd done in Las Vegas? I said yeah, that was nothing but pure accident as I was going slow, headed west as I wanted to see the empty Nevada desert in the moonlight, then saw that car stop and turn off its headlights. I thought maybe the driver and passengers might be having car problems, so I got low to see what was up.....and well, you know the rest of the story probably from the news people, right? She did, but being a woman, wondered where I'd been earlier because I had been heading west. I looked her square in the eye and told her NOT to bring up that kind of question again because I could be in a LOT of trouble by.....some people, okay? She didn't understand, but said okay to no more questions. Then she hits me with a doozy by pulling from her purse, ten thousand dollars in hundreds, saying this was mine?! I said what for? Surely not for coming to my birthday party and she starts laughing, saying no. We (meaning her, Chris and Tom) had been talking about what I'd be doing when I wasn't learning and showing everyone what I could do, then of course the things I'd be doing in their films. But what about all that dead time....when I wasn't working in any way for the studio? What would I do for money? So they talked with Bob about this and they “happened” to mention that they were sure DC would LOVE me as Superman flying thru the air or Batman leaping off an actual fifty story tall building and gliding somewhere to duke it out with some bad guys. They also brought up the idea of installing a camera of some kind in that big Ironman suit so the audiences would see it like from Tony's view point while flying and dealing with bad guys. Possibly do the same for Chris and Toms movies and frankly, that sounded interesting. But I told her with the money I've made so far and will make even if it's only a week or two, that's a lot of money, so no thanks and please thank Bob for me. She says after they'd talked with Bob with their ideas, he decided he'd put you on the payroll and I said I'm already on the payroll. She says not like this.....you'd be what was called a contract player if you will. This means you get paid ten thousand a week when you don't work!? Boy, talked about being stunned. She adds that already many studios have been HOUNDING Bob, Disney and Marvel for your services. You won't mind working for other studios and remember, since you'd be working for those other studio's, you'd still get your ten thousand a week, along with what ever Bob can gouge from those studios AND you'd be paid by those studios for your work. So you're looking at A LOT of money coming your way....that is, if you don't mind. Hell no, I didn't mind. I was thinking of making sure Mom and the girls were properly taken care of money wise and who else I might run into needing some money like Cheri and that lady in Oklahoma? So I thanked her and that I'd be thanking the others next time I saw them and took that money. Then my phone rang, with me telling Natalie that it was my phone and not the one I'd been using to call her and the others. She understood. I waved goodbye and from a different studio roof top building (and NO cameras or people), find that I just missed Cheri's call. Not just her, but apparently while I was inside stuffing my face with birthday cake and ice cream, Mom had called.
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Post by texican on Dec 1, 2020 23:53:31 GMT -6
WillC,
The kid getting a big pay increase. More money to spend and share.
He is maturing, but still a kid.
Thanks for "Thor".
God bless us, America and President Trump.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Dec 5, 2020 13:30:37 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 19
Called Mom back because I know where my bread is buttered. Told Mom that I missed them and yes, it was strange to have a birthday celebration without us being together. Gave her my p.o. box and she wasn't happy with the money I had deposited in my account, but told her I'd gotten us debit cards so either of us could access it in case something happens. She was worried that I'd come short up on cash, but told her with what I was making a week, I rented space at a storage yard and not only that, I could live there too which saved me a lot of money. Only expenses I really had was food, getting gas from time to time, doing laundry at a truck stop. That I was also getting laundry done there when needed. My co-workers and boss were great people and really lucky in not only meeting them, but a bunch of other nice people. And no Mom, I haven't met any of those people you warned me about either. Which was the truth because I'd only met those kind of people as Thor.....well, except for Larry and I'm sure he had NO idea what I looked like as me. The girls wanted to know if I'd seen or better yet, had talked with Thor and told them I hadn't, but talked with some people and they got him to autograph a photo for each of you. I NEVER heard the girls squeal so much in my life. Disgusting. We didn't really talk that long, but Mom was doing okay at work and the girls were too, at school. Said if things work out, I'd like to come home for Thanks-giving, maybe even Christmas. They said that would be great. It felt good to hear their voices again.
Then called Cheri with her wondering how I was doing and of course, I wondered how things were going for her and her girls. Things were going well, between her learning to cook at that school and working at Hooters. Says the tips were really good there.....and she was wondering if I'd like to come out for a visit as Quack Fu missed me. Along with we had never discussed when she was going to pay me back for the money I'd borrowed from that “lady friend” of mine as she put it. I was kind of surprised at her calling me, but in any case we did need to talk the money part out. I said with it being Friday, it'd be no problem for me to get an early out from work and within an hour or so, I could be headed for Las Vegas. Since she didn't have a car, I could use her driveway to park on. Get back to my place, changed and maybe thirty minutes later, I'm headed down the freeway. At least traffic wasn't bad, but still took me almost six hours to get to her place, pulling into her driveway around seven pm? She, the girls and Quack Fu came out to greet me. She wanted to know how I was doing job wise and told her it was great, then me telling her about finding and renting a storage place for the Winnebago and no, no hassle getting to work. Yes, I had talked with Mom and my sisters since starting work, along with getting a p.o. box which I gave her when she requested it. She wondered why Chino, with me explaining about the higher costs of storage units in the L.A. area. Glad she never asked or thought about how I got from Chino to L.A.
What surprised me was while she had fed the girls earlier, she hadn't eaten, was prepared to stay up until I arrived and then would cook supper for the two of us. How about steaks and potatoes barbequed in the backyard, along with a salad? Learning to cook wasn't as easy as she thought it would be because they made food in ways she'd never heard of. Thing is, while it was a challenge, she was loving it along with working at Hooters, though from time to time she had to deal with what she called fresh guys. Then she started telling me some of the put downs she'd give those guys. Oh boy. I washed the dishes, while she dried and put them away though she watched me for awhile. Then commented on how I did know how to properly wash dishes. We're sitting on the couch, the Quack Fu jumps on my lap, so got busy scratching his ears and belly with him making rrrr, rrrr noises. Cheri says it was so strange how he was acting a few minutes before you pulled up....it was like he KNEW you were coming. I said maybe it's just because he remembers what the Winnebago sounded like on our trip here? She says I'm probably right. Well, took off to spend the night in the Winnebago and once Quack Fu was off my lap, he took off for the girls room. As far as paying my “rich lady friend” back, told her this had already been discussed. She was to save at least five thousand dollars for herself just in case something did happen, then she was to pay only no more than ten percent of whatever money she made as a chef when she graduated from school. She says she hasn't spent that much and figures she can have that lady paid off in no more than two years. Told her my friend would understand and had already told me she trusted my judgment in people. She had to work weekends at Hooters, with me offering to watch the girls and Quack Fu....that is, if she didn't mind. She didn't, besides it would save her some money at that child care place.
So the next morning (Saturday), she's knocking on my door, saying it's time to get up as she was making breakfast. And yeah, a couple of eggs over easy, toast and hashbrowns with that French fry seasoning she's always used and a couple of glasses of milk. Since she didn't have to work until much later that day, we took the Winnebago heading for Lake Meade for a few hours as they'd never been there, nor had I. This only took us a little over an hour, then finding a place not far from the beach and the water. Since it was hot (like always around Las Vegas), I insisted on buying two beach umbrellas, a cooler which got filled with ice, along with stuff to make sandwiches with from Walmart along with chips, soda pop, a six back of beer for Cheri and a pack of hotdogs for you know who. Also got the girls some child size life jackets just to be extra safe, along with a couple of bottles of sun tan lotion because it gets HOT there. Figured there had to be some city owned and operated swimming pools, with maybe they could go to one when she's either off work or maybe before going to work. So now the girls and Cheri would be in the water, while I had dug out my drawing paper, pencils, erasers and easel, then proceeded to draw quick outlines of them, but as mermaids. Quack Fu? He wasn't sure about this water stuff, so for awhile he just barked at them, then running back and forth for a bit before deciding to risking life and limb in getting in. He became a dog mermaid chasing a great white shark who had a look of utter terror on its face....that is, if great whites could show fear.
Anyway, they get out with the girls wanting to eat. Sandwiches got made and eaten, along with chips and soda pop drank. Quack Fu got his customary couple of hot dogs, then he plopped down on the girls towels, while I and Cheri sat on hers. Then some A hole thought he'd be funny by running his big, kind of sports boat close to shore to create a large wave to those in the water, which included a bunch of kids on their inflatables. What a dick. Then things got bad....a bunch of kids got tossed off their inflatables, but were able to reach out and grab them before the inflatables got out of reach. Except for one kid. Next thing I know is some woman is screaming someones name and people are gathering around her. Told everyone to stay there and I took off running to find out what had happened. The lady's boy had gotten swept off his inflatable, but was now no where to be seen. Asked where did she last see him and she she pointed, I took off into the water running as fast as I could, then started swimming to where she thought he was. I shout at her, saying where and she points a little bit to my right and with only that info to go on, took a deep breath and down I went. I found him about fifteen feet down, grabbed him and to the surface we went, with me swimming for shore. Suddenly there's half a dozen guys helping me and once on shore, we started performing CPR. Thing is, he wasn't responding after a couple of minutes of this, so when it was my turn to do the heart pressure pump, gave him a little charge which did the trick. He was quickly turned sideways because he was emptying out his lungs, followed by what had been in his stomach....all over me. The boy was wrapped in a beach towel with his Mom crying the entire time, so I asked if there were any cops in the area so maybe those in that boat could be arrested for deliberately endangering kids lives. Well, come to find out that the Department of Fish and Game has several boats checking fishing licenses and other things and someone had called them about that guy. That's when I mentally called called for Bob's Mjolnir's one and two to find and destroy those two big outboard motors on that boat. They did, REALLY quick, at which time I had them head back for the studio. The Mom is thanking me and I suggested she get her boy trained how to swim instead of depending on an inflatable. Tells me she had been busy making sandwiches for a couple of minutes and next thing she knew and saw was he was out there, then that d*mn boat came by and...... But she'd make sure he got swimming lessons before ever him letting into the water again. As to the DFG guys, they got a description of the boat from several people, then they got a call saying there was a disabled boat on the water, needing a tow over their radio. Guess who? They brought the boat and those people back to the crowd on the beach and EVERYONE had NO trouble identifying them. They got towed back to the launching ramp, with the owner being told he was under arrest. So much for their fun in the sun day.
Well, I had enough excitement for the day, with Cheri and the girls saying they wouldn't mind going home too after what had happened. She also said she'd make sure the girls got swimming lessons also, which made me happy. She happened to see my drawing pad and the basic figures I'd drawn of them in the water and started laughing at what I'd drawn. It wasn't just them as mermaids and merdog, but the captions I'd put under the three of them. The girls are saying sick him merdog, sic him while Cheri is saying it looks like we're going to have a lot of sushi for supper tonight girls. Told her it'd be awhile before I was done and satisfied with it, but she could have it if she wanted it. She did. What did make me uncomfortable was when she started talking how I simply took off into the water without hesitation and it was like I was an Olympic swimmer because it seemed I moved that fast. Followed by how I didn't look like I had muscles, but when I came out of the water in my wet t-shirt...... I said it was all to good living and a healthy diet.
Well, we're walking by a lady in a small van with a couple of kids with her and she's stuck in the sand. Told the stuck lady that once we got our stuff put away, I'd be back to help her out if I could. Seems she asked some people for help and NONE would? It was either they'd help her when they were done for the day or didn't have a tow strap. No idea why a couple of guys didn't offer to dig her out of the sand a little bit, then having them push her till she got traction and out of there. So I was able to borrow a shovel and after some work, got the sand cleared from around her tires and a trench at a slight upwards angle in front of them. Had her kids get out (less weight) and told her when I counted to three, I'd lift her van as much as possible and she was to GENTLY press on the gas pedal and if she got to moving, to just keep moving until she got back to the harder packed sand area. At which point I and her kids would catch up with her. Figured if I could lift the van up enough, it might be enough for the tires to get traction and moving. Thing is, this was when I realized I was A LOT stronger than normal. I used to be me, but I think with me doing my Thor thing, my strength has increased when I'm just me. I'm not as strong when I'm Thor, but still a lot more than normal. Should of thought of this when I dealt with that guy who was messing with my sisters, along with those two guys at Burger King. When I counted to three, the woman pressed gently on the gas pedal and I went to lift the back end of her van up....as in almost SIX INCHES above the sand?! I quickly put the van down so the rear wheels would have traction, while also pushing forward. She got out of there without any further trouble, with me and her kids walking to the road where she was waiting for us. She offered to pay me, but told her no. That next time she sees someone needing help, she helps them, but do it for two people. You know, pay it forward because who knows, some day I or my friend might need help and I get it because you helped someone, who helped someone, etc. I was just glad no one saw me picking up the van like I did.
Get back to Cheri and the girls, then back to her place. We still had a few hours before she had to go to work, with the girls and Quack Fu wanting a nap, which they did on my bed. When we got to her place, we each took one of the girls, putting them in their beds along with Quack Fu. Then it was getting all the beach stuff out of the motorhome and into the house. We're sitting on their couch, with her saying it was nice of me to help that woman like I did. Told her that all I could do was try to help her, but what I don't under-stand was the number of people who didn't go out of their way to help her. Then said I was feeling a little tired from so much sun and wanted to take a nap before taking her to work, so took one in the Winnebago for a couple of hours. She woke me up by rapping on the side of the Winnebago where my bed is at and after washing my face, we got the girls, then dropping Cheri off at work. She had a box of mac n cheese for me to make for the girls supper.......not that we did.
Instead, we parked down the street from an In N Out burger place and went inside to order. We're going to eat our meals in the motorhome as the place was a bit busy. However once we got to my place, the girls look at me like I'm some sort of retard because apparently I had forgotten to ask them if they wanted ketchup. Which must be a mandatory food source for young girls, with me going back to get AT LEAST six cups of this stuff. Thing is, there was what a lot of people call a Karen. You know, those people who believe EVERYONE should bow and scrape to their every whim. She's raising hell with the poor cashier girl and the manager is trying to placate Karen to no avail. Not only does she want her order properly done this time, but it also must be free AND given coupons so her next meal is free. The manager's willing to go for the free meal, but not her other demand. I was behind her, listening to all of this and muttered give it a rest Karen. She heard me. Then starts on me at which point I told her she should be careful because as fat as she was, she was also working herself into an unwarranted frenzy and could have an embolism or even pass out. Guess that was the wrong thing to say.....that she was fat, which was true. She went to slap me for being rude, etc., but I caught her wrist and gave her a little jolt which knocked her out like she'd been clubbed from behind. Well, her husband and four kids come running up wanting to know what had happened with the manager explaining. Paramedics got called, with them taking her to the hospital, with husband and kids following them out of the restaurant. Ordered two more double double cheeseburgers which the manager gave me for free which I thought was really nice. This time I DIDN'T forget the ketchup and back to my place I go. Of course, the girls were STARVING, but once they had their ketchup, I was forgiven. Had a total of five of those double double cheeseburgers.
Go back to Cheri's place and since it'd be a few hours before the girls bedtime, so took my drawing stuff inside with me. The girls wanted to see what I was doing and they liked it......but not as nice as My Little Pony and giving me that kind of look. Okay, My Little Pony it is then. Apparently once again I'm a retard because I don't know squat about My Little Ponies, with the girls (Susan and Sandra) telling me ALL about them. I used the two they'd won at Circus Circus awhile back for reference and of course, they had their own ideas of what colors they should be, along with each of them getting their own drawing. That killed a few hours, with us taking off for Walmart where I bought two frames to put them in, along with a couple of coloring books and more crayons for them, then back to their place. After about five hours, both were done and the girls were happy with what I'd done and forgave me for not knowing about My Little Pony. Then they wanted to play with their ponies, with me being the bad guy. I said why do I have to be the bad guy and they both said YOU don't have a My Little Pony to use. Makes sense to me.....I guess. So we did that and then it was their bedtime, with me going back to work on the drawing that I'd eventually make one of each for Natalie, Chris and Tom. Now each of them would be a bit bigger than the others, meaning Natalie's characters would be bigger than Chris's or Toms, Chris's would be bigger than Natalie's and Toms and so forth. My phone alarm went off, so once I had the Winnebago door open, no problem picking up both girls at one time and putting them in my bed, with Quack Fu naturally following.
We got to Hooters about twenty minutes early as I figured better early than late. Now Reno has SOME crime, but with Las Vegas being so much bigger....... One thing I hadn't thought of was the women working at Hooters being hit on by guys. Most of them would be called fresh, but others..... In a casino, a man trying to or putting his hands on a cocktail waitress where they shouldn't be, will have one of two things happen to him. He gets tossed out or a couple of security guards will have a “private” chat with him in an empty room. Later on, heard about a Hooters girl who'd been kidnapped after getting off work, raped and killed. This was maybe ten years or so ago? Though at the time I didn't know about her, which was a good thing. I could see this guy's hitting on Cheri as they walk out from Hooters, so I got out and started walking towards them. That's when this guy grabs her by an arm, saying if she'll be nice to him, he'll be nice to her because everyone knows what kind of girls work at Hooters?! I started moving faster towards them. She tells him he's a creep, get lost and tries to yank her arm free, but he's not having none of this. Instead he wants a kiss with a lot of tongue and goes to pull her up against him, while putting her arm behind her back! She tried kneeing him, but missed so what does this guy do? Says bitch, you're going to pay for that and slaps her, knocking her to the ground!
He didn't have time to react because I was on him that quick, with me grabbing him by the front of his shirt with one hand then saying woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, for what he deserves will be done to him. Then slapped him with my open palm and WAS going to do this a couple of times and glad I didn't because that one slap was enough to knock him unconscious! Simply dropped him to the ground, turning to Cheri, asking if she was okay. While helping her up, she said was, but had to be getting old because she's never missed before when dealing with this type of a$$hole. Then she kicks this unconscious guy not only once in his ribs, but THREE times. I pulled her back, saying that's enough because if you're not careful, you could break one or more of his ribs. She says good and I said remind me not to tick you off. I'm looking around and not seeing anyone, I quickly picked this guy up and slung him over my shoulder. Cheri wants to know what I'm doing, that we should just leave him there in hopes someone won't see him and runs over him?! I said notice he's wearing a wedding ring? I said go see if you can find an unlocked car, preferably a four door and open it for me. She wants to know why and said no time for explanations okay and just do it. It took her a bit to find the car I wanted, then told her to hit the nearby liquor store for the smallest and cheapest bottle of vodka, but this time she didn't ask why and took off, at which time I got busy. It was a really small bottle of vodka and even so, more than enough for the job. While Cheri was gone, I got busy taking off all the mans clothes off and everything else of value except his wedding ring and underwear. Drivers license showed he was from another state and staying at some motel here in town. Then picked him up, so he was half way in the lowered car door window. Cheri had THE biggest grin on her face, with her doing the honor of sprinkling that vodka over his face and then on his underwear. When she had finished, told her to turn around, which she did and then I pulled his underwear down to his ankles. When I said okay, turn around....she started laughing. But then I saw a cop car pulling into the parking lot, so I said we gotta beat it Harley Quinn, it's the cops. So we hustled back to my place kind of hunched over.
Now remember those binoculars I had borrowed from that Filipino Navy captain? I had forgotten to return them when I was done with those Chinese people, but they came in real handy that night. Cheri offered them to me to see how things were going down but told her no, since you're the offended party, just tell me what you see. I could also see what was happening, but with those binoculars.... The cop was just cruising by, then stops when he sees that guy, then hits him with the cars searchlight. Two cops get out and proceed to check him out. He's still in a daze and as they're taking him from the open car door, he vomits all over one of the cops! Naturally he gets hauled away with us talking with what the guy would be charged with. Public intoxication, public nudity, breaking into that car, assault on a police officer (vomit) is what we came up with. What we were really hoping for was him being in town with his wife. Try explaining that bud. As to his possessions, we found and put them in one of those big, blue mailboxes. As for Cheri, she never got into any trouble as the guy couldn't give a good description of either of us because he'd already had a few. We also figured he'd be quite happy to leave town asap.
The girls and Quack Fu were still sleeping when we got to her place, with us each taking a girl, putting them to bed, with Quack Fu following into bed once Cheri picked him up and put him there.
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Post by texican on Dec 5, 2020 18:26:56 GMT -6
WillC,
The kid doing what the kid needs to do.
Now, the guy that attacked Cheri probably has at least cracked ribs and will remember the encounter every breath that he takes. Maybe he will learn some manners.
Thanks for the story.
May God continue to bless us, America and President Trump.
Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Dec 5, 2020 18:28:30 GMT -6
Speaking from experience, broken ribs that don't hit a lung only hurt when you breathe.
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Post by willc453 on Dec 5, 2020 19:50:10 GMT -6
As to the Vegas Hooters waitress, true story and happened in 2010. I remember reading about it, though don't remember if it was in the newspaper or some internet news service. Not only will that guys ribs be hurting him, but imagine him trying to explain what happened to his wife vs all the charges he's going to have to face. And bail.
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Post by willc453 on Dec 11, 2020 15:19:36 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 20
Cheri and I talked about what to do on Sunday and after a bit, she went to bed as I was treating everyone at Circus Circus's buffet for breakfast. And no doubt the girls would like a different colored My Little Pony in its arcade area. She goes to bed, me to my place, but couldn't sleep. I think I was thinking of Cheri being attacked and maybe there were other guys like him walking the streets? With me being parked close to her garage door and being late as it was, it was no trouble once I was dressed as Thor to slowly and quietly leave for downtown Las Vegas. With it being night and the strip being so brightly lit, no one would see me though I think some people did as I cruised by their hotel room. Now a lot of casinos have multi-story parking lots and unfortunately some people gamble more than they can afford to lose and commit suicide by throwing themselves from the top parking area. We were lucky in seeing this guy actually climbing the wall around the parking lot, stood there for a bit, then leaned forward, falling towards the sidewalk below. We not only zoomed in to grab him, we were so quick that no one even knew what had almost happened.
First thing I needed to do was make sure I hadn't hurt him grabbing him like we'd done. Took us to the roof of the parking lot which actually had a roof and set him down to check him out. He was okay, but in a state of shock. I mean, I tried GENTLY shaking him and even slapping him twice, once again gently. No reaction other than staring at nothing. Then remembered people who do commit suicide will sometimes take and put all their personal possessions off to one side, so went to the area where he had attempted his suicide. Found his wallet, cell phone and some other odds and ends. His name was Collin Wilcox, forty-five years old. With no wedding ring, figured he was single, but could discoloration or lighter color on his finger where a wedding ring would be. Back to the roof and he's still staring. Thought I'd take him to a hospital, but then something like this would be in medical records and follow him the rest of his life. Was I doing right? I really don't know, but if I could get some answers from this guy, maybe he wouldn't have to go to the mental ward of a hospital. I put his stuff in one of my mre pouches, picked him up and we flew to deserted part of Lake Mead and dropped him into it from about ten feet above the waters surface. It looked like the water was five-six feet deep, so wasn't worried about him going deep and drowning. The shock of hitting the water woke him up and he's splashing around in it like a kid first learning to swim. Then he stands up and looking wildly around him. That's when I said look up, which he did, then I said head for shore where I'll meet you. When he got to shore, I noticed he was shivering because the desert gets cold at night and there was a slight breeze adding to the cooling. I said wait here and I'll be right back. Took off for New Mexico, taking a bunch wood from where we made those quick and dirty dams in the gullies.
Back to Collin who had left where I'd originally deposited him. So after dropping off the wood, fly over to him, asking if he had any idea where he was. Of course not and as always, just staring up at me. I said I got some wood and no doubt you're cold from getting dropped in the lake. He was and headed back to the wood pile. No problem breaking the big stuff as in six to eight inches in diameter, then used a bit of a spark to start the fire. Once it was really going, he got close to it with him asking what had happened to him.....was he in heaven or hell because all he remembers was being on the balcony, then falling towards the ground. Then it was I had to be angel, with me being in the air like that....but why was I wearing a non-angelic costume and where were my wings, harp and halo? And since he was in heaven, when was he going to get these things? I said to begin with, those who commit suicide DON'T go to heaven, but......at which time I looked to the ground between us. After a pause, I sniffed a couple of times, asking if he smelled sulfur which means THEY'RE coming for you Barbara. He turned kind of white or a pasty gray, depending on the color of your choice. He went to his knees, sobbing saying he didn't realize it would end like this for him, at which time I reminded he was going to be there for ETERNITY and it will NOT be pleasant for you. NOT. AT. ALL. Besides you're getting off light, at which he says I'm getting off light by spending ETERNITY tortured in hell?! I said yes, because think of the life long pain and suffering you caused your family such as your parents, brothers, sisters, etc. in committing suicide. And what if one them gets to thinking suicide is an easy way out of life with one them committing suicide and now the two or more of you are in hell? Collin's REALLY sobbing, then asking me to intervene and I told him I can't make those kind of decisions, so have to ask my boss. Which was when I looked upwards like I was talking to my boss which undoubtedly to him, meant God.
I figured looking upwards for a minute was reasonable, but I also started getting a crick in my neck from doing this. I then sighed, saying not everyone gets a second chance like you're getting, you DO understand? He did and was very grateful for it. This was when he asked why wasn't I wearing a gown, etc. but instead of like that guy on tv he's seen a lot of lately and a backpack. I said when God made angels, they were not made in the humans he created later on. So when we do appear before people, we DON'T appear in our natural forms, but ones that people can comprehend. Which means the little old lady sitting next to you in that casino, could have been you're guardian angel, with me being called to take you to you know where. And if you're wondering, not all angels are created equal....look it up in the Bible. I said it may be awhile before I can take you back to the mortal plane, so tell me why you tried committing suicide. Seems Collins was an accountant in Minneapolis and married for fourteen years before finding out his wife was committing adultery. Fortunately(?) there were no children, with the divorce going amenably. He found himself cast loose with few actual social ties and started drifting in life. He decided he'd take some vacation time and go to Las Vegas, otherwise he'd lived all his life in Minneapolis. He hit a hot streak and of course, figured he'd get even more of this “easy money”. Man, I've heard this story more than once because then when he started losing, he kept throwing good money after bad. He'd lost a little over thirty-two thousand dollars from a lifetime of saving alone. Jesus. I held up my hand and he immediately quit talking while I looked upwards briefly, saying okay, will do.
I said it's been decided that you should know there's more to the world than working as an accountant, Minneapolis and Las Vegas. Put out the fire, then put your back to me, both hands on my arm and when the fire was out, we took off. Spent at least twenty minutes, maybe thirty, giving him a world tour which I'm sure no one's ever had except me and Natalie. At least not from our height perspectives. Pyramids of Egypt, the Christ statue in Argentina, Eiffel tower, etc. with us returning to that parking garage where all of this started. Made him turn his back to me which was when I took his stuff from my backpack and put five hundred dollars in his wallet, putting everything on the floor and to one side of him. Told him to turn around and pointed at his possessions, asking him how he got to Las Vegas, whether it was by driving or plane. He flew in, but wasn't to leave for another two days. I said I'd take him to his motel room so he could pack his bags and get some sort of refund, then I'd take him to the airport where he was to catch an early flight back home. He said he was broke and leaving earlier than planned, there'd be an extra charge for this. I said we're given what's called emergency exigency funds which you will find in your wallet. He checked his wallet and almost started crying, in saying thanks. With me out of sight, he packed his one suitcase and got a partial refund from his motel, then to the airport where I landed us inside the top floor of the parking garage after making sure no one was around. He took the elevator down, crossed the street and went inside the terminal. After waiting, he came back to me saying it cost him fifty dollars for the flight change and would be leaving in an hour. I said remember, you're gambling days are over and he said he had learned a valuable lesson and would talk with his father and mother, along with changing his life in other ways. He left again for the terminal and before he entered it, turns and waves at me as I was watching him from the parking garage. I slowly waved back and floated backwards so it would appear (I hope) to him that I was fading away.
I had no idea how things were going to turn out for him......I mean, did he actually go to see his parents, did he ever go back to gambling, get a social life? In a way, I didn't want to know because what if he hadn't changed or worse yet, did commit suicide? Would he of been better off with me taking him to a hospital for a mental evaluation and damn to the consequences that it'd have to the rest of his life? I mean, we're talking about a mans life here. After six months, I HAD to know one way or another, so took off to find him. I knew the city and street he lived at, having looked at his drivers license, along with remembering what he looked like. Found myself over a small church of all things, with a bunch of people coming out of it, then I saw him. He was just standing there as the last of them left in their cars and with me sitting on the roof of the church (is that sacrilegious?), I called out to him and when he looked up, he smiled and started waving at me. I floated down to talk with him a bit to see how things were going for him. He'd never been into religion, but after talking with his parents, started going to their church. He's still an accountant at his employers company, but he's keeping the books for the church, learning to become what he called a lay pastor, been helping troubled teens in his city, along with helping and feeding the homeless. Focusing only on accounting is no longer his goal in life, but helping others. He was even seeing another parishioner, with him saying she's a lot different from his ex-wife. And it was then when she walks out of the church. She stops dead in her tracks, then says she didn't know he knew Thor. He looks at her, then me, with me saying tell her what really happened and who I am, but she is NOT to tell anyone what happened. So he told her how I was an angel, etc., etc., etc. She just kept looking back and forth between the two of us and when he was done, I started rising into the air and waved back to the two of them that were waving at me. Then I was gone simply by going over the roof where they couldn't see me, then taking off.
Get back to Cheri's place and in my motorhome with no trouble, though it was around 4am? Got undressed and right to bed to bed for a couple of hours before finally hearing Cheri rapping on my bedroom wall. She was going to make breakfast, but I asked we go to Circus Circus's buffet again as I was feeling a bit hungry. Of course when the girls heard the words Circus Circus, they were quick to chime in, wanting to go. So off we went, with me eating a bit more than normal. Four ham, cheese and mushroom omelets cooked to order, a plate of hashbrowns, a pound of bacon, eight pieces of toast with margarine and jelly and about a gallon of milk. Well, the three of them had finished eating before I was done and kept staring at me as I kept going back for more food. Cheri wanted to know where I put it and again, told her me having a high metabolism that kicks in from time to time.....like pushing that van for example. She said she didn't mean anything bad about it, but she was glad we had gone out to eat. We hit the arcade with the girls not getting another My Little Pony for their efforts, so I went to where you knock down those small, metal bottles with a baseball. Thing is, they're weighted and spaced just far enough apart so you can't knock all of them off the shelf easily. Unless you're me. Three balls for three dollars with the girls getting 2 much larger My Little Ponies, then Cheri got to choose the one she wanted. Considering how she carried on about Thor in the truck stop parking lot where we'd first met, figured she'd chose it. Instead, it was one of Underdog? Asked her why not Thor and she said she used to watch Underdog as a little girl and was fascinated how he was a nobody.......you know, a shoe shine boy until someone needed help, then he turned into Underdog. Just like me when I helped her and the others that she knows of.....then looks at me, then starts singing his theme song! So joined her in singing it with the arcade guy also joining in with her daughters and bystanders just looking at the three of us in complete surprise.
Back to her place with the girls playing with their new My Little Ponies, so I got my drawing stuff out to work on it, while Cheri got on her computer. Instead of making lunch, we decided to hit the park again and use up the rest of the picnic supplies from our Lake Mead trip. Girls got busy chasing and being chased by Quack Fu for awhile while I started the basic sketching of the three of them doing their thing, while Cheri read a book. The girls and Quack Fu were tired after all the running around, with sandwiches and hots dogs making them decide it was time for a nap. Then it was time to take Cheri back home so she could get ready for work. Once that was done, we took her to work, with me saying I'd feed the kids. When they said they were ready for supper, I was ready having got online to check for pizza places in the local area. The four of us took off to pick it up and only had to wait about five minutes before we had an eighteen inch pizza in my place....at which time, the girls opened and started devouring it! They were nice enough to bring me two pieces on a paper plate which I ate while driving back to Cheri's. They didn't care too much about the crust, but Quack Fu sure liked it. Get home and there was still some pizza left, but made sure two pieces were saved for Cheri when she got off of work. Then back to working on those mermaid drawings of the girls, Cheri and Quack Fu. When it was time for the girls to go to bed, the four of us went to my place with the girls and Quack Fu sleeping in my bed. I crashed for a few hours because I knew that after picking up Cheri and dropping everyone back at her place, I'd have to take off and wanted to make sure I was rested enough for the drive home.
Alarm goes off, with me stopping at a Pilot truck stop to top off the fuel tank, get some coffee, then picked Cheri up, once again getting there early just in case. Nothing happened, but she did bring me some wings which I thought was really nice. Then back to her place, getting the girls in their beds, along with Quack Fu. I had finished the mermaid drawing which I gave to her, but told her I was sorry that I hadn't thought of framing it. Figured to give it to her now because who knew when I'd be back. She said she hoped I'd be back next month and told her I'd try, but more than once so far, I've had to work on the weekend. She understood, but I was also thinking it was time for me to get home.....that is, IF I wasn't working at the studio. But at least I had the weekends off, though no idea how long that might last. I mean, when a movie is being made, does everyone take the weekend off? In one way, I was glad to leave to see what plans or thoughts Bob and the studio had come up with, in another, it was like visiting family here. So I took off for that LONG drive back. Somewhere just east of Primm, Nevada, I pulled over to help a couple who'd run out of gas. Took them to Primm where they bought a gas can, then gas. After that, took them back to their car and after the guy got it started, we all took off. Decided a gas can would be a good thing to have just in case, so at Walmart, bought two, two and half gallon gas cans which I filled and put in one of the storage areas at the bottom of the Winnebago. Made sure it'd get some cross ventilation because I was worried about possible gas fumes being trapped in it. After parking in the storage lot, made some sandwiches and after they were eaten, went to bed. The wings got munched on while driving back.
Both phone and regular alarms went off so after a shower, got dressed, called Bob who said to come in at ten am, with me taking off for another free meal at the roach coach since I'd always arrive early just in case. Ordered two ham, cheese and mushroom omelets, a couple of McDonalds type hashbrowns and three milk. Then it occurred to me, were these people losing money because they'd get here as soon as I showed up in this alley. I asked and was told they weren't as Bob guaranteed them that whatever money they might of lost selling food to others while taking care of me, he'd double it. Yeah, that's the kind of boss Bob was. Got to eating breakfast in my cubicle while wondering what Bob had planned for today. When Bob came out, I'd been letting people handle and not handle Mjolnir, with Bob commenting how he liked me showing up early all the time. I said I learned that you can be early to work all the time, but be late one time......and besides, I really like the food off the roach coach. This was when I asked Bob if they could modify the big Iron man so I'd not only have a microphone, but a speaker installed in it. This way I can hear what people are saying and talk back to them because while this headset of yours is great, I can ONLY hear and talk to them. With the suit on, everything's kind of muffled. And maybe some sort of wifi camcorder? This way the studio would get Iron Mans view from the air instead of just from a helicopter or using green screen. He said Ethan and his crew have been working not only that, but a Thor helmet for me to wear that would have a camera inside of it, but they could change my throat mike on it and a “hearing aide” so I could take better directions while in the air.
Asked me to bring big Ironman down, which I did, with Ethan and his crew getting busy in modifying it. This took a few hours, at which time I found out what Bob was wanting me to do. How about picking up another tank while in the big Ironman suit....by myself? Okay.....I'd give it a try. While the work was being done on the big Ironman suit, gave rides down the street and back to those who wanted one. The ones who didn't had to be somewhere, otherwise they'd of taken one. Then it was testing the modifications and it was working really well in that I not only heard people over the radio, but also the installed microphone, though they said they'd change the speaker later on as it sounded a bit tinny when I spoke. Now having not done this before, the thought occurred to me with me asking Ethan if he and two of his guys would like a ride down the street via this thing and of course, they were not only anxious to do this, but willing “guinea pigs”. Put my lowered arm around Ethan's chest with the other two stepping on each of my feet and holding onto me and that arm around his chest. Lifted us only two feet just to make sure no one got hurt or lost contact with the suit. No problem and when we got to the new tank, I said maybe Bob can use this idea where Tony saves some people by lifting them to safety using big Ironman? This was when I hear a voice saying it's NOT called big Ironman, but The Hulkbuster. I asked Ethan if this was true and he said that's what it was called in that Avengers movie. I said I didn't know as I only watched part of that movie at a friends house and as you guys know, I'm not into the Avengers.......only Thor and the only reason I watched even part of it was because Chris was in it. Oh boy........DEAD SILENCE and I had no idea why.
Then laughter coming from behind me. I slowly turn around to see who I had heard making the comment about The Hulkbuster and see Chris, Natalie and Tom doing the laughing, along with some of the other people. Since I could now see pretty much as normal, how about it was Robert Downey, Jr. behind me?! Thing is, Bob now had two stands for me to get in and out of The Hulkbuster, so I backed up to it, with Ethan taking the back plate off. Then thought of something different....could they install some straps or handles so I could get into it while I'm in the air? Maybe there could be a scene where Ironman calls The Hulkbuster to him and he gets inside of it while in the air. Like, maybe it's never been done before? Told he'd see what they could do. I got out, floated down to meet Robert, saying thanks for telling me what that things real name was and I didn't mean to badmouth your movies, though I did kind of like his Sherlock Holmes movies Mr. Downey. He had a pained look on his face, saying call him Robert and those three (gesturing to Natalie, Chris and Tom) told me ahead of time what kind of person you were and it's true.......you simply speak your mind no matter who it is. I said a friend of mine has an expression and it goes I don't kiss people's behinds because I don't like the taste of poo. I said that why I like working here....Bob, Ethan, Chris, Natalie and Tom, along with everyone here have been really nice to me from day one. So I do my best to let them know this in whatever way I can, even if it's something as simple as giving people rides like I did with Ethan and his two people. Robert holds out his hand, saying he was glad to meet me and found out I was everything he'd heard about me. Then what was it like to fly and do the things people have seen me do on the news? I said it's a hoot and he looks at me, saying it's a hoot? I said oh yeah, though some times I just make things up on the fly because I got no choice and that scares me because if I'm wrong....... But Bob's REALLY helped me do a better job helping others because he lets me use his Mjolnir's.
That's when Natalie tells Robert that I was just like she and everyone around here had been saying. It's not just his abilities, but his caring for people.....then to me, she says by the way, I still owed her a flight. I sighed and said yes dear and got a lot of laughs out of that one. Robert's looking at Mjolnir and I asked if he'd like to hold it. He did, with me giving him permission to hold and twirl it. Then after it was on the ground, he couldn't pick it up, or move it when it was in the air, then just stared at me when I called it to me. All he said was amazing, absolutely amazing. Then he gives me that look, so asked if he'd like to go on a quick flight and oh yeah was his quick reply. I said hold on a minute Robert, turned to Bob and asked if they had any of the Ironman suits that Robert had used in his movie, with Bob saying yes and why. I said could we deviate a little bit from today's scenario as I got an idea. Let Robert dress up as Ironman, I'd hold him with one of the Hulkbuster arms and take him for a spin while your camera people get the videos they want. Well, this took about two hours, so I got back into the Hulkbuster, floating over to this tank which was the same kind like the last one. Remembering what we'd done previously, I had NO trouble gently lifting it up by it's front end with us eventually raising it over my arms while making sure I didn't leave any “fingerprints” in the tanks metal. Then when Bob asked me to get it up in the air, once again no problem and after that, gently setting it down. Then Bob asked if I'd mind doing some welding like he saw me do on the Coast Guard and Kodiak crab ships and I said no problem.
So now here comes a semi-truck with a load of train rails and I beams. With Mjolnir pasted on my back so my arms were free, no trouble bending one of those railroad beams, then welding the ends together. Then using using another train rail, used it as a “stick” and acted like we were rolling a hoop down the street, much like they used to show in the movies back in the early thirties. Took another train rail, but this time I more or less measured it, then had Mjolnir cut it in so it was about three fourths of its former length. No problem bending it into a smaller hoop with Mjolnir welding it into one piece. I then said everyone stay back a bit because I haven't done this in a long time and it SHOULDN'T go flying off somewhere. Stepped inside of our new hoop and picking it up with one hand, started spinning it while also rising up into the air with our new huluhoop. Asked Bob if I could use the dirt lot down the street for something and he says go for it son. Now railroad tracks aren't that wide, just long, so it was no trouble grabbing four of them. Asked Ethan for a measuring tape and we measured one of them, coming out to thirty-nine feet, so we cut up a bunch of 'em into thirteen foot lengths. So now I had twelve, thirteen foot lengths of railroad rails under one arm, though it was it was awkward, I got it done. Drift over to the dirt lot with everyone watching and following me, then I got about twenty feet in the air. With my Mjolnir tucked up high on my right arm, I'd grab a train rail with my right hand, then throw it at the ground kind of like a spear. Stunned silence, quickly followed by cheers because we had made a crude sort of jail made of those vertical bars. Close enough that a normal adult couldn't pass between them sideways. So then go to the I beams and I'm looking at the number of them and thinking. Then calling a couple more of Bobs Mjolnir's to help, we started working though no one had any idea what we were doing other than bending and welding those I beams into different shapes because they couldn't see things from my perspective. More confusion by people watching when I started cutting and bending more train rails. This wasn't easy doing this stuff with us finally finishing about an hour or so. Then asked Bob who owned that hillside, with him saying the studio does. I said we did some art work I'd like to post our work on it and if you don't like it, I'll be happy to remove it. He says let's see what you got and then I'll decide. Another twenty minutes or so and everything we made is now on that hillside. With us using some of the train rails, we had made spikes for the letters we'd made, with me and my Mjolnir pushing them into the ground. We had spelled the word Disney and on the letters S and N, was the face of Mickey Mouse welded to it. When I came back to Bob, I said everyone knows about that Hollywood sign on that hillside, so thought I'd give it a little competition........if that's okay with you. It was.
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Post by texican on Dec 12, 2020 16:43:06 GMT -6
WillC,
Another long enjoyable chapter.
Thank you.
God bless us, America and President Trump. Seems like the demoncraps are destined for power and America will suffer for it.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Dec 12, 2020 17:44:36 GMT -6
Thanks. Just trying to give the reader their money's worth and almost done with page 4 on chapter 22.
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Post by willc453 on Dec 17, 2020 1:08:09 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 21
Well, here comes Robert all dressed up in his Ironman suit, with his helmet under his arm and a big smile on his face. I said hold on a minute.....I got an idea, but don't know if it'll work or not. So would you mind waiting a little longer, otherwise we'll take off right now. Bob tells Robert to wait as no one ever knows what Thor's going to come up with next and if he's right, it'll be worth the wait. Robert says okay. I see Natalie, asking her if she believed men and women were equal. A BUNCH of guys inhaled when I said that. Natalie says yes, she believes in gender quality and surprised I'd even bring up that kind of question. I said IF this works out, this will count as your free ride, okay? She didn't like that idea AT ALL and said so. I said to begin with, you'll be doing something I just thought of AND you'll be giving a lot more women a chance to be in the movies instead of a bunch of guys with a few women in them. Striking a positive blow for gender equality if you will. Now Tom and Chris had come up behind me, with Tom whispering in my ear saying I was planning on doing something sneaky wasn't I? I whispered back saying yes sir, but if it works, she'll be the first one to do this, something she can crow about AND it'll be filmed. That's when Tom tells Natalie forget it, it sounds kind of iffy and he'll do it himself if it's okay with me. I said yeah, it could be dang....... then Natalie says forget it, you made the offer and I'm taking you up on it! Asked for and got a purple cape for Natalie to wear, holding it in place with some safety pins. She asks if she was going to be some sort of female version of Thor and I turned to Tom, saying that Loki was right.....these mortal females are SO mundane in their thoughts. I saw her getting a mad look on her face, but she controlled herself. I said how about a Valkyrie or flying thru the air as Supergirl or some other female superhero? She and the other women all liked this idea. More than one woman was shocked that I'd not only had never heard of Captain Marvel, but that I thought it was some guy.
I said you've see us working on those crab ships in Kodiak, right? They had and I said I got to thinking with their lifting capabilities, why do I need to use several of them to lift ONE person? Not that I was going to mention what happened to Larry for several reasons. One being I was working things out on the fly at the time. Then I realized there might be a fly in the ointment so to speak because Natalie was wearing a dress and I didn't know what would happen to it. A world of difference in flying in a costume made of pants, etc. and quite another to be wearing a dress. So I pulled Natalie off to one side, telling her of my concern for her public decency and what I was going to try. She came up with the solution. She'd simply lift herself up a foot into the air, go horizontal, go down the street, then going higher in elevation. With her going horizontal first, we could see how her dress would react. If not well, she'd get her a pair of pants because according to her if she had the chance to fly like me, by God she was going to. I said okay. Called Bobs Mjolnir number one to me and after lifting her cloak up, had it attach itself to her back where it stayed. I said okay, try it, but remember, you ONLY want to go up in the air by a foot or so as it's kind of tricky in estimating how high you really are at first because the only reference you have are things around you. She called out to Bobs Mjolnir to lift her into the air by one foot only. Nothing. Tried again. Nothing. After the third failure she was looking more disappointed than those watching and filming.
She asks what's wrong and I said wait a minute while I think this over because it SHOULD work because Bobs Mjolnir is STILL attached to your back. Finally I said I think I know why it's NOT working out. Remember how you and others could and couldn't pick up ANY Mjolnir unless I gave permission? I said I think it's the same thing. I told Bobs Mjolnir to stick to your back and do whatever you said for it to do, but apparently it won't work that way. I turned to Bob and said start filming please, then turned to Natalie, asking if she was ready for her heroine performance and she says yes. So I rose up into the air so I was a head or two higher than her, then commanded Bobs Mjolnir to lift her up a foot.....and it did! And the crowd went crazy as the saying goes. Her smile reminded me of that little boy that I let hold and carry my Mjolnir. I told Bob that I was going to put some distance between us so hopefully the only one being filmed will be Natalie. I put thirty feet between us, with me being higher so I could see and track her a lot easier. We drifted where those train rails were at, but she couldn't lift any of them. I even had another of Bobs Mjolnir's go to her right hand, with her twirling it above her head, but no cloud formations appeared. So, no independent flying ability, super strength or calling for clouds to rain. Which meant NO lightning thank God as I had NO idea what would happen to someone if they had some how been struck by it. Another delay when I asked Bob for some stop watches and working radar guns. You know, the police type.
Natalie and I went to the far end of the street and with me above her, sent her slowly flying down the street horizontally as I followed. Tells me she didn't feel any wind as she went down the street and her dress didn't seem to flutter, which was verified when we watched the video playback. Float her back to the other end, with her knowing I'd be speeding her up, but with Bobs people using those radar guns. Fifteen miles an hour, no wind, etc. We did this repeatedly, each time increasing her speed and each time, no change. Asked if she was ready for the big one and she was. Try one hundred fifty three miles an hour, with her moving so fast in such a short distance, those with the timers failed to even hit the start buttons on 'em until it was too late. Got her vertical and back on the ground with everyone going kind of wild once we were done, but the women.......well, they REALLY went wild and rushing for Natalie for what she'd done to congratulate her. Well, you KNOW Chris and Tom had green envy looks, so walked over to them and said you guys know I'll take care of you guys, but I just don't when, okay? They were happy when I said that. Natalie comes over, giving me a hug, saying so this is what it feels like when you're flying? I said yeah.....a hoot isn't it? She agreed and then I said we need one of those distancing things that looks like a scope because I don't know how far away you or anyone else can be from me. I'm scared what if there's only so far I can be away from you or someone else? Another scramble for several of this metering scope which I was told they were called a range finders, with a mattress also being brought. Just like I thought.....I didn't need to see her or Bobs Mjolnir to have it under control. Asked Bob what else he wanted me to do and he says there's nothing that he wants me to do now because of the few ideas they'd come up with, were now out the window. I said since we still have some time, can we try for multiple Mjolnir's and passengers? So called three of Bobs Mjolnir's down and attaching them not only to Natalie, but Chris, Tom and Robert in his Ironman suit.
Thing is, I was getting tired because once again in doing things in ways I hadn't done before. Bob called the roach coach and in my cubicle, ate a dozen double cheeseburgers and nine orders of wings with ranch dressing, followed by 2 buckets of ice water. Then said I had to take off to recharge, but I'd be right back. Bob, etc. said they'd be waiting for my return. I left all of Bobs Mjolnir's on the ground, with no one being able to move them for safety's sake, along with Bob putting some traffic cones around them. Bob said things tended to happen with me which is why they'd be ready for use if I needed them or the ones on the studio roof. Went back to Arizona or New Mexico with my Mjolnir getting the clouds, etc. going so I could recharge. Did my best to leave the rain clouds over a bunch of dips that were in the rock formations and that's where I met Crows Feather. Saw that it looked like she was looking for something, so I got lower to see if help was needed. I'm about a twenty-five feet above her when I called out to her, with her looking around until I said I was above her. She fell on her behind in surprise, so got lower and that's when I saw she was somewhere in her teens, at which point I landed near her. She was looking for her grandfather who hadn't returned home with their sheep. I said if you want, I can help as it'd be easier to find him from the air than the ground, but I don't know what he looks like, so if you want, I can take you with me. She hesitated and I said hold on a minute....have you ever heard of Natalie Portman, the actress? I was going to call her until I remembered I didn't have my backpack, so called up Bob's Mjolnir's five and six to get on each side of my backpack and bring it to me, which they did. Crow's Feather got another first.....a flying backpack with two Mjolnir's on each side of it.
Getting my other phone out, called Natalie asking her to talk with this girl telling her who she was, what we'd just done and passed the phone to Crows Feather. I could tell she didn't believe for awhile she was actually talking to Natalie, but then her expression changed and looked at me. They talked for about five minutes, then passes it to me with her saying my friend says you are an honorable man, you don't lie, always helping people and are fearless. I said that's nice, but for the last part......there's been a few times where I was almost scared poopless. Besides, Natalie is always trying to get a free flying trip. She smiled at that. Told Natalie to tell Bob and everyone that something had come up, that I didn't know when I'd be back, but I'd be back tomorrow and yes, she'd get an actual flight, but please don't say anything about her talking with Crows Feather. She said she'd pass the word to everyone. At which time I put my phone away and backpack on. I explained once again how it worked, with her simply turning her back to me after my explanation, saying she was ready. I attached number five to her back, then we slowly rose into the air around three hundred feet which I figured gave us the best aerial view. It took us about ten minutes of circling the area, with us finding her grandfathers sheep and the two dogs he used rather quickly, but no grandfather. Another ten minutes or so of looking for him before we found him. He was laying on his side in a sandy gully, with us landing next to him. He had a bad looking bruise on the side of his head and Crows Feather couldn't get him to wake up. I said he might have a concussion and who knows what bones he may of broken because I think he fell a good thirty feet as there's no way he could of made it thru the rocks that form this gully. I said hold on, I'll go get a stretcher so we can take him to the nearest hospital and she just nodded.
Having been only to one Home Depot as Thor, I took off for that one in Homestead, Florida. Looks from everyone once again when I entered, then proceeded to the door section. Found the door I needed and with money from one of my pouches, paid for it and once outside, took off for Crows Feather and her grandfather who was now conscious. His name was Tala, which I found out later meant wolf. I called for three more of Bobs Mjolnir's to join us. None of us were sure, but the three of us were thinking he might of broken one of his legs as she said he was kind of wobbly when he tried getting up. I said okay, followed by sir, if you'll get on this door, I'll get you to a hospital real quick. We lifted him up to put him on the door, with him rolling over onto his belly as he wanted to see us flying instead of just looking up skywards. It was no problem for me to lift the door up by myself so I could place two of Bobs Mjolnir's underneath it. They both kind of let out a gasp when I did this. I put the other Mjolnir on his back just in case as we didn't have any rope to secure him to the door. Thing is, he had to get back to his place so he could have friends get to his sheep and bring them back in the morning. I said okay and with him giving directions, we were soon in their village. To be honest, I was not impressed as.....I don't know, can you see something and see or feel an air of poverty? We stopped in front of Crows Feather place, her going inside, with her quickly being followed by five members of her family. Tala told the men where his flock was at, what had happened and was going to happen. One of his sheep had wandered off, so he went looking for it while his dogs watched the rest of his flock. He was checking the gully because he thought it might of fallen and if possible, make sure it was not only dead, but return with the meat for his family to eat. We waited a bit while one of them got his wallet which had his medicare card in it, then we took off for Santa Fe with Tala giving me directions.
It didn't take long, but while he'd never been to this hospital but I was getting better in looking for and finding hospitals which when you think about, it are kind of obvious, especially when they have helicopters pads whether on the roof or on the ground. When we entered the emergency room, right off the bat as normal, we got stares. Using her grandfathers medicare card, she and him got him checked in which meant an overnight stay. Now I was kind of normal hungry after what I'd done at the studio, so asked Crows Feather if she'd like something to eat with me buying before returning her home and that I'd be back tomorrow to take her to this hospital so she could find out how her grand-father was doing. We ended up going to an In N Out that I'd seen as we were looking for a hospital. Told one of the hospital people that I'd be back for my door and was going to give Tala twenty dollars in case he got hungry later on, but he said he had some money on him.
Talk about stares when we walked in....Crows Feather with Bobs Mjolnir stuck to her back and me as Thor. As to Bobs Mjolnir's, except for one, I had sent them back to the studio as they weren't needed any more. I got six double double cheeseburgers with six ice teas, but no fries as I don't care for them that much, while she got the same, but as a meal. Now I wanted to sit outside the restaurant, enjoy the cooling air and my supper, but she asked if we could eat at a park which was right down the street, so I said okay. We were basically done eating and ready to leave when they came, they as being fourteen guys from some motorcycle club. They made the mistake of seeing us or should I say, Crows Feather, with them coming right for us on their motorcycles, riding on the parks grass. I put Bobs Mjolnir on her back, telling her to get behind me which she did. She wanted to know why didn't we just take off and I said I wanted to know their intentions, but if you want, I'll get us back to your place right now. She says I was looking for possibly kicking some ass, wasn't I? I said I don't like bullies and that mangy lot sure looks like it.....especially when they run in packs. As they were parking their bikes on the grass, I said to them that I think it's against the law to drive on and park on the grass in a park, so maybe you guys should turn around and park 'em in the designated area? They laugh, then walk towards us.
Now their leader was six feet tall plus a couple of inches and he says will you look at this faggity dressed son of b*tch AND wearing a cape? He sees Crows Feather, saying for an Indian, she's one fine piece of pu$$y, followed by thump him (meaning me) and we'll take her on this table right now. I didn't even think about it, but hit him with a left fist which broke his jaw and right after that, things got “interesting”. Made sure Crows Feather was up in the air and out of the way a second or two after hitting this guy. Suddenly they all jumped me and I'm buried under I don't know how many bodies, but had no trouble tossing them off of me. Stupid bikers....they came for seconds, this time drawing knives and guns. That's when I held Mjolnir above me and rose into the air, something they did NOT expect. I said I am Thor, demi-god of Asgard. I can call upon lightning and you are nothing but jackals that would feed on the weak and helpless. Then we zapped them into unconsciousness. I was REALLY ticked in what their leader had said and what all of them were going to do her....and no doubt it would of happened if I hadn't been there, so they had what was coming to them. Striped them of all clothing but their underwear, with their clothes going into their former pants, along with the weapons they had drawn against me.
Then I broke each of their right hands as that's the hand used on a motorcycles throttle, followed by their left hand as that's how you use the clutch, then each of their left foot because that's how you move the bike into different gears. I lowered Crows Feather to the ground so she could walk with me as we went to the bikers motorcycles, with us taking anything of value out of their saddle bags, though we left the drugs found in them. I then knocked over each bike, with Mjolnir smacking the hell out of each engine one time, followed by each bike wheel. They had some rope which came handy in tying all their stuff into one big bundle, but with me calling two of Bobs Mjolnir's, it was no problem taking everything with us. Flew to a 7-11 where I called 911, saying there was a big motorcycle gang fight down the street from the In N out burger place, giving the street name. Hiding behind the tops of some trees at the park, the cops were there within a couple of minutes, quickly followed by a bunch more of them and ambulances. We took off for her place before any news crew could show up. When I had her land, she called out to her folks and that quick, it seemed the entire town (village) was there listening as she told them what had happened in her native language. I said all those bundles of stuff is yours, though I'd handle the clothing with gloves and actually burn 'em. That I'd be back tomorrow to take her to see how her grandfather was doing, with the four of us taking off. Bobs Mjolnir's went back to the studio, while we went to my place.
Now it wasn't dark dark, but the street lights had started turning on and got to thinking of Natalie, so called her. Said I was done with what needed to be done for right now, but if you want I can give you a ride right now if you want. It's turning dark here and I'm sure other places I'd take you to would be dark. You know, give you a different perspective instead of being in the sunlight and that's something Chris and Tom haven't done. Yeah, that did the trick. We take off, going to her place, with me knocking on the door with her answering. Benjamin's standing behind her with her saying she's ready. I said I don't think so and she says was something wrong with the way she was dressed and there wasn't. But I said I got mine, holding up my Mjolnir.......where's yours? She says oh God and RUNS to where her Mjolnir is at, while Benjamin's laughing like crazy at her. She snarls at him, telling him to shut up which made him laugh even harder. Then he says he never thought he'd ever approve of his wife running off to be with another man and I said but remember, I'll not only be bringing her back, so YOU'LL still have to continue dealing with her, but also she and I are even steven. He laughed even harder, though Natalie didn't think it was that funny. First thing we did was go outside and made sure her Mjolnir would work just like Bobs did and it did. Then there was a scramble for Benjamin finding their digital camera because I thought and mentioned that maybe that she'd like to take some photos of her trip to show Benjamin and their kids later on. He comes back with the camera and I said to Benjamin, you know what this reminds me of? And when he says what, I said sometimes we were in a rush to get to school and our shoes weren't always tied correctly or we'd forget our lunches. Maybe you should check Natalie out to make sure she's properly prepared? He laughed even harder and Natalie was looking peeved at first, then started laughing too.
Now Natalie was taking her purse which she put her camera in, with the purse on her left shoulder and hanging down below her right arm. So up we go slowly as I didn't want to startle or scare her. I could see she was a bit nervous and when I asked if she was okay, she said she was, but everything was SO different from this perspective. I was worried she might throw up if I moved too fast and told her so. I said I'll be telling you what we'll be doing BEFORE we do it, so you don't have the feeling of being on some sort of roller coaster ride. She understood. I also told her both Mjolnir's were not to hit anything or allow anything to hit us, so we might take an unexpected dip, so forewarned. She wanted to know how fast I could go and I said we can move so fast that the land and lights below us will pretty much a blur unless you look way ahead of you. She wants to go balls to the wall just to see what it'd be like and I said okay, first stop will be the Golden Gate Bridge as I've been there before. She says yes, I re......and we were there, maybe a quarter mile from and above it and it sure looked pretty with all those lights on it lit up, along with the city around it. Then it was oh God, oh God repeated several times over from her. She turns to me, asking me was it always like this for me? I said I really don't think about it in some ways. I mean, I enjoyed seeing the Eiffel Tower with Benjamin, seeing Big Ben for a little bit with Chris and I spent a few minutes just admiring the Pyramids in Egypt by myself. She takes her camera out, taking some photos and says she's ready for the next place. But I asked her if she'd like a bunch of DIFFERENT photos to go with the kind she'd just taken. Got her camera from her and had her Mjolnir set her on top of the Golden Gate Bridge with the traffic going by below us. Once she had her camera put away, we took off for the Empire State building, then the Statue of Liberty with a photo of her standing on Lady Liberties crown. Off to Big Ben with her next to the clock, standing on the top of the Eiffel Tower, the top of one of the pyramids, then to that big Jesus statue in Rio De Janeiro, then to some part of the Great Wall of China, followed by Tokyo, then Disneyworld. After that, we went back to her place. Removed her Mjolnir from her back and handed it back to her, saying it was all hers now. Asked if she'd call Chris, Tom and Robert, asking if they'd be at the studio around ten am in their costumes and I'd give them their rides. She said she would and hoped I'd keep her informed about my girlfriend, Crows Feather?! I didn't say anything but just rose up into the air while she called me a scardy cat a couple of times as I left.
Well, in a way it had been a long, but good day in finding out something new about my ability, but also helping Crows Feather and her grandfather. Thing is, I had no idea what tribe they were. I mean, this was something new to me as I never thought about Indians, their tribes and how they lived. There's a Shoshone tribe that lives in Sparks on reservation land, but that's about all I knew about Indians. Thing is, I was kind of surprised she or her grandfather didn't have a cell phone, but then, we didn't have one either for the longest time. That is, until we got older and with limited minutes. Maybe they were the same way? I was also thinking no cell phone service out there until I remembered making that call to Natalie. Got Natalie's drawing out and started working on it some more before calling it quits and going to bed after taking a quick shower as I didn't want to use a lot of water which would mean having to return to that truck stop to empty it. One thing I made sure of was that both phones were being recharged before going to bed. When the phones alarms and my alarm clock went off, made breakfast, got dressed as Thor and once the place was clear of people, we took off for Crows Feather place which didn't take long with me calling for three of Bobs Mjolnir's to follow.
Got there a little after eight am New Mexico time, which I figured would give me more than enough time for her to check on her grandfather. Her mother answered, thanking me again for helping her father and I said I was glad to help, then Crows Feather was there. I didn't know it, but she was in her last year of high school and was skipping school for the day, with her telling the school bus driver why. Once she has a hammer on her back, fly to the hospitals multi-level parking lot. After making sure no one was around, we landed. I told Crows Feather why I wanted to stay out of the picture so to speak and she understood. It was one thing to arrive at the hospital like we did, but to show up a second time to possibly pick him up? She said she'd be right back if he had to stay another day or two. About an hour at the most, here they came with Tala using crutches. Well, he didn't have a concussion thank God, just a really good whack on the head and bruises. And he didn't have a broken leg either....something the doctor called a green fracture, but it still needed to have a cast on it. The doctor wanted him to stay another day, but Tala was having nothing of that as he had to make sure his herd of sheep would be taken care of. One of the hospital people insisted on putting him in a wheelchair until he signed off the paperwork that released him from their care. At least Medicare covered everything, including his set of crutches.
Naturally Tala was wondering who had come with Crows Feather to take him home, but Crows Feather had explained how we'd get him back home. She told me the hospital had no interest in her or grandfather other than having him sign the hospitals release paper-work. Asked if they needed anything while we were in town, with Tala saying he could use some more tobacco and rolling papers if it wouldn't be a problem. I said it wouldn't be, with him showing me where to go. We landed behind the store with no one seeing us, while Crows Feather took his money, going into the store to buy it. I got involved when we heard her crying out to let go of her. Two guys were hitting on her and not taking her no's. Those two never heard us land behind them and it didn't bother me at all to grab them by the back of their shirts and shake them.......vigorously. I asked if there was a lake or pond nearby, with Tala telling me, but I told him to just point to it, which he did. Those two tried talking to me once, but I didn't want to hear their bs, so I just shook them again and after that, they remained quiet. I then dropped them from about twenty feet above the city parks pond. I then said, darn....I forgot to ask them if they knew how to swim. Tala and Crows Feather just looked at me and apparently those two guys did, so we took off for their place which didn't take long. Asked if they'd like to see their place from the air for a little bit which they did. After I landed them, removed their Mjolnir's with Tala and Crows Feather thanking me again and that I would always be welcomed to return any time I wanted. I said thanks and we took off for the studio.
Once I landed, the roach coach people were there pretty quick, so had them make me a couple of ham and cheese grilled sandwiches and a bottle of milk even though I wasn't really hungry, but starting to realize maybe I should eat even when I wasn't hungry just so I'd have some energy stored up. Thing is, even when I stuff myself like I've talked about, I don't defecate and don't ask me why because I don't know myself. I mean, I still do, but it's normal doing it. And yes, I ended up carrying a small hand trowel and a roll of toilet paper because sometimes I gotta go while in the air. While eating, I got to thinking about Chris, Tom and Robert who'd soon be showing up for their flight here at the studio, so asked someone to ask Ethan if he or one of his crew people had the time, could we talk a bit before they showed up as I had some new ideas that Bob might like. Well, he and his entire crew showed up and we got to brainstorming on my ideas, which they liked, though Bob had to be called to okay everything. I was surprised when he showed up, saying he didn't have much time as he had other things on his plate, but wanted to hear my ideas and I said no, it's not just my idea, but OUR ideas, then we proceeded to tell him. He all but did a little dance or jig when we got done telling him. Of course, this depended on whether Chris, Tom and Robert would go for it. I figured those two would as I'd already taken them for a sprint, but as to Robert, who knew? So when those three showed up, they were in their costumes......with ALL of them carrying pouches which almost looked like purses! I said let me guess.....as soon as I dropped off Natalie at her place yesterday, that little..... squealer called you guys to brag, didn't she? Well, she hadn't, but had called those two this morning as soon as it was decent time wise. And yes, she did some MAJOR bragging about what we'd done. The three of them did some scrambling and met at some store in Hollywood, getting the owner to open the store for them even though it wasn't its normal business hours. Then hustled to get to the studio and into their costumes because as Chris and Tom told me, I had the habit of always arriving early at the studio.
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Post by texican on Dec 18, 2020 15:05:23 GMT -6
I said I was glad to help, then Crows Feather was there.WillC, A potential love interest for the kid? Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Dec 18, 2020 15:34:27 GMT -6
Don't know yet.....maybe, maybe not. And working on page 3 of chapter 23.
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Post by accountant on Dec 18, 2020 15:47:22 GMT -6
Will,
Just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know I am really enjoying reading what you write.
I may not always "like" or comment, but I definitely do look forward to each installment.
Cheers,
A.
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Post by willc453 on Dec 23, 2020 23:19:56 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 22
Ethan and his crews outfitted the three of them with headsets so we could talk to each other and Ethan's crew, with them now using four cameras to record everything. Then it was cutting up some green screen stuff to put on Roberts Ironman feet and palms. Ethan said it would be no problem for the CGI people to show them being lit while in flight. So I explained what we'd be doing and giving them an idea of what it'd be like one by one, with me out of camera range. Now we were using Bobs Mjolnir's because I didn't want to have ANY confusion, so it was a good thing in their rush to get those purse looking things, they had forgotten to bring their Mjolnir's. Then the four of us got outfitted with camera's which would be good for an hour of filming according to Ethan. I don't know about the other guys, but mine was a little uncomfortable, but then I was wearing Chris's face. Once everyone was ready, took them on a flight down and back along the street, then up into the air doing the same thing. Once all three had their flight, the videos were checked and found to be good, so everything got copied onto one of Ethan's laptops and that info was deleted. That's when Ethan said the helicopter will be ready to take in another thirty minutes and I said okay.....we'll cruise over there ahead of time so when they're ready to go, so will we because I'm sure helicopter fuel is expensive. I said okay, turn your back to me so I can see you guys all the time and remember, you won't be able to turn or any of that stuff, but you'll have your normal head movement and use your arms.
I rose about fifteen feet into the air, then had them do the same, but about twenty feet in height wise and in front of me. Asked if they could see me and by turning their heads, they could. I said since we got some time on our hands, how about a quick trip to which they all agreed to. We were then looking at the Golden Gate Bridge basically in the same aerial position we'd taken Natalie. There was total silence from them and honestly thought I had screwed up doing what I'd done, then all three were whooping and hollering like kids getting a free double scoop ice cream cone on a hot summer day. They wanted to know if they could get closer and said no problem, so I got us within fifty feet of the bridge and funny thing about this was NO ONE in their cars actually saw us, being too busy with traffic and all. Gave them a look under the Golden Gate Bridge, then up to view it from the other side. Anyone ready for the next scenic sight? Of course Thor. The found themselves looking at this big bridge in Australia, with Chris being the first to recognize it. He asked me when was I here and I said never, but I saw a picture of it, knew it was in Australia, figured you guys might want to see it, especially since I didn't take Natalie here.
Chris then asked if I and the others would mind if we made a quick trip to visit his family. I said are they okay, because I can get you to your place real quick. He says no, his family lives here in Australia and I said I thought your family lived somewhere in California and they were gone that time I visited you. He says he wants to keep his family out of the spotlight as much as possible which is why he has to leave them when he was doing film work. I said if it's okay with the other guys, I got no problem helping you out. Then Robert says if you're taking requests, my family lives in Belgium. I said it's no problem, but I have no idea where you live and I need to see a photo of it, but would it help if we started off at Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower and from there, maybe you could point the way? He never thought of using landmarks to get from point A to point B and I said doing it this way is the easiest way for me to get to people who are in trouble. Because the Coast Guard was able to get me some photos of those crab ships and some of the crew, that's why I was able to find them so quick. Robert says go for the Eiffel Tower, with Tom saying he had no trouble with me taking these two to their families. Got everyone horizontal and off we went with Chris pointing the way which took maybe five minutes before we were above his place. I landed them, then removed Bobs Mjolnir's to rest on the ground where no one but me could pick 'em up. I quietly rose up into the air as I figured Chris's wife would not only be glad to see him even for a little bit but also, he'd introduce Robert and Tom to her. Yeah, Chris's wife was surprised to see him in his costume along with Tom and Robert in theirs. Then he called me down to meet his wife and she's a really nice lady and like everyone, she just kind of stared at my Mjolnir which I left floating in the air when I shook her hand. I said how about a quick photo of the four of you and she said no....only if I was in it. So one of her kids took my camera there's the five of us.....Chris and his wife together, Robert to his left and Tom to the right of Chris's wife and me kneeling in front with my Mjolnir floating chest high.
I said we gotta go if we're going to have time to get to Robert's place and maybe a few more places to look over. So Chris and Tom are helping each other get their capes over their shoulders so I could place Bobs Mjolnir's on their shoulders. I started snickering because of what I was thinking and Robert asked me what was so funny. I said look at those two dealing with each others capes......don't they look like a couple of girls primping to go somewhere for the night? He looked at me, then them and started busting out laughing which of course, got Chris's and Tom's attention, with them asking what was so funny. Thing is, in doing so, their capes came off their shoulders. They wanted to know what was so funny and Robert says never mind, I just thought of something funny, so why don't you guys hurry up so we can get out of here? So they go to help each other again and Robert REALLY starts laughing, so once again they turn around with their cloaks falling off their shoulders. But this time when they want to know what was so funny, he told them with Chris's wife then starting to laugh. And those two said? How about am not, to which I said in a loud voice am too. Then they started laughing and I got Bobs Mjolnir's on their backs and once in the air, we took off for the Eiffel Tower. So after they had taken photos each other, I used mine to take a photo of the three of them in front of it. Got a little higher, with us then taking Robert to his place where we met his wife and his son took a photo using each of our cameras of the five of us. From there, it was the Sphinx and one of the pyramids in Egypt, a section of the Great Wall of China, that Christ statue in Rio De Janeiro, then Mount Rushmore, a place I hadn't been to before as Thor. Really impressive when you think about it. I mean all they used was dynamite and jack hammers to do the job.
Well, I THOUGHT things were going pretty good, until I asked the guys if they felt they'd gotten their moneys worth. Chris was the first to admit, followed by the other two that during our trip to other places, they'd hit the record button on their cameras! So now, the memory cards on them was just over half used, which meant whatever Bob had planned for us to do with his helicopter was out the door because we wouldn't be getting that much recording done. And while it wasn't my fault this happened...... Robert is the one who came up with the idea of downloading these videos onto a laptop, with Tom volunteering his, at his place. So that's what we did, though I hadn't even touched mine. Two minutes left by the time this was done, with us taking off for that helicopter with its recording crew. When we landed, the guys were right behind me and I was SO damn happy none of the helicopter crew asked why I was cutting it close time wise. Seems they'd flown out of some airport in the Los Angeles area and had just finished refueling. Now Bob (Robert) Shayne was in charge of this operation and he started briefing us on what Bob and his people had come up with. To make everything easier for the reader, I'm going to use Robert as I'm sure it'll be less confusing.
We're getting ready to take off when someone hands Robert his phone, with Robert listening, then saying he'd ask. There's a place called Cajon Pass which is somewhere south of Victorville, California and it's either the steepest downgrade or uphill climb for trains to make in the U.S. Thing is, they run sets of trains that can be a mile, sometimes longer because moving freight in such a large group is cheaper fuel wise, so they got a lot of locomotives pushing and pulling these sets. There had been an accident with a some of the locomotives losing their brakes with the front ones and a bunch of cars overturning and could I help them? I said tell them I'll be right there as soon as I get the guys back to the studio or if they want, they can catch a ride back with you guys if that's okay with you. Tom was to first say nononono Thor, we NEED to go with you and I turned to them, saying you guys are crazy as there's no need for you to be there. That's when Chris said I could keep them out of the way and they could record whatever I would be doing which would make Bob deliriously happy as the only almost full recording the studio had was when I helped those people on the freeway, remember that? And that's when Tom says it would make me even a more valuable employee since it everything would be recorded by them. I said that's nice, but Robert and his camera crew are here, so they can do that recording for Bob, right? He said that would be no trouble for him and his crew, but it'd take them about an hour to get to Cajon Pass, at which time the three chimed in, saying how they were NEEDED and wouldn't be excess weight so to speak. I sighed, said okay but calling in reinforcements and BOOM, Bobs other nine Mjolnir's were overhead. Everyone thought there had been an explosion of some kind and looking around, with me apologizing, saying I forgot to tell them to arrive at supersonic speed. After being pointed where Cajon Pass was at, we took off and a couple of minutes later we're over it and it was bad. No wonder the railroad people were asking for help. There were six locomotives leading this thing, with ALL of them on their sides and at least a dozen cars or whatever they're called on their sides. What made it worse, was there was a steep and deep drop off along one side of track. I could see some people working on the front locomotive, using a welder, so after making sure the guys were safe and out of the way, we went to work.
We swoop down where that lead locomotive was at and I called out to those trying to get whoever out of it and said we're here to help. Everyone looks up, with a guy says this unit can go over at any minute and we've GOT TO get them out. I said not a problem and assigned two of Bobs Mjolnir's to each side of the first four locomotives and they lifted them up and set them on the ground even though the track was torn to hell and gone. Now the railroad people had gotten off and out of the way of that locomotive, so my Mjolnir made quick work cutting thru the damaged metal and me pulling it it away when it came free. Those two guys inside of it were shaken, not stirred as James Bond would say. Now trains carry a variety of freight, being in boxcars, flat cars, coal cars and tanker cars with who knew what. Then one of the railroad guys says he's in charge of this mess, but they're smelling propane from one of the tankers and they're worried about a possible explosion?! Jesus, it just kept getting better, because the couplers as he called them were twisted and couldn't be released so a crane could eventually pick them up and put them out of the way of everyone. And of course, I couldn't use that hammer thing of mine to cut thru them because....... I said even though I never took chemistry in high school, even I know sparks of any kind and propane do not mix well. We took off for those propane tanks and yeah, I could smell it and it was getting worse. Mjolnir smacked the hell out of where those two couplers were jammed on each of of a tank, with me then putting one of each of Bobs Mjolnir's. Then I'd have them lift a free tank up into the air and down below so they'd be just over that valley area so if any of them exploded, no one would be hurt. At least I was hoping for best scenario. The last one I had Bobs last Mjolnir on one side of it, with us on the other and high up into the air we went and over that valley area. Called the other Mjolnir's to join me and from there, we headed west, REALLY fast as I was worrying any one of them could explode at any time and hurt someone below us. We were somewhere between California and Hawaii, the ocean being clear of any boat traffic, big or small. We dropped them from around a thousand feet in the air, where they hit with a good splash. With me sending Bobs hammers going thru both sides of the tanks to make sure they'd sink quickly, then we went back to work.
Now the railroad guys name was Jim and he was surprised to say the least with us taking off and returning like we did. He wanted to know what happened to those propane tankers and I said we drop them into the ocean somewhere between California and Hawaii and sorry that I can't give you a better location. He says that's impossible.......you've been gone maybe two minutes since you disappeared and reappeared. I said when need be, like now, we move kind of fast and would you like help with the rest of your train wreck or are you good? He says they would appreciate any help I could give them and I said how about me parking those locomotives where ever you guys have a parking lot for them to begin with? Jim laughs, saying it's apparent that you're not a rail buff, as our “parking lot” is called a switching yard and it's in Victorville, just north of here and yes, we'd greatly appreciate it if you could park them there. It'd make getting us online a lot quicker with the damaged equipment moved. First thing to do was get the lead locomotives out of there, with Jim having his people unhook the air and electrical lines which connected them all together, including to the first boxcar. With Jim's people giving me hand signals, they'd let me know when each locomotive was free of each other. First to go was the one we'd cut open and a minute later, we arrived at the trains switching yard where there were several people who gave us directions so we could set the locomotive on all its wheels onto the track there. After they were moved, went back to Jim, saying I had to do something real quick, but I'd be back asap to finish the job. Thing is, he didn't ask why, but just said okay.
With us working like we had been doing, I knew I'd be using a lot of energy and wanted to make sure I was up to the task by getting something to eat and re-charging AHEAD of time. So I fly back to the guys, telling them what I needed to do, with Chris and Tom explaining to Robert what and why I needed to do. I was going to re-charge and of course, they wanted to go and I figured, why not? Thing is, they still had camera time and this would be the first time they would have what they called shots of me doing my thing while someone was actually in the air with me. We took off for Crows Feather area as I figured they might like some rain stored in the hilly countryside that they could use for their sheep. Better here than in the middle of no where in Mongolia. Made sure they were damn well far enough from me when we called the clouds, etc., then me re-charging. As to Bobs other Mjolnir's, left them up in the air and to one side of the train wreck so Jim and his crew would know I'd be returning. Then it was off to the studio, where I landed us in front of the studios cafeteria. Removed Bobs hammers from them, leaving them resting on the ground and off to one side so they'd be out of the way.
Didn't eat much other than two full hams, a total of twelve and thighs, with a couple gallons of water. Frankly, I was kind of stuffed but not so much that I felt like waddling when walking. Thing is, I knew I'd be burning it off pretty quick. And to save some time, the cafeteria people made me a dozen ham and cheese sandwiches which were about four inches thick because I said if I got hungry again, this would be a quick snack. Made sure my water bottles were filled and just as I get my backpack on, here comes Bob with Chris, Tom, Robert and Ethan right behind him. All Bob said was he couldn't believe what I'd done and I said it wasn't just me, but your and mine Mjolnir's. Tells me he's seen some of the footage and would I mind taking those three back with me.....and maybe someone who knows how to use a camera? I said okay, but how heavy is that thing because I figure I'll be out there for a couple more hours. Told that Max (the cameraman) would have it strapped to him, with the camera good for four hours. I turned to the guys and asked if they wanted to go and of course they did. So met Max, with me calling for one of Bobs Mjolnir's to leave the train wreck and land with the others with the normal instructions of not hitting anything, etc. Then it was me explaining how things would go and once that was done, off we took for the train wreck. Max asked if it would be a bother if I moved the guys a little closer to everything and put them in different areas of the wreck as this would give Bob and those who'd be watching them a better view. So I placed them where he thought everyone would get the best shots as he put it and maybe two hundred feet in the air. Thing is, Bobs helicopter was there, parked out of the way, but once we showed up, it got into the air. I had simply forgotten about it.
Once that was done, I was ready to start working again, but saw something and that got me to thinking, so flew over to Jim to let him know I'd start clearing up this mess and asked my question. It was what was going to happen to the lumber and the coal which had spilled onto the roadbed. Says normally they'd just leave it there unless corporate wanted to salvage as much as possible and wondered why I was asking. I said I knew some people who could probably use this stuff, but it was just a thought I had. He says let me call corporate about this and he did. He was told they'd write EVERYTHING off and give it to me because I was helping them like I was. I said I gotta go to see if they want this and I'm sure they will, but let me get all this stuff upright before I take off, okay? Well, we made quick work of those cars, taking a little over an hour, including several boxcars that had partially had spit open and that I found out was full of canned fruit and veggies, which I also could take! Now when we first arrived I suggested they take turns video taping everything, so this way they'd have up to three hours of video for Bob. Jim said once everything was upright, he'd have his people start loading the cars up with lumber, etc., though he wasn't sure how stable the lumber would be as they'd been tied in separate bundles with steel bands around each one. I said I think I can fix that, then took off to talk with the guys, telling them I had to take off and of course, they wanted to know why. I said it's personal guys.....it's stuff I find myself doing when I'm not working for Disney, you understand? I just don't want people to know about this stuff because I get enough publicity as it is. That's when Robert says like you going to St. Judes? I said yeah, I just didn't expect the new media to show up like they did. All I wanted to see was a little girl and it kind of.....grew. That's when Chris tells me that Robert's gone to a couple of conventions to meet, greet and talk to kids dressed as Ironman, with Tom saying yeah, they're big fans of Ironman and not Thor.....which proves some kids simply don't have good taste! Couldn't help myself from laughing, followed by Chris and Robert.
After the laughter died down, told them what Jim was going to do for me and we'd be right back. After putting those three back to their places to continue filming when I returned, took off for Crows Feather place. Tala answered the door, while I was hoping Crows Feather would, but she was in school. Told him what we'd been doing and what Jim had offered me and I wondered if I over stepped my bounds.....you know, like I was offering them some kind of charity. He didn't say anything for a good thirty seconds, so I started apologizing, when he held up a hand saying he'd had a vision that I'd be returning and it wasn't just because of Crows Feather and yeah, my face turned kind of red. But yes, they could all this stuff, so we took him where he wanted each car of stuff put, then back to Jim with me saying they can really use this stuff. First to go was leveling the cars, at which time Jims people would disconnect them one by one. With so many Mjolnir's available, it was pretty easy. Then his people and I got busy loading the lumber onto the flatcars. We'd grab like a dozen two by fours for example, float over to the car where his guys got busy stacking them. Jim was worried about the lumber falling off and so was I, so took off for India where there's a place which takes apart old ships and recycles the metal. Now there wasn't anyone around to ask, but figured they wouldn't mind if I borrowed some chain as I'd be returning it once I was done.......along with being it back before that place opened. No problem wrapping the chain around a lumber car one time, then forcing one link into another at one end of the car, then doing the same at the other end so I'd end up with a “handle” in the middle if you will. Quick trip to where Tala and other men were waiting. Put the flatcar on one side with some Mjolnir's keeping it in place, then snap off those links that we'd forced into the other links. The wood pile wasn't neat, but then I was just trying to get the job done quick as possible. Let me make what happened a little shorter.
Tala and his people got four flat cars of lumber, eight cars of coal and three boxcars filled with canned goods, with us taking the locomotives and all those cars to their switching yard in Victorville where the railroad people wanted them. We even took that locomotive that we had to cut apart to get those two guys out, placing it in their repair shed. Figured I owed those owners of the shipyard in India for borrowing their chain, so asked Jim would it help if we removed the damage rails and if you didn't need them, could I have them and those nail things that hold them in place? Tells me to help myself, but how was I going to remove the crampons and I didn't know that word until he explained it was as I called them, nail things. I said we'd just pull 'em out, but I'll need new ones....can you have someone get a bunch of 'em in a metal box so Bobs Mjolnir's can carry them and maybe a bunch of new rails? He said he'd get right on it, so we got busy. I'm horizontal, with my Mjolnir slowly pulling me backwards, I'd reach out and simply pull those crampons out without any trouble, tossing them off to one side where I figured I'd take later. I don't know what for, but wanted one as a souvenir. Once one side was completely done, we worked on the other. Then it was taking all the rails to an open area up the track that Jim told me about. This took an hour doing them all, with the train people sending a semi-truck with a flat bed loaded new new track and crampons. Used Bobs Mjolnir's to lift eight new tracks at a time, with Jims people making sure each track was straight and me simply pushing in the new crampons and from time to time, what they called a tie plate which took several crampons each.
All of this was about nine hours or so of work, but then I took several breaks to eat and recharge, taking the guys back to the studio cafeteria where their videos could be downloaded and of course, use the bathroom while I ate. But I had to laugh at Robert because he was in his Ironman suit and it takes about an hour to get into it. So he's GOTTA go, but has to wait for the prop people get him out of it in the mens bathroom. Chris and Tom thought this was pretty funny too and from what I heard, they (ESPECIALLY Tom) made several comments about Roberts dilemma in the bathroom. As to Bobs rented helicopter, it refueled in Victorville and also changed the film in their camera. As for me, used that ships chain to make a big bundle of the damaged railroad ties, dropping them and that length of chain at that Indian shipping yard just as people started coming to work. Of course before doing this last part, took everyone back to the studio, with Bobs Mjolnir's going back to that roof. Jim and his crew thanked me for helping them out like I did and I said no problem, besides your company gave me a bunch of stuff which will really help some people I know. And of course, there was the group photo they wanted. Thing is, there was a lot of coal still on the ground and I figured, waste not, want not, so next day I asked Bob if I could use one of the studios empty construction bin where they would throw a bunch of stuff in it until it was full, at which time it would be hauled away to be emptied. Well, the couple they had had stuff in it, but he told me just empty the fullest one, where to dump it and it was mine for the day. Then I simply used Bobs Mjolnir's to do this and then place it so it was out of the way so I could shovel the coal into it. Thing is, Florida Home Depots don't carry snow shovels, but those in Alaska do. Quick trip up there with me buying four of them and attaching four of Bobs Mjolnir's to the handles when I came back to the dumpster. Gave directions to the four of them and maybe an hour later, basically all of it was picked up as far as I was concerned. Quick trip to one of the piles of coal a behind Tala's place, dump it, then return the dumpster to the studio where I'd gotten it and the Mjolnir's back to the roof. I left the snow shovels there too because first of all, they cost me money and maybe some time in the future I'd need them again.
Now Bob had given me the rest of the week off because he and his people were still going thru all the footage the four guys had taken, along with the helicopter people. Decided to take the day off working on and finishing Natalie's drawing, with me working on Chris's........at least for a little while. Because I soon found myself drawing not only Crows Feather, but her mother, her grandfather Tala and some of the people I'd met while dropping all that train stuff off. Which got me to thinking of the number of smoke stacks (pipes?) that I'd seen on more than one of the homes. And water.....for their sheep. One thing that people seem to want to get rid of is pallets as I'd seen more than one ad about them on Craigslist. You know, just checking out different things on it when I had the time out of curiosity. Thing is, I started checking not only the L.A. area, but surrounding cities. BUT could those people use them? Only way to know is talk to Tala, so got dressed and after the coast was clear, went to see him.
Knocked on the door, with Crows Feather mother answering and I asked if he was around as I'd like to talk with him. Well, Crows Feather was in school and he was up in the hills with his dogs and sheep, along with a friend of his because of his leg. Well, since it was getting near lunch time, thought I'd take off for Santa Fe for some burrito's and maybe he and his friend would like something a little different from brown bagging it. This place was called Super Burrito and those things were MASSIVE, like at least one pound each? Now I ordered six of them as I was thinking of you regular fast food type I've seen my friends buy and eat. You know, two for each of us. The cashier asked if I was sure about this as she said they were pretty big and that's when I saw how big they were. I ordered ten, with the plan of stashing the extra ones in my backpack like I'd done with those sandwiches from the studios cafeteria as you never know. While waiting, as normal people, were taking photos and asking for selfies. A couple of young kids were there so they got to handle Mjolnir. And no problem leaving after paying for the food and putting everything away. Then take off to see Tala and his friend with people watching and waving to me. I, of course,waved back.
Found Tala and his friend watching Tala's herd, with me calling out and waving to them while I was above them. Tala waves back and when I landed, he introduce me to Chantesuta, which means one who has a firm heart and they'd know each other since the were babies. I said since it was near lunch time, thought I'd get something to eat and thought maybe you guys might a burrito or two. They were kind of surprised at the size of them and I told them me too when I first saw them myself, but then when I get....busy doing things, it helps if I can eat a quick snack to help keep my energy up instead of getting REALLY hungry and having to leave before we get the job is done. Tala asked why do I use the word we instead of I and I said Mjolnir and I, we're partners, that's the best way of putting it. Kind of like Superman or Batman going around without their capes if that makes sense. They both laughed, saying it didn't in one way, but they understood in another, what I meant. Then we got to eating those burritos with me eating three rather quickly, finishing off two of them before they had finished theirs. Chantesuta said, my God man, you weren't joking when you said you get hungry, you eat a lot....no offense of course. I said no offense taken, but I'm not really hungry and if you noticed, I had to work on getting that third one down. Kind of like a bear eating a lot just before it goes into hibernation for the winter if you understand. They did.
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Post by willc453 on Dec 30, 2020 18:18:00 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 23
Now I could see Chantesuta eyeballing Mjolnir which I'd left floating in the air when we sat down to eat, so asked if he and Tala would like to look at and handle it. They did and when they were done, I said no doubt you're wondering why I stopped by and it wasn't to bring you guys lunch either, right? They nodded, smiled, but didn't say anything. I said could you and others with their sheep herds use more water around here, because I saw it was mighty dry around here. Tala said it would help, but eventually it would dry up. I said how about we make some reservoirs so what water we bring, will be there for quite awhile? Heck, there's a lot of gullies and we could bring a bunch of brush and timber from other places to make a crude sort of dam. Maybe even get rid of most of the sand to actual dirt. Would that help retain the water even more? They agreed it would, but how would “we” do this? I explained, with us taking off for that Home Depot in Homestead, Florida a case of orange spray paint because I wanted to be able to see Tala's markings. Get back to Tala and Chantesuta, giving Tala a can of spray paint, then calling one of Bobs Mjolnir's to me, then putting it on Tala's back and up we went. We spent about an hour with him spray painting various rocks, then some bushes along some of the gullies before heading back to Chantesuta. I could see the want in Chantesuta's eyes and I said since Tala's been on two flights with us, I'm sure he won't mind if I took you on one, right Tala? Of course he had no trouble, with me explaining how things worked before we took off. He let out a scream as we slowly rose into the air and it wasn't fear either, but pure joy. I said flying like this is a hoot isn't it? He gave me a big smile, saying it was a hoot was never a word he thought would describe it being. It was like he was an eagle soaring overhead. I asked him if he knew anything about construction equipment, because if he did, I was looking at renting one of those big bucket things. He asks what did I mean by big bucket thing, so I described it as best as I could and he says you mean an excavator. I said yes, that's the word, so would you mind going with me? I mean, we'd let Tala know so he doesn't wonder what happened to us. He doesn't mind, so after I told Tala what was going on and yes, he laughed when Chantesuta told him about my idea and wanting to rent a “big bucket”.
So we took off to Santa Fe as I figured they'd have equipment rental places like they do in Reno. It took us maybe five minutes to get outside of town and then another ten or fifteen before we saw a good looking place. As I told him, we were going slow so he could get a good look of the countryside and he appreciated this because he was seeing everything from a different perspective. We dropped down to land and there were a couple of the buckets just by themselves, so we walk to the office with me holding the door for Chantesuta to go first, followed by me. A bell tinkled when the door was opened and there's a lady working the counter, asking how could she help us, quickly followed by her staring at me. I said I wanted to help my friend and would like to know what it will cost to rent just the biggest bucket you've got in the yard and we know which one we need. Was going to cost me two hundred dollars a day and I rented it for four days and Chantesuta just looked at me, but didn't say a word. She wants not only the rental money up front, but a deposit of one thousand dollars and of course, she'd need to see some I.D. and then for me to sign the rental paperwork, handing me a pen. I quietly said I got the one thousand eight hundred dollars on me, but you are NOT going to see my I.D. At which point she says who do you think you are? You're just some kid trying to fool me thinking you're that Tho, at which point I left Mjolnir just hanging in the air. I said yes, I AM that Thor guy and I think my friend and I will find a more polite and sociable employee at another equipment place.....like in California. But I thought I'd make my rental a local transaction, so you have a good day.......Karen. I asked Chantesuta if he'd ever been to California and I said we'll stop by to tell Tala what happened here and remind me for us to put a negative review on Yelp about this place. I'm sure the owner and corporate will be sssooo understanding and I headed for the door with Chantesuta right behind me.
We'd only gone maybe ten feet outside with me thinking this would be a good place to take off and as we're rising into the air, here comes Karen out the same door seeing us rise into the air and is dumbfounded for a few seconds, then she can't apologize quick enough as the thought she'd never see the REAL Thor come to her place of business and would I PLEASE re-consider in renting that bucket? I turned to Chantesuta, asking him what did he think, because I said I'm sure there's rental places all over California and winked at him because the lady couldn't see me doing this. He says, no doubt California does have a lot more equipment places than here and while I've never been to California, she does seem sincere.......why, she might even give us a discount to smooth our ruffled feathers. We got the bucket for one hundred dollars a day, though I still had to put down a thousand down as a deposit. But also, since it was Monday, we could have it until Saturday, five pm at the latest. As to the paperwork, I signed it via my Mjolnir as Thor, demi-god of Asgard and made sure when I returned the bucket, my deposit would be returned as cash for obvious reasons. Now the lady's name was Lucille and yes, I had a picture of the three of us taken in front of that bucket by another employee who also asked for the same and it was Lucille who took that one. Since we were up in the air, I quietly explained to Chantesuta what the term Karen meant, something he'd never heard before.
Now Chantesuta said I must be pretty strong to be able to lift the bucket up by myself, with me replying that while I can, I brought help and pointed upwards where he saw more of Bobs Mjolnir's floating above and slightly behind me. With two on each side of the bucket and two more behind it, we rose up into the air and back to Tala. Think we were gone for thirty minutes? And yes, Tala was a little surprised when he saw us return with the bucket. Both of them wanted to see how I'd be doing this, so I took Tala to the first place he had marked out on those gully spots with numbers from that can of spray paint, Some of these gullies ended up going to a wider wash, with us working the highest one first, to create a pond. I made it so it was about twenty feet in diameter, scrapping away a good couple of feet of sand till we hit bare soil. The sand itself got used as a dam or buffer further down the gully to slow down the water which would come from the hills. Tala asked me how much water I'd be leaving behind and I told him I'd make sure they were ALL filled, with me suggesting they use some of the lumber to make release points for the water should it get too high. In Fernley, there's a lot of irrigation ditches and with those release points (or whatever they're called), the farmers would let water out into one side of them, but not the other. He said he'd get some guys out to make and install them. It was on the third of four gullies I got a surprise when Tala calls out to me, saying look....water's coming from the ground where we had scrapped it!
Now I had to look for the water and didn't see it at first, but then noticed the ground itself was wet, so I went over to feel it just to make sure. Tala told me his ancestors at one time used to farm this area before it became reservation land, but there had been a big shaking of the ground and soon, the plentiful water was gone. Enough to survive, but not thrive. Told him we'd take the bucket and work it at an angle, so maybe we can enlarge that area so more water comes out if you think that's a good idea. So we got busy digging into the ground, but putting that ground off to one side as he said they might be able to use it for future gardens. That's when I remember seeing piles of cow poo while flying overhead in Fernley and with Texas having a lot of cattle, I was pretty sure they were full of it too. We dug down eight or nine feet when the water really started coming out, with me thinking with so much water coming out now, would those sand dams actually hold back the water or would they be washed away, so asked Tala and he was thinking the same thing. So had all of us fly to the hills where there were a lot of big rocks and boulders, took and dropped them behind and in front of the sand dam we'd built to reinforce it.
Now I'd finished off those extra burritos earlier with what work we'd done, so could feel the hunger starting to come over me and I didn't want to go whole hog eating either in Kodiak or the studio cafeteria because I was doing this on my own time. Told Tala why I had to leave, but I'd be back asap. He offered to feed me, but I declined, saying it's quite possible I'd eat every bit of food your family has, maybe even two more families food. If I leave now, I can grab what I call a quick bite. He said he'd wait, so had Bobs Mjolnir's simply lay on the ground, while we took off for South Korea, making it just in time. I ate everything two vendors had and put some serious damage on the third ones inventory. But when I left, they were all smiles because apparently, this was the first time they'd actually had empty carts. A couple of hundred dollars buys A LOT of food there. Back to Tala and see there's about a foot of water already, with me telling him how things were done in Fernley and I'd see about making something like this tomorrow, and while it's getting late, I'll be back tomorrow if that's okay with you. He asked where was I going to get the steel for all of this and he'd have to make payments for me renting the bucket like I did. I said first of all, I paid for it, not you and never expected you to pay for it. Another is what Mom would say pay it forward....have you heard of that expression? He had. Besides, all of this has kind of pissed me off because how many MILLIONS does the Bureau of Indian Affairs have in its budget and people exist like this? It's just NOT right. He simply said thank you, so we took off for his place, leaving the bucket off to one side on the ground because we saw Chantesuta had taken off for home with Tala's sheep herd. When we got to his place, I knew Crows Feather of course and it was at this time, Tala introduced me to his wife, daughter and her two other children who were in their late or mid twenty's. Again, I was offered supper, but declined with Tala telling everyone why and that's when I remembered the extra food I'd gotten from those South Korean vendors, asking them if they'd like to try it and it should still be warm. They accepted my offer, with me telling them what was in each of the three bags, then we took off for home and Bobs Mjolnir's going back to the studios roof top.
Decided I needed more food for the work I'd be doing, along with information, so took off for a Port of Subs even though I'd never eaten there before. The reason was one of the cosplayers let me have half of his one time when we were together and it was pretty damn good. Now I could of bought the makings to make my own sandwiches, but it would take a lot of time and I needed some sleep. A quick search on the internet gave me the nearest location of one and with the address put in my gps, took off in the motor-home. There were three customers waiting to get their orders filled which gave me time to look over the menu and just as important, the prices. Boy, this was NOT going to be cheap. Finally my turn came and I'm glad to say there was nobody behind me. I said my company is having a free lunch day and has sent me down to pick up a bunch of sandwiches. The two people there were smiling and they kind of faded when I said we'd need one hundred of those twelve inch subs, with them all basically being the same. At this point, I pulled out eight, one hundred dollar bills, saying if the bill's over this amount, let me know. Well, they got busy with one first starting laying a triple layer of meat with 3 layers of American cheese on it and he's push it to the girl who'd complete my order. The only thing that changed on those sandwiches was the meat, with taking about two hours to complete all of them because others came in for sandwiches, at which time I told the two sandwich makers go ahead and take care of them and when they've got their orders, go back to mine. The girl would ring up each order as it was done and take one of the hundreds when a new customer would come in, leaving my change on the counter to be taken later. They got two cardboard boxes from the back to store all my sandwiches in, with me having no trouble carrying them out to the motorhome. Left them twenty dollars each as a tip for the hassle I undoubtedly caused them, then to Winco where I bought four large, square jugs that had spouts and handles, followed by two dozen jugs of water that had handles, a gallon each because I knew I'd be thirsty. And if you're wondering, I had bought back all those South Korean vendors water bottles with me putting the empties in my garbage bag as normal. Then took off for the Riverside truck stop to do the emptying of my gray water tank, etc., along with getting a shower for ten dollars which was where I got rid of my garbage. Then back to the storage lot to get some sleep.
Next day, we took off with four of Bobs Mjolnir's with us, taking off for Tala's place. He had one of his sons watching his flock, with us stopping to see how he was doing. He was known as Ahanu which means He Laughs. He was doing fine and while Tala watched his flock for a bit, took him on fly over their land. He could understand now when Chantesuta told him doing this was like flying like an eagle. Then we saw one, that is, an eagle up in the air like us. So I asked Ahanu if he'd ever chased an eagle or maybe startled one before. He asked was this even possible and I said oh yeah, you wanna see it done? Him: of course. Now one thing about eagles, they're kind of like people in that they DON'T look over their shoulders. Let Ahanu “goose” the eagle from behind and boy, did that eagle give out a startled squawk, then started tumbling down air wise until it got everything under control and flew off. Then I saw it.....a feather had come loose, so we zoomed down to get it, while leaving Ahanu where he was above us. I held the feather out to him, saying I thought he'd like a souvenir and he just stared at me, then slowly reached out for it, saying that I had no idea what this meant not only to his tribe, but others. When I said I didn't other than it was important to a lot of Indians, he explained to me what the eagle and its feathers meant. I said, well, no offense, but I've never seen Thor flying around with a feather in his hair, so it's all yours. But if you want, maybe we can find an eagle nest or two in the hopes of finding more of them? He was game and though it took us awhile, we did find one nest where he found and got five more feathers, then we took off to leave him to continue watching Tala's herd. Of course, he told him what we'd done and showing him the feathers, with Tala getting two....one for him, the other for Chantesuta. Tala tells me he doesn't mean to be offensive, but that while he and others have heard and seen crazy things whites have done, you're beyond crazy. I said no offense.....besides, don't think I've ever seen anyone running around with a feather in their hair in my life. Besides, Thor's a demi-god from Asgard and they're not into feather wearing. Both of them just shook their heads, then it was time for Tala and I to take off.
Well, we got three gullies deepened and kind of damned but on the forth, once again water started coming up. Once we had deepened that gully, got more boulders and sand to create a dam. When I landed next to him, saw he was crying and asked him if he'd been bitten by a snake or scorpion. He said no, but it's been over two hundred years since the reservation where they now lived had flowing water. I said, wait a minute......you mean to tell me that NONE of your homes have running water and how is this possible. They'd collect what they could find in the hills and off the roofs of their homes, but a lady would come in once a week with a water truck carrying five hundred gallons. I was shocked and said so. He tells me they basically just exist and that was all, but now with water running again...... I said let me think this over a little bit, and we took off to see Chantesuta before returning to that other gully with water slowly filling it up. Thing is, this was when I heard about the Burrow brothers and dealt with them. Heard him say a dirty word and I stopped us in the air, asking if his leg was hurting him, like just standing like he been doing watching us work had put a strain on it. He says no, it's those damn Burrow brothers and pointed where I could see two Jeeps hauling a$$ across the desert. I didn't understand and said so, with him replying they're on reservation property by at least ten miles, then he says son of a b*tch and I was watching when what had to be a couple of beer cans being tossed out of the open topped Jeeps. Then Tala said they don't do this on their property and they must have at least eight thousand acres that they not only run their cattle on, but from time to time, they “accidentally drift” onto reservation land and eat grass and other plants our sheep can eat, with us taking the wool for the women to weave rugs and shirts for example and of course, food. So we were in the air just staying in place while I thought things over with Tala not saying a word. I said ten miles on reservation land hunh? He says yes and I said it'd be a b*tch to have to walk that far to get off your peoples land in this heat now, wouldn't it? He just smiled, saying I believe that to be quite true, but you'll get into trouble with the law if you go messing with them Thor or not, as they know the law if you know what I mean. I said yeah, I do, but I have no intention being DIRECTLY involved. Then turned him around for a bit so he could see Bobs four Mjolnir's floating behind and just above me, then turned him so he could face forward. I said you've never seen the Mjolnir's in action, have you? He says what I did wasn't considered action and I said no, that's just basic grunt work. Now there were from what I could see was four people per jeep and doing around fifty miles or so an hour. Thought things over, then commanded two of Bobs Mjolnir's that each one of the was to smash thru thru the hood of each jeep by two feet quickly as possible, then return to the air at the normal ten thousand feet, then return to be where they had been. We were five miles or so from those two jeeps, with us hearing a distant wham with all eight people being flung from those jeeps. See.....this is why you should wear seatbelts at ALL times. Tala is laughing and when he got done, he said he never saw my hammers even move like they did. Then says, they've got phones and they'll just call their ranch with some guys coming to pick them and the jeeps up. I said oh goody.....more abandoned property AND also illegally trespassing on reservation land. Then asked if he was hungry and was there a place we can watch the rescuers fail in their attempt? He says I've got a plan, don't I? I said the only plan I got right now is getting something to eat, drink while waiting for the “cavalry” to arrive. Now I'd brought my cooler, two dozen Port of Sub sandwiches and four, one gallon bottles of water with me. I had simply forgotten it after making that gully deeper so more water could be in it, leaving the excavator, then us taking off to see Chantesuta, so sent Bobs two Mjolnir's back to pick it up to where we had a good view of those eight guys milling around with their thumbs up their behinds, with us taking turns with those Filipino binoculars I still had in my backpack.
We were sitting on some rocks that were in the shade so it wasn't that hot, considering what those below us were having to deal with. Thing is, they kept drinking their beers and tossing them off to one side and about forty-five minutes or so later, here comes the “cavalry” with Bobs Mjolnir's dealing with them the same way those two jeeps had been just after they pulled up behind those jeeps. But these new vehicles had trailers being hauled, apparently with the intention hauling the damaged jeeps back with them. Not now. Now the next truck that came out was some military looking truck, with everyone getting in the back of it and taking off for the Burrows ranch. Once they were out of sight, Tala asks what next, because they'll be back tomorrow to get those jeeps and other vehicles. I said lets take a look at what they left behind okay? I mean after all, they not only abandoned all this stuff, but were also trespassing on reservation land. I figure this is a good case for finders keepers, right? Besides, there should be some sort of penalty financial or not if you will, for throwing all those beer cans over your property will nilly. Oh boy....they had LOTS of stuff and that wasn't even the stuff attached to the jeeps. BIG winches on the front, cb's, etc. Four coolers loaded with ice and beer, lot of sandwiches and other snacks that they HAD planned on eating later. Asked Tala if he was hungry and that I was getting there, but he said if you're going to do something, better do it quick because no doubt they'll be back before it gets dark.
Well, one thing about those two sandwiches I quickly ate, were DELICIOUS and when done, got to work on those jeeps. Lifted the front of each one, placing two of Bobs Mjolnir's under them, then having them lift them into the air. At which time I asked Tala where could we stash them out of sight until later? He knows of a place, but wondered about the other jeeps and their trailers? I said I called for some help and here came Bobs other Mjolnir's with me placing two each under each jeep and trailer. Up in the air we go, with Tala giving directions to a wide gully that you'd have turn sideways to get to thru the rocks that lead to the gully. I said no doubt there's a lot of stuff everyone can use and started mentioning some of them. I said if I bring some guys and their tools, there's lots of parts they can take and sell on Craigslist or maybe the local flea market in town...that is, if you have one. They did. But he was worried about the tracks those jeeps and trailers had left.....they, meaning the law and the Burrows, would be out in force tomorrow at the latest and cause us.....problems. I said how about if they have no tracks to follow and he just looked at me. I said let me get my cooler, then see if my idea will work. I mean, it should as it's just a variation of something I've done a lot of, but we gotta get rid of those beer cans just to REALLY cover ourselves. With Tala on one side of the jeep tracks and me on the other, we picked up a total of ninety-six beer cans. Slobs. No wonder Tala didn't want those people around. Took us almost ninety minutes to find all of them, at least we hoped so. I carried the big garbage bag while Tala used a store grocery bag from Walmart, with me going to him so when his bag got full, he'd dumped it in mine.
Once that was done, put him on the same place we had watched Bobs Mjolnir's deal with those jeeps and I said I wanted to make sure you got a good view, but also out of any possible danger. Then we took off to cover all those jeep and trailer tracks......hopefully. That's when we started creating a version of what I'd call wind tornadoes, followed by a HEAVY downpour of rain. Now there wasn't much traffic on that states two lane road, but when I'd see a car or truck coming our way, I'd keep the wind tornadoes in place, just going back and forth like they were in a random pattern. You know, dust devils as we call them in Nevada, while I got higher in the air and out of sight. With them “randomly” moving, decided to REALLY wipe out those jeep and trailer tracks, so I had about one half mile of sand and dirt TOTALLY wiping them out. This took some time and then I saw a couple of vehicles headed our way, so dissipated the wind tornadoes and headed back to Tala. I landed and said if you don't mind, I'd like to get something to eat as I found if I get a couple of small lunches, I do better than pushing myself because when I do, I get REALLY hungry. Asked if he'd like a sandwich and from my cooler, gave him one of the twelve inch Port of Sub sandwiches with me telling him what was on it. I almost finished two of them before he had half of his eaten and no, there were NO crumbs left when I got done. Then ate two more, along with two gallons of water. When I got done, I saw Tala looking at me, with me saying this is just kind of topping off if you will. Kind of like you got a fire going that you want to cook with and maybe stay warm.....you know, like when you're camping. Last thing you want is to suddenly find yourself with nothing but coals and you want to really warm yourself up. Thing is, when I get that low, I can be eating full bore for an hour or two, but now I'm good. But when I said it'd be getting dark soon, want to head back home, he points and says look. I do and see two more trucks with trailers turning off the road and on reservation land....yeah, the Burrow people again coming to retrieve their vehicles which were no longer there.
I told Tala to please wait here because I don't want you to get wet or worse yet, maybe electrocuted so we waited until we saw even with the tracks pretty well wiped out, they knew where they were going. Once they got close to that area, we took off and started calling on the wind and clouds, soon followed by lightning and figured since I had it, may as well re-charge just in case. Then I started it raining.....REALLY hard on those two vehicles. Think they got about two feet of water for about a mile or so around them, creating a BUNCH of mud and of course, they tried leaving when they realized this was going to be a downpour.....and got stuck in the mud up to the base of their vehicles. Once that happened, we dissipated everything and flew back to Tala where after eating the rest of the Port of Sub sandwiches, took him home. I said with all that mud, there's NO tracks of any kind for them to follow and once your people have everything of value from those jeeps, I know of a good volcano. He says thanks for your help and he doesn't think the Burrows people will be returning like they had been in their jeeps. Tells me if I come out tomorrow, he'd like me to have lunch with him and his people......and with a smile, provided that I was NORMALLY hungry. I said I'd make sure of that and with that, sent the Bobs extra Mjolnir's to the studio while we took off for home, with me carrying my cooler. Once home, immediately swapped the empty water jugs for full ones, along with more pre-made sandwiches. As to the melted ice, now water, with a funnel poured that water into the empty water jugs. Kept one of the sandwiches and poured myself a big glass of plain ice tea to have later, then started working on Natalie's drawing which now, was almost done. Man, it was so nice to have so many different colored pencils and chalk to work with. Then remembered I still hadn't returned those binoculars from that Filipino Navy captain and if Tala's people are going to grow crops, needed to find piles of cow poo. Hello internet for cattle ranches in Texas, going for the ones with photos of these ranches. Not that they showed piles of cow poo, but figured they had to have a lot of it. -------- working on 25
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Post by texican on Dec 30, 2020 22:25:14 GMT -6
WillC,
The kid is learning the art of pay back.
Now how will the kid haul tons and tons of cow poo/
Thanks for the chapter.
Happy New Year and may it be better than 2020.
Texican....
ps: working on 25 A New Year's present?
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Post by willc453 on Jan 1, 2021 6:51:07 GMT -6
The Affected---Thor Chapter 24
Wednesday morning, took a shower, cleaned my costume and checked Chris's face mask and figured it was good for a few more days. It was made of heavy latex, but still flexible and durable. Decided to try something different.....have breakfast at a restaurant, so went to the storage lot office to ask for a good place to eat. The lady working told me about Mona's which was just a few blocks from there, so decided to simply walk there because I wanted to. And man, the storage lot lady was right.....Mona's breakfast was outstanding. Ham, cheese, mushroom omelet, fried potatoes with gravy, six pieces of bacon and four BIG glasses of milk, along with a smaller one of orange juice which I found they made there from oranges somewhere around here. Which got me to thinking about some of the small orange groves I'd seen along the freeway when I first drove down here. Walk back home, then started looking for burlap bags on Craigslist which I found as feed bags via my laptop. Somebody was raising livestock and had fifty of them for free, just come out and pick 'em up. I called the number, got the address and took off in the motorhome. What I didn't realize that this was a two hour drive ONE WAY! It could have been slightly quicker, but then I'm hitting the early morning freeway traffic. This was when I decided when I had the time, to go thru my maps to see where the different cities were around here as I didn't want to go thru this again. With it getting late time wise by the time I got back, got dressed and with cooler loaded with sandwiches and water, took off once the coast was clear for Tala's.
His daughter answered my knock, saying that Tala and Chantesuta were out watching his flock, but since it was lunch time, would I like to join them? Well, I hadn't eaten since breakfast, so that sounded pretty good....especially since I'd never eaten or thought of what Indian food was like or would taste like. His home was nice and clean and was kind of surprised to see a wood stove that you could actually cook on. I thought nobody had used them since the late eighteen hundreds. The wood pile which was mainly sticks gathered from the desert should of told me something. Simple lunch, but it was DELICIOUS! Lamb stew with veggies in it, along with corn tortilla's to go with it, with her thanking me for bringing all those canned goods and I said I was glad to help. That's when I asked her about how and where they gathered wood for their wood stove. She saw me eyeing it and asked if I'd ever seen one before and I was honest about this.... that I thought they'd been discontinued at least in the early nineteen hundreds. She laughed, saying since they don't have electricity and only a couple of homes could afford propane for their stoves....... Well, I had four bowls of her sheep stew, along with a dozen of her tortilla's and asked her afterwards what kind of wood did she and others use. Basically, it was whatever they could find. I said I think we can help you out and have you or others tried a Port of Subs sandwich before? Ended up giving her twelve of the twenty-four I had in the cooler. She said she didn't want to sound ungrateful, but why was I offering her so much food? I said to begin with, you invited me to have lunch with you. We didn't have much growing up, but when one of our friends was around for lunch or even supper, Mom didn't hesitate in offering to feed him. So you and Mom think alike if you don't mind me saying so and I figure the kids here would like them as something different. She didn't mind at all. So I'm sitting there letting lunch digest and thinking. Then told her I was thinking of some things and would she mind me giving her honest opinion of my ideas, then told her. She asked if I could really do these things, but yes, while not big things like bringing water to them, but it would improve their lives. I said okay, I'll take off to find Tala and Chantesuta, so we can finish those ditches so your village will have water.
So we took off, finding them and telling them my ideas which they thought were great, but first we had to finish those trenches. Taking Tala with me and following Tala's directions, we dug a deep trench about four feet deep and eight feet wide from it to an area above his village. Then proceeded to kind of make a large and deep pond so if anyone needed water, they could simply get some, and we took off to see Chantesuta before returning to his place. Of course, we had an audience watch us doing all this and when we were done, said I'd be back in the morning. This was when he invited me to have supper with him and his family, but asked if I could take a rain check as I wanted to get as much work as possible with the rented excavator. Took off and found a place where I could eat a couple more Port of Sub sandwiches as I was beginning to get hungry. Now I had NO idea where cattle ranches were at in Texas, but figured try the Dallas/Fort Worth area, say for around a hundred or two miles from those cities. It took an hour(?), but like I thought, Texans were full of it. Left the excavator and Bobs Mjolnir's up in the air while we landed not far from a house. Then one of the employees saw me landing and came running over, asking if I needed help. I said I'd like to talk with the owner of this place if he or she has the time. Come to find out I'd landed in front of where the single employees lived, with this guy who took me to the owners house. I stayed outside while he went in to get the owner, who, along with his wife came to see me.
The owners name was Bob, his wife's name was Martha. He said that when his hand (Reggie) told him that Thor wanted to see me, I figured he and the boys were going to play some sort of joke on him. And that his partner Ted was going to be ticked when he was going to be told about you being here.....so, why are you here Thor? I said I knew some people who need some help, like having NO running water where they live and a lady comes to their village once a week, delivering five hundred gallons a week, using her own money. So I rented a bucket that wasn't being used on an excavator and started working on gullies to deepen them, with the plan of getting water into them. Then eventually getting enough water in them so it would eventually reach the village and that lady wouldn't have to bring water to them like she's been doing for awhile, while also paying gas for the water truck most of the time. Bob didn't understand me using a bucket from an excavator, so I just pointed upwards. When he saw it just staying in the air where it was, he said holy sh*t and just stared. I said I'm pretty sure we could pick it up ourselves, but it helps when I have help. After a bit, he says okay, so you can call rain down like you did with those fires in California and other states, right? I said yes sir, but in deepening the gullies, we found we struck water, so everything we've dug will fill up with water and stay full. Which means, with a lot of manure and now water, they should be able to grow a lot of vegetables and even fruit and shade trees. So I was wondering if it would be okay for me to take some of your manure or if need be, I'll buy it, just tell me what it'll cost.
Bob says I don't have enough money to buy it, because I could have all I wanted?! He says this was not only because I had been helping others like I had been, but also a friend of his little girl was at St. Jude being treated for leukemia! Her parents had gotten a short video of me flying her and another child down that hospital corridor, but also how thrilled she and other kids were when they got letters signed by me. I said yeah, but the problem is, I still gotta finish off letters to those other kids, but with one thing and another.....and I hope those kids and their parents understand why they haven't gotten their letters yet. He said he'd call his friend in the morning to pass the word among all the other parents and their kids. I said thanks and asked him if could I start now, getting that manure and he says go for it but if you don't mind, we'd like to watch you doing your Thor thing. I said no problem and with that, we took off for those piles of cow poo. Now there were sheets of plastic covering them, along with tires which I figured stopped dried cow poo dust from flying everywhere when the wind would pick up. Putting the bucket off to one side, Bobs Mjolnir's got busy removing the tires and stacking them six high, in different stacks, then removing the sheets folding them a couple of times and neatly putting them off to one side. Then we got busy getting that poo from Texas to Tala's place in New Mexico and with it not being that far time wise for us, it took us a little over hour to get it moved to where Tala told me to place it. Think we took about a football field length and width wise and at least twenty feet high. Yeah, it was a BIG pile but I was thinking of more than gardens by getting so much.
When we were done, we landed before Bob, Martha and their employees with me thanking them once again for their generosity, then going to Tala's. Told him what we'd brought and how big the pile was, along with we'd be out Thursday to spread it out and get a piece of equipment to break up the ground so it and the poo would be mixed, to be followed by a multiple plow so all that would be left was everyone planting some seeds. He thanked me again, with me saying I was glad we could help, then took off for home and sending Bobs Mjolnir's back to the studio. Now I was getting kind of hungry, so stopped at that Burger King where I had to deal with those fools awhile back. Ended up waiting about twenty minutes before the drive thru had no customers, with me landing in front of the pay window and rapping on the window, with the cashier saying upon seeing me, hhheee'sssss's baaaccckk. Of course she knew it was me because I had Mjolnir floating besides me. Asked and paid for thirty triple cheeseburgers which took a little forty-five minutes. Now I figured someone would eventually also want to order, so when they had six of them cooked, the cashier would call out to me while Mjolnir and I would be waiting on the roof. Ate eighteen of them while there and once the other twelve were cooked, they were nice to put them in a plastic kitchen garbage bag as it would have been hard carrying several Burger King bags while also carrying my cooler. Said thanks and we took off for home. Once inside, ate those while drinking my gallons of water, with me refilling those jugs using the melted ice. Boy, was I stuffed but figured I'd recharge on my way to Tala's the next day. But I had things to do before going to bed for the night, like writing to more of those kids at St. Judes, took off for the studio.
With my letter writing set up, Bob had strung a couple of lights inside of it and my cubicle, so it was no problem spending a couple of hours writing and autographing letters and photos for those kids. Put a BIG dent in that pile and after putting them in the studio provided yellow envelopes, turned the sign on the outside of that cubicle so it should that said mail, at which time someone from the studio would see it and mail everything for me. Once back home for the night, got on Youtube to see what things were called when working big farms, then it was finding out where could I rent this stuff. Went for Nebraska as I'd heard in school that the Midwest was the breadbasket of America. Then it was trying to figure out where to buy seeds, but in bulk. To help me, I printed black and white photos using regular printer paper as there were several places to check out as I wanted to make sure one place would have everything I'd need. If not, I could hit the other places. Then screwing around watching Youtube videos and you know how Youtube will recommend something for you to watch? This was where I learned about a tool called The Pallet Buster which is designed to take apart a pallet with little effort. This way you could use the wood for other things like building a chicken coop for example. This was when I as Thor bought a pre-paid debit card. With my belly stuffed and getting tired, took a shower, then to bed as I knew I'd be really busy the next day or two and of course, returning that excavator bucket by Saturday.
So now it's Thursday and I'm up early as Nebraska is two hours ahead of California time wise. I was standing and waiting for the feed supply place to open at nine am Nebraska time, with Bobs Mjolnir's up and behind us as normal. I was third in line waiting for the place to open, with me talking to two guys who just stared at me, so I asked them did this place have what I needed and how much should I buy. When I got done talking, one of them laughed, saying he never thought he'd actually meet me as Thor, the superhero, but FARMER Thor which I thought was pretty funny too. Took a good thirty minutes with me paying for everything and having the grain sacks of seed loaded onto six pallets outside in the stores parking lot. No problem lifting the first pallet up in the air so I could get two of Bobs Mjolnir's under it, followed by me lifting the others on top of the first one, with another Mjolnir sitting on the top pallet of seed. Said I'd be back in a bit for the trees and we took off to Tala's where I set and separated the pallets of seed. Back for thirty apple trees and thirty shade trees on six pallets per tree type which we took in one fell swoop for Tala's village. From there, off to Georgia where I bought three pallet busters from the guy who was selling them on Ebay and while I was there in town, stopped at a Bank of America because they have branches all over the U.S. Not wanting to carry those pallet busters in their boxes, I put them off to one side when I entered, then got into line behind two people while the two tellers were busy helping two customers. You know how people will say something automatically, like those Walmart greeters? The male teller looks up, then starts to say welcome to Ba.........Bank of America.....Thor? That's when EVERYONE'S heads snap back to look at me. With this being a small town, everyone knew everyone and it was obvious that I wasn't a local. The male teller asks how could the bank help me, with me saying I needed to see a bank manager to open an account, but if these two in front of me need to see him or her, I'll wait. That's when I'm told she's taken off for lunch, but would be back in fifteen minutes and I said no problem, I'll wait and took a chair where there were several. So I'm sitting there for maybe a minute or two when a woman comes in with four kids, not seeing me off to one side. She tells her kids IF they behave, she would buy them an ice cream from Jimmie's which was a local burger joint, much like Scoopers. The kids are looking at me, with the oldest saying look ma, it's Thor! She looks at me, then tells the kids that I'm probably here to make a commercial for the bank and he looks safe. But don't bother him and go sit in those other chairs away from him, which they did. Naturally they were were staring at me the entire time, with the two oldest (a boy and a girl) arguing if I was real or not, meaning THAT Thor or some actor from out of town with some guys face on his head. The girl didn't care because even with him having a mask on, he still looked sssoooo handsome.....Jesus, she sounded like my sisters when talking about Thor! As to the boy, he thought my costume looked tacky which was obvious to anyone who saw it. I said hey, it wasn't easy making this at which point he turns to his sister, saying see, he's fake. Thing is, even though I could see she was a bit disappointed, she said she didn't care as this would probably be the ONLY time in her life that she'd ever see anyone who even looked like they were famous.
Well, there I am minding my own business waiting for the bank manager and three guys come in saying they're robbing the bank and DON'T set off any alarms or they'll start shooting! Then they saw me and apparently thought I was a local dressed as Thor and they were not impressed. As in look at that faggity son of a b*tch dressed up as Thor.....come on “superhero”, come over here and kick our a$$es, with them looking at each other and laughing. I said you ever hear stories about some people having a bad day in their endeavors, whether it's at work or not? One of the wanna be bank robbers says listen to this fagot and his use of whatever that faggity word was. I said I'm sorry, but I don't have much time as I gotta get other things done today. I'd placed my Mjolnir on the floor and it was no problem to have it fly at them and zapping them into unconsciousness. Then I heard some clicks, turn around and ALL three of the customers had pistols out and pointed in the unconscious bad guys direction! I kicked the wanna be bank robbers guns out of the way, then happened to look past the glass doors where there was a car parked out front.....yeah, the getaway driver who upon seeing me and what happened to his buds, took off with tires screaming. I said we'll be right back, please watch these three and called Mjolnir to me. There were only five cops for this town, but then like I said, it was a small town. Here comes their only two cars in one direction, with the bad guy taking off in another. No problem to lift the rear of his car off the road and putting two of Bobs Mjolnir's under it, followed by quickly lifting it up into the air around a thousand feet. Floated near him and said, it's a shame you left your buddies like you did.....but I'm sure they and the police will be quite happy meet your acquaintance once again. He's shaking his head, saying Jesus......who ever expected Thor of all people to be in some hick town like this? I said didn't you know? I was visiting family, not that anyone will tell you who they are. We flew back to the bank, with me leaving the bad guy and car about two hundred feet in the air, at which time I called out to the police, who along with everyone else, looked up.
Well, the bad guy got put in the police cars with his three buddies, with the ENTIRE police force now there and the chief wanted me to fill out a witness form. Now they didn't have a form to fill out by a witness seeing or reporting a bank robbery, so I used a notebook piece of paper for this, using my Mjolnir to write everything on it. It was a pretty simple report:
Three bad guys went to rob the bank, saying they'd shoot anyone who would set off the bank alarm. There were children in the bank at the time, so time was of the essence with Mjolnir zapping them into unconsciousness. Upon seeing me and his three companions, the get away driver drove off, but we brought him back to the police. Signed by Thor, along with the date.
The chief of police had no problem accepting my witness report, then I went back inside the bank to open my account and of course, the lady bank manager was quite happy to open it for me, along with no trouble of me not showing any kind of I.D. which I signed using Mjolnir. I even got a sweet deal on opening my account. Normally you have to keep three hundred dollars in it, but she waved that part. People were still outside, me with my pallet busters in one arm when I saw the little girl, so walked over to her and said, see.....you never know when you'll run into someone famous do you? She just kind of nodded, then turned to her brother with a superior tone of voice saying see, I TOLD YOU SO!
With that, we rose into the air and back to Tala's place. Knocked on his door, telling his daughter what these things were for and really simple to assemble, then took off for Tala who showed me where they needed the poo spread and this took up some time in trying to angle the bucket so I had a steady and even stream of it coming out of it. Now Tala had told me about how hard the ground was and he was right, but after thinking some, told him about another piece of construction equipment I'd seen. He said it would work, but it might take me some time considering the acres we'd covered in poo. How much acreage? I really didn't know until later, but enough not only to feed everyone, but can it and sell some of it in the near by town on the weekends at a flea market. Once the poo spreading was done, we took the bucket to a car wash where one of the bays was an open air type. Cost me twelve dollars and fifty cents in quarters which was a pain in behind because when the sprayer quit working because of no more time left, I'd have to land, feed some quarters into the machine, then once the sprayer started up again, get back into the air and hosing down the bucket. Then off to that rental company in Santa Fe,. There was a guy working the counter this time, with him asking if there was any other equipment I wanted to rent, so told him what I was looking for. Was told they'd have some guys working on it today and it would be ready tomorrow, along with the same rental price for two days, along with a long auger tossed in as part of the rental. Once back to Tala, we got to drilling those holes for the fruit and shade trees, with many of the shade trees being planted around their homes over the next few days. Just enough time to return the augur after cleaning it off, then back to Tala. Told him we'd bring down some rain so it should help break up the hard ground, along with helping to start filling up that large pond we made earlier. This took maybe two hours before he was satisfied the way the ground was soaked and of course, now there was a couple of feet of water in the pond. Now I did recharge and when we were done making it rain, Tala invited me to supper which I accepted, but told him I really couldn't eat like what I wanted to if he knew what I meant. He did. We took off to see how Chantesuta was doing with the flock and he was just bringing them in as it was starting to get dark.
His daughter had supper ready for them when we got to his place, with Chantesuta also inviting me for supper. Upshot was, ALL the families got together and doing a pot luck type thing. Everyone were surprised that I'd never eaten sheep before, along with we basically had spaghetti, rice, cheap hamburger and chicken while growing up because we were poor. However, no matter what, we ALWAYS had a ham or a turkey on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Now the women did the serving as in bringing the food out on tables outside their homes. And if wondering, Crows Feather was there AND sitting next to me! Did my best simply in not trying to stare at her as she kept giving me different kinds of food to try. She was doing okay in school, but like the other kids also going to school, simply didn't see much of a future for any of them simply because of their lack of skills. Well, I got to thinking about this and didn't realize that Chantesuta had asked me a question, so I had him repeat it. It was, did I like the food or not? I said it was great, but I'm doing some thinking what Crows Feather and the others have said about school basically being a waste of time or with nothing to look forward other than some low paying, dead end job. Before I became Thor, where I lived, there were a lot of jobs, most of them low paying which is why whenever I could, I'd take whatever overtime there was washing tables and busing tables as it helped pay the rent, utilities.....you know, stuff like that, along with saving whatever she and I could for unforeseen emergencies that could come up. Like having a sisters tooth get cracked and it needed a crown. Yeah, they had NO idea where I was from, but that our family was poor, though better than they were in many ways. But they understood. I said thanks, but I have to leave to get something to fill me up so we'll be ready to go tomorrow. So we took off, Bobs Mjolnir's for the studio roof, us for home. After changing, went to Little Ceaser's to order a dozen of their five dollar pizza's. Gobbled four of them in the parking lot, another two on the way home. The rest got ate once we were parked at the storage lot, with me leaving half of one for the on duty security guard, something he appreciated. After that, went to bed with a full belly.
Wake up Thursday morning and looking forward to helping Tala and his people, though I was still mulling in my mind on what to do on other things, along with getting them done without anyone knowing I was involved. Showered, then made breakfast and wanting to stuff myself, made three cups of oatmeal, along with adding a chopped up apple and two packets of instant flavored oatmeal. Yeah, they're kind of expensive at twenty-five cents each, but Walmart had 'em on sale one time for a dollar each because of the expiration and with ten packets per box, this was a good deal. So I bought the ten boxes they had on sale. Now that's a lot of oatmeal to eat at one time, but I was looking at bulking up as I figured I'd burn it off kind of quick. From Dollar Tree, had bought three different sizes of metal bowls....the kind most people use to feed and water their dogs and cats with. Half a gallon of milk in the oatmeal and drinking. After breakfast, started getting dressed when my other phone rang. Was surprised to see it was Bob, who said he was sorry for calling me so early, but with me being me he had no idea what my hours were. I said not a problem, do you have some work for me? No....it was something entirely different and would I mind coming in on Friday around nine am at my usual place? I said it's not a problem and if you want, I can come over right now if that's okay with you. He says fine, how about in fifteen minutes and told him to make it at least twenty because I haven't gotten dressed as Thor and it takes me usually fifteen or twenty minutes before I become him. He laughed, saying that gave him another idea to have his people kick around......just how long does it take a non, super powered superhero to get into his or her costumes, along with how do they carry it or do they wear it under their clothes which would look odd when you think about it. Okay, see you in twenty. I had no idea what Bob wanted to talk about other than maybe renting me out to other studios for trials which would mean even more money coming in. It wasn't.
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Post by willc453 on Jan 1, 2021 7:13:47 GMT -6
Hadn't planned on submitting a new chapter so soon, but things have changed. Dad's estate is basically done, with only a couple of things needing to also be finished. Was going to get into the details, but realized they're not needed. Bottom line is I should have a check for my share of Dads estate some time next week or the week after at the latest. Going to have some things done, which means also looking over class A motorhomes. Nevada DMV building is now closed from where it's been since 1981 to some place way the hell south of it.....in a nicer neighborhood, meaning people with money. With the virus, you now need to make an appointment to do business there?! Also decided NOT to take off for Florida once I've got the motorhome insured/registered. Instead, will take short trips around Nevada, like going to the cooling ponds and some other places I've known about, but are about 4-6 hours away, including Marysville/Yuba City, Calif. Figure I'd be better off breaking down around here, than some state on the way to Florida. So I don't know how much time I'll have in writing stories. Will be taking one of my OLD laptops with me and of course, my thumb drive so when I do have the time, I can write. So when I get home, I can always upload that chapter or story from the thumb drive onto this computer. About done with page 3, chapter 26 of this story so should post one more chapter some time this weekend or some time next week at the latest.
And HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone.
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Post by texican on Jan 7, 2021 1:55:47 GMT -6
WillC,
It is good that your dad's estate has finally settled. A Class A Motorhome will be a good treat for you.
Watch the off roading in Nevada for those washes show up quickly.
Hope you had a great Christmas.
Now 2021 is here and hopefully will be better than 2020, but with biden in office who knows.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Jan 7, 2021 3:08:34 GMT -6
Never been one to off road just to off road. When I have off roaded, it was to get to a better fishing spot. When I do get my class A, will post a photo and if anyone's interested, will post my journey just in case anyone else is thinking of buying one. This will include expenses like fuel, possible repairs, etc. As to Biden, he's already said he's going to send everyone a $2,000 stimulus check......why not just cut out ALL foreign aide and spend the money here? And half way thru on page 5 of chapter 26 for Thor's story.
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