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Post by willc453 on Dec 24, 2021 5:58:33 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 52
Now when I wasn't working at the studio, I'd check up on Tala and his people. They'd emptied the shipping containers, so we got busy moving them next to each persons home, along with cutting down more of those burned trees in California. Thing is, word had passed around to other tribes, who in turn sent a DELEGATION of eight people, from eight different tribes to talk to Tala's tribal elders. When they came to me, we set up a date and time for me to hear them. Everyone got a little bit more of a show than expected. Now with one thing and another going on, I hadn't gotten rid of those truck and jeep bodies like I should of, but the Burrough brothers got sneaky. They didn't come on reservation land any more, but their cattle would from time to time, especially since Tala's people had so much water now, long with crops, grass and trees growing every where. What did they do? How about flying those small, remotely controlled drones? Yeah, they found those stripped vehicles in that canyon and were dumb enough to bring out regular cops instead of someone from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, who'd be authorized to be there. We had maybe five minutes before they'd arrive, so I looked at Tala, saying I don't meant it sound racist, but don't Indians believe in magic? Like magic wands or King Arthur's sword? He said they used to, but white mans magic was more powerful, while giving off a sad smile and those around him, nodding their heads. I said don't be too sure, because no doubt there's magical items that's only been recently been found.....like some eagle feathers? Then just looked at him, at which time he smiled and people got busy finding not only those eagle feathers I'd given out awhile back, but some owl feathers, then Crows Feather plucked the crows feather I'd given her from my former hat. I said okay, since we got other tribal members here, see they get to use someones feather, with the tribal elders warning the Burrough brothers, their crew and those cops how you're not going to tolerate them coming on tribal land any more. While they're doing that, I'll be on a rooftop, listening, then explained what they were to do while holding those feathers and of course, chanting “magical and mystical” words in their Indian languages.
Now to put it politely, the Burrough brothers were REALLY mad and it wasn't just because of their missing vehicles. How about all the water everyone now had, with them being rebuffed when they tried making a “deal” with the tribe in gaining access to their water and grass. Then all of them (Burrough brothers, etc.) got a shock when they saw all those shipping containers and STACKS of burned trees we'd been bringing to them when we could that they'd use to heat their places and cook their food. Of course, they were stupid enough to DEMAND where all of this stuff had come from and it was Chantesuta who told them it was none of their business. That did NOT sit well with them with all sorts of threats against the tribe. But some people don't learn....in this case it was one of the Burrough brothers who made a nasty remark how pretty Crows Feather was and she told him to apologize or face the consequences, at which time he laughed. Thing is, she was mad....as in shaking a little bit, which meant so was that crows feather. Didn't bother me at all to zap that brother and he flopped to the ground unconscious. THAT scared the snot out of those guys, but the cops then pulled out their guns?! That's when those with feathers started chanting and doing nothing else, at which time I zapped all of 'em, then came off the roof. Remember how I said no one ever looks up? In this case, Bobs Mjolnir's were about a half a mile away, so it was no problem calling them to me and dealing with those behind holes. What happened after that? Well, they got left with their shoes, socks, underwear and nothing else, with us taking them to the outskirts of some big city in Argentina. The tribe got to keep the money they had on them and those Burrough brothers actually had quite a bit. Tires removed from the different vehicles, along with blankets and other stuff that was in the cops cars. As to everything else, including guns, got dropped in a volcano. I'd of taken them to that ship wrecking yard in India, but thought questions might be brought up I didn't want brought up. As to those earlier stripped vehicle frames, took them to a junk yard in New Jersey that I'd seen while taking Ira and Sui Te Wan to those casinos there, where no doubt they'd be crushed and probably sold to some company in China or India as scrap metal. NO more problems from the Burrough brothers or other ranch hands when the Indians would go into town as they ALL started carrying feathers.....even a chicken feather was a good offensive weapon when brought out. As to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, never heard a peep from them.
Now there's all sorts of stuff for free on Craigslist and yeah, I looked at the different ones from time to time. Remember, even with those in different cities, it was no trouble getting there and finding stuff, like free tires, bathtubs, furniture, computer printers, etc. Now the tires weren't any good most of the time, even as a spare for somebody's car. But one of the kids happened to mention where he'd seen people growing potatoes inside stacks of used or worthless tires on Youtube. Now everyone had gardens going because of the water that was now there. Until I REALLY looked at Craigslist, didn't realize Americans throw so much good stuff away. Got more than one look when I'd land in the front of someone's place and take off stuff, the majority of it going to the various Indian tribes, otherwise we'd drop it off at Goodwill, so it was what they call a win win for everyone. I bought a bag of precooked shrimp from Walmart and cooked them according to Sui Te Wan and they were DELICIOUS! Which got me to wondering what FRESH shrimp would taste like, so via Ebay, ordered a casting net like Ira has, which was why I got a few bathtubs, you know, the older types made of metal, not plastic, which I'd keep on my shipping containers. Well, some how, one thing leads to another when I get to doing things as Thor. For example, the studio cafeteria has several BIG ice makers and I figured Bob wouldn't mind if I took a few shovels worth. Now originally I was thinking of Hikarue and his studio people......you know, how they kind of went crazy when I gave them those salmon. Then there was Jose running that roach couch and was thinking he might want to use some bigger shrimp in his meals at home for his family. Landed behind the studio cafeteria and found Jenny who was in charge of it during her shift and she had no problem with me getting some ice......until I said I needed it by the shovel full. She LOOKS at me and I got the feeling she expected me to spill my guts, but I didn't and after a few seconds, she says okay. Filled both bathtubs with about eight inches of ice, then just before taking off, asked if she'd be at work for awhile. Her face brightened and said salmon? I said no, but for right now, you're going to be one of the few getting some of.....something.
Get to the Florida Keys, finding an empty concrete platform where I left the bathtubs. Put Mjolnir on my back, then took off with casting net in hand. Didn't take long to find schools(?) of shrimp and casting a net while in the air wasn't that hard and after a few trips, both bathtubs were almost full of shrimp, with more than one of them the size of my hand? Back to the studios cafeterias backdoor, where I filled two, one gallon ziplock bags of shrimp, then went to finding Jenny with her being VERY happy and helped me load more ice onto the rest of the shrimp. After that was done, off to Hikarue's studio, where I found that roach coach driver I'd been eating so much from. Now Hikarue got called that I was there, though not working, so he came out to see what was going on. I said I know Japanese eat a lot of fish and shrimp, so thought you and others would like some that we caught in Florida. Oh yeah....he got three bags worth, with him having one of his people with him take a gallon bag each for Airi Taira, Asahi and Hiroto. Now we'd naturally gotten a crowd, with them ALL eyeballing the shrimp as they walked by. After I got those gallon ziplock bags filled, called out to everyone that they could have some, but it would have to be in quart sized ziplock bags. The people didn't hesitate, but immediately formed a line for their shrimp, which didn't last long. Now I know a lot of people didn't get any shrimp, but none complained. But told them when we had the time, we'd be back, so those that hadn't gotten any, would on our next trip to the studio. That made them happy. And if you're wondering, a quart bag of shrimp is a lot of shrimp. Now I wondered if Hikarue played golf and of course he did. Not only that, he'd play with others while making business deals, at which time he asked me if I played. I said only miniature golf, but maybe you wouldn't mind taking a friend of yours (meaning Bob) with you next time you go to play? He looks at me, then remembering the things I'd done with the props at his studio, he smiles, saying he'd be honored to invite me to their game.....after arrangements were made.
A few weeks later, I returned, with me as me, with Hikarue and his driver picking me up at an agreed spot and of course, I had Mjolnir in my pack.....you know, just in case. Now I'd already handled the golf balls he was going to use and yes, those other three were quite surprised when I showed up with him, along with me being introduced as Jimmy Olsen, along with a skin condition, etc. What helped was Hikarue telling them I knew basically nothing about golf, but invited me because I was curious and of course, as a favor to a friend, which was something they understood, but didn't really care for as this was also a business meeting. Now being “golf ignorant”, Hikarue showed me his golf balls as if I'd never seen them before, then said something to those three guys and they reluctantly let me see and handle ALL of their golf balls. Now I knew who had what balls. The first six holes of eighteen holes, Hikarue did terribly and then he started TRIPLING down on the deals like he was grasping at any chance of getting some sort of good deal if he did beat ALL of 'em. They all but shouted take my money, take my money, with Hikarue doing exactly that. Then Hikarue's game changed.....like FIVE hole in ones, while the other guys balls would more than once fall into what they call the rough. You know, where there's weeds and some bushes growing on the sides of the course. More than one of them missed three foot putts, with those balls missing the golf pole hole entirely and sometimes just kept going for thirty feet or so. When it was all said and done, their clocks got cleaned. Big time. I could tell from their expressions how bad it had gone for them simply because they thought they had Hikarue on the ropes business wise earlier. As to Hikarue, he agreed to make donations to those needing help in Japan, like orphanages, food banks, homeless, etc. Thing is, I was NOT to be told who he helped OR the amount he gave. Figured that was up to him as all I cared about was paying it forward. As for me, we not only got more work at his studio, but with his recommendations, we worked for other studios, with Bob okaying them first and naturally, Disney studio's making money lending us out, while my pay increased for this.
Now after I got dropped off by Hikarue and his driver, went sight seeing in downtown Tokyo, where I saw my first pachinko arcade, which is a Japanese version of the old American pinball machines, but using hundreds of steel ball bearings. When you get these balls into holes, you get extra balls as a payoff and once you've had enough of playing, you turn in your balls for food, snacks, liquor......and cash. The Japanese have laws against gambling, so you get a ticket which you take to a different building where you turn that ticket in for cash. Somehow doing it this way skirts Japans gambling laws. And talk about NOISY.....HUNDREDS of them with bells, etc. going off all the time, along with flashing lights and people crying out with joy when they'd hit a big one. You understand, it was just like many did in Reno and the slot machines there. So there I am, looking confused as heck in not understanding what was going on, which was when and where I met Yoskiko, who was one of the arcade people there, asking me if I needed help. When I said yes, she explained how things were done at these places, which got me to wondering and you should be able to figure out how that turned out....not only for that pachinko parlor, but a couple of others because I wanted to find out if different parlors offered different things, along with cash, which they did. Spent four dollars for a bin of ball bearings, walking out with a little over three thousand dollars, but it was in Yen. The bad part was I'd gotten an audience near the end, so figured it was time for me to go. At other parlors, “won” a lot of stuffed animals, electronic stuff and liquor, in this case, saki which is rice wine and VERY high in alcohol content. Was having so much fun, ended up having to leave Japan, then hitting a Walmart for THREE watermelon bins, which I stashed on one of Hikarue's studio rooftops and COMPLETELY filled with loot. Once I was done “gambling”, got dressed as Thor, then found three studio's security guards, with me explaining some of the money I'd won was to go to Hikarue as he'd know what to do with it, then offered each of them a bottle of saki, which from what I understood, was a good, upper level brand. Lot of bowing and thanks from them. As to the rest of the stuff, the girls (my sisters, Cheri's daughters, Angeline and Natalie's girl) got stuffed animals, while others were given to kids who wanted them at St. Jude's hospital, along with some orphanages across the U.S. that I'd looked up. And yes, I did spend time and money at those places because I had NO idea how our lives would have turned out if Mom hadn't raised us. As to the saki, the cafeteria people got some, along with Natalie, etc. finding a couple of bottles either on a table in their backyards or patio and let's not forget people like Luthor that I also worked with.
Now, the head district attorney in Los Angeles did bring charges against me and it did NOT turn out like he, the chief of police and those four cops expected, with me learning about the judicial system along with finding out that I had so many friends, famous and not. Bob told me that while there was a warrant out for me, the studio lawyers got that squashed, with them saying there was no way that I'd be finger printed or photographed for a mug shot since I hadn't been found guilty of any crime. Now when I did show up for my hearing, there were LOTS of people waiting for me.....some cheering, others booing. You know, me being a run amuck, power mad, bad guy which really surprised me. The news people wanted a statement from me, but the lawyers and Bob hustled me past them and into the court building we go. Boy, I was surprised to find even more people I knew there, including Natalie, etc. Now ya gotta go thru a metal detector and naturally I set it off because of the brass studs I had on my costume and Mjolnir, which caused another problem because it was considered a weapon. I said okay and left it in the metal detector and of course, nobody could move it. Those court cops were NOT happy as the five of us walked away from it, but then we were called back and it was ok'd for me to bring it in. Thing is, nobody said boo about me being in costume as it appeared I was the first superhero to be charged in a court of law. Funny thing though....Natalie, Chris & Tom had brought THEIR Mjolnir's which were “obviously' props, didn't set the metal detector alarms off, so they were let thru with no problem. Thing is, they KNEW the power and abilities of their Mjolnir's. I was kind of surprised to find out that I WASN'T going to trial, instead, it about selecting jurors for my trial. Now the judge (a lady around Moms age) wasn't too happy seeing me carrying Mjolnir into “her” courtroom, but I explained that it had been ok'd to be brought in by the cops at the metal detecting station and their lockers weren't big enough to store it. Thing is, I was unknowingly setting a new legal precedent because of Mjolnir which was because NOBODY could handle it unless I gave 'em permission. She wanted me to leave it out of her courtroom and I said no problem, but what about those cops with their guns........shouldn't they be unarmed too? Apparently they were armed to protect those in court and I didn't make any brownie points when I asked how many times have they had to shoot someone in court? Like maybe they should be issued those stun guns instead? I said okay, but then explained how Mjolnir worked, then offered a demonstration, which she allowed. Let go of Mjolnir and had it slowly float towards her and those cops, which are called bailiffs, kind of tensed, then had Mjolnir land on top of her desk. Asked her to move it and of course she couldn't, then let her pick it up and put it back down on her desk, at which time I called it to my hand. That's when the head district attorney wanted to CONFISCATE not only my Mjolnir, but the others I had used, saying they were all deadly weapons, But Bobs lawyers were right on this guy about this, because after all, California weapon laws NEVER covered something like Mjolnir, especially since they could be considered weapons of mass destruction. Man, the district attorney was ticked when the judge denied him his request, but I agreed to leave it on her desk until this session of court was over. Now with me being Thor and all over the news and internet, a lot of people knew about us, so finding unbiased jurors was going to be VERY hard. Then things got REAL interesting when Jim and another man showed up in the courtroom.
He'd been videotaped more than once and I was kind of surprised to see him there, then was thinking he'd be a character witness for me or even try that Presidential pardon bit again. Nope. Jim asks if he and this other man could approach the bench as they had information that she needed to hear, which she granted. Only took a few minutes, at which time she said court would convene at a later date and once again that district attorney was VERY unhappy. Then I was called by the judge to approach her bench, at which time I found out what was going on. That other guy? From the Filipino embassy here in Los Angeles and his country had called the President for help, who had someone reach Jim, who got that guy from their embassy. Seems the Chinese were going for a second try of being bullies, with several Filipino fishing trawlers being “accidentally” struck by their warships....and then nothing was heard from those fishing guys except that brief radio transmission. I said I need Mjolnir and she just waved her hand indicating it was okay. But as we left the courtroom, I briefly stopped to talk to Natalie, Chris and Tom, saying I needed their help, then looked at their Mjolnir's. Without a word, they stood up and followed us out of the courtroom and onto the street. Called Bobs Mjolnir's to me which got everyone's attention, then stuck one each on Natalie, etc. backs with us taking off to land a couple of blocks away, with Jim following us. I told him he didn't seen this, okay? When he said okay, I turned to them, saying okay, I have control of them now. They then just released their Mjolnir's which remained in the air and Jim just stared at this new development, then wanted to know how many more of them did I have under my control. I said sixteen all together and I'll explain later, okay....let's get to the Philippines. Told everyone I'd return them asap, with Natalie naturally wanting to know what was going on, so told her that I'd explain everything to all of them after we were done. After giving Jim one of Bobs Mjolnir's to hold, we took off for the Filipino's navy base that I'd been to before.
Once there, we were BRIEFLY briefed on what had happened, with the Filipino air force on their way to last reported position of those fishing trawlers. I said all I need to know is what direction to take off for and how many miles from here is it. The man briefing us said you were a man of simple and direct action, then pointed in the direction, then telling us how many miles to go. I looked at Jim, asking him to look for survivors, while we dealt with the Chinese navy, at which point the briefer says to be careful as they brought their aircraft carrier with them?! We took off, with Jim eventually catching up and going to look for survivors. You want to know how to disrupt a large naval armada? Travel at twenty times the speed of sound about fifty feet above water, which creates a BIG wave. As to their airplanes, they don't fly too well when you crack their canopies when they're sitting on that carriers deck, waiting to launch. As to those six Chinese fighter aircraft already in the air, attached some of Bobs Mjolnir's to them and slowed them down to where they just remained in the air WITHOUT moving even with their engines howling. Took them to a Filipino military air base, where the pilots cut their engines off, lowered their landing gear, at which time I released Bobs Mjolnir's and the Filipino military SWARMED over those airplanes and pilots. Now the Chinese navy was dealing with those waves we'd created and I had to kind of reverse those waves as no doubt it wasn't going to help Jim in his rescue efforts. After that, went to help him, with us helping Jim to rescue those in the water simply by having them hold onto each other by their wrists and taking them back to that Filipino navy base. Jim and we rescued sixteen men, though I did learn nine others had died when their ships had sunk. With survivors saved, it was payback time for those Chinese bullies and time for something new.
This time I created a MASSIVE thunder and rain storm, basically on a tsunami scale which was large enough to cover those Chinese ships, which started bobbing every which way. Then I'd smack each ship in its rear end, causing them to leak. Lots. Did this so the Chinese wouldn't even think of firing a missile or shooting their guns at me. Now these ships were too big to raise out of the water and fly 'em back to the Filipino navy base, but no problem attaching one of Bobs Mjolnir's to each of them and DRAGING them that way. Bet that drove those sailors crazy in not being able to drive their ships where they wanted them to go. Once that was underway, went looking for Jim, telling him what was headed for the Philippines and to please let them know as I needed to get something to eat and after he said okay, I took off for the studio cafeteria for gobble, gobble time. Now I figured it'd take an hour or whatever for those ships to reach the Philippines and Jim could deal with whatever problems might arise, so I ate for fifty minutes, with one of the cafeteria people telling me when my time was up. Now when I left to eat, I had those Chinese ships in a nice, TIGHT group.... like fifty feet between each ship. As to the Filipino air force, when they saw the thunderstorm we'd created, they didn't even dare try getting closer, but radioed back to their base what was happening.
Now the Chinese navy guys were mad and made the mistake of shooting some missiles at us when they saw me up in the air, not that they were going to hit me. Jim got busy smacking those missiles down, where they exploded harmlessly either in the air or when they hit the water. As for me, the Chinese got REALLY mad when we started poking holes thru those missile launching tube things. Yeah, we could do a lot of damage with sixteen Mjolnir's at work and besides, ships don't really have that many of those missile launchers on 'em. Of course, you've seen the videos of the FORMER Chinese naval ships being brought into that Filipino naval port and the THOUSANDS of Chinese guys being marched off of them and into custody. Now the Chinese government TRIED to put a spin on all of this, calling Jim and me Yankee Air Pirates, whatever that meant, though I was sure it wasn't a nice thing at the time. But several of the fish people had saved their cell phones, with more than one video showing the Chinese ships deliberately ramming them. China not only got condemned world wide, but by countries in the U.N.....well, most of them at least. Remember, China was buddy buddy with a lot of countries because they were building roads, etc. in them. Of course, they also got a lot of raw materials a lot cheaper from those countries. Now those Chinese ships had all sorts of stuff on and in them that they didn't want anyone to know they had, which is where the U.S. government people eventually came sniffing around. Don't know what kind of deal was made between our two countries, but we got a lot of Chinese stuff, with me and Bobs Mjolnir's taking it to that place that doesn't exist and where Jim had asked me not to go to any more. I'm talking about Area 51.
Now eventually, a deal was made between the Filipino and Chinese governments, with the Chinese getting their ships back after they were made sea worthy by the Filipino navy people, with the Filipino's being paid in what's called hard cash, meaning in gold, which was paid in whatever gold was valued at the time of this deal was finally settled between them. As to the captains of those fishing boats, they got brand new ships as part of the deal, along with getting some of that gold for him and his crew. And even though the U.S. and Filipino weren't as friendly to each other as they had been, it too paid them in gold, for a bunch of stuff taken from those Chinese ships. Now all of this didn't happen overnight, with me being told jury selection was put on hold for a bit. As for eating, got invited by “my' Filipino navy captains to eat all I wanted on his ship, which I did, putting a SERIOUS dent in his ships food supply and his cooks knew how to cook. Thing is, Jim came looking for me and finding me and that captain in his mess hall, with Jim sitting down with us to have a bite to eat himself and he was quick to realize we knew each other, but didn't say a word to me about this later on. Figured he also didn't squeal to the State Department people because Bob wasn't called, nor did the studio get a visit from them. I returned Natalie's, Chris's and Tom's Mjolnir's to them and thanking them. Thing is, the guys didn't ask me to tell them what had happened because they knew some how we'd be on the internet and news, which of course, we were. Now Tom was the first to catch on that I'd done some additional writing on his Mjolnir. I mean, it wasn't much, but it now said Philippines with the month, day and year etched on it. He said I was so Machiavellian because I wasn't going to tell him was I? I said no.....I just wanted you three to know I really appreciated in your lending me your Mjolnir's. And yes, thru the years, they would lend me theirs, with additional etchings on their Mjolnir's. Not a lot, but after the first time of me doing this, they LOOKED to see what had been added. Which REALLY frustrated Natalie when I'd put something on hers and wouldn't tell her why, but the guys understood. Now if you're wondering why I wouldn't talk about it, it was because it was secret stuff as in we were never there or involved. Now I didn't mind helping Jim, Chuck, etc. when they needed it, but when it came to our government, I REFUSED to talk to any of those government people. When a request for help came from our government, it ALWAYS had to be one of us making the request. Meaning someone like me who'd been changed. Other times it would be a representative from another country, with those people finding out really quick NOT to lie to me. Yeah, I was getting older in a lot of ways as time went by.
So I went back to court the next day to find out how jurors were selected. Didn't know you could nay say someone being on it, but then, you're limited to how many times you can do this and it doesn't matter if you're the prosecuting or defending attorney. With me being me, my trial was a bit different in NO television news networks were allowed in and only twelve news people were allowed in, with several of them being artists and they were pretty good. Afterwards, we got to comparing notes if you will and they were kind of surprised I knew how to draw. Now like I said before, I'd never be the best artist in the world, but more than anything else, I liked (most of the time) what I drew. Next problem with my trial was I was pretty well known by this time, so no one could actually say they'd never heard of me or seen me on television. Bobs lawyers didn't even try getting the trial moved to another city because they all knew they'd be getting the same answer. As for the district attorney, once again his panties were in a knot because he wasn't getting any unbiased views of me, but it eventually got done with the actual trial to start the next day because the district attorney was all hot and bothered to put me away in jail for a long time. The trial was over the next day, it was that quick, with the jury acquitting me. The district attorney ended up getting recalled and kicked out of office. After that, NO law firm would hire him, so he worked for himself. The police chief was not only fired, but was tried for tampering with evidence, in this case, the four cops body cameras. The computer guy who did this, stated at the chiefs trial that he was ordered to in order to protect “the good name of law enforcement officers vs someone who would take the law in their own hands”.
As to those four cops, two of them were sentenced to five years in prison, but it would be reduced to a minimum of two, provided they kept their noses clean, along with losing their police certificates, something I didn't know anything about. It's kind of like having your license suspended, but basically forever. The other two (the bystanders) got two years, with one year suspended with good behavior. What happened? Three things on that day. First one was that guy we helped against the cops. Now he had been put in handcuffs, but remember, I busted them off and he was REALLY hurting, but he had someone at the hospital call a family member who took him out of the hospital and hid him. Because the cops were REALLY looking for him at the time because they had photos of him from their body cameras. What helped was they were unconscious for awhile from being zapped and they had no idea which hospital I'd taken him to. The cops were the first to testify against me and boy, they were flat out lying! Didn't realize it, but I started going Hulk, but Bob put his hand on my shoulder telling me not to, ESPECIALLY here and now. When my attorney questioned them, the cops stories didn't change, then it was the chief of police's turn, with him telling how I'd damaged those body cameras, no doubt it being a deliberate act on my part, though he had no idea why I'd done what I had done because he's always been so helpful to law enforcement. Well, strike one came against those cops when a man stood up from the audience, requesting to speak and the judge said no way because there's a trial going on. But when the man said HE was the one the cops had beaten up, with IMMEDIATE pandemonium in the court room. The chief of police is telling that guy he was under arrest for resisting arrest and for fleeing the scene, along with some other charges. Well, the two bailiffs were looking at the man and without thinking (uh oh), I simply jumped in the air to land behind that mans back. Then looked at the bailiffs and said PLEASE don't and let some juice escape from my two fists. Was told they weren't going to do anything because they always thought these charges against me were bogus.
The lady judge is going crazy, banging so hard with her gravel while yelling for order in the court, that it actually broke! Well, the district attorney didn't like it when she told me to stand before her for a “private talk” or whatever it's called. She wanted to know why would I threaten her bailiffs and just what had I just done? I said I was worried about that mans safety, because who knows if the he'd have an “accident” of the fatal kind while in their custody? She says I can't be serious and I said yes maam. She said if I had disabled the bailiffs, I'd of even be in more trouble than before, you know that, don't you? I said yes maam.....but Mom told me that sometimes you HAVE TO do the right thing, no matter what it costs. She asks if I was ready to throw everything away I'd done in keeping that man safe from any possible harm from what I thought the police would do to him. I said yes maam....integrity is like a coin and once spent, almost impossible to get back. She understood, then nodded. Then it was what with me jumping like I did and electricity coming from my hands? I said Mjolnir is kind of like a focusing point for me, so I become even more powerful, but the thing is, I AM the weapon as some have found out. That startled her and wanted more information, so I said I'm not running around as Thor all the time because I figure that's a good way to go crazy. So.....sometimes things just happen when I'm just me and I deal with it as best as I can without anyone figuring out that I just might be Thor. And I'd appreciate it if you kept that bit of information to yourself because some people might put two and two together and last thing I want is people finding out who I really am and want to take vengeance against my family. Then told her I'd give a demonstration to everyone, which she agreed to. Walked over to a wall outlet, then told everyone to watch the courtrooms lights and when I put my hand near the outlet, sure enough, the lights started dimming.....thru out the building. Then walked to where everyone could see me and had SMALL bolts of lightning radiating from my fists. After that demo was done, she asked if I knew that man who said he was the one that was being beat up and I said he could be, but then I was in a hurry getting him to a hospital, then dealing with those cops, so I wasn't really looking at or trying to remember what he looked like. It was at this point that Troy Beyer introduced himself, held out his hand and thanked me for saving his life. I said you're welcome and shook his hand. With this new and unexpected development as the judge put it, a recess was called until information could be verified about Troy's identify. Which was kind of funny to me, because recess was what you got when you were in school. Now once Troy showed his drivers license, we were free to go, but had to be back in an hour. I asked the judge for Mjolnir because in that hour....something might happen and we'd be needed where ever it might be. She said okay, with me calling it to my hand. ------------ Merry Christmas, Happy Hanuka and Happy New Year to everyone. Next chapter won't be till mid/late January.
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Post by texican on Dec 24, 2021 15:39:31 GMT -6
Thanks willC for the chapter.
Merry Christmas to all.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Jan 8, 2022 8:39:34 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 53
Asked Bob and my lawyers if they were hungry, but they weren't, so asked Troy if he was....and besides, I'd feel better if you were with us. You know, in case the cops..... Four of his family and some friends were outside of the courthouse and naturally, I invited them out which they accepted, with one of them saying he'd get the car. I said too slow, so if you don't mind, we'll go my way and the seven of them looked at me. I said look up and they could see Bobs Mjolnir's high in the air above us. I explained how they worked with people attached to them and with them saying they liked Japanese food, we took off for Hikarue's studio, where I found one of his roach coaches. Got one of the employees to tell the cook I was paying for their meals and NOT to charge it to Hikarue. From there, we went to “my” trailer, with me explaining why I'd be eating behind that door. They understood, with them saying this food was a lot different than what they'd eaten at a couple of places in the Los Angeles area. They were shocked how little time wise it was for us to get to Japan and of course, they wanted to know how I came by my abilities, with me replying I was on a plane like others who got changed. They thought it was funny that I had been thinking I was in a coma and I said what would you think if this had happened to you? They understood, then wanted to know what it was like working at Disney, so told them, but also how many nice people I've met since becoming what I am. After we were done eating, I said let's get back to the courthouse, even though we've got about twenty minutes before we have to be back for court. Better to be early than late, with them agreeing.
Get back to the courthouse, where there's still a crowd waiting for the trial to resume, along with the tv people who wanted an interview with Rory, with him saying no. He'd say his piece in court and afterwards, it would be no problem. As for me, I put Bobs Mjolnir's in a long kind of circle, going round and round so people could grab and hold onto them.....you know, like I've done before. Bob shows up with my lawyers and when he sees what's going down, he starts shaking his head, while the lawyers just stared. And yes, the tv people got filmed getting a quick ride on 'em. As you can guess, the judge was told what was happening and I got called to stand before her. Again. I explained how people liked being able to touch the Mjolnir's and getting a ride from them, even if briefly. Told that this was a court of law and NOT the area for some sidewalk carnival, so stop it, right now. I said yes maam, went outside and explained to everyone why we couldn't do what had been going down. Yeah, there were a lot of boos and catcalls about the judge and I said she's right, so don't blame her. Blame me for not thinking stuff thru like I should of. Now I WAS going to have Bobs Mjolnir's land along the sidewalk area, figuring people might like to try (and fail) picking them up. Decided that would probably be a bad idea, so left them a hundred feet in the air, with them doing a weaving pattern. You know, to kind of give the public something to look at while I was there. I didn't mean to be smartalecky if you know what I mean. Get back to the courtroom and that's when Bob stood up, asking us to come forward, which the judge agreed to. He tells her that I simply do things at times and sometimes....well, he's just doesn't think things out ahead of time. Turns to me, saying send 'em home son, with me saying okay and about fifteen seconds later, I said they should be home right now. Of course, Bob had to explain what home meant, but I noticed he didn't mention the Hulkbuster or Loki's scooter....not that I was going to either.
Well, Tory got questioned by both sets of lawyers for about ninety minutes and I could tell from what he was saying, the jury was believing and I had hope, but just as my lawyers were going to show the cops body cameras, ANOTHER guy stands up, saying he's got video of the cops not only beating Troy, but us dealing with those cops?! Another recess of thirty minutes while both sides argued about the legality of this sudden information being presented and as to those cops and the district attorney, boy, were they looking really seriously scared. Thing is, Bob had put out ads about paying someone for this video, but the few who had come forward, wouldn't let the studio people see the video unless they were paid in advance AND in cash? Now this mans name is Kerry Bishe and was going to sell his videotape to the highest news bidder, but he changed his mind when he found out about the charges being brought against me. All he could think of was announcing what he had in court as there would be no doubt the cops would try taking it from him, even if he'd sold it to some news company or Disney's studio. Another recess, but this time it was all of fifteen minutes between the lawyers and the judge? Didn't know or realize this, but apparently there are tv screens, along with dvd's and VHS players in courtrooms. Now this video was all of three(?) minutes or less long. The reason for this was because after zapping those cops, took Tory to the hospital, then the cops and their cars to the police station. The cops had said Tory had assaulted one of them, but all he did was push off one of the cops arms when that cop grabbed him. Cop said Tory had assaulted him and from there, it went downhill really quick for Tory. Then we showed up. Yeah, people can and will lie, but when something like this is recorded, you're screwed. Now the district attorney is trying to put a spin on all of this, but failing miserably. Then came strike three, when my head lawyer said that's not the only video they'd like to present.....along with charging the chief of police with destruction of city property, meaning those cops body cameras. Yeah, the district attorney went nuts on hearing this and as for the cops, they went white faced. This time there was NO recess, with one by one, those cops body cameras got shown and once that went down, the jury, in mass, clearly said NOT GUILTY, With the judge dismissing ALL charges against me! But that didn't end things as the judge told the district attorney his office was to bring charges against the chief of police and those four cops and until things were cleared up, he was NOT to be involved in ANY case that may come thru his office until further notice. He got recalled and lost his job.
Well, I got busy thanking Bob and my lawyers, then Natalie, Chris and Tom, with the idea of thanking those who'd showed up for morale support, but things happen. Bob lays his hand on my shoulder, saying there's mass looting at a Target store in Chicago and the cops there are asking for assistance, even though you're here....can you help them? I said we've been to Chicago, but......then he smiles, saying he's got the gps co-ordinates for that store? Put them in my gps, then simply jumped over the banister and started running for the door. Those two bailiffs? When they saw me running, they simply opened those two courtroom doors and while they had no idea why I was in such a hurry, one of them said God speed Thor. Once outside, just rose up into the air and Bobs Mjolnir's were up in the air waiting for me, at which time, we got higher, then off to Chicago in a few seconds. Once I got to part of that city that I knew, checked my gps and a few seconds later, we're over the parking lot of that Target store. There were four cars in front of the entrance, with some of the people getting into them with those stolen goods. Those people got zapped, with me attaching one of Bobs Mjolnir's to the roof of each car and putting them around three hundred feet in the air. Then after landing, started putting those other looters so they'd be in a neat pile, with some of the customers picking up that stolen stuff and leaving it next to the looters. I told everyone to stand back and with that, had the rest of Bobs Mjolnir's start going in a circle, with me being in the middle and above them. That's when I started releasing electricity, with each of Bobs Mjolnir's now giving off sparks of electricity to each other. People REALLY backed up when they saw this happening. Found out later that it took the cops seven minutes to get to the store and they were QUITE surprised to find us waiting there for them. You see, from the time Bob had told me what was going down, to us stopping those looters was less than three minutes. And once some people realized that we were there, out came their phones to videotape what they could. Asked them to please give a copy of what they'd recorded to the cops, along with seeing that Bob also got a copy. With the cops there in mass, we took off back for the courthouse to thank those people properly. It didn't work out that way.
We don't have subways or trains for them in Reno and frankly, I was SLOWLY cruising over some of them near a terminal, when I saw pure evil at work. I saw one woman PUSH another woman off the terminals boarding area and onto the track with one of the subways going to run over her. We zoomed down to where she was at, I grabbed her and TRIED to zoom straight up which was NOT a good idea. If I'd of thought of it at the time, I should of gone zooming down the tracks, putting some distance between me and that subway car. I got hit by that multi-ton car on one shoulder, being flung backwards a good fifty feet, only to slam into the brick wall of the terminal with my other shoulder. Able to put that woman down safely and happy to say that I took all that damage instead of her, but now I was PUSHING adrenaline and though I didn't know what that womans face looked like, I did remember what she was wearing. We hit the ground running and people simply RAN to get out of our way and when I didn't see that woman, we went outside the building and rose into the air, where we saw and grabbed her. Back to the track side of the terminal, where some subway cops were now there and I dropped her, saying she's the one who pushed that lady in an attempt to kill her. We took off without a further word and I realized I was now REALLY hurting.....worse than that time in Australia. Only thing I could think of was heading for the studio, but didn't even make it there. Found myself getting deeper in pain and the ONLY hope I had was maybe Tala and his people would help me? Considering how fast I can move, yeah, the pain was becoming that overbearing and slowing me down that much. Either find a place while conscious or very probably slam into the ground somewhere, which wouldn't be helpful at all.
Went to one of the places were Tala and his sheep would be, but he wasn't there and it was all I could do was just land. Dropped Mjolnir, then staggered to that same tree we'd been to before and passed out. Found out that I'd been found laying in the dirt for two days when Tala and Ahanu (one of Tala's sons, remember?) found me while taking their sheep to feed on the open range. They didn't hesitate, but made a stretcher out of their shirts, jackets and tree branches, then carried me all the way back to their village which was a few miles away. Scared the heck out of them and a few others because while I was laying on Tala's bed, they could see my bones moving under my skin. Seems it was more than my shoulder bones, but also more than one rib bone. I wouldn't or couldn't eat solid food because I wasn't conscious, but Leotie (Tala's daughter) coming up with the idea of using a turkey baster to give me the broth from the sheep stew she'd made for me. That helped a little, but frankly, I was dying because I was using so much of me in trying to heal the damage I'd taken by being hit by that subway train. It was by accident that they found what else I needed.....electricity. Seems Leotie went to check on me, using her flashlight, but when she got close, I drained it. She thought she had a bad batch of batteries from Dollar Tree, but when it happened two more times, the next day, she told Tala not to buy any more from that place and why. That's when Tala took her flashlight, got near me and of course, it went out again. Now they didn't have electricity, but they did have a couple of portable generators. He got one of them and simply layed an extension cord from it to have it laying on my bare chest. I killed it, just like I'd done with Hikarue's generator at that hotel earlier. So, he added two more generators, but at least I wasn't killing 'em like I'd done with the first one. Some how my body could sense that I could only take so much juice and when I did, no more juice would be forth-coming. Then another problem cropped up.....no one dared get near me while being “plugged in” so to speak. When someone would, their hair would start standing on end and they KNEW if they did touch me, they'd get electrocuted. So power would be cut off, with me getting that sheep and vegetable broth, then I'd be “plugged back in” to those generators, which gave the men to refuel and check the oil on them.
How bad was I? Try being unconscious for fifteen days. When I woke up, couldn't see too well, but after a bit, knew where I was because I'd been in Tala's place more than once. That's when Leotie called out that I was awake with several people entering, including Tala. Seems he never left his place, having others watch his flock. I got some sheep stew to eat, then fell back asleep, with those generator cables being put on my chest once again. I'd wake for a little bit, get something to eat, than back to sleep. This lasted for seven days and finally I was able to stay awake for a bit after getting something to eat. Yeah, when I realized where I was at, I KNEW they would now know who I was because we'd already met twice in town as me, not as Thor. But I was surprised when I touched my face, feeling Chris's face mask still on, with Tala telling me that I was still Thor and all my things were in a corner waiting for me. Yeah. Then I started eating, but it was NOTHING like before. But with me eating so much and they actually had so little, had Tala bring my subsistence pouch to me and I gave him one of my debit cards, telling him for everyone who could, go into town and buy as much food as they could put in their vehicles. He's looking at me and I said, yes, there's that much money on it. And remember, I had been writing the pin number on the back of them. He nodded and I could see the relief in his eyes. All I did was sleep, get some juice and eat for another five days. Seems I was eating so much that the tribe made FOUR trips and it wasn't just for canned goods, but meat, which all became part of the stew I didn't gobble down, but basically inhaled. The tribe also lost NINE of their sheep in trying to feed me once I was awake during those brief moments in the beginning of my healing.
Told Tala that while their generators helped, it wasn't enough and asked if there was a power station or BIG power lines nearby. There was a power station on the outskirts of town, however, it wasn't that simple naturally, as I'd need my and Bobs Mjolnir's for what was needed. Tala helped me get dressed with him and man from his tribe helping me get up and sit on the floor of the bed of his pickup truck. I'd lost so much weight that Tala used a piece of rope so my pants wouldn't fall off my hips. That's when I heard someone saying I looked like one of those survivors from one of those Nazi death camps. From there, we went to where I'd been found, but being the shape I was in, didn't want to chance of me draining what little energy or ability I had, so told the Mjolnir's that Tala and that man could pick them up without any problem. Which they did, putting them next to me, then off to that power station. They had brought a bolt cutter with them, so the lock was no problem and were helping carry me to those transformers, but when I saw their hair standing out, told them to let go of me or risk electrocution. When they realized what was happening to their hair, they dropped me like a hot rock and backed away.....with me falling on my face, in the dirt. It was a effort to stand on my own, but what helped was I was drawing some juice from those transformers even twenty-five feet away. Thing is, it HURT in not sucking every bit of power from those transformers, but knew if I did, I'd probably blow them to smithereens. As it was, caused brownouts thru out town for that twenty some minutes I was there. Tala was the one who threw a rock at my back and now having my attention, tells me they saw a power utility truck heading our way! Time to get out of dodge and back to his place. Next day, only got ten minutes before a power truck was seen and on the third day, a power truck was parked outside of the fence area?! You'd think with me drawing so much power in such a short amount of time, I'd of gotten better. I did, in a way, but my body was still healing, with bones still moving from time to time and me eating like crazy.
Now one thing about my friends at the reservation.....those who went grocery shopping were NOT stupid with my debit card. One would go in, buy a bunch of stuff, pay for it, then leave, then give the card to someone else until everyone's vehicle was filled with groceries. They did this FOUR times while I was there. But when I left, they had a bunch of leftovers, meaning food I hadn't eaten. Anyway, that transfer station was out, so the Indians started looking for MAJOR power lines, the “closet” being two hundred miles away, meaning about a four hour drive. Yeah, BIG power lines are all over the U.S., but not that many in reality. Now we were headed west when we got pulled over by a state trooper who wanted to know what was under the tarp, which was me, my and Bobs Mjolnir's. The tarp was over me because I was COLD and when I heard the cop asking about the tarp, I pulled it off of me, saying it's me, Thor. I've been sick and my friends are helping me to get help. I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell no one. Please. All he said was go, turned around and got in his patrol car. We had to go down a dirt road, with us getting stuck in a sandy area and felt really bad in I couldn't help them without draining myself further. Finally we're unstuck and there's the power tower and lines HIGH above us. With Mjolnir in my hand, flew to the top and started feeling myself being drained energy wise. But able to get to the top of it because the closer I got to it, I could feel the power from those lines coming to me. I was there for six hours and did my best not to cause any brown or black outs, but from what I learned later on, some did occur. At the end, called down to Tala and that other tribal member, we were taking off, but we'd be back asap.
What I needed was a thunderstorm of biblical proportions, so we took off west, heading for some place over the ocean. This was between Washington state, Hawaii and the east coast of Russia. Made sure no one was around, like ships or airplanes and had Bobs Mjolnir's go into their ball configuration, which was not maybe the brightest idea at the time. This was because I could feel myself getting drained and started falling towards the ocean, with us recovering maybe a couple of thousand feet above the ocean before the first of several lightning bolts hit me and the Mjolnir's. NOW I'm getting the GOOD, all natural stuff and with those strikes, got higher in the air. Ever read what damage the Katrina and Andrew hurricanes did? Lots of information and videos about them and what we did was make them look like sissies....ours were the equivalent of at least both of them being combined and boy, THAT got attention. Now there were SOME planes and ships in the area and they not only beat feet out of the area, but started radioing to whoever, with their warnings. And with the military being the military, they sent airplanes out to see what was going on, including at least one with some big radar dome thing on top of it. Those were American planes and no doubt the Russians did the same. In any case, with their radar scope things, they reported later on there being at least a dozen of our self made, super hurricanes. Now when word did get out, people thought it was the end of the world. Nope......it was just a twenty year old, ex-college student named Thor and his Mjolnir's at work. And boy, did we work that storm for maybe five hours? In any case, NO super hurricane went off on it's own because we were controlling all of 'em. After FINALLY and REALLY getting recharged, broke up everything and we took off for Kodiak's mess hall.
Thing is, I was still skinny, but not like I had been at Tala's place. Even so, heard a lot of murmurs from people when I entered, with those people putting my food on the serving trays because I didn't want to bother with plates. Then proceeded to just walking down the line eating everything I was given for two hours, before finally taking 2 trays with me to a table. And those cooks were great, because as soon as something was cooked, here came another tray (or couple) being brought to me, with me eating for ten hours straight. I REALLY put SERIOUS hit on their food supply as in them only having a few odds and ends left. There were NO eggs, hashbrowns or gravy when I got done. The Navy had to send a couple of airplanes to help them restock their kitchen and later, a ship to make things good. The base commander came out to see me and didn't say anything for I don't know how long, with him eventually asking if I'd caused that storm earlier and all I did was nod as I was busy stuffing my face. That was the only question he asked, then made sure the cooks were making sure I was getting enough to eat. I finally waved a hand, saying no more and had to work in getting those last six serving trays of food down, but I did. Thanked all the mess hall people individually, then used Mjolnir to etch these words in the plexiglass that covers the food serving area: Best d*mn food I've EVER eaten, with the date and Thor under those words. And yes, I used the D word when doing this. Went outside and as we rose into the air, I waved to those who were waving to me and took off for home, with me sending Bobs Mjolnir's back to the studio roof and where I REALLY got some sleep, As in for four days.
This time I'd been out of sight of everyone for a little over a month and WAS in the news, along with Youtube in the beginning with everyone wondering what had happened to me. But then came the videos of me eating at Kodiak...... Now Bob had called me more than once, along with Natalie, Chris and Tom, along with others like Lepa only calling a couple of times. Thing is, both phones were dead battery wise and I'd forgotten to put them in their chargers returning home, which took a few hours. Thing is, I couldn't wait for them to recharge as I had to go see Bob to let him know I was back, something he figured out after word got spread about me being at Kodiak and of course, his Mjolnir's returning to the studio's roof. Had to use another Chris mask as the one I'd been wearing had gotten damaged from me eating like I had.....like from just below the upper lip part had pulled from my face, so it was dangling like a piece of flesh in some zombie or horror movie. I kept it and that piece of rope Tala had given me, with me putting them in a glass covered, wood box frame. When we landed in front of Bobs office, right off the bat, people wanted to know what had happened to me, but I said I had to talk to Bob and find out if I still had a job. Yeah, I was really worried about this because how much money had the studio lost with me not working for it? When I entered his outer office, Olivia (Bob's secretary) just stared at me for a moment, then jumps up to hug me, crying, then asking me what had happened. I simply said I got hurt and that's when Bob happened to open his office door. After a bit, he says Jesus Christ son, it's about time you got your lazy behind here....for awhile I thought you'd gone to working for some other studio. I said gee, thanks boss, for your morale, uplifting employer pep talk. Tells me to get in his office, so I followed him, along with Olivia right behind me. He says everyone knew I'd been hit by that subway train, but the only real footage they had of me was me setting down that lady we'd saved and returning with the one we had caught. The ONLY footage of us rescuing that woman was nothing more than two blurs of something in front of the train. One thing I hadn't thought of at the time was people being hurt, with the train being stopped like we'd done. People got a lot bruises and the train didn't jump the tracks either. However, that brick wall....it was REALLY messed up, but at least we weren't being asked to pay for its repair. Now both of them are looking at me, so I kept it REALLY simple. Said that I TRIED getting back here so the studio doctors could take a look at me, but realized I wasn't going to make it, so I landed, figuring I'd take a nap. But when I woke up, I was in the home of some people I know, so please don't ask any more about that part, please. He simply nodded. He asked how was I feeling and I said pretty good, but that's when Olivia said, but I was so skinny, with me replying you should of seen me BEFORE.... That's when Olivia asked how bad was I, with me replying one of the people helping me said I looked like I was a survivor from some Nazi death camp. But I'm okay now and wondered......that's when Bob said I was wondering if I could go back to work, meaning as soon as possible? I said yes sir. Tells me they've finished working on those Star War spaceships and would I like to take a look at 'em, with me saying yes, along with checking out the other various superhero costumes they'd made for me to wear. Thing is, Bob was saying that since everyone knew I was back, he was holding a press conference tomorrow and I was to be there at eleven am....and it was in his boss voice. Man, this was something I did NOT want to do, but all I could say was yes sir.
Now when we left his office, surprised to find about a hundred people, maybe more. waiting for us....and they began cheering and rushed towards us. They ignored Bobs calls to let us thru for a good five minutes, while I was busy thanking everyone for showing up like they did and shaking hand after hand. Once in his golf cart, headed for one of several studio buildings where those Star War props were not only built, but completed. Yeah, Bob took a BIG chance on authorizing them to be finished when I hadn't shown up after a week. The Disney board was thinking bad thought about me, as in me being dead. As to those Star War props, the Falcon, something called a B wing and a snow speeder were done for example. This was when he reminded me that he, his people, Hikarue and Hikarue's people were to get together and I thanked him, because with one thing and another, I had forgotten. Now the Falcon was full sized, with what I'd call its livingroom, cockpit and two gun torrents which could be raised or lowered. The loading ramp could also be lowered or raised, along with a lot of lights where the engines were at, to simulate when the spaceship was taking off. A small generator gave power to the batteries that were in this thing that powered everything. So then I started putting on those other superhero costumes and it was at this point I learned that Ethan had been a big Silver Surfer fan when he was a kid. He's also one of the main guys, like Luthor, in building the Hulkbuster and Hulk suits. I said you wouldn't happen to know where another Silver Costume would be laying around.....that would fit you, would you? When he stared at me, I simply nodded, saying we'd met tomorrow after work. We'd do it today, but I gotta make some calls and who knows what's going to happen when I do. Next day after work, he was ready and that's what we did, with us taking four of Bobs cameramen because I knew Bob would be unhappy if I hadn't. Now right off the bat, hello Hawaii, because they have BIG waves there, followed by London, Paris, etc. for about ninety minutes, then back to the studio, where the footage was waiting for Bob to view. And before I forget, remember those people who were doing the smash and grab looting of stores? Bob gave cops my second phone number and they were told how things had to be done when requesting our help. Name of the town and gps co-ordinates, with us stopping a lot of that nonsense in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, etc. Thing is, I never zapped any innocent people. I mean, those with stuff in a grocery cart or their arms because they were running away from where all this was happening. Figured better to let someone guilty of this get away, than zapping an innocent bystander. Anyway, back to the previous day of working at the studio. Called and talked with Mom and the girls for about fifteen minutes and yes, those two still had their boyfriends and going out on dates with Moms approval, with me saying I'd be out when I could, but my boss got tired of using a whip on me, so now he's using two. Then got to calling Lepa, Radic and Faye to see what was happening with them. They were surprised to hear from me, considering it had been so long in not hearing from me. I explained I had told them about my job keeping me busy at times and why I couldn't of joined their bowling league, so we made plans to go bowling again in a few days. Truth is, I missed being with them and was thinking maybe..... But then in all honesty, I LOVED those greasy double cheeseburgers and fries sold at that bowling alley. Franklin was another surprise call for me. Remember him? He was the guy who co-played Black Panther and had created that web site for everyone and apparently, it had taken off like a shot, with a bunch of new people joining the club. Some had bought their costumes, others created them from scratch like most had. They were all taking off for Sacramento for a cos-play and anime convention and maybe if I had the time, I'd join 'em? Called him, saying I'd be there with my motorhome, then got the date and time of it. You see, doing stuff like this keeps me normal, if you will. Talked with Cheri and things were going well for the four of them.
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Post by texican on Jan 8, 2022 12:29:09 GMT -6
Thanks willC for the chapter.
Now Thor is not invincible and will have to pay attention to what is happening around him and what he does.
Texican....
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Post by ahsga on Jan 8, 2022 21:22:55 GMT -6
There’s just something about the protagonist and his empathy that I find compelling.
Thank you
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Post by boomerweps on Jan 9, 2022 10:01:51 GMT -6
This story is not a normal PAW fiction but you got me hooked Continue, please.
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Post by willc453 on Jan 14, 2022 13:06:57 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 54
Now the next day, I'm at my cubicle eating food Jose had made earlier and also made for me. I put a dent in his food supply. You know what's great about being famous? Having your OWN slurpee machine, with nothing but BIG cups available. And it's GREAT having one whenever you want......especially as “desert” after breakfast, etc. So I'm sucking up the last of the liquid slurpee when I hear Natalie's voice saying I sounded like a whale when it clears its blow hole of water and air?! I said oh yeah....at least I've never been in some cheap, hacker movie and boy, did that set her off. As if TRYING to open the door to my cubicle! I put Mjolnir on that door REALLY quick, so there was no way she'd be able to open it. That's when Chris asked what hacker movie I was referring to, with me saying it was V for Vengeance and Chris saying it wasn't and started telling me what the movie was really about. But Tom.....well, he tells him that I obviously had been yanking Nat's chain and she had reacted like one of those junk yard dogs?! THAT set her on him and from what I understood, he backed up kind of quick. I asked if someone would mind holding mad, junk yard dog Natalie back so I can get out of here. Oh boy....THAT did NOT go over to well with her, but then Tom......well, Tom being Tom said for everyone to run for their lives because Natalie's foaming at the mouth with shephobia. She went after him, with Bob telling me this, so I'm outta of my cubicle and up in the air, looking for Tom who's TRYING to run, but it's kind of hard when you're laughing. I reached him first, with me saying hand up in the air big brother and with that, he was out of danger from Natalie's shephobia. She did calm down and I told her that I'd watch that movie of hers next instead of one of the superhero ones which seemed to satisfy her. Now this was the morning of the press conference and Bob had set up a podium and there were LOTS of news people there. Crud.
I'll tell the truth......I had MAJOR stage fright, so yes, I was a scardy cat as Natalie would call me more than once thru the years. And if wondering, I still HATE them. Anyway, I'm walking towards that podium like a condemned man going to the gas chamber or electric chair. Now those three have been there, done this a lot of times, but not me and it was Natalie who saw my reaction to those news people. Asks me what's wrong and I said I don't wanna do this.....why can't Bob just tell those people I'm back? Natalie says in a way, I'm like them and doing these appearances is part of the job. Then was surprised when she asks if I'd like them to be on the podium with me and I said yes....please. And that's what they did....while I'm standing before all those people, tv cameras and microphones, they stood behind me and I think Bob knew why they were there instead of being among the audience. Chris put one of his hands on one of my shoulders, saying little brother, doing these interviews is something we dream about and with you being you, I can understand your nervousness. Then Tom....oh boy. He says doing interviews is a lot easier than when you tried drowning everyone here at the studio and I said wait a minute, that WASN'T....and then the three of 'em are laughing at me and that made things easier to face the music. Now we'd no sooner stepped onto that podium, with the news people shouting questions and it took Bob only a minute to get them to shut up because he told them if they didn't quiet down, the news conference was over. And the way he said it, they knew he meant it.
There was a stand with a bunch of microphones on it and when Bob motioned for me to come forward, I put a hand on each side of the stand as my hands were shaking a little bit from stage fright. I said I've never done anything like this before, so please excuse me if I screw it up. You and others want to know why I've been out of the public eye for so long.....it was because I almost died from saving that woman at that subway station. Yeah.....pandemonium and questions from the news people. I said if you all DON'T shut up, we're outta here and that did the trick. I said where I'm from, we don't have subways like they do in Chicago and New York City, so while I was heading back here, we got to cruising slowly over Chicago to look at the subway trains. That's when I saw that woman push that lady off the platform and in the path of the subway. The people that know me might tell you how I just do things without thinking and it was at that point that Natalie, Chris and Tom kind of snickered and Bob had a pained look on his face. I said anyway, we zoomed downed to hopefully rescue that lady on the tracks, but things didn't go as planned because I got hit by that train. Then someone in the audience said it's estimated from the time that woman had been pushed to me rescuing her was two seconds, possibly even less?! I said I have no idea, but then, at the time, I didn't have a stop watch on me either. That got some laughs. After catching and turning that woman over to the subway police, we took off for the studio and its doctors because after that part was over, I wasn't feeling too well. You all know how fast we can move, but in this case, I was REALLY hurting and KNEW I wasn't going to make it here. So.....I looked for a place to land because there was a good chance I'd go unconscious and splat against the ground. Silence from the crowd. I have an expression of paying it forward, that is, helping just regular folks....like changing a flat tire for a lady. Went looking for some people we've been helping, but they weren't there and the best I could do was land and right after that, it was lights out. Thing is, my body was trying to heal itself, but I was so badly hurt, I was dying because I'd used so much of what makes me as Thor. My friends gave me broth and while that helped, it wasn't enough because I also needed electricity and......well, they came up with an idea how to give me some. Eventually, I got better, but I needed more than they could provide, but they found me a place where I could get even more. Once I was “juiced” enough as I call it, took off for the ocean where, yes, we created that super storm and.....well, while I'm still a little underweight, we're ready to get back to helping others once again and of course, help Disney make the kind of movies no one's ever seen before. And that was the end of my sentence of “death” in dealing with those people, because after I spoke my peace, Bob said he's done and with that, turned to my friends to say thanks. After Bob was done with those news people, he tells me he and Hikarue would be getting together to talk in a few days about different projects, but this time he was only bringing three of his people. Which gave me an idea.....uh oh. Asked if it would help if I brought them from his studio to Disney's so they wouldn't have to deal with jet lag. He says that's very nice of me and he accepted. As for me, no work until Bob was sure I was okay, but to remember the studio's cafeteria was always open and smiled. Thing is, it was Chris who said he noticed I had twitched a little when I made the offer to fly Hikarue and the others here. Then Tom says I had something in mind, didn't I? I said yeah......and maybe....you know, maybe if you guys were free on that day..... That set Natalie off, because after all, wasn't I her friend too? I said yes, of course you are.....but you're kind of small....you know, height wise, with Chris and Tom laughing. But, let's go somewhere private so we talk, okay? Tom says no doubt this is VERY nefarious and Machiavellian and I said yeah....VERY and with that, they were hooked. We get to talking and they're quite enthused, but then I got another idea and sprung it on 'em. Natalie said if I'm involved and it has flying in it, they'd best be on board ahead of time. Since we didn't want their company involved, they said they'd call those people personally and leave me a voice mail with the info I'd need.
Now as to Ethan, he stayed after work, with a big plastic bag in one hand and the Silver Surfers surfboard in the other. With one of Bobs Mjolnir's attached to him, up to a deserted roof top where he got into his costume with the BIGGEST grin on his face after we faced each other, then he put the Silver Surfers silver mask on. With one of Bobs Mjolnir's under that surfboard and some instructions on what to expect, we were ready. Yeah, we did a quick tour and as always, very few people look up in the sky to see flying people. Another thing was......well, I didn't want us to hang around anywhere too long just in case someone did see us and brought out their phone. However, I did get shots of him at various landmarks during our tour. Get back to the studio and he can't thank me enough and goes to walk off. Thing is, he's got that Silver Surfers surfboard and being curious, I asked him how was he going to leave the studio property with it, with him saying it'd be no problem. So, I go to my cubicle to take a look at those who'd been posting comments on the company set up website they'd made for me for a few minutes. After awhile, decided to take off and as I'm flying over the company's parking lot, see Ethan with his surfboard, so landed to find out what was going on. He had no idea on how he was going to take it home as he had a SMALL car. Yeah, he could use some rope that he had, but it would be hanging over the front and back of it and a sure way to get a ticket for possible obstruction. So I offered to take the surfboard to his place, but was told it'd take him about ninety minutes for him to get home. I said no problem and with that called Bobs Mjolnir's to us. Told him to get inside his car, don't start it, leave it in park and once he did that, tried something different. Put one of Bobs Mjolnir's on his surfboard and it worked.....both the car and surfboard rose up into the air by a few inches. Once satisfied this was going to work, got we got higher, with Ethan simply pointing the way to his place. Which confused him for a bit because he was so used to taking the various freeways home, but we got it done, with him thanking me profusely once again, with me saying it was no problem.....just paying it forward. Asked if I wanted a beer, with me saying I didn't drink, but maybe some ice water? He smiles, then says that's no problem and into his place we go. Now, he lives in a house but his garage is his workplace, where he tries doing different things. LOTS of props he's gotten for free from Disney, along with stuff he's made for himself and stuff Disney didn't like until he changed it, which meant usually coming up with something new. Spent about thirty minutes at his place and learning a lot about how people like him got started in a prop department and what their work was like. Thing is, a lot of their work's been taken over by CGI. When I got ready to go, I'm outside seeing a lady calling for someone, so I called out to her, asking if she needed help.
Seems Lara was Ethan's neighbor a couple of houses down from his place and her leash had broken while taking her dog, Seymour, for a walk. She was headed back to her place to take her car to look for him. I said would you mind me helping you find your dog? I mean, you wouldn't want it to get hit or caught by some dog catcher, would you? She says thanks, but no thanks. If you're wondering, she thought at first that I was some guy in a Thor costume due to Ethan working at Disney and being a prop guy. So asked her what her dog looked like and with a sigh, pulls out her phone to show me a picture of Seymour and with that, heads to her place. Turned to Ethan, saying sorry, but duty calls and with that we rose into the air to look for Seymour. Now this took about fifteen minutes, with Seymour happily trotting down a sidewalk with a lot of sniffing and doing doggie stuff on every bush or tree he could access. Having been there, done that, this time I DIDN'T grab him by the scruff of his neck, with me using one of Bob's Mjolnir's for this. And yeah, he went spraying, but fortunately, NOT on me or my costume or anyone below him. Now it was time to find that lady, which took maybe another ten minutes because I needed to get a view of the driver. Find her, with us landing in front of her, with enough distance for her to safely stop. She was extremely happy to have Seymour back and with that, we took off.
Now it wasn't dark dark if you know what I mean, so we took off for those places with the burnt trees, after a quick stop at Tala's to find that two man saw and we got busy cutting them down, then stacking 'em on the reservation, which got me to thinking. Now if you're wondering, we didn't just take the burned trees, but also stumps, with me thinking more trees might be planted in those area......and hopefully, people will THINK about having so much brush around their homes. Think I've said this before, but there's MY money that I've earned at Disney's studio and casino money, with me spending THEIR money. Even so, make sure I give it to those who deserved it. Headed back home afterwards and after changing, started working on my drawings and reading some of the letters I'd taken from my cubicle at work......that is, until I heard gunshots, with one of those bullets punching a hole in one of my windshields?! Believe me, I ducked when I heard that bullet whizzing by me and embedded in one of my cabinets. Called Bobs Mjolnir's to me, then after getting my ski mask, etc. on, out the door we go and into the air. Payback time. What ticked me off was we DIDN'T find the shooter and of course, the storage lot guards hadn't seen anyone.....BUT they had a couple of outside cameras on the storage lot and a really grainy video was available. Not that it did any good by the time I got back to the storage lot and talked with the two guards later on that were working that night. They called the cops who came out to take a report, along with getting that bullet that was in one of my cabinets. So now I've got a motorhome with a hole in its windshield. As to my insurance, I was advised by the storage lot guards NOT to file a claim for it because no doubt my rates would increase. Next few days, was busy at the studio in other superhero costumes, but I finally got that windshield replaced......at THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS?! Thing is, because my motorhome was so old, the glass had to be ordered and believe me, we were cruising all over Los Angeles just LOOKING for anyone who wanted to do some drive by shooting. Well, good news and bad news about that. We did stop four cars doing this thing, with them being zapped and then being turned over to the cops. The bad news was none of the ballistics from their guns matched the bullet the cops had taken.
Now as to picking up Hikarue as Bob requested......I had told Bob that it'd be no problem for us to pick them up, but then suggested he should do something with a little more style.....like taking the Falcon to Hikarue's studio and of course, him going with us. He liked that idea, but boy was he and Hikarue were shocked when that day came. First off, there were people dressed as storm troopers and rebels, with Natalie being dressed as that princess in those first couple of movies. He's kind of in shock, turns to me, then says it was YOUR idea wasn't it? I said yeah, but if you're goin' to do something, do it IN STYLE. He sighs, then says okay....but then I tell him he's a bit under dressed for such a important meeting and that's when Natalie wraps an arm around him, telling him since Darth Vader was Leia's father, it would only be right that he'd be in his “business suit” for the trip to Japan. And with that, she waves her other arm and here comes one of the prop guys with a Darth Vader suit and helmet. Bob says there's no bleeping way I'm going to wear that, at which point I said how about the money you'll save in not hiring someone to be Darth Vader. Well, he's looking at me and I'm trying to act as innocent as possible, but that's when Natalie brought up a VERY valid point about how many CEO's could claim they got to fly and be in the Falcon to Japan? He's says he never had a chance did he and I said that's what I was hoping for. So when he came back in costume, with his helmet under his arm, EVERYONE (including me) cheered. He looks at me, saying there are times when you're around, I feel like I'm running a day care center instead of a multi billion dollar studio. I replied with as long as you're providing free cookies and milk, I'll be here. He groaned and with that, everyone got aboard the Falcon and with some guidance, out of the studio building and then into the air. Not that we went to Japan right off the bat naturally. Flew around Los Angeles for a bit, then off to New York City with us remaining in the air just above all the traffic and in front of DC's headquarters, you know, because Disney had Star Wars, while DC didn't. Chicago, London, Paris, South Korea/North Korea border, then to Hikarue's studio where we landed. And yes, those North Korean guards went kind of crazy seeing us land, then everyone stepping out for a bit, but didn't do anything stupid.
Yeah, it seems I “forgot” to tell Hikarue that I'd be bringing more than Bob out to see him. Then Bob and everyone came walking down the Falcon's ramp, with Bob taking off his Darth Vader helmet. Hikarue's LOOKING at me with me telling him to strut HIS stuff and with that, he's on his phone, with his people coming out and me attaching one of Bobs Mjolnir's to Airi's witches broom and off she goes up into the air and giving off her evil witches cackle. Of course, everyone was dressed up in their costumes. Some of Hikarue's people released a bunch of helium balloons, but they had also been filled with glitter, the kind of stuff you throw during a New Years Eve party, with one of his people using those arrows I could control, with the arrows busting those balloons. Yeah, both bosses, along with everyone involved being totally surprised by the other. Now I got BOTH of my bosses looking at me and I said let's do some group photos and that's what they did, with me using my camera too. Thing is, I turned to Bobs people and said okay everyone, time to reveal your true selves. Man, did I LOVE the gasps that happened not only by Bob, Hikarue and Natalie, but Hikarue's people. Chris, Tom, Benedict, Henry, along with Natalie's husband, Benjamin, were outfitted as storm troopers, with Robert being someone called The Maldorian and Gal? She was Bobba Fett. Bob and Hikarue took my suggestion that everyone mingle for a bit before we took off for Bobs studio and that's what everyone did. Thing is, Hikarue was really getting to know me, so he had some of his roach coaches ready for me, just in case. So while everyone's talking to each other and getting to know each other, I went to stuff my face, with Bobs Mjolnir's giving everyone a quick ride as normal. As for me, I was working on my third medium sized wok pan of rice, shrimp and veggies when I hear a ahem behind me. How about Natalie, Benjamin, Bob and Hikarue?! Boy, did she let it fly on me by saying I was SUCH an unscrupulous, devious, Machiavellian and sneaky individual, behind head. With Benjamin saying that might be so.....but he does it SO well, with Natalie telling him NOT to encourage me as who knows what I'd be doing next? Thing is, Benjamin had dressed as a storm trooper and tried putting the make on Natalie while in costume. Boy, she REALLY let him have it, then got madder when he started laughing at her, then took off his helmet to reveal who he was. And yeah, that was my idea.
As to Bob and Hikarue, I explained that I liked both of them as bosses, but figured it wouldn't be fair if one upmanshipped the other. They both looked at me, then each other, with them walking off. Thought I was in trouble, even though I had good intentions. Seems Bob had told Hikarue about some of the things we've done at the studio and when they came back, Bob had several gallons of milk, while Hikarue had a big plate of cookies?! Had just finished my ninth bowl of rice, etc. and yeah, I was REALLY eyeballing them, but controlled myself by asking if anyone wanted any of it first. No one did and those items didn't last long, with Hikarue saying we are definitely day care center caretakers. Everyone spent about two hours getting to know each other, with me using some of Bobs Mjolnir's on spare witches broom that Hikarue provided. Naturally, Natalie got her ride and boy, did she give me such EVIL looks when I told her she had a natural, EVIL witches cackle, with only a wart needing to be added onto her really big nose. Benjamin thought this was quite funny. Well, everyone got loaded onto the Falcon, along with Hikarue's three people and with that, we took off, with a detour to some other places like cities in Japan, before returning to the studio.
Well, Bob's got some limo's waiting to take Hikarue and his people to their hotel so they could get some sleep before coming back to Bobs studio. Remember, we went to Japan when it was REALLY early time wise for them and they'd want to get some sleep. That's when I said, hey boss....I gotta another idea and I think Bob groaned, but I did hear him saying oh God, what's next? I said no doubt you've got Hikarue and his people a really nice hotel to stay in and of course, those limo's are ready to go.....but why not do it in STYLE? He says you mean and I said yeah....ANYONE can go to a hotel in a limo, but when you land in front of this place in the Falcon..... I mean, there isn't any law against landing the Falcon in front of some place, is there? Hikarue started laughing, then told Bob san that he needed to remember milk and cookies, at which time Bob started laughing, saying okay. And that's what we did and boy, did we raise a ruckus because we blocked off the road when it was safe to land. So the five of them (Bob, Hikarue and his three people) go walking to enter this hotel when Bob turns around, asking what was I doing? I said just waiting for you to get Hikarue and his people settled, then take you back to the studio. Bob moves a bit from Hikarue, points his finger at the space between them and says get over here. Now. Then Hikarue says and does not only the same thing, but tells me if I don't, NO milk and cookies for me, with the two of the laughing like hyenas. I got between them, with Bob still dressed as Darth Vader and wearing that helmet. The check in clerk was surprised no doubt in seeing us walk into her hotel, but handled it well. This was when I learned there's famous and FAMOUS, it just depends on who it is. I mean, there's lots of famous actors and actresses, but what about those in the movie business? I mean, CEO's like Bob. Now Bobs voice was kind of muted, so he removed his helmet and right off the bat, he was recognized by her. Now Hikarue and his people would return to Bobs studio the next day as they needed to adjust to the time change, which never seemed to affect me, provided I got some sleep beforehand.
Once they were settled in, Bob and I go outside, with him wearing his helmet, with us being met by SIX cops who are VERY unhappy that we blocked off part of the street with the Falcon. Boy, talk about the amount of tickets they were all ANXIOUS to write up. Bob pulls off his helmet, asking the cop if he knew who he was, with the cop saying Bob was some clown in a Darth Vader suit, while I was some kid dressed up as Thor. Bob looks at me, saying since I started it, I had to deal with it, otherwise NO cookies and milk?! And with that, he starts walking towards the boarding ramp of the Falcon, but some cops went to stop him, but I made a simple jump to land besides Bob while telling those cops PLEASE don't. Sorry for the hassle, but we'll be outta here real quick. With me jumping like I did, those cops suddenly stopped, with one of them saying that I had to be THAT Thor with me jumping like that, with me simply releasing my Mjolnir so it remained in the air. Bob gets inside, raises the ramp and then is in the pilots cockpit seat, then pointing upwards, at which time I raised the Falcon, with Bob then retracting the landing gear. I explained why we did what we did, then said we gotta go and again, sorry for the hassle. The cops understood and back to the studio we went and once back in the studio building, Bob got out and left. And you know what? Both of them (Bob and Hikarue) would tease me about having or not having any milk or cookies at times. But what I really liked was both of them made sure not only did I have those items available any time I wanted, but also, their employees. When I made the offer, suddenly the prop people decided it was break time, with us taking fifteen of them at a time for a quick world tour and once they were done......well, when I saw the looks on the faces of the other studio people.... Their tours were quicker, as in around ten minutes and after the third trip, had to say enough, with everyone understanding and me hitting the studio cafeteria, followed by going to Mexico to add more water to Juan's family and others, farms, while getting recharged. After sending Bobs Mjolnir's back to the studio, I went home to read some of the mail I'd picked up earlier, while trying to watch Natalie's V for Vengeance movie I'd been given. This was because I KNEW she'd be grilling me the next time we met.
Now you know about me and Saint Judes hospital, but one thing I'd never thought of was orphans. I mean, have you every thought of them in any way? And then there were foster kids, kids living with adults thru no fault of their own, but that of their parents for using drugs, excessive alcohol or death. I was thinking we had it hard growing up, but I was REALLY wrong and also didn't know there was an orphanage in Carson City, Nevada. It was Jeffrey who wrote to me, but not asking me for anything. Instead he was happy that I'd been helping kids at Saint Judes, nor did he mention he was an orphan, but the address on his envelope told me this. I still had a lot of daylight, so time to get out as Thor, with me finding and putting that address in my gps and of course, calling Bobs Mjolnir's to me just in case they might be needed. Now I had NO idea in how about doing this sort of thing, so when I landed, just walked up to the front door of the orphan and went inside, which is where I met Khandi Alexander, who's the administer and was temporarily filling in as the receptionist. He looks at me in surprise, asking if he could help me and I said I'd gotten a letter from a boy which really touched me and thought I'd come see him here and now. He says that's nice, but do you have this letter from him? Oops....I forgotten it, leaving it in my motorhome. Had to tell him I forgot it and he says that it was nice to dress up as Thor, bu.....and that's when I let go of my Mjolnir, where it remained in the air. That's when he says it was really me and not somebody in a Thor costume and see him looking at Mjolnir, so I had it float and land on the receptionist desk, asking him to pick it up, which he did with no trouble. Then changed it so he couldn't and when he wasn't touching it, called Mjolnir to my right hand. Oops. Two little girls had just entered the room and saw me doing this and WITHOUT hesitation, they hauled donkey back thru that door and SCREAMING that the REAL, LIVE Thor was here! Asked Khandi to use the PA system to tell everyone that we'd be in the playground area and he said he would, which was a good thing, because THAT quick, we had a dozen or so kids in the reception area. With that, I left the building and flew over to the playground area where we landed and quickly surrounded by kids and the adults working there, with the kids asking all sorts of questions.
I said first off, I'm here because Jeffrey Miles wrote me a letter and I just found out he's got a sister, also living here, which created a buzz. This was when Khandi brought forth a boy and a girl, who were Jeffrey and Vera. Let go of Mjolnir and said hello Jeffrey, got your letter and I was touched by it, then said hello to Vera. Yeah, their eyes were REALLY wide opened like they couldn't believe that I was really there. I then said, I brought some help just in case we needed to help somebody, somewhere and please look up. That's when I brought Bobs Mjolnir's into view, where they had been hanging over the orphanage's building. I said I'm going to do the same thing here, that we did at Saint Judes, so please give us some room and with that, everyone backed up. I explained how the Mjolnir's worked, with the youngest kids going first and as the age rose, so did the height of Bobs Mjolnir's.
After Jeffrey and Vera had gotten their rides, asked if we could talk privately and with that, we walked over to some swings, where we sat down. Their parents had been killed by a drunk driver about six months earlier, while these two had been watched by a baby-sitter. Seems there was a large amount of insurance money involved, with more than one relative wanting to “help those poor unfortunate kids”, which meant being in control of their insurance money. Yeah, it was THAT big. You know that saying little pitchers have big ears? Jeffrey was the one who'd heard about a large amount of money being involved, but no idea how much there really was. But with money being involved, greed does come out, no matter how much there is. When I looked up, saw a bunch of kids just looking at us, then the questions came, with me trying to answer them best as possible. Thing is, I saw a lot of photos being taken by the adults on their cell phones and I asked that they do NOT post them on any social media and why. Thing is, they didn't, but I got more involved with the orphanage later on. Kids being kids wanted to know what it was like doing the things people have videotaped of me doing and I said it was neat, but it could also be scary, with me explaining. Told them what it was like working at Disney and the many great people I got to work with, along with Hikarue and his people. One of the kids didn't believe what I said about Airi riding her broomstick, so a regular, industrial broom was brought out and with one of Bob's Mjolnir's attached to it, told Vera how things worked and she got to riding it both ways. I was surprised when a little four year old girl asked if she could sit in my lap and I looked at Khandi, who simply nodded. So I said okay, but then dug out my digital camera, with him taking a photo of us on that swing set seat, with me explaining I'd send her a copy of us together. That set off a stampede if you will, with kid after kid wanting such a photo, so how could I say no? Thing is, all the young kids wanted to sit in my lap, especially the older girls. As for the guys, as the age rose, we'd stand together with my arm on their shoulders and them holding my Mjolnir up in the air. Got invited to have supper with them, which I accepted, then afterwards, went to talk with Khandi on how an orphanage worked and it was not nice. While the state provided funding for its operation, there was always something happening, where a little bit more money would be appreciated. Kind of like stealing from Peter to pay Paul, so some things would have to be canceled or not bought, in order to cover a unexpected expense like a leaking roof for example. Dug thru my subsistence pouch and after finding the pre-paid debit card I wanted, gave it to him, while telling him the amount and pin number was on the back of it. This was followed by me putting the ten thousand in cash that Bob had paid me for picking up Hikarue, etc. I also told him that NOBODY was to know about this for several reasons. One was, if the state government found out about it, it would probably reduce your budget since now that you've got a surplus of money in your budget. The other is I didn't want others to know about this because I would probably get a lot of people and organizations asking for money, with me explaining it happens all to frequently. He was quite happy to accept the debit card and agreed to keep all of this between us. And I said NO receipt either as neither of us want any kind of paper trail, okay?
Once we were done, walked thru the orphanage, telling the kids that we were leaving, but I'd be back, though I couldn't promise when this would happen. They understood that I worked for a living and of course, helped people from tornado's, etc. With that taken care of, went back home to change into me clothing and with my smaller backpack on, took off for Las Vegas. Yep, with so many casinos there, they ALL made “contributions”. How much? I had a hard time stuffing the money I'd “won” into the backpack which also held Mjolnir. When I got home, came the “fun” part of breaking down all that money by denomination. For example, eight hundred and seven-eight dollars in ones is A LOT of ones. And me being me, there was A LOT of change, which I put in TWO of those big plastic jugs with lids I had bought from Dollar Tree sometime earlier. Just quarters went in one of them, because I'd need them to do laundry. Now not wanting to screw around cooking supper as it was getting late, decided to hit that local pizza parlor, but then the girls showed up, with the girls being Faye and Concetta. They were shocked at how I looked, but didn't say anything about it. Lepa would have been there, but she had to work an extra shift, but this time, they joined me for the trip to the pizza place. Now neither of them had ridden with me in it and they liked my place with its mobility and what it was like to just take off to go camping somewhere, like Lake Mead though they didn't care for the emptiness of the desert at night. This time it was dutch, though they ordered a twelve inch pizza which they shared, while I ordered three eighteen inch pizzas with me getting three pitchers of ice tea. Got that by offering ten dollars to one of the girls working there and man, she made sure when two of the pitchers were empty, she got 'em filled. Yeah, love it when you get free refills. Doubled those slices of pizza, with the girls just looking at me from time to time, but not saying anything. I said remember, I'm a leprechaun, so our eating habits are a bit different from time to time. Now they only had two slices of pizza each and when I finished mine, Concetta simply pushed their left over pizza to me. Didn't hesitate in eating it and afterwards, they just wanted to cruise around town, which was fine with me. But then Faye saw a pool hall, asking me if I wasn't in any hurry, would I like to play a few games, with me saying okay. Of course, there were consequences, but once again, gotta ask: why me?
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Post by willc453 on Jan 28, 2022 21:14:28 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 55
Now we have some pool halls in Reno and Sparks and from what I could tell, they were really nice looking inside while walking by them and looking thru those big windows in the front of the building. Truth is, this one seemed okay. Did I tell you that all three girls were pretty? Well, if I'd of had my way, I'd of put the make on any of 'em, but then I learned a lesson about being......too forward, if you will. I kissed Karen Snoggrass on the cheek while out in the playground in sixth grade....you know, to let her know I liked her. Not only did she kick me in my nards, but slugged me on the jaw! Yeah, once bitten, twice shy and this time there were three of 'em? Better safe than sorry you understand. Now both of them had played before, with the two of them playing against each other while I watched. Now I had been asked to do what they called racking the balls which seemed pretty simple to me, but apparently you do things in certain ways like when playing golf. Faye tells me I racked 'em wrong, unracked them and with her watching and telling me how they were supposed to be racked, I did it according to her instructions. Then I got to wondering and yes, it was uh oh time right after that. They got to be “really good”, but with me controlling those balls..... So I asked if they'd mind if I did some practice on another table and because they were having so much fun, they said okay. Well, got the table next to them as those players had just left and after racking my balls, went to shoot pool for the first time in life. Oops. Twelve of the fifteen balls went into what they call pockets, leaving two striped balls and the eight ball. It was no problem putting the striped balls in pockets.....but they hit the railings about four times before going in, soon followed by the eight ball. With me hitting what's called the cue ball to hit the first, second and eight ball before the first ball went into a pocket. I mean, I was just screwing around, but next thing I know is that the girls are on me and accusing me of fibbing about not having played pool before. I said you forget me pretty Colleen's, I'm a leprechaun from county York and it was Faye who said that last time I said this, it was county Cork. I said I do tend to move around a lot and then told I was full of it and they both laughed.
Well, here comes two guys, Bob and Bill who tell me that was one heck of a break I'd done and I said thank you and figured that would be the end of it. They started hitting on the girls and I figured before too long the four of 'em would play pool for a bit, then take off. It is what it is, but they didn't. Thing is, Bob and Bill insisted “helping” the girls, with it starting off with them putting their hands on the girls arms, something they did NOT like and let them know it. But when those two stepped back from the girls, they called them a couple of dykes and that's when I started stepping towards those two. Boy, girls can be SO vicious and put those two down REALLY quick, with them slinking away and out of the poolroom while a bunch of customers got to laughing at what had gone down. The girls got back to playing, with me going to get a double cheeseburger, fries and ice tea and that's when those four bikers walked in. Thing is, people started backing away from them in fear, with two of them going to talk to two women who were there with their boyfriends or dates, while the other two made a beeline for Faye and Concetta who had been concentrating on their pool game. It became show time as they say in the movies. Now the girls were not polite in telling those two to leave them alone and then I heard one of the biker guys saying she REALLY needed to go riding on his BIG Harley. Well one of the other bikers sees me moving towards the girls, steps in front of me, saying this was a private party kid and bleep off, followed by him placing his right hand against my chest. Didn't hesitate, but broke that wrist, followed by a kick to his nards and a quick zap to render him unconscious. That did NOT set well with his three buds, with the two who had been talking to Faye and Concetta, coming right for me. Then Faye screams behind you and I was about to get hit in the head with that other guy using a pool cue?! I simply reached out with my left hand and YANKED that pool cue from his hands and whacked him on his forehead with the bigger/thicker part of it and he was out of the fight. Then here comes the other two, once again, with BIG knives in their hands and I told them that this reminded me of two things. First being did you ever mess with someone you shouldn't of messed with, with me trying to sound like Clint Eastwood. Was told they were going to shove that pool cue where the sun doesn't shine. That's when I said the other part is NOT bringing a knife to a staff fight. One of my friends was into martial arts movies, you know like Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee. And I really liked Mr. Lee's movies not because he could move and fight so fast, but because he stood up to bullies. Now there's still cheerleaders who use batons in leading cheers for their schools and I started twirling a pool cue so it was BUZZING, then suddenly I wacked the two of them on their foreheads and they simply dropped to the floor unconscious. Broke their knives by placing the blades at an angle on the floor and stomping on them, followed by me taking what they call their colors. You know, jackets showing what motorcycle gang they're affiliated with.
Grabbed those two by their shirt collars and started dragging them to the doors, with me calling out that I was taking out the trash and would someone please open the door. Someone did and with that, placed each of them on the front wheel of one of their motorcycles, not that I cared if they were on their own bikes or not. But in any case, with their body kind of hiding that wheel, I bent over and snapped off a dozen or so of those wire things between the inner and outer tire rims. Did the same with the other two bikers and their wire things, along with giving them all another quick zap. Back inside the pool hall, got a garbage bag which I put those four jackets of theirs inside of it, turned to the girls and said, let's go and that's what we did. As to the girls, they didn't say anything on our way back to the storage lot, but when the three of us got out of my motorhome, they said thank you, followed by a really good hug AND a kiss on the lips. WITH tongue. They said as a leprechaun, I was very good at dealing with trouble makers, but if I wanted lessons to be a better kisser, let them know?!
Remember Franklin telling me about the cos-player convention in Sacramento? Made sure I'd have a three day weekend for that event, with me taking off Thursday evening. Boy, what a drive, but there were those delicious hot dogs at the various truck stops on the way there. With this convention being basically a local one as far as the Reno cos-player people were concerned, almost three dozen of them showed up, with a lot of new characters being added to the club. Once again, it felt weird NOT wearing Chris's face mask, etc., but great meeting my friends and meeting new ones from the club and other cos-players. Now all of this was taking place at a convention center there and it's HUGE, with me finding a place to park on the street just a few blocks from it, with me walking to the convention center. Yeah, could of gone to a RV park for those few days, but I wanted to save my money and besides, what if we had to take off to help someone, some where? Now the Sacramento cos-players were in contact with some of our members and they put us wise on good places to eat and the prices were reasonable. Naturally, two of the local tv stations came out, but I made sure I stayed out of sight of their cameras. Not that it was a long, time wise clip, but better safe than sorry.
Got to Sacramento around one am Friday morning and was tired from sitting so much, so decided I'd stretch my legs by cruising around in case someone needed help. Naturally, once I got settled, called for Bobs Mjolnir's.....safety in numbers you understand. No big action like drug dealing, car jackings, etc., I was glad to say. Three drunk drivers doing a lot of weaving down the street, along with speeding up and then slowing down. Some teenagers keying cars, some others busting car widows to steal whatever they could and one man having a heart attack. I'd attach one of Bob's Mjolnir's to those cars or kids, followed by me calling 911, saying this was K-9 unit Thor and I need some cops at such and such location and why. Oh boy, the COPS got there REALLY fast, though I think it was just wanting to see us in action more than anything else. I mean, it's not every day they'd see a car or some kids up in the air with Mjolnir's attached to them. As to the heart attack guy, thought he was another drunk, especially when he drifted to one side of the road and came to a stop after hitting a stop sign. But once I saw his blue face going pale, realized what was wrong, snapped off his seat/shoulder harness and we took off for the nearest hospital. This was something I was learning.....to KNOW in advance where one's at in big cities. With our speed it didn't matter if we were in the southern part of Florida because just that quick, we could be hitting a hospital in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Land in front of the emergency room, then started CPR on him, though it was awkward because one arm is holding him up at an angle, while my other hand was busy between holding his nose closed, then giving him what's called the breath of life, then using that same hand of push down a little bit on his chest area. And if you're wondering, CPR was a required class in high school. I'm busy just trying to do this right the first time, then someone called out help had arrived and me seeing six people and a gurney. Yeah, the hospital doctor and nurses were there and they took over, working on the man as he got wheeled into the emergency room. Back into the air and back to that mans car.
Engine had died, so I put it in park, shut off the ignition, then called the cops again of our location. While waiting for them, lifted his car off the stop sign pole and after it was clear of it, straightened the stop sign pole so it was more or less straight. Thing is, there was a patrol car just a few streets over and they pulled up just as I was finishing straightening out that stop sign pole. Explained what had happened and was told they'd have a wrecker come get the mans car, taking it to some storage lot. Thing is, this man would be charged EVERY day while it was there and who knew how long before that man or a family member would be picking it up. Asked and was told they'd make arrangements so the car wouldn't be put in some storage lot, but we could actually leave it in their secured parking area for free! When I offered them a ride there, they about knocked each other down getting into their police car and off we went. Afterwards, I thanked them again, then asked for their batons, which surprised them, but they did hand them over. Using Mjolnir, I “autographed” them, etching Thank you for your dedication and kindness, followed by Thor, with the month, day and year on them. Yeah, they were some happy campers as a friend of mine used to say and with that, we took off.
Decided I needed to get some sleep before the convention started, but also something to eat. I mean, I love those trucker hotdogs, but..... Now we got a IHOP in Reno, not that I ever ate there and decided to give it a try, but what to do with Bobs Mjolnir's? Then found what I THOUGHT would be a good hiding place as it would save me seconds in calling them to me, so I put them on the dome of the state capital building. Now I was kind of hungry as I still hadn't regained all the weight I'd lost, so after changing, went to that IHOP I'd seen. I'm looking at the menu and of course, pancakes are their main thing, but chicken strips and pancakes just sounded SO disgusting. But as I'm looking the menu over, the waitress shouts at some guy who had just entered this place, saying if he doesn't haul donkey, Sam's going to call the cops. The man quickly turns around and leaves. Asked her what was going on and come to find out that guy's homeless, which isn't a bad thing in itself, but he, like other homeless have come in to steal condiments. You know, salt and pepper shakers, sugar, etc. while rarely buying anything. They'd come in to look at a menu and after a bit, they'd say they changed their minds and leave taking all that stuff. Not only that, some would steal the tips regular customers had left after having finished their meals. Gave her my first order of five ham, cheese and mushroom omelets and she just looks at me, saying there was NO WAY she'd take this order and I better get of here and join that homeless bum friend of mine. I got a hundred dollar bill out and held it up to her, saying my money's talking....or do I walk outta here and eat somewhere else? She apologized, but took the hundred, with me saying I'd be right back and after getting my pack back on, went outside to look for that man.
He wasn't around and with no one around or cameras on the IHOP, I found a dark shadow around the building to take off from and that quick, found him as he was rooting thru IHOP's dumpster, looking for food. I called out to him, saying if he was hungry, I was buying, then simply turned away to walk back into IHOP. The waitress had placed three glasses of water on my table, so I called her over, stating I'd asked for PITCHERS of water, not glasses. She got them for me which was a good thing, because that quick, those glasses were emptied, followed by one of the pitchers, with me drinking it straight from the pitcher. She stared at me and that's when the homeless man walked in. She's having Sam call the cops, but told her I was having a dinner guest and it was that man. She says it's my money, walks off and this was when and where I met Leonard “Len” Franklin Slye. Passed him the menu, telling him to order whatever he wants, he nods, then asks why. I said there's an expression of passing it forward and had he heard of it? He says oh bleep...a Christer, not that I'm going to complain about a free meal, so trot out your Bible and get on with it. I looked at him and started laughing and when I got done, I said I'm NOT a Christer as you put it. I think the NICEST thing my sisters would describe me as being is an uncouth and uneducated barbaric heathen. He was drinking from one of the glasses of ice water when I said this and he almost choked on the water, then started laughing. Now Wanda was our waitress and a few minutes later, here comes my six omelets, with Len looking at them in amazement. Thing is, I could see the want in his eyes, so when I offered him one of them, he took it. As for me, I just put the other five and the hashbrowns onto one plate and dug in. Len had finished his meal about the same time I had finished mine, so asked him if there was anything else he'd like, with him telling me he'd like some coffee and maybe some pancakes? So he got his coffee and placed an order for two pancakes. I ordered three of the four stakes of pancakes, along with four eggs over easy for each set of them, with Wanda saying I'll be close to having a bill of about one hundred dollars, maybe more, with this next order. Gave her another hundred, which she took, with Len just looking at us as this went down. Man, did I load those pancakes down with butter and syrup, followed by me mixing the eggs and pancakes together and Wanda bringing me pitchers of ice water. Gave Wanda a ten dollar tip, with the rest of the money and change to Len, though I told him I needed the quarters for laundry later on. He looks at me, saying I hadn't asked him anything about how he became homeless and I told him that if he had wanted to, he would of. All I ask of you is to pay it forward and that's when he said I certainly wasn't any Christer he'd ever met....and too bad the Christers weren't like me and with that, we parted company. Drove off to find a good place to park near the convention center and posted a note on the inside of the windshield saying I was here for the cos-play convention, closed my drapes for privacy and went to bed, with my alarms set.
Three BIG cups of coffee microwaved started my blood moving, followed by six scrambled eggs, some toast and half a gallon of milk. Shower, shaved, get dressed and out the door I go, walking down the street though it felt weird sans mask, etc. though I did take my ski mask and gloves with me in my MRE pouch. Now I wasn't the only one parked on the street, with others in their motorhomes, pull behind trailers and of course, some sleeping in their cars or vans. Soon there's a dozen or so of us walking to the convention center and that's when I got word Thor had been town, busting bad guys. Yeah, the cops made good of this by contacting the radio and tv stations in hopes of putting bad guys on alert not to be dong bad things, because who knew if he was still around or when he'd show up again. Me being me, yeah, I took photos of those going to the convention and of course, more outside and inside the building, with more people dressing up as Superman (Jim) and The Flash (Chuck), other superhero's who'd been videotaped while in action. And while there were a lot of Thor's, glad to say Tom was represented by more than one Loki. While not busy taking photos of everyone, I was checking out the merchandise for sale, thinking of the girls, Cherie, etc., thinking they might like something. The movie people were out there too, showing clips from new movies that'd be coming out, especially by Disney, Hikarue and DC. Now I didn't go see them because I'd been there, done that with those studios. But my friends and others, were all a ga ga over what was being seen and couldn't wait for these movies to be released. Later on, got to feeling hungry, so took off once I made sure the coast was clear, heading for the studio cafeteria, where I finished putting everything on. And no, I didn't gobble everything down either. Said hello to a lot of people there, then took back off for the convention, with my gloves, etc. once again removed. Man, me and my friends had a great time, then it was pizza time, with us taking one of they city buses to a local place that was recommended to us by others, with me eating a pizza by myself, some salad and lots of ice tea. Now my friends were concerned about me because I was still a bit underweight, but told them I was still getting over a bad cold, flu or something like it.
You know what? Some people are bullies and others are bullies in a different way in that they just want to put you down in order for them to feel better about themselves. And this happened on our bus trip back to the convention center. Now there's sixteen of us when three guys got on the bus and started making snide comments about us being dorks, etc. Thing is, they started making comments about the outfits two of the new girls were wearing as Wonder Woman and Lara Croft. That's when I stood up, telling them to leave my friends alone and they tell me as Crips members, they'll carve me up like a Thanksgiving turkey.....honky. I said no doubt that because there's two of you and only one of me, that this is possible. I looked at the guys and said guys? And with that, they ALL stood up, quickly followed by the girls in the club. I said to those two to pull up their little boy underoos and get off this bus while they still could. They got off at the next bus stop with catcalls from everyone but me as they got off the bus. Now Bernice Frankel was Wonder Woman, while Miranda Jennifer Grossinger portrayed Lara Croft once we were off the bus and thanking me. I said don't thank me, but everyone else who stood up for you two. Franklin told me not to be doing like I did because those Crips people were not to be fooled with, along with just because I'm dressed as Thor, it doesn't mean I am, in any way, shape or form. I said you're right...but then everyone stood together against those two, which really helped get 'em off the bus. Was getting tired as I hadn't had much sleep, so after a little bit more time at the convention, took off for my motorhome where I went to sleep for however long I'd need.
Woke up just before midnight, took a shower, then finished off the last of my eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and milk. Then it was time to go to work and find out more about these Crip people and the best way was to ask a cop. I was learning how to make finding them a lot easier, because their roofs are white with numbers and letters painted on their cars roofs and I happened to see one pulling up to a doughnut shop with me quickly landing behind them as they entered that place. Heard them give their orders, at which time I said your money's no good here.....I'm buying if that's okay with you. They thanked me and asked if I was here for the cos-player convention and I simply said I'm simply here to do some working right now, with me releasing Mjolnir to remain in the air. and THAT got their attention. Told them I was looking for information on some gang which called itself Crips, with one of them moving over so I could sit next to them. I said hold on a minute......those doughnuts smell REALLY good, so I ordered eighteen of those glazed, twisted doughnuts and six of the doughnut shops largest coffees with lots of cream and sugar, with me then sitting next to one of the cops who had moved over. This was what when I got not only a quick history of the Crips, but also the Bloods and the Latin Pachucos, with the first two being all black, while the Latin's were Hispanic in nature, with each having their own turf so to speak. As for me, I slurped and chomped up my coffee's and doughnuts before those two cops had finished theirs as I wanted to make sure I had a surplus of food in me. Since I didn't know Sacramento, asked them to wait a bit and when they agreed, took off to look for a truck stop, which I figured Sacramento HAD TO have and found one: The 49'er. As usual, everything kind of came to a standstill with the people working there and the drivers just staring and then came out their cell phones. Now I already had a truckers map of the U.S., but what I needed was a Sacramento city map and found one that had a plastic cover on it, then grabbed an erasable marker, then went to pay for it. Things changed when I released Mjolnir to get money from my pouch, with the lady cashier saying she'd heard what we'd done the night before and I said yeah, figured we'd hang around a bit, with some cops going to tell me where bad guys hang out and what to look for. She pushed those two items back towards me, saying it was on the house. More than one driver then stepped forward to thank me for helping those other drivers, with me shaking a lot of hands, then said we gotta go. Funny thing though.....they ALL followed me outside to see us take off.
Those cops were nice to mark my new map, showing everyones “turf” and word was passed to both city, country sheriff and CHP (California Highway Patrol) dispatchers. In the next six hours, we caught eighteen bad guys....ex-felons with a gun, drive by shootings, drug dealing and one truck driver who was trying to bypass a scale on the east side of Sacramento. Which was a good thing as he had fourteen illegal aliens in his trailer on their way to Reno. When we caught the last bunch of bad guys, told the cops I had to get home to get some sleep, with us taking off for my place. Thing is, it took about twenty minutes before the coast was clear for me to land and get into my place, but I was prepared with my keys in hand. Once inside, undressed and off to bed for me. Next thing I know is someone's rapping on my bedroom wall, with me calling out to say I'm up Mom, I'm up which got people to laughing. Yeah, it my cos-player friends who thought this was quite funny. Washed my face, then got dressed, with a bunch of us going to a different IHOP, where I ate a normal breakfast. Well, everyone got to talking about two things: the nightlife and Thor still being in town and they were wondering if he'd show up at the convention. Yep, the cops didn't waste any time in telling the tv people what we'd done in those few hours. Now what made me feel bad was one of them bringing up the fact that we'd been to other conventions, so why not this one? I suggested maybe he'd gone to other places and of course, he's gotta get some sleep. I could see my explanation helped, but could see they really wanted him to show up.
Ya wanna have the bejesus scared outta ya, because that's what happened to me. Saturday, I'm thinking I've seen about enough, along with getting some goodies for everyone and taking off for Moms. Then I hear a voice behind me saying just where have you been? We've been looking ALL OVER for you! Yeah....it wasn't just Mom, but the girls with two guys in Spiderman and Captain America costumes besides them?! Oh bleep is putting it mildly. Yeah, I kind of jumped when I heard her voice, but didn't go flying up into the air as I was learning not to do this. Why? Cuz that nasty Natalie LOVED doing this to me, but in any case, it made me more aware of my surroundings. Then it was I was going to this convention and NOT stop by to see them? I told her I planned on leaving here Saturday afternoon, then driving to your place to surprise everyone.....and why are you here and who are those guys? Well, they were Clancey and Vernon.....yeah the same guys I'd met earlier when Margaret and Daniel had introduced me to them. They'd seen the photo of me as Thor standing next to Natalie, Chris and Tom at my first cos-player convention, with the girls telling them about our cos-player club. Thing is, they went to looking online for more information, then coming across Franklin's website about the club. Their dads took them to the first of many meetings at the Little Waldorf Saloon and the boys were warmly welcomed by everyone. Well, the girls being naturally suspicious, wanted to go on the boys second visit. Thing is, with me doing my thing as Thor, it acted like a catalyst for others to join, including more girls and women, something the girls did NOT like. They had boyfriends and BY GOD, were going to keep 'em, but then they too got interested in being cosplayers. Margaret was dressed as Batgirl, while Daniel became Incredigirl. I could see the wanting in the girls eyes for my approval and no doubt remembering the numerous times they gave me a bad time about dressing up as Thor. I quietly told them they both looked great, then held out my arm, with the four of us doing a group hug, with me shaking the hands of their boyfriends, who looked a bit relieved. Thing is, it seems one of people in the cosplayer club happened to mention that I had said I'd be there. The girls and their boyfriends couldn't go until Saturday because of school, with Mom buying the girls their convention tickets for the day, with them planning on returning home afterwards as she had to work that Sunday.
This was when I offered to bring the girls back, along with paying for a second day of convention time there. They were quite happy, but then I looked at their boyfriends and they had some really glum expressions on their faces. So asked them if they'd like to be there for the second day, but they didn't have the money for it. I said, no problem....the girls will not doubt tell you I'm big mover and shaker in Hollywood, right girls? They GUSHED how what a fabulous brother I was and as to Mom...she was trying not to choke on her laughter. And Mom was on me for losing so much weight and that maybe I should cut back on my working hours and I simply agreed with her. Not that this was going to happen when things happened. Now while Mom had brought her digital camera, the girls had also each bought one with the money I'd sent them. Of course, we got a group shot of us and with that, we started wandering around with me explaining about some of the costumes people were wearing and we WERE going to hit the merchandise area, but then the girls said there were some famous people going to have a question and answer session in a little bit and they wanted to go see and hear them, while making sure they had a good seat by getting there early. Yeah, I knew that feeling. With the girls and boys being taken care of by me, Mom was going to take off for home and some alone, home time. Of course, the three of us told her she'd be absolutely miserable without us three with her. She gave us the biggest grin, followed by a wink. Paid for the third day of admission which was cheaper than it was normally was because after all, it would be the last day of the convention. Now the girls weren't hungry, but they did take bottles of water, while the boys took burgers, fries and sodas when I told them it was okay, with me paying for whatever they wanted to eat. As for me, 4 chili dogs with chopped onions and shredded cheddar cheese, along with six big ice tea. And what was nice was not worrying about getting any food stains on Chris's mask.
In case you didn't know it, usually there's guest speakers. You know, like those people from the Star Trek and Walking Dead tv series, while the bigger names went to bigger conventions. Now I'd been hobnobbing if you will, with some famous people, you know, my friends, so I really wasn't interested in seeing and hearing them. But this was the girls and their boyfriends first convention and they were all jazzed in going to see as many as possible, while taking photos of these people, even if from a distance. But then they said Tom, Gal and Benedict were there to do a thirty minute question and answer session about their new movies. Yeah. I said thanks, but I think I'll wander around a bit more, so we went our separate ways, with me heading for the bathrooms. Had to wait for a bit before a toilet was available, but once inside, went full Thor. By God, I was going to give the girls a thrill they'd never expect, along with the four of them getting bragging rights with their friends. Just doing big brother stuff for them, you understand, along with helping those get more publicity for their movies. A win win situation for everyone. Now there were a lot of Thor's there, with different kinds of masks being used. Like rubber, pull over ones and they came in several different kinds price wise, but it didn't matter to me as long as everyone was having a good time. By the time I got to that conference room, the place was JAMMED, including people standing along the walls.
So many inside, that I'm standing outside of the conference room, but when Gal, Tom and Benedict showed up, the crowd ROARED because they'd come dressed as their characters. They got to taking turns in how their movies were made, along with our help and about fifteen minutes later, I got to wondering. Yeah. Gal had BOTH of her Wonder Woman lassos, with Tom's and Stephen's cloaks suddenly rising above and behind them like a wind current was blowing over them. BIG pandemonium from everyone, but those three didn't understand why everyone was going crazy, then Gal's two lasso's rose from being on the table in front of her and became lassos high up in the air. It took awhile for the cheering and all of that to die down, at which time I called out to Tom, saying how about a hand big brother and throwing Mjolnir at him. Yeah, he got it with no problem and started flying towards me where I had my left arm up in the air. What helped was some of the people next to me saw me throw Mjolnir and kind of backed up, giving me some room and easier for Tom to see me. We grabbed each other by our wrists and floated up and back to the other two. And I truly LOVED seeing the girls eyes big as saucers and jaws wide open as we flew to the stage. Once we landed, told Tom I got it and he released Mjolnir, with it floating in the air in the front of the two of us. I told the three of them right up front that we weren't trying to upstage them, but figured it would generate even more publicity for them and their movies......and I just happened to be in town, which was the truth. They understood though Gal said she understood why Natalie wanted to box my ears more than once, then stood up on her toes and kissed me on the cheek?! Yeah, Tom noticed my face had turned red and while he didn't say anything, he did smile. But the guys in the audience went wild on seeing her doing this.
Well, a lot of the people wanted me to answer questions and I said no....everyone's here to hear these three, but if okay, I'll toss in some comments from our perspective while making those movies, which satisfied a lot of the onlookers. So now, everyone's getting a different perspective of what it's like working in the movies, but behind the scenes. Then they come back with some of the.....pranks I'd pull on them with their props that I had control of. Like the time I stuck one of Bob's Mjolnir's to base of Gals back/spine area, with me asking if she was going for the Playboy Bunny look and yeah, everyone was laughing and pointing at her with her not understanding what had happened until she twisted around enough to see it. Of course, SHE started it, because I THOUGHT she was being really nice to me by offering me a chair with my name on the back of it. Otherwise, I'd just find me some place to sit. Thing is, as I went to sit down on it, she tossed a couple of tacks on the seat part and I......yeah, I gave off a kind of scream as I felt them poke my behind and NO, it wasn't a loud scream either, no matter how she tells the story. As to Tom, I flipped his cloak over his head in one scene, with him bumping into one of the extras during a scene. Got some laughs on that one, including from him and him smiling, but I saw the gleam in his eyes...... Now having to get even with Gal, it was Tom's turn to do the same to me. Thing is, when I got to sit in my chair on the studio lot or location, I made sure NO ONE was close enough to do anything. But when I sat down, I REALLY let off a LOUD fart?! Yeah, Tom had gotten a remote controlled fart machine, had it placed under the seat and when I had sat down...... As to Benedict, I had his cloak wrap itself around him, with me saying your magic cloak loves you sssoooo much and then had the cloak move him left and right, like he was getting a hug from it. So I was CAREFUL in examining my chair and it seemed alright to me, with no booby traps attached to it. That is, until I sat in it and fell on my behind! Yeah, the two rear legs had been cut almost all the way thru, so when I sat down..... And if you're wondering, they became part of their movies blooper scenes. Well, everyone had a good time, with the Q&A session being extended by another thirty minutes, then the four of us left thru another door to eventually end up behind the convention center where their limos were waiting for them. And yes, I did thank them for extending their time at the convention center, but I had to leave as no doubt the girls would be looking for me, not that I said that part. Took off, then flew over a couple of buildings to find an empty alley way, then after taking my gloves, etc. off, proceeded to land and walk out onto the sidewalk and back to the convention center.
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Post by willc453 on Feb 9, 2022 23:55:58 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 56
Now I had NO idea where those four were at, so after waiting ten minutes at the front doors, called Margaret, telling her where I was at. And oh boy, talk about them CROWING about not only seeing the four of us, doing our Q&A session, but Tom and I flying over them. Yeah, did my best to see they might be able to get some good shots of us. As for me, I moaned how I'd gone to the bathroom and of course, there were those hotdogs I'd had eaten earlier. But they did say they'd download their photos onto my laptop. We wandered around some more, then decided to take off for my place. The girls were surprised at seeing some of my artwork and photos and NATURALLY they saw the photo of me with Cheri and her girls. Oh boy. Told them that she was a lady that I had helped awhile back and that this would NOT be discussed any further. Thing is, they didn't ask any more questions about them, but were surprised to see the others I'd done. You know, Natalie, etc. and since I was working at Disney's studio, had I actually met them? I said of course....why, I'm so famous and well known there, I hobnob with 'em all the time. They groaned and called me all sorts of not nice things. Ya notice how their attitudes had changed? After all, I said I'd take 'em home, Mom had already left AND they had their second day of convention tickets in their grubby little hands.
Julie (Wonder Woman) called to say a bunch of 'em were going to some place called The Texas Roadhouse and did I want to come? I said sure, but then spoke about having my sisters and their boyfriends with me and they'd be going to the third convention day. I was warmly welcomed to bring them. With that address in my gps, we took off for this place. Now, the girls and their boyfriends knew some of my friends as they'd been to a couple of the meetings, but again, this was a first for them, with so many of the clubs cos-players gathered together, along with other members of other clubs also there. It was almost like a cos-player club meeting with new faces. Tables were pushed together, with me making sure I was sitting across from the girls and their boyfriends. You know, just to keep an eye on those two boys. Orders got placed, then of course, it was nothing but talk about Thor showing up like he did, along with how nice it was for Gal, Tom and Benedict to extend their Q&A session. Thing is, this was the first time the girls had been to such a place. You know, a nice restaurant, with me teasing them they were lucky that this place didn't have a childrens section. Nasty girls....they said maybe so, but at least WE got photos of Thor flying over us AND him being on the stage with the others. We got some stares from regular people, with some of them coming over to talk to us, with some of my friends talking about being cosplayers. After everyone was done eating and bs'ing, it was time for us to go. For me, I needed to restock my place, so with the help of my laptop, found the nearest Winco and off we went. Now they were going to follow me until I suggested they might want something for themselves, so go grab a cart and we'd meet in front of the cashier lines, at which time, I'd pay for their stuff too. Man....those girls NOT only didn't hesitate in grabbing a cart, didn't even thank me? But their boyfriends did and yes, afterwards, the girls did too.
Now I picked up some snacks for myself as I knew that'd be what those four would be getting, so hello milk, sliced ham, etc. Figured they might like some late night sandwiches and of course, I'd be eating them too. Well, when we met at the cashiers, the girls had LOADED their cart with snacks and just LOOKED at me. I didn't say a word and no doubt they thought they'd won. I simply turned to their boyfriends, saying there''s that old saying of once on the lips, forever on the hips.....then puffed out my cheeks and stuck out my stomach. And by the way, our Mom NEVER ate that kind of stuff and I think she's in good shape, but as for those two..... Man, the girls faces got bright red, with them putting ninety percent of it away, with me telling them to keep some stuff as they really like some of those things. Then I saw it...the produce isle, where I got ten pounds of oranges, couple pounds of apples and three big watermelons. Told them while the watermelon wouldn't be cold, it's gotta be more than ninety percent water, so it has very few calories. The girls like that, so they grabbed one and put more of their snacks back on the shelves. Thing is, none of them had thought they'd be spending the night at my place, so the only clothes they had on them were their costumes. Hello Walmart and that's where I spent more money on the four of them, though the boys told me that their parents would pay me back, something I agreed to. And naturally, the girls wanted to know how much water I had for my shower and I told them they were NOT going to be using MY water for showers. That was for ME and ME alone. God, I LOVED hearing them wail about what a mean, cruel, etc. brother I had suddenly become. Then told them I'd pay for their showers at The Forty-niner in the morning. Then I was such a sneaky, etc. kind of brother. God, sisters can be SUCH a pain in the behind. Why? Because they wanted their showers NOW, so they could put clean clothes on after taking their showers?! Me, I grumbled and I growled, but they just kept LOOKING at me.....so I said okay and once again, off we go. Now it didn't bother me to change my clothes in the bedroom and as normal, put Thor's stuff in my big backpack, while Mjolnir went in the smaller one, along with my pouch being attached to it. Get to The Forty-niner and yeah, the kids got some looks, but after paying for our showers (ten bucks each), off we go, with the truck stop supplied towels and soap in hand.
Thing is, when we met again after our showers, the girls are looking at me in a weird way. Now I was NOT about to ask what was up as I figured they were going to prank me in some way. But I was surprised when Daniel asked why did I do such a horrible dye job on myself, with Margaret saying I should of gone to a hairdresser? They look at each other, saying I had definitely gone Hollyweird, so I did end up asking them just what were they babbling about. My hair USED to be brown and short of touching my collar. With one thing and another since becoming Thor, I somehow got in the habit of combing it straight back instead of parting it on the left. Mom always cut our hair because barbers cost money. Anyway, took off for the mens room to see if the girls were yanking my chain and......my hair has been changing from brown to almost blonde?! The last few inches were still my normal brown, but not the rest. It took a few years, but all of it turned blonde and I let it grow until it was between my shoulder blades. Though it was a pain in the behind in getting new Chris and other masks.
Get back to the same general area where I'd parked before, with the four of them munching on microwaved, buttered popcorn while I was on my laptop checking the news about the convention. Boy, were the tv people ticked! Don't know if they tried or not, but none of them had done any kind of interviews with Gal and the guys that second day of the convention. Then I mentioned I had some dvd's and they got to watching them, back to back. As to sleeping arrangements, the girls got my bed, their boyfriends got the couch which made into a double bed, while I got the table and cushions for those seats. While they were watching those movies, started working on drawings of the girls and their boyfriends, both in and out of costumes. Then Daniel came over to see what I was doing and yes, I was watching the four of them, just in case you know. She liked what I'd done and of course, Margaret comes over and they both wanted one. Then when the boys came over to look at the one drawing, I could see the want in their eyes, so told them that it might be awhile before everyone got one, but they would eventually get them. The problem was how to fly around town as Thor with those four living with me, even temporarily? Now while my Thor costume was in my big pack, Mjolnir, ski mask, etc., went into that smaller pack of mine, which I left between the driver and passenger seat area. Then I came up with how to get out of there, with me telling them I wanted to walk around a bit, to see how Sacramento looked like at night and maybe get some drawing ideas out of it. Said to lock the door and I'd knock before opening the door and with that, put my drawing pad and pencils in the small pack. They didn't care as I had a bunch of movies for them to watch, goodies to munch on and out the door we went.
Since it was late at night, streets were pretty deserted and before too long, I'm up on a buildings roof, then putting ski mask, etc. on, then we went cruising around the Sacramento area. Now the one thing I DIDN'T want was photos of me in regular clothes standing next to different cops for obvious reasons, but as that comedian says, we got 'er done, with another nine gang members being busted. Now we were only gone for about three hours, then HAD TO get home before unpleasant questions might be asked by the girls. What surprised me was everyone was still up, watching movies when I knocked on my door, with me calling out that I was back. Thing is, with me showing up like I did, prices shot up thru the roof with scalpers making a mint. As to the buyers, they were basically non cos-players. A few hours later, we all got together with other cosplayers, with everyone in their costumes and going to a Denny's. Now the girls were NOT going to have me sitting with them and their boyfriends naturally, so I ended up sitting a few tables away from them, which worked out well as I ordered a couple of breakfasts which didn't last long. After that, back to the motorhome and finding another spot to park, with everyone taking turns to put their costumes on. With me making sure I had both packs with me as I didn't want anyone to see me pulling Mjolnir out of the smaller one. Met up with the cos-players from our club at the front door of the convention center as agreed on and boy, it was PACKED, with a long line in front of it. The reason for this was everyone was hoping Thor would be there during the Q&A session again. Well, because of so many new people arriving, the girls and their boyfriends couldn't even get close to being inside that room where Gal, Tom and Benedict were going to talk, which got me to thinking. Again. Now during the start of the new day, I knew the girls and their boyfriends wouldn't want me to be tagging along with them, so it was no problem with us taking off for the studio, where I attached one of Bobs Mjolnir's to Loki's scooter, along with Benedict's “magical symbols” and Toms daggers. Hit the studio cafeteria for some THICK ham and cheese sandwiches, which got placed into a plain, paper bag. then zipped back to the top of the convention center roof where I waited for Tom, etc. to show up at the back door of the convention. Didn't expect to see to see about a dozen people also waiting for them though, but I had just enough time to come down further down the road from the convention center, then trotted to the back door area. Some people looked at me, saying that I looked like a pretty good Thor, though they thought my mask just didn't look right. I see a small kid kind of dressed up as Spiderman, with his parents dressed as some anime characters. Well, that kid is looking up at me, then says he really likes my costume.....but Spiderman is so much cooler, with me saying he's right. He's looking at Mjolnir, asked him if he'd like to hold it, even though he's a Spiderman guy. He did and of course his parents told him not to drop it. Got on one knee and told him he could just let go of it, but he says he'll drop it and might break it. I said trust me, it WON'T break. He let it go and of course, it remained in the air until I called it to my hand. His reaction was: MOMMY, DADDY....THIS IS THE REAL THOR! Of course, they didn't believe him because they didn't see Mjolnir in action and they and others were busy looking for the limos to arrive.
The limos arrived, with Tom, etc. getting busy signing autographs while the two security guards are trying to keep those fans a bit back. I called out in a kind of high pitched voice: Mr. Hiddleston, Mr. Hiddleston....I got your sandwiches as requested. As soon as he looks at me, even with my voice kind of changed, he asks what kind and how many. I said there's nine of 'em, with LOTS of stuff on 'em. He smiles, asking if I'd like his autograph and said nah, I'm a Thor man thru and thru. But maybe you'd like to share one of these sandwiches with Mr. Cumberbatch, but rumor has it, SHE'S been putting on some weight and having trouble getting into her costume. Oh boy. Yeah, THAT got her attention and she REALLY started on me as she didn't recognize me, maybe because I was holding that bag of sandwiches up high and had been talking in a high pitch. Tom laughs, comes over to put a arm around my shoulder and says, have you forgotten how my little brother likes to play pranks? People started murmuring, followed by gasps when I let go of Mjolnir and put my arm around his shoulder. Then I asked the three of them if I could bring my new Spiderman friend and his parents in with us, with them saying yes without hesitation.
When we got to the convention room, we're announced, with everyone cheering and I got the parents and JR (the kid) not far from the stage area. Then asked them if it'd be okay if we did a Spiderman demonstration and of course, JR's going off with pleasepleaseplease, etc. They said okay and then I explained to them what we were going to do. After some hesitation, they did so, but then they remembered what we'd done at St. Judes for example. Now JR's near Tom, etc., but he can be seen by the audience and those three are looking at me and Tom? He's got a hand on his bent forehead and slowly shaking it because he KNEW I was going to do something, but not just what. JR's crouched and that's when I took one of the microphones, saying: ladies and gentlemen, I give you the aaammmaazzzziiinnngg Spiderman and with that said, JR “jumps up” to land on the wall about fifteen feet up. From there, he started “crawling” on it, then the ceiling and about two minutes later, he's back on stage with us. And when I say EVERYONE was cheering and clapping, this included Tom, Gal and Benedict. With one of my sandwiches in my hand, I said from one superhero to another, would you like a sandwich, which he happily took. After things died down, I said okay, if everyone's ready, let's do the Q&A bit, okay?
Now some of the same questions asked yesterday, were repeated, but new ones cropped up, with us coming up with different behind the scenes comments. Now when movies are made and props are involved, LOTS of 'em are made....like Gals Wonder Woman's tiara because accidents happen while on the set. Thing is, I made sure I handled one of them and yeah, it hit the fan. Gal took off for her trailer to change as we were done for the day filming wise, and man, can that woman SCHREECH when she's mad. She couldn't get her tiara off and she comes FLYING out of her trailer, cussing up a storm, but me and a couple of guys who had cameras, were up in the air out of missile range in case she decided to throw something at us. Not that they knew what was going to happen, but when I suggested they hang for a bit...... So Gal's trying to get that tiara off and can't, along with a lot of cursing and calling me all sorts of nasty names. I said okay, okay...hold on, then called it to me, with me turning around, then bending over, with that tiara stuck to my behind and wiggling my behind, asking her if this tiara made my behind look fat? She got to laughing, so I landed (not close either) and told her I thought she'd like something extra, because.....and she asks because why. I said Tom's got his cloak and those fake daggers of his, while Benedict has his cloak and those mystical, magical symbols of his. Figured you'd like two of something as Wonder Woman. And both guys eventually got those props for them to keep for themselves, along with her stuff. Man, is she pretty when she smiles....but then called me all sorts of names, followed by a sincere thank you. Got a lot of laughs when I told that story and the Q&A session was over.....almost.
I leaned close to the microphones, then asked Gal if she'd ever jump roped as a little girl and she's looking at me, then slowly says of course she had. Turned to the audience, asking if they'd like to see Gal jump with her lassos and the cry went up: JUMP ROPE, JUMP ROPE. Gal's got a really NASTY look in her eyes as she's looking at me and without hesitation, I said I know you make a lot of money as an actress and I'm just some poor, barely scrapping by studio hand....but would you do this for everyone for a Scooby snack and pulled out one of my sandwiches from that paper bag. She just LOOKS at me, then says I have to be kidding....did I have ANY idea of her value and Tom told her she better accept my offer for two reasons. He doesn't offer food to just anyone and no doubt, he's got something in mind with me and Benedict, right? I said yeah, then told those two what I was thinking of....but Tom got that Loki look in his eyes, stating he and Benedict expected to be paid with a Scooby snack?! People are laughing as I'm trying to get these three to work for free, then they upped their prices to TWO Scooby snacks?! EACH?! I paid 'em off because what if they wanted three or maybe four? So instead of having NINE sammiches, now I had one which I gobbled down right then and there so there'd be less of a chance of them increasing the price of their “wages”. Gal got THREE sandwiches, while the guys got two each.
Have the audience head for the main convention hall, with them giving us a wide area to work in. Now Gals lassos are like thirty feet long and figured it would be no problem to have at least seven people jumping rope with Gal. So I'm up in the air above everyone with me “randomly” picking seven girls, some who were dressed as Wonder Woman, but yeah, made sure the girls got picked as that first batch. Characters dressed as Loki and Dr. Strange got to have those guys cloaks on their backs, along with “throwing” and having Toms daggers return to them, while the others got to use those “mystical symbols”. Now I knew Gal wasn't going to be jump roping this entire time, so had her look at her watch and every thirty seconds or so, a new group of girls and women would step forward, but when they did, I had both lassos turning separately, with me setting up eleven lines of Bobs Mjolnir's, so those who wanted it, could get a ride like I've done before, else where. The other Mjolnir was attached to Loki's scooter, doing the same. Now at the end of thirty minutes, Gal called out to me, at which time, I told everyone we had to go and hope that everyone got their money's worth. Yeah, there were complaints by some, but not many. Gal, Tom and Benedict got their props back and took off for that conference room, while I got my stuff assembled out of the way by simply raising them into the air, at which time I followed those three. Now me, not being the most observant kind of person, had forgotten my empty paper bag, but when I went to take it with me....ALL my sandwiches were inside of it?! Yeah. They'd returned all of 'em and it became a kind of insider joke among them and some others I worked with. As in would I do something for a Scooby snack? Thing is, I had to get out of Dodge, returning everything back to the studio, then get to my place before the girls went looking for me. After removing my mask and the gloves, was inside of my place, then put my sandwiches in the fridge, which was kind of stuffed with other food. But when the girls and their boyfriends arrived, they saw me eating one of my sandwiches and accused me of stealing one of Thor's sandwiches?! I said remember those three people at the Q&A session? Well, they GAVE me those sandwiches and not only am I going to eat them, then after pulling out two more sandwiches, got two sodas from the fridge and offered them to their boyfriends who did NOT hesitate in taking them from me, with me then leaning against the fridge door in case the girls decided to make a rush for it. Of course, the boys started chomping on those sandwiches, with them thanking me and how good they really were. Boy, were the girls ticked. First, I steal some famous people food, now I'm giving it to their boyfriends to eat?! They wheeled around and held out their hands and I KNEW the boys were going to fork over those delicious sandwiches, but then I said ya gotta be careful boys....I think these two are getting close to what's called the shephobia stage and it's an UGLY thing. Well, they turned on me, saying they did NOT have that she stuff, then turned back to the boys with their hands out. I got a knife and before the girls got those sandwiches, I cut them in half, giving the girls the half the boys hadn't taken a bite out of. They tell me they were NOT about to take a bite out of those sandwiches and told the boys, so much for TRUE love....and imagine what it might be like being MARRIED to them! Well, I wasn't done with those two because I told them they were looking a little overweight while jumping rope and they about choked on those half sandwiches of theirs, but they ignored me and went to eating them.
Now everyone in the club was taking off, with us following a bunch of 'em and eventually, we got home after dropping the boys off at their places. Thing is, the girls KNEW I'd be watching 'em as they said their goodbyes, but they kissed 'em anyways. I didn't say a word. Now by the time we got home, Mom had taken off for work, but had left us a note saying that because she didn't know when we'd return, we were on our own for something to eat. Of course, the girls raided my fridge, along with trying to be sneaky in taking some of my stuff?! I pretended not to see this by being “busy”. As long as they didn't take ALL of my oranges, apples and those two watermelon, it was okay. They, like me, had never eaten at a casino/restaurant/hotel called Grand Sierra Resort and I didn't feel like hitting Little Caeser's or some other fast food place. And while the food is great, with a large variety of food, it is NOT cheap. Like twenty dollars or so? PER person. Well, I will say that the food was good and they loved the cos-play convention, though I did tell them, not every one of them would be like the one we'd attended. Thing is, they wanted to get online to see where others were being held at, though San Francisco would be the furthest they could travel, with Mom taking them there and only if she had the day off. The problem was, while I'd gotten the okay for three days off, hadn't expected to be at the convention there the entire three days. But then the girls showed up and of course, my friends were there for their Q&A session. Thing is, I HAD TO leave for the studio Sunday night as I didn't know if Bob was going to have work for me the following week or not and of course, it's an eight hour or so drive down there. The girls were NOT happy when I told them why I had to leave and of course, Mom would be SO disappointed with me taking off like this, without saying goodbye. So, drove to the casino and told her and yeah, she was disappointed, but also understood. Life sucks at times, but then I should of thought ahead, so it was my fault. Head down 395 south and once in the basically deserted highway way south of Carson City, attached my Mjolnir to the motorhome and we took off for 29 Palms, where I found a place to land and from there, to the storage lot after getting more gas at that truck stop in Riverside, along with doing a couple loads of laundry and a shower. Boy, talk about a long day.
Next morning, I'm at Jose's slurping down coffee and just talking with him and I got to thinking how close that this was the second time I almost died. Now nobody wants to or expects to die, but if I did, Mom and the girls wouldn't have nobody and would they ever find out who I was? This was when I decided I needed to write down what happened to me, starting in the beginning, with me using my laptop and a thumb drive. I also had a note left in my motorhome on how to reach Mom. I mean, it wasn't the best set up in the world, but it was all I could think of at the time, along with photos I've taken on it too. I was kind of hoping that if I did die, Mom and the girls would keep and use the motorhome and with the money I've been stashing, even take off for a couple of weeks in it. Well, after my coffees, Jose got to making me a bunch of egg, cheese and ham burritos, along with a bunch of hashbrowns and once I had them in my cubicle, got three gallons of milk to wash everything down. Now Jose always teased me in that I always used his MILD hot sauce, which to me, was pretty spicy. He even put his home made sauce in a gallon jug with spout on it, so I could squirt what I wanted on my food. So there I am, chomping away at his delicious food, when Bob calls out, so said come on in, which he did. Now Bob was a bit unhappy with me because after all, I'd taken everyone to Hikarue's, etc. even though I wasn't supposed to be working. I said boss, remember, I VOLUNTEERED my services, which meant I WASN'T going to be paid. Well, he's STARING at me and I'm trying to give him my most innocent look, then I said look at it this way.....you just SAVED ten thousand dollars because of this, then offered him one of Jose's egg and cheese burrito's. He politely declined, saying he'd already had breakfast, then from his coat pocket, out came my money. He asks what was I going to do for the next possible couple of weeks or so, with my time off with partial pay until he and the studio doctors said it'd be okay for me to return to work. I said, well, can I talk with one of the studio lawyers about a problem I might have? Bob's looking at me and I said it's nothing I did.....but since I'll be talking to a studio lawyer, he or she might feel it's in the studio's best interest to let you know what's going on. And then told him about Jeffrey and Vera Miles, along with a lot of insurance money involved. He said he'd have the lawyers check things out and go to their office tomorrow.
Now when you're an orphan, you really don't have much in way of possessions and I remembered how the really young ones clung to their one toy. Thing is, they would shyly offer it to me and having been there, done this with my sisters, I'd ask about the toys name, with the three of us having a brief conversation. So after changing at home, we took off for Tokyo and those pachinko machines. Sure, I could of gone to Las Vegas, but figured these stuffed animals, etc. from Japan would be a lot different. Once in Tokyo, started hitting the different pachinko parlors. Of course, I figured there were those who had no real interest in stuffed animals, but figured/hoped, they'd like the doll and action figure statues. And man, I hit a lot of those parlors because they all didn't carry the same stuff. Well, when I got done, had two BIG garbage bags with stuffed animals/figures and a third one with those action figures/dolls, along with some Japanese yen. That I gave to one of Hikarue's security guards to give to him and give it to a charity of his choice, then we took off for the studio roof where I left those bags, then time to just kind of cruise. In Texas, we grabbed a guy in his car going the wrong way on the freeway, with the cops getting there pretty quick. In North Carolina, there was a rockslide, with us helping remove a lot of the bigger rocks from the road and out of the way. It had been raining in Florida and someone hydroplaned, with them going for what they call a flood control canal. We stopped them while they were in mid air. Chicago, it was six drive by shootings. Washington D.C., it was a couple of guys spraying graffiti on some statues, then there was that guy who was exposing himself to women. As to him, we dropped him in a small lake in Anchorage, Alaska. In that park in New York City, it was three guys following a young woman, but those guys were sneaking thru the bushes, staying out of her sight. Bobs Mjolnir's grabbed 'em and we dropped them off in the lake about thirty feet from shore. As the young woman, she had no idea what had just happened.
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Post by willc453 on Feb 22, 2022 3:07:58 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 57
Figured I'd check out Europe, but ended up over Gibraltar, then headed south to Italy where I got to look at Holy Roman church.....then got to thinking about pizza, because after all, this is where it came from, right? Now I don't speak Italian, but some of the places had drawings of pizza and other food on the front of them. Hit an alleyway to land, leaving Bob's Mjolnir's up in the air, then walked into this place and where I met Gina and her family. She's looking at me and slowly comes over to where I'm sitting at a table and I ask her if she speaks English because I don't understand Italian. She nods, then says she speaks not only speaks English, but American?! Yeah, I laughed and told her what I wanted on my pizza and its size. After taking my order, she asks if I'm the one everyone calls Thor and I said yes but didn't show off Mjolnir by having it float in the air even though it was sitting on the floor, next to me. All I wanted was some pizza. She goes to the kitchen, but then returns with an older man and woman and I could tell that they were her parents. Now, neither of them spoke English (or American) and they had a hard time believing someone of my status would visit their shop. I explained thru Gina, why I was there, then called Mjolnir to my hand. That convinced them and they took off for the kitchen to make my pizza and truth is, the place smelled really nice of fresh baked dough. Now Gina's looking at me and I'm used to those looks, you know, people wanting to talk, so I told her if she wanted to, she was welcome to sit with me. I helped her into her chair which seemed to surprise her, but she did thank me. Then, what was it like and we got to talking....me being Thor, her living here in Italy. I was just trying to KNOW people if you understand. Then her Dad and Mom came out and of course, they had questions, with Gina translating. Then my pizza was ready and boy, it tasted better than it smelled, meaning in a good way.
Oh boy....chomp, chomp, chomp with the three of them seeing me devour that pizza while drinking pitchers of ice water. Now I'd been sitting in a corner, just trying to stay out of sight, but other customers came in, but they just looked at me, figuring I couldn't be him, meaning Thor. I'm halfway thru my pizza, then saw Gina stiffen and asked her what was wrong and was told those two men who had just entered, were bad men.....as in the local Mafia enforcers, here to collect protection money from Papa for the month. This was costing him the equivalent of thirty dollars a month, which maybe wasn't much, but it did make a difference in his monthly profit, along with no excuses accepted why he couldn't pay either. Like I've mentioned before, I REALLY don't like bullies, so asked Gina to please follow and translate for me, followed by me standing up and walking to those two guys. Told those two guys that I have good news for Papa and not so good news for you guys.....as you two will now EACH pay Papa fifty dollars a month for protection. And that will be IN CASH and NO excuses will be accepted. They looked at each other, then started laughing with Gina telling me that one of them had said that Papa had gone real stupid in thinking he could hire someone to dress like Thor and shake them down? Then was told to get out of here before they hurt my pretty boy face....a lot, with them showing me their pistols in their waist bands and putting a hand on them. What few customers that were there, beat feet for a hasty exit. I said you two are now going to be poster children in regards what happens to those who are really stupid and when I said that, they pulled out their pistols, aiming them at me and shooting me. Now getting shot HURTS and just like that, my hands were on theirs which were holding their pistols and I SQUEEZED their hands and you could hear the snap, crackle and pop of bones being broken. Took their guns away, then simply bent the gun barrels and being a nice guy because I knew they were in a lot of pain, I zapped them in unconsciousness, and they fell to the floor. Papa, Momma and Gina just stared at all of this and I grabbed those guys by their belts and put them on one of the large tables. Told Gina to tell her Mom that they needed to turn their backs, which they did and I started undressing those two and soon, they were only wearing their shoes, socks and boxer briefs. Well, seems they had LOTS of money on them from other businesses in town. When asked, Poppa told me how this had been going on for YEARS. I said I gotta take out the trash, but I'll be right back, with me calling for two of Bobs Mjolnir's to enter the restaurant which I attached to the backs of these two guys. Now while those customers had beat feet, more than one had been peering thru the open doorways. So we go outside, with people scattering and we took off. Now I was thinking of leaving them somewhere in Africa, but figured I wanted them REALLY far away, with me remembering how cities are still being found in Peru back when the Aztecs and Incas ran everything. Yeah, that'd be a good place for these guys..... no clothes, money, passport, etc., so it'd be awhile before they'd get home. Took me a good five minutes or so to find a place I wanted, with me leaving them on the flat top of a pyramid kind of building, then back to Italy and Papas place. Lots of people outside his place, but they all backed off when I landed and entered the restaurant.
Now none of those guys stuff had been messed with by anyone and of course, nobody wanted to take anything either because no doubt, their clothing, jewelry, etc. would be recognized should those guys come back. Asked Gina for a world map which someone brought out and I pointed to Peru, saying that's where we left those bullies, with gasps coming from more than one person when this was told. I got to keep the bullies clothes, with me explaining about how Goodwill could sell them to help people in need. As to the gold jewelry, that went to the local Catholic church. Now there was a lot of money involved as I mentioned earlier, with Gina calling out for those business owners to reclaim their money. Thing is, NONE of them wanted it because what was going to happen when those two didn't get back to what they called their capo, or something like that, who was their boss, with more than one of them reporting to their don. Which was something I did know a little bit about, having watched part of one of those Godfather movies at a friends house. I said I understand your fears and this reminds me part of a movie I once saw. A woman offered to pay a man to help her and he tells her that he's not cheap, but can be had, at which point I asked Gina to find the lowest valued coin on the table. You know, the money the bullies had taken from these people. She shows and gives me a coin, telling me it's worth about five cents, American. I said I'm not cheap, but I can be had, so anytime any of you need help from those bullies, have Gina, her father or mother call me and we will return for the same amount of money each time. That's when everyone started smiling, but still wouldn't touch that money, you know just playing it extra safe. Told Gina, who told her folks on what to say if the town needed help, along with the studios switchboard number, who had my second phone number. As to those switchblades the guys were carrying and their two pistols, put Mjolnir on my back, rose up into the air and with one hand holding a pistol, rammed the switchblade knife thru the trigger guard, then bent the blade to hold the pistol in place. Yeah, now the town folk had something to look at. Now, my pizza wasn't hot like it had been, but I finished it, with me and Papa arguing about me paying for it. I left my money on the table. So there you have it...a “superhero” extorting money from a town for protection. Papa was to keep the money from those two guys until further notice, because I wasn't about to take it as I'd already been paid.
Did anyone ever see the Mediterranean Sea from the air? It's a really pretty blue green while up in the air. Now as always, I'm always looking around for either airplanes or flocks of birds and just happened to look over my shoulder and there's not one, but TWO missiles coming at me?! Went vertical without thinking to a good ten thousand feet, then sending two of Bobs Mjolnir's to attach themselves to those missiles. Below us, I could see two fighter jets and thing is, I was over the Mediterranean and not close to any land, so those guys had NO reason to shoot at us. I'm not an airplane or country recognition buff, but knew those planes weren't being flown by Israeli's and frankly, I didn't care. So I had a couple of Bobs Mjolnir's attach themselves to those planes and slowed them down, eventually with them and those jets just sitting up there in the air and not going anywhere. Then I thought, what if these guys decided to jump from their airplanes? So I stuck another Mjolnir on the canopies and yeah, they realized what would happen if they tried. So there you have it....we got two pilots, two airplanes, two missiles in the air and a bunch of missiles on those planes,,,..what to do with 'em now? Now I know I told Jim we wouldn't be back to Area 51 but I kind a figured this would be an exception, especially since they could study everything we were bringing them, so off we go eastwards because I wanted us over the Pacific as there should be less radar sites. Oh almost didn't go to Area 51, because I happen to see a bunch of American warships, including some carriers which are huge, Yeah, we kind of stirred things up when we suddenly appeared about a hundred feet over one of them, with me then landing, with armed Marines and regular Navy guys running up to me. I asked if they'd mind taking to their boss as I got some airplanes and missiles I don't need or want, with some Navy guy with a bunch of stripes on his sleeve, asking me to follow him. Man, talk about confusing, with me asking the Navy guy how often does someone get lost in trying to find their way around here......do they leave breadcrumbs behind 'em like Hansel and Gretel did? He and the two Marines thought this was pretty funny.
Well, pretty soon we're in what I'll call the conning tower and boy, what a view you get from there. Well, the captain of this carrier isn't too happy with me because of those two airplanes and two missiles over his ship and asks me to move them away a bit, which I did, which made him happy. First off, he asks where did I get them, so I said myboss won'tletmeworkuntilheandthestudiodoctorssayI'mbettersowentcruisingeventually endingoverItalywhereIsawtheRomanchurches,gothungry,sowentlookingforaplacetoeatanfindingareallynicepizzaplacethendeciedobeanaerialouristifyouwillwhileflyingoverthe MediterraneanSeaanddidyouknowit'sreallyprettyfromtheairandIwasmindingmyownbusinesswhenthosetwoguysshottheirmisilesatus,soit'sNOTmyfaultthatIdecidedthey neededtobetaughtalessonandwasgoingtotakethemsomewherethatdoesn'texist,butItoldJimIwouldn'tdothatnomoreandthensawyouguysandwasthinkingyou'dtakethemoffmyhands. Please? The captain looks at me, then starts laughing of all things, then says he's been in the Navy for twenty-eight years and has more than one sailor standing before him with their c*** and bull stories, but he's NEVER heard anything like I just said. So please, tell me your story, but this time, slower. So I did, but not mentioning anything about those Mafia guys because if I did, the state department might get involved and you already know what kind of behind heads those people are. He wanted to know where and what this place was, the one that didn't exist and that's when one of the sailors said it had to be Area 51 and I said, I NEVER said that, okay? Then one of the sailors says he's got an unknown contact about two hundred miles away, with the Captain ordering two fighters to check it out and that was neat to watch from where I was at. Asked one of the sailors what did an unknown contact mean and was told it was probably the Russians flying what they call a Bear. Apparently, they follow the fleet all the time, so when I asked where this Bear was at, he gives me co-ordinates, which didn't help me at all. But when he pointed to where it should be and mileage, I slipped out the door and with Mjolnir in my hand and the others following, we went hunting for Bear.
Well, it didn't take us long to find it and man, this thing was huge and surprised that it not only had propellers, but a big radome thing on top of it. Attached some of Bobs Mjolnir's to it and figured out which way was north. I was wrong, with us slowing down a bit over Japan, but now at least I knew which way to go. Kind of. We ended over Kodiak and from there, no problem getting to Kamchatka and some distance to the west of it. Released Bobs Mjolnir's and once I was sure the plane was flying okay, back to the carrier and those other ships, with me landing on that catwalk thing. I then knocked on the door, at which time everyone looks at me, with a sailor opening it for me. Now the captain looks at me, then asks where I went, with me saying we went hunting Bear and got rid of for you. He stares at me, then someone says oh bleep and that's when he asks why would I destroy an aircraft and its crew in international waters? I said, we didn't.... we just took it....elsewhere because I figured you didn't like it snooping with its radome thing and quite honestly, I'd rather not have anyone else know about those planes and missiles we got and would you mind taking 'em off my hands? Or maybe us dropping them off at some Navy base of your choice, sir? The captain says, so you just “kind of” fly around the world and things just “kind of happen” and of course, it wasn't your fault either, was it? I said no sir.....after all, THEY shot at me first and I was just defending myself. Then the captain says he needs to know what government agency I work for, so he can report this “incident”? I told him I didn't work for no government agency, even though Jim tried, along with him taking me to talk with the President and when I didn't say anything more, the captain's shaking his head again, saying getting me to tell the whole story is like pulling teeth from a chicken, so what happened then? So I gave the entire story and everyone started laughing except for the captain who said your reply for being told you'd have to wait twenty minutes, maybe longer was 'I'm outta here”? I said yes sir, I mean HE asked me to see him and now I was suppose to wait? The captain then says if I don't work for the government, just what is it I do for a living....as in making money to live on? That's when one of the sailors pipes up, saying I worked in the movie business at Disney and what I did there. The captain's REALLY shaking his head, saying he didn't believe this....that someone with my ability, is working at a Disney studio and I said the pay is really good and besides, I gotta make a living to provide for my family, just like everyone here.
When I got done talking, the captain asks who my boss is and his number?! Uh oh. Asked if this was really necessary and maybe all of this was being blown out of proportion and how about we just leave, okay? That's when the chief tells me I may as well give the captain this information as they can get it easily enough and it just might make things easier for you and getting rid of YOUR pilots, airplanes and missiles. So I got my second phone from my mre pouch and gave the captain Bobs number. That's when the captain “suggests” to the chief I be given a tour of their ship, with the chief saying yes sir and then asks me to follow him. And yeah, we got a lot of stares as we walked thru the different passageways, with him explaining how people don't get lost in it and not having to leave bread crumbs behind them. We get to part of the ship when the chief says we can't go any further because there's classified material in that area, but I felt something and said wow, you must have a REALLY big power plant in there to generate all that electricity. Uh oh. Seems we were in the area where the nuclear power plant was at and this was something the chief and of course, the captain didn't expect me understanding or finding out about it. Chief says let me show you other parts of our ship and I asked if I could just stand there for a bit as this is some good stuff....not as good as lightning, but it's still good. Thing is, the chief stepped towards me and I saw his hair starting to stand straight up and I shouted, get back or you might get electrocuted. The chief didn't hesitate and he jumped WAY back from, then asking what the heck was going on? As to those Marines guarding that door, they pointed their rifles at me and I asked them not to shoot me because it hurts. Told the chief that with my abilities, I need food and electricity and....well, I thought you wouldn't mind me getting some. Chief just looks at me for a bit, then goes over to a phone to talk with someone. That someone came out from behind that door and went over to the chief and they talked. Seems I drained about three percent of that nuclear reactors electrical supply power which drove those guys there crazy in trying to figure why they had such a sudden power drop, and all I had done was done in maybe two minutes? I apologized for disrupting things like I had, with the chief telling me to ask before doing something like this again. I agreed, then he asks if I'm hungry and I realized I was, as I'd been using energy to keep those planes, etc., up in the air. When I said I was, he said we'd go for their mess hall. On our way there, I got a lot more stares with the chief quizzing me, asking if I knew where I was at or did I feel the need to leave breadcrumbs? He was teasing me, but I was learning to look for the numbers and stuff that's painted on the walls which told me this. He said I was a natural sailor and should consider joining the Navy?! I politely declined his kind offer and explained why, with him laughing understanding. I will say one thing about the Navy: they have really good food. Two full pans of porkchops, three loaded plates of mashed potatoes with gravy over 'em, six buckets of plain ice tea, with the chief getting me a tube of metal to use as a straw, half a pan of jello, with fruit cocktail in it. And yes, I ate the pork chop bones too, but I felt as lot better inside. Someone mentioned they'd seen the video of me at that Texas steakhouse and I had to laugh, saying my boss made a lot of money that day and how.
After eating, we end up in what's called the hanger deck area and that's where I saw my first elevator made to lift the airplanes onto what they call the flight deck, which is kind of like a airport runway as part of it. I noticed and mentioned how clean everything was, with the chief telling me they had to, especially when it came to what he called FOD or foreign objects debris. You know, things like nuts and bolts that could get sucked into a jets engine, something NOT good for an airplane or people around it if the engine exploded. Thing is, while we were there, heard someone shout look out and turned my head to see an airplane that had been put on jacks, falling for the floor with a sailor soon to be crushed by it. Without hesitation, we jumped somewhere around a hundred feet or so and just like that, we're under that airplane nose gear area and just behind it and holding up that airplane. Thing is, not one, but two of those jacks had some how failed and with that airplane elevator coming down, I called for a couple of Bobs Mjolnir's to give us a hand. Two went under the wing area, while the third got under the nose wheel area, than had the plane raised a few feet. As to that sailor, he was still on his back, but had covered his face as he KNEW he was going to be crushed, not that I blamed him for doing this. I nudged him with my foot, saying he just might like getting out from under this airplane until more jacks are under it. He scrambled out of there REALLY quick, while saying thanks more than once. We got out from under that airplane and I'm looking for someone in charge and not knowing who was, spotted the chief, asking him to get some jacks under this plane, please. The chief found whoever was in charge, with three new jacks being put under the airplane and us lowering it onto those jacks. Chief says Jesus Christ....one moment you're next to me, the next you're holding up one of our birds by yourself? Just how strong are you? I said by myself, stronger than normal, but with Mjolnir here.....well, it gets amplified, then of course when you add the others to the equation...... Right about then, we hear the captain calling for me and the chief to report back to him, which we did.
Now by the time we got to him, he'd been told what had happened in the hangar deck and of course, the chief told him what he'd seen. The captain starts off by thanking me for saving that sailor and preventing a possible fire there because the plane was loaded with fuel in its wings. I simply said we were glad to be of help, at which time what did I mean by we. So I explained how I look at me and the Mjolnir's as a team, much like everyone here works as a team. I could see that he and the others there understood what I was saying. He did talk to Bob and Bobs reaction after being told who was calling him? Jesus Christ....just what has that boy done this time? Well, the captain naturally didn't tell him, but wanted to know what kind of man I was. Bob being Bob, told him that I was THE most pain in the donkey employee he's EVER had, but then he's always giving one hundred percent in not only working there, but in helping people. But you need to be careful around him as things “kind of, sort happen” and it's “ALWAYS not his fault”, but at least he smiled when he said this. Tells me he had to “bump this matter upstairs”, which meant he ended up sending what's called a flash message to Navy headquarters, with him explaining what this meant. Only some commands like this ships captain can do this and the only person who has a higher precedence is the President.
Couldn't help myself, saying oh jeez, sir.....PLEASE tell me the state department's not involved in any of this? Come to find out no, they hadn't been informed about this because he'd put this information about the one time they'd come sniffing around the studio awhile back because Bob had told him. And yes, a bunch of these Navy people had seen us rescue that North Korean soldier, with the captain saying I was quite lucky in not being shot. Me, being wiser, didn't say anything, then someone calls out two of their aircraft had just disappeared and those people there got busy. Quietly ask the chief what was going on, with him saying when that Bear had first appeared, they were in the wrong place air wise and told where to go to identify it. Then those guys got busy getting ready to what they call launch some planes and helicopters to look for those missing pilots and planes, with me asking if the captain would like us to search for those guys, but I'd need to know where they were last seen and how far away were they. When the captain was asked, he said do it. As normal, the chief's giving me co-ordinates, with me asking him to just point in those guys direction, which he did. So we stepped outside and making sure we were facing the right direction, we rose into the air to take off. Not quite. I got interested in seeing two of those Hornet airplanes getting launched from what they call a catapult, but right after they launched, I saw a BIG puff of smoke coming from one of the engines and then it was headed for the ocean AND in front of the carrier?! And just like that, we see the pilot ejecting and we MOVED. Had one of Bobs Mjolnir's attach itself to the top back of that Hornet, while also moving it forward and upwards, while we went for the pilot who was coming down towards the ocean. Figured the best way to handle this was simply grabbing the top of the pilots parachute, with me calling down to him, saying Triple A got a call for road side assistance....are you him? He just looks up at me and slowly nods his head, so with that, took him off to one side of the flight deck, with a bunch of sailors rushing towards us. Asked one of the sailors if they would be reusing this parachute, but if not, could I have it as it would make a great piece of shade all spread out, with some poles holding it up by its strings. Then got a bunch of sailors all wanting to shake my hand and thanking me and I told them, we were just doing what we do, which is helping people. Pilot shakes my hand and then from his coveralls, gives me what I thought was a medal, with me saying so. He and the others laughed, with the pilot saying it's his pilots wings and he believes nobody deserved one more than me, so I thanked him and put it in my mre pouch. Then the captain and chief are there, with the captain saying he couldn't believe what just went down, so quickly asked if I could have that parachute and when he said no problem, turned to the chief, which way do we need to go looking for those pilots? He stands there for a bit, then points me the way, so I said we're outta here.
Surprisingly, they were easy to find, but then they were in some SMALL yellow life rafts, showing up again the blue sea color and some sort of water marker stain they'd released. They had tied their rafts together, using some cord which really helped them not only from drifting apart, but helped us bring 'em back to the carrier. So we're maybe twenty feet above them and they see me, with one of them saying he couldn't believe his eyes, with the other pilot, you better believe it, because we haven't been in the water long enough to start hallucinating. I said Triple A roadside got a call, saying you guys needed some assistance, with one of the guys saying his card was back on their boat. I said no problem gentlemen, then told them what to expect and once that was done, one of Bobs Mjolnir's went between each of their legs and up into the air we go. We slowed down a bit when I saw two more Hornets heading our way so they could see us and once they did, we got to the carrier deck pretty quick. Well, things went in a route I really had planned on or foreseen,....like when you think you'll soon be on your way. Not so. When we landed on the carriers deck, EVERYONE came running up and pretty soon, I'm getting a lot of thanks and giving handshakes left and right. But then the chief GROWLS, telling everyone to step aside for the captain, which they quickly did. The captain once again couldn't believe we'd done what we'd so quickly, with me explaining how easy it was in finding them thanks to the chiefs directions. And by the way... wouldyoumindmekeepingthoseparachutesandliferiftsbecauseIknowsomekidswhowouldtrulyenjoyplayingwithgenuineNavyraftsandIcouldstringthoseparachutesupintheairwith themsuspendedbythoselinesonsometallpolesbecauseitgetsreallyhotwheretheylive. Please? The chief turns his back to me and starts whispering to the captain and when he was done, the captain said that equipment is going to be written off anyway, but there is the tradition of giving rescuers five gallons of ice cream for each pilot or those in an aircraft as a reward. And of course, as the chief mentioned to me, Hornets are REALLY expensive. How about a lifetime of free ice cream here any time you want it? Well, I ended up with NINETY GALLONS of ice cream in five gallon tubs. Those Navy guys hustled bringing it from their chow hall and not only tied them together but added those parachutes on top of them and the rafts with ropes tying everything together. And the chief told me I needed to wash the parachutes and rubber rafts off with ordinary water, otherwise, they could start rotting from being in the salt water. This was something I wouldn't of thought of. As for me, I was to take “my planes” to that place which doesn't exist, with Jim waiting for me there.
And that's how we helped those pilots on the USS John C. Stennis....not that this was ever made publicly, nor photos released, but no doubt word spread thru out the Navy. As for us, we took off for Area 51 and yep, there was Jim waiting for us. He's looking at my stuff and right off the bat, I told him that this ice cream and other stuff was MINE and I was NOT going to share it with him or anyone here. He shakes his head, then says let's get all this stuff in this hanger and I said okay. As to pilots, etc., they were not only from Iran, but had just gotten some new aircraft and new type of missiles from Russia, something our military REALLY wanted to get their hands on and here I am, giving it to them for free. No problem bringing everything into the hanger as it's really big, with a big dry erase board being brought out, with those pilots being told to drop their landing gear and wouldn't.....those pilots WERE die hard pilots, until they were told their canopies would be torn off by Bobs Mjolnir's and if they tried ejecting, I'd make sure that they'd go splat against those canopies. Not that I'd of done anything like that, but then they didn't know that either, so landing gear was let down and with Mjolnir's removed, the pilots got out and hustled off somewhere. As to the planes engines, they'd run outta fuel while we were helping the Navy. Some trolleys(?) were brought out for the missiles, with me telling those people there was no fuel in 'em, but still live as far as I knew. As for my stuff, it didn't come inside the hangar as the less questions asked, the better.
Jim follows me and asks where I was headed next and I said you ever hear how Batman had a bunch of mementos in the Batcave from fighting bad guys? He hadn't, with me saying I thought it'd be neat to do something like that, with him giving me the fisheye, saying that's bull puckey if I ever heard of it. Then he says AHA....THAT'S some of your non Thor work, isn't it? I said, this conversation reminds me of that first Ghostbusters movie and he says, what? I said you be slow, but we be FAST and we BLEW outta there, heading east. I know Jim was teasing me, but dog gone it, I thought the idea of my version of a Batcave was a good one. We ended up stopping somewhere either over Oklahoma or Kansas, so we headed kind of north for a bit, stopping when I found ourselves over one of the Great Lakes, then west to a little bit over the western part of Canada. Headed south a lot slower as I really wasn't too sure where we were, but once I saw Spokane, hello south, with us slowing down more speed wise and of course, getting low because I'd never know if I was showing up on someones radar screen. See the playground under us and started to land, when one of the kids happened to look up and that set up a chain reaction of cries calling out to me not only among the kids there, but some of the older ones that were doing whatever in the orphanage itself, heard the cry, they came out too. Now those Navy guys did a really nice job on those ropes, using 2 different sets, but also with a piece of the rope dangling, so all I had to do was pull on one end, with me having about twenty feet of rope. As to the other rope, it was close to forty feet and the reason for so much rope was because I asked the chief to do it this way. He just looked at me for a moment, then said okay, after which he had those sailors get my ice cream.
Now Mrs. Alicia Martinez worked there as a volunteer, so we introduced ourselves to each other and said we brought some stuff for the kids, with her looking at the ice cream and she just smiled, saying that was very nice of me. Got the first rope off, with me tossing down the life rafts and parachutes, which the kids thought were great, but told them why they needed to be washed in water before using the rafts and why we'd brought the parachutes. Suddenly I had a bunch of boys grabbing everything and hauling donkey for a nearby hose hooked up to a water faucet. That still left some of the boys and all the girls, with one of the boys asking is that ICE CREAM you have there?! I said if it ain't, I'm going to be really unhappy. Of course, could these barrels be filled with dehydrated potato flakes? But when one of the teenage girls asked me if it was ice cream, I said yes and MAYBE the head cook will give everyone a couple of scoops between meals right now as an extra treat? I said we need the loading dock opened so we can get to the kitchen easier and put this ice cream in your big walk in freezer. When the kids heard this, it was like a magical act...one moment they were there, the next they were gone. They'd of put Chuck (The Flash) to shame. Dock door gets opened and we float in, with Bobs Mjolnir's remaining outside of the orphanage building. Now Mrs. Olivia West was the head cook there and waiting for us, with us following her to where their freezer was.....and all the kids trying to follow us. She turned to them, saying if they wanted an unexpected treat of ice cream, they better be sitting at the dining room tables....or else. Whoosh, and just like that, they were gone. We looked at each other and laughed. Well, there went twenty gallons of ice cream and yes, I did end up getting some myself. When Mrs. West asked me how was it, I replied yummy, yummy, this feels good in my tummy. She laughed, with the kids quickly joining in. That saying came from Margaret, the first time Mom unexpectedly brought home a apple pie from the day old bakery store for desert after supper. And that became our saying when Mom would show up with some goodies from time to time. -------- Got 59 done, but gotta add stuff to 58, which will slop over to 59, which means part of that chapter will slop into 60. I'd come up with an idea for 59, so just started writing it.
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Post by texican on Feb 22, 2022 22:45:26 GMT -6
Thanks willC for long chapters.
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Post by willc453 on Feb 22, 2022 23:57:24 GMT -6
Just trying to make sure everyone gets their time worth.
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Post by willc453 on Mar 10, 2022 9:12:10 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 58
Now in case you didn't know it, there's a lot of fruit for example that goes to waste at various orchards, with some of the fruit falling from the trees, never to be picked up and just plain rotting until they're raked up. And there's still a lot of orchards in southern California alone and no, I never did steal from any of them. Usually there would be someone working an orchard somewhere and I'd ask him or her if I could have a couple of them from the ground. They said don't bother, take some from one of the trees, but I explained why I wanted the ground ones. Well, you should know by now how things just kind of happen with us. I was thinking of Tala and while they're shepherds, they do like pork, but then they didn't have any pigs. Not only them, but also more than one tribe. Anyone out there ever buy a LIVE pig AND know how to care and feed 'em? Not me, so hello Google and Youtube. Now this wasn't something I could just jump into willy nilly either, so it was a month or so until I felt I had enough information about not only raising pigs, but where to buy 'em. And with pigs, they gotta have shelter and a pen, not only for feeding them, but a place where momma pig could give birth without any hassle. So, went to see Tala who along with his dogs, were watching his sheep. I brought a bucket of KFC chicken, along with everything that goes with it, including some extra large, plain ice teas with lemons. Other times, it'd be Port of Sub sandwiches. In any case, more than once, he'd say look, some white man is bearing gifts, which does not bode well for the people, while smiling saying this. But he never hesitated in chomping down on whatever I brought him. Asked him if they'd ever thought of raising and eating pigs, but he says they raise sheep, besides there'd be a lot of hassle in trying to feed....then he says you got that look in your eyes. What are YOU thinking, because you've NEVER brought up pigs before. I said, well.......it's just not pigs, but as much range as your people have, maybe run a few cattle too?
Now when I first started helping him and the others in the tribe, he asked me why was I doing all of this. While he and everyone else appreciated it, but they also figured I'd eventually get bored and that would be the end of that. I thought it over and told him that while it helps I can do the things I do, helping people is the RIGHT thing to do and considering how little your people have...... I just want to help everyone here have a better chance in life while I can. I just don't know how often we'll be out here and hope you understand this, because there's a lot of people just trying to get on with their lives, while needing help. Tala said fair enough, thank you and we shook hands.
So I told Tala about on those oranges going to waste and of course, still good for eating and making orange juice. This was followed by me saying I was pretty sure the same thing was happening at apple orchards and maybe we could glean fields that have been pretty well picked over, you know, like strawberries and other ground growing fruit. I can't do all of this on my own and do you think others here and maybe even the older kids would be willing to help pick this stuff and what do you think of all of this? Told he'd have to speak with the village elders before any decision would be made. Now it was a few days before I would return but when I did, the elders had talked it over and had decided to take a chance on raising pigs. Now wanting the best pigs, but at the lowest price, they had a couple of the older kids get on the internet while at school to see where they could buy pigs at the cheapest price, along with how to raise and care for them. Thing is, I had told them that we'd go pick these pigs up, wherever they were at. The tribe would set aside some tribal money to buy them, while the older men and boys would start making fence posts for the pig pens and of course, shelter for them. They weren't originally going for my pig idea because after all, they didn't think pigs could live on oranges alone and of course, whatever scraps they did have, went to the dogs on the reservation. Yeah, that would be a problem, so got to thinking back to when I was clearing tables and the amount of food simply not eaten and thrown away. However, I kind of knew the owner of Amarillo Slim and there was the studio cafeteria. Thing is, if all of this went down, I'd be committed to making sure the tribes pigs got fed on a regular basis.
First thing to do was ask some of the orange grove owners if I could have the oranges laying on the ground, so when I had time, I'd visit them one by one and they ALL agreed to give me 'em. At first, I'd fill a couple of feed sacks I'd gotten from Craigslist from different parts of the country. Yeah....the kids gobbled down those oranges and now were soon drinking FRESH orange juice at least once a week. Thing is, California oranges aren't grown year round, but with access to those orange groves in Florida..... Ended up getting six watermelon bins and having four people per pallet standing on the edge of it. They understood they weren't going to fall off as long as they held onto the bin. Then we'd glean all the good and bad oranges until the bins were full and yes, I was there picking 'em up too. I think also what helped us getting all this free food was us generating a gentle rain over these orchards once we were done gleaning which saved the orchard owners from not only using their own water, but adding to their supply of it, Talked with the owner of Amarillo Slims about my idea and why, with him agreeing to put all food scraps into fifty-five gallon oil drums, with me providing them, along with garbage bags so once a bag a filled with scraps, it could be tied off. The drums came from Craigslist again, with me making sure they were clean by going to a car wash late at night. Well, ended up with fourteen oil drums, with me leaving seven on the reservation, the other seven being left behind the Amarillo Slim building. Some of the high schoolers got to looking online while at school and came up with a cart, if you will, designing one which would hold a barrel. The barrel could be tipped without falling out of the cart, so the pigs could be fed without a lot of fuss or mess. Eventually I got out of the pig food business, thank goodness as a few of the Indians made agreements with various restaurants in town. The restaurant people were happy as it was a good thing recycling wise. And remember the dogs the Indians had? With so many steak bones and sometimes, a lot of meat still on them, they went into a cardboard box, again with a plastic bag lining the inside of it. I'd stop by one of the elders places or Tala's, but when even ONE dog saw me land with the cardboard box, they'd let out a howl and before you knew it, they'd ALL come running. So I'd get busy passing out those steak bones, but then also taking off to visit those Indians running their sheep herds with their dogs. As to Crows Feather, she is SO suspicious. Why? The first time I did this was in front of Tala's place and I happened to see Mama dog and her puppies which weren't so little now. So I called out to her, saying Mama dog, Mama dog, look what we brought you, with her and her pups trotting over to me. Gave her a hug, while scratching her ears and back, then did the same with her pups and after that, started passing out those steak bones which they happily accepted and trotted off to munch on somewhere. Then of course, the other dogs came over and they got theirs. But Crows Feather....she wanted to know how did I know that dogs name was Mama dog and giving me the fish eye. NOT what I wanted. Told her that while I liked her, she's gotta be kind of dumb even for a GIRL in highschool. It's obvious she's a mama dog and those are her pups, so calling her mama dog should be VERY obvious. Boy, she got mad, saying youyouyouyou......then stomped a foot, then went inside. I got busy feeding the rest of the dogs, then heard a cough behind me and it was her Mom who simply smiled, said good for you, then returning back inside.
Funny thing though.....the various Indian tribes never did buy any pigs. This happened by accident because I was listening to one of the security guards talking to the other guard while I was in my cubicle. Did you know there are MILLIONS of wild pigs ALL OVER the U.S. just running amuck, destroying crops? Seems the one guard was talking about how he'd not only like to go on such a hunt like the one he'd seen happening in Texas via Youtube, but the young ones would be quite tasty. So I got on YT to check this tidbit out and he was right. It's just not hunting, but some huge cages which close around these pigs when the remote is hit. In a case like this, free would be a lot better, but then there was how do you butcher a pig? Hello Youtube again, with me watching one of the videos more than once. Just because you watch a video on how to do something, doesn't mean you're going to do it right the first time. And I didn't want to mess things up, you know, where this meat might be wasted, even only a little bit of it. However.....I did have family in Australia and figured one of them had to know how to do this and figured I'd spend the weekend with them. That is, provided no one called me on my second phone. Made sure I could get off a couple of hours early that Friday, with us taking off for Texas to look for pigs, which didn't take long as I found about a dozen or so of 'em chomping away at some poor farmers crop. Went to that farmers house, with his wife answering my knock on their door. She just stares at me then HOLLERS: HENRY, HHHHEEENNNRY, you'll never guess who just knocked on our front door. Henry: I don't give a bleep if it's Jesus bleeping Christ, it's supper time and I'm bleeping hungry. Have whoever it is, come back tomorrow morning. She says fine, I'LL talk to THOR by myself and you can stick your attitude up your donkey, then she smiles at me, saying Henry gets grumpy when he's hungry and I said yes maam, I understand that. You got some pigs out in your crops and I wondered if I could have one or two of the big ones. I'm hoping some friends of mine will know how to butcher a pig....and well, I saw some Youtube videos how it's done and I'm afraid I'll mess it up.
Henry come out from their kitchen, grumbling, but when he saw me, tells me to get my college donkey outta here as he was NOT to fall for some college sororities bull bleeping prank and was surprised Martha would fall for such a prank. I let Mjolnir just stay there in the air and yeah, he stopped dead in his tracks. He says Jesus bleeping Christ....you're the LAST man I EVER thought would show up on our door step....and would you like to have supper with us? I said I'd be honored and with that, had supper with Henry and Martha Davidson, with Mjolnir resting in the air just behind me and to my rear. They wanted to know what it was like being me and the kind of work we did at Disney, which I explained. As to me having supper there, Martha kept asking me if I wanted more.....they didn't have any mashed potatoes with gravy left, garlic bread and the chicken they didn't feel like eating. Henry smiled when said he could use a man like me on his farm, but he had serious doubts if he could afford to feed me as part of my wages. Offered to wash dishes and they just looked at me, with me explaining how I used to do that for a living. Martha declined, saying that's why she's got a husband for that sort of thing. Apparently, he's a horrible cook, so she cooks, he does the dishes. Thing is, Henry said he'd be glad to have me take the adults pigs and could I take the baby ones, with him asking how big the babies were. Tells me those baby pigs taste better than adult ones. I said no problem and where do you want me to put the dead adults at? Said he'd show me where he'd want them in their barn.....and maybe he could see me in action...not that you have to, you understand. I said no problem, then Martha asked the same thing and I said we'd be happy to have you with us. We go outside and called down Bobs Mjolnir's, then explained how thing worked when they're attached to someone. After that, up into the air we go maybe one hundred feet and slowly (for me) moving to where I'd seen those pigs. And pigs are like people, they rarely look up and these pigs would just look around. So there they are all, grunting like crazy and having a good time at Henry and Martha's expense. Didn't want to zap them too much because I had no idea what would happen to the meat. Like maybe cook 'em like they'd been microwaved? Mama and papa pigs got a certain amount of charge and they fell over which kind of startled the baby pigs, with them getting a lot lesser dose. Thing is, once we landed, found out they were ALL unconscious and NOT dead? Henry offered to cut their throats, saying it'd help the taste of the meat if the blood was drained while the heart was beating.
I said no.....this is something I think I should do and with that, used his knife to cut their throats while Henry showed me where and how it should be done. Felt sick, but at least I didn't throw up. Martha asked me if this was the first time for me and I said yes maam, but it was MY responsibility in dealing with them and not your husbands. She said it's hard in doing something like this, but it's also the price we pay. Henry was wondering how I was going to get his pigs back to the barn AND take those baby pigs too, so I explained how we worked. We went back to his barn where Henry gave me some heavy duty twine and with his knife, cut it up to a length where we could tie 4 baby pigs together and of course mama and papa pigs feet got tied together. After that, attached Bobs Mjolnir's to the four groups of pigs and back to their barn where Henry was going to slaughter the adults.
Now Henry had welded one and a half fifty-five gallon barrels together and had a propane heater thing set up, with him explaining by putting hogs in boiling water, it would help loosen the hairs on the outside of the hogs so they could be removed easier with a scrapper, which he showed me. Something I didn't know, but got me to thinking. Asked him to show me how to use his scrapper, with me asking if it'd be okay for me to try it on one of his hogs or just on one of my little piggies. Go for it was his reply, so I did. Now I'd already hung up one of his hogs from a block and tackle he had in his barn simply by lifting them up, with Henry saying that hog must weigh three hundred pounds and how strong was I? I explained how I was stronger than normal, but with Mjolnir, it got amplified. A lot. Seems me using his scrapper on one of his pigs did the job, though at first I used too much force, breaking some of its ribs. But after that, it was not only done, but he said the pigs hide was smoother than a baby's donkey. Now the guts and all of that were going to be thrown away except for the intestines, which he'd grind up some of the meat to make sausages with. Another lesson learned, but he did give me the parts he had no use for and wanted to know why since these parts would be inedible. I said I know where some bullies live and it's pretty hot there most of the time. And I wonder how long it'll take 'em to discover these rotting pieces of guts....on their roof tops? He said he was glad he wasn't a bully, with me replying even though we've met more than one bully, I find really nice people like you and that really balances things out. As to those bullies, figured the Burrough brothers had it coming, so before we left for Australia, these guts got left on various roof tops of their homes, etc.
Before leaving asked them if there was anything I could do for them for their kind hospitality and great supper. They'd like to see us make it rain, with me asking where or would it help we rained all over their property? They just looked at me and I said it'll be no trouble and we'll make it a gentle rain, okay? So I started it to gently rain over their place with them under their porch, followed by us taking the rain slowly over ALL of their property which was something like five hundred acres. But when I saw they had a couple of ponds, filled those too. Then got to thinking of Tala and maybe he and some of the other members of his tribe would like to have a couple of piggies to barbeque. You ever have a great, but simple idea and things just kind of.....expand? So we took off for Tala's place and since we could see he was with his flock, went to his place where Crows Feather answered my knock on their door. Yeah, she sure is pretty and I just kind of stood there just looking at her, but then her mom asked who was at the door and came out herself. Without hesitation, Crows Feather gets pushed aside with her mom, Leotie, grabbing me to give me a hug and a kiss on the cheek, saying it's been too long since I'd been there and would I like something to eat? I said thank you, but I already ate and by the way, I got some young pigs already dressed out if you want 'em. Thing is, a bunch of the reservation dogs were gathered underneath those little piggies and staring upwards at them. Said I got eleven of them, but since I only need three, maybe you could use one of them, three to the village elders and whoever might be a little short of food? Or even roast a bunch of 'em on spits like I've seen them doing in the old westerns? She thought this would be a good idea, as this way, everyone would get some pig. But she said, they would need metal rods to roast them on. Oh boy....this was another thing I HADN'T thought of. One thing at a time, with me taking that garbage bag of guts and stuff away from everyones homes, dumped it on the ground with the dogs getting what they wanted without fighting over any of it. Several of Mamma puppies had about twelve feet of intestine, with them holding onto different ends of it, while trotting off with their tails wagging. Got the three pigs I needed, with Leotie having gone off to get the three village elders and they thought having a tribal barbeque would be a good idea, but eight pigs wouldn't really be enough to go around. I said, we can fix that, just let me know how many you need. They decided that two adults and whatever little piggies they might have would do just fine. Also found out some of the guys there did deer hunting, so they'd have little trouble butchering them. So we set things up for a barbeque the following weekend as I told them I was seeing family elsewhere and needed to leave. As those little pigs, they got cooked in more than one wood stove.
Went looking for any of my family who might be in the bush and Australia is a big place and it took us some time because I'd been busy killing those pigs, then dropping them off at Tala's place and it was getting dark. Naturally they were woop woop, meaning being out in the middle of nowhere, I am quite happy to say I scared the snot out of some of my brothers and an uncle once I found them, Yeah, they weren't looking up just like everyone else doesn't do and they couldn't jump back far enough when it rained three dead little piggies from the darkened sky. I, of course, said I heard there were some lost and starvin' city slickers out in the bush. Aussies have some.....“colorful” expressions and the NICEST one I heard was bugger off. Wood got gathered, with us catching up with each other on what had been happening at our part of world and those three little piggies started being cooked on spits being made of wood. Now we're all looking at and smelling those delicious little piggies, with uncle telling me how much longer before they'd be ready. Thing is, one of my brothers said how nice it would be to have a coldie, a new word for me, meaning beer, with me saying I just thought of something and we'll be right back.
Now ALL I wanted to do was buy some beers for my friends, but of course this meant going to Germany where I could legally buy it as I've said earlier. It didn't work out that way, but it did end up well, though not for those two wanna be robbers. Found a big city which I later found out it being Berlin. Now I was kind of on a time crunch because with those little piggies soon to be done and no doubt my uncle and brothers wouldn't hesitate in chomping down on them if I wasn't there. Found what I figured was a liquor store that was open twenty-four seven and walked in. Naturally I got stared at, while leaving Bobs Mjolnir's high up in the air and outside of the store just so (hopefully) we'd attract less attention. Thing is, I didn't know ANY German, so like every ignorant tourist, asked if the store clerk spoke English. He didn't, but called a girl about my age from the stores backroom and she did. Told her some of my friends and I were roasting some small piggies and one of them mentioned how it would be nice to have a cold beer to go with his meal.....and well, here I am. And by the way, I don't know anything about beer other than the American kind, so can you help me. Please? She starts rattling off brands, so I said if you had the money, which would be the BEST beer to buy and with that, I bought four, six packs of the beer she recommended and took them to the counter. As to taking all that beer back wasn't going to be a problem because they had some wide tape and wrapped a bunch of it around those four packs. Figured all I'd need to do was put one of Bobs Mjolnir's underneath it and we'd be good to go, but that's when those three Arab looking guys showed up, with one pulling a gun, while the other two pulled out BIG knives. Well, it didn't sound like German to me, but language isn't a barrier to me when weapons are pulled. I'd set Mjolnir on the ground next to a snack stand and just like that, it rose up then went for those three, zapping them where they flopped to the ground unconscious. As to the two clerks, their jaws dropped, with the girl saying she thought I was one of those street entertainers. You know, people who dress up and make money by having tourists take photos of them next to the tourist.....my God, I NEVER imagined someone like you would just walk into our store. I said could I get two wire clothes hangers so I can tie these guys up and would you mind calling the police, please? While she went to get the hangers, the guy calls the cops, then reminded him I needed to pay for my beer, which I paid for even though he protested. I said we don't do this sort of thing for free stuff. We do it because it's right and with that, we headed out the door, with me calling for one of Bobs Mjolnir's into my hand. As we rose up into the air, I could see blue lights headed our way, no doubt it'd be the cops.
From there, we took off for the north pole for snow because it was a little closer and I wanted to get back to our barbeque BEFORE those piggies were fully cooked. I mean, I do love my family down there, but...... Packed a bunch of snow on the beer so it kind of looked like an igloo without an entrance, then we headed north, going over the south pole and as we got near my family, had Bobs Mjolnir let off three bolts of lightning. You know, to let everyone we were coming. When I landed, they're all looking at me, with one of them asking what I had there.......and is that SNOW?! I said yeah.....or maybe it's cocaine? So they're all crowded around Mjolnir and that pile of snow and all of a sudden I'm being pelted with snowballs?! Thing is, once one of 'em discovered the beer, he calls out to everyone, with them quickly grabbing a COLD beer and they were really happy when they were told there was four per man.....even for such starvin' city slickers as themselves. This was when my uncle and some others said I was bonzer, meaning great, awesome or first rate. As for me, I got to eat one of those little piggies all by myself and what the others didn't eat, ate them too. Thing is, while everyone was enjoying their beers, I got thirsty so off to the studio cafeteria where I got one of my buckets and a LONG straw. From there, it was the north pole again for ice and a river in Alaska where I drank quite a few gallons, along with washing my hands clean of pig grease. Making sure my bucket was full, back to everyone. It was then I asked if it'd be okay for me to leave buckets, long straws and metal cups at the various places where we'd rain. They had no problem, but it also helped them when they'd be out in the bush, knowing they could have a bunch of it without any hassle. Afterwards, dug a dip in the dirt and with my cloak covering me, my uncle and one of my brothers, we went to sleep with contented bellies.
And no, we didn't use plates, but just cut off chunks of the meat once it was cooked and set aside, Yummy yummy, it felt good in my tummy. Told them what we'd been doing, but naturally, never said what we had been doing as me and not as Thor. Thing is, my family somehow KNOWS things and don't ask me to explain it either. I mean, like telling me to watch out for a poisonous snake and yeah, once I spotted it, killed it without hesitation or regret. Like my uncle asking me to tell everyone about the things we'd done NOT as Thor?! I kinda squeaked, what, who, me with everyone laughing. My uncle says they all knew that me being me, no matter where I went or how I was dressed, I'd be helping people. And don't forget we do have cable and we saw SOMEONE fanging on one of your freeways while on a skateboard with NO WHEELS, while wearing a mask. Fanging is usually related to driving fast or driving in an illegal or dangerous manner. I said hey, I WASN'T driving, so that word doesn't apply to me and again, they all laughed, with one of my brothers saying listen to him split hairs.....a typical city slicker reply. I told him to bugger off, but they kept nagging at me, so I told them WHY I did what I did and this they understood. This was followed by some of the others things we'd done. I mean, after all, all I was trying to do was getting some possible future movie work.
Now remember me asking Bob if the studio could make some movies at the reservation awhile back? A few months had gone by and he still hadn't said anything, so was thinking maybe he'd been telling me what I wanted to hear. It is what it is and nothing I could do about it. But he hadn't forgotten about it and then one day, one of the security guards tells me Bob wants to see me. As usual, I was wondering what I'd done this time to be called on the carpet, especially as the past few days we'd been “busy” if you will and thought our tracks were pretty well covered. Now while Jim had been involved, pretty sure he wasn't going to squeal and of course, the State Department and Homeland Security weren't informed in any way. So I go over to Bobs office and as usual, say hello to the people walking by, with some of the guys teasing me about the look on my face and probably being called on the carpet. Again. Then some of the women would look at each other and then say at the same time: it's NOT my fault. Sometimes I think Natalie has gotten with a bunch of women just to make my life miserable. Then it's like a pack of hungry, starving wolves after some poor, skinny and defenseless rabbit. Enter the front office where Olivia (Bobs secretary) works and right off the bat, she tells me I'm not being called on the carpet, okay? Boy, did that make me feel better....but then she LOOKS at me, saying wait a minute....you HAVE been up to something, haven't you? Me: I ain't sayin' nuthin' and nuthin' can be proved anyway. She laughs, saying knowing you, that is very probably true. Some times. Well, one day I happened to hear her talking with someone and how she'd found a fabulous Korean restaurant in town. Yeah. Now I like Olivia and she doesn't tease me all that much and I thought Korean hunh? I was busy for a few days, then made it to South Korea and those food vendors, where I got four of those foam dinner trays filled with stuff I liked and some different stuff that I thought Olivia might like. Now she pretty much took lunch at the same time every day, so I showed up about fifteen minutes beforehand, with her telling me she was surprised to see me as the only time she normally does was when Bob wanted to see me and Bob's not here. I said I got ya something and hope you like it and after placing those four orders on her desk, left. The next day she's waiting for me outside of my cubicle, telling me that the food was delicious and where did I get it? I said it's a local place and thought you'd like trying it after hearing you talking to whoever on the phone. Once again, gotta remind you how sneaky women and girls are, because she says she local hum? Well, she said she enjoyed her fortune cookie and I should read what it told her and holds out a small strip of paper to me. I couldn't read it because it was in Korean. My response? I said they really go for authenticity, don't they? Then she holds up another piece of paper and upon looking at it, it was the receipt one of the food stall sellers had put in the plastic bag.....all in Korean?! Me: umumumum.....being local just depends on ones viewpoint and she starts laughing, then says no wonder you drive the boss and her crazy as neither one knows what you'll be doing next. Her being Natalie and yes, it makes me feel good to give some payback to Natalie. After that, every couple of months, we'd take off for South Korea and eventually expanding to Thai and Japanese food from their stalls. Yeah, Olivia and her girlfriends at work appreciated our work on their behalf.
Anyway, a few months after I talked with Bob about making movies on reservation land, he finally got back to me with Olivia saying I wasn't in trouble, but it was about my filming request. Now he'd not only thought things over, but had also contacted other studios, independent ones AND Hikarue! You see, I was not all that bright because I was thinking cowboys and Indian type westerns and not science fiction or survival type movies. However, Bob said he'd need a lot of shots (photos and videos) of what the land looked like. I said that'll be no problem and would you mind if I used the camera crew that's been working with me because they understand how we work. He agreed, but I'd also have to have some of the Indians who could speak not only for the tribe, but also sign any contracts, with me saying I know some people that'll fit that bill just perfectly. He looks at me, smiles and then says he figured I just might know the right people. So now I had to talk to the village elders about my idea of using their land to make movies on. Yeah, I hadn't talked with them or Tala about this ahead of time because I didn't want to get their hopes up. Landed in front of one of the tribal elders home and when she answered my knock on her door, she was a bit surprised because mainly most of my time was with Tala. First thing she asked was how I was doing, so told her that thanks to everyone here, I'm alive and getting better. But my boss has put me on limited duty, then proceeded to tell her what I'd been trying to do for the tribe. She told me to stay there while she went to talk to the other two tribal elders, so I did. Of course, I ended up with more than one dog coming over to sniff me and looking for that cardboard box of steak bones. They all eventually drifted off except for Momma dog and her pups. She'd lean against me, so I'd be busy scratching her ears and backs, while her not so small pups all wanted lap time and attention, which kept me busy. Now the three ladies came back to say what I was trying to do was a good thing, but too big for them to decide on their own. This meant a tribal meeting when everyone was back from work and could I return tomorrow around supper time, giving me the time she'd have it ready. And by the way, are you HUNGRY like you were....earlier? I said no maam...that is, unless I gotta go to work. Man, I could already taste that sheep stew.
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Post by texican on Mar 10, 2022 13:55:40 GMT -6
Thanks willc for that short story chapter.
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Mar 10, 2022 20:04:24 GMT -6
Well, the ways things are going, right now got so much in chapter 60, it's going to flop over to 61, which means I'll probably be working on 62 before too long. Also working on finishing another chapter on Tale of Two Brothers. And I'd like to get back to finishing another chapter on my vampire and iMom stories.
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Post by texican on Mar 10, 2022 23:29:11 GMT -6
Well, the ways things are going, right now got so much in chapter 60, it's going to flop over to 61, which means I'll probably be working on 62 before too long. Also working on finishing another chapter on Tale of Two Brothers. And I'd like to get back to finishing another chapter on my vampire and iMom stories. Willc, you are going to be busy. Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Mar 11, 2022 0:41:57 GMT -6
In a future chapter and I'm not saying which one, Thor's meeting & talking to the Pope. Thor, not being Catholic, didn't know you're suppose to kiss the Popes ring when offered it. Instead, he shakes his hand then says he's glad to see you, Mr. Pope. And of course, a few years down the road, here comes Ben, pinching girls asses, squeezing boobs, etc. there. And I figured a way how Thor started getting free food at work, other than Jose's roach coach or the studio cafeteria. And no, he's not endorsing anybody's product either. And I'm looking up information about anal sex. You know how it is, inquiring minds want to know.
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Post by willc453 on Mar 24, 2022 20:25:20 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 59
So we took off to see who needed help wherever. In Saint Louis and Chicago, it was some drive by shootings, with us zapping those in the cars and those returning fire, followed by me calling the cops. In NYC, it was an ambulance stuck in traffic, so we took them to the hospital they needed to go to. Was flying over a forested area in Florida and was wondering if Ida and Sui Te Wan were fishing from one of the bridges on the Keys. Thing is, saw a reflection on the way down there and decided to check it out. Seems some guy in his fifties or sixties was out hunting hogs from his tree stand and the belt thing that goes around the tree, broke. He fell some twenty feet, but busted BOTH legs AND his cell phone. He was doing his best to crawl to his truck which was a good three miles away. Only reason I stopped was because his scope had briefly reflected the sun in my eyes. Got his tree stand and his small backpack which held his thermos and lunch and then we took off for his truck. He said he couldn't drive and I said you're not. With another of Bobs Mjolnir's attached to his truck and his stuff on top of the camper shell, off we went to the nearest hospital, with him giving me directions. Truck got parked, with me carrying him thru the emergency room doors, with the two receptionists jaws kind of dropping down, with me explaining why we were there. Of course, the hospital people were VERY unhappy with this guy having his rifle and a big knife, so told the man if I could have his keys, I'd put them inside the camper shell, lock everything up and while I'm doing that, I'll give you my phone to call some family member so they can come out to get your truck, if that's okay with you? It was and when I returned, he'd called two people in his family who were headed out and would be there in about forty minutes. Got thanked again and after getting my phone back, we took off looking for others needing help. Anyway, get to the Keys and Ida and Sui Te Wan aren't there, but there was a kind of large pleasure boat which had struck a log for lack of a better word and it was LOW in the water. The owner had time to call out a mayday, but were quite happy for us to take everyone to a dock where repairs could be made. Did you know they have elevators for boats? I mean, I use the word elevator kind of loosely. There's four vertical metal posts and four horizontal straps and when the boat is over the straps, it's raised up into the air. On our way to that boatyard, here comes one of the Coast Guard helicopters headed our way, so we pulled up alongside of them, with everyone waving at everyone and went to that boatyard. Found a place to land and found I still had at least thirty minutes, but decided I'd go visit Tala, but hit a food stall in Tokyo, getting us six dinners. Yeah, I was getting a little hungry and this food (five of 'em) would knocked the edge off my hungriness quite a bit, which would leave me room for that sheep stew.
Now he and Ira have a lot in common, even though they're at different parts of the country. More than once I'd just sit with them, neither of us saying anything and it was me always speaking first. So I called out to him while up in the air, then landed, with me explaining I had two kinds of Japanese meals, then showed them to him. I used my normal spoon, while he used his fork. Man, we both agreed this was good food and I was on my third meal when he finished eating his, with him not bothering me until I was done. Borrowing his metal cup, went to where the water was still coming out of the ground and I drank a lot of it, then returned his cup to him. He says you been busy and I said not really, but that snack really helped but I wanted to make sure I have room for lamb stew. He looks at me and I told him about the possibility of having some movies made here and how the tribe was getting together to talk it over. He just kind of grunted and I wasn't too sure how to take it. Checked my phone for the time and said I had to take off to see what everyone had decided, with him thanking me for an unexpected and unusual dinner. Get back to his place and not only are the three village elders waiting for me, but a bunch of other people, all who had questions. Lots. What kind of movies would be made? I said I figured westerns, considering the land. How long would they (the studios) be filming? I didn't know. What would the studios be paying to use their land? I didn't know. Would any of them be hired to work as extras or would only the studio people be working there? I didn't know. Where would “those people” be staying while filming was being done and I said, they'd probably be staying in town. If a studio's doing a western, what kind of Indians would they depicting and how authentic would they be? I didn't know. What kind of man was my boss and that one I COULD answer. I said there's good bosses and bad bosses and I've worked for both before I became Thor and he's a GREAT boss, with me giving them some examples of how I'd been treated. Some of the people said the thing is, I got treated like I was because of what I could do for the studio. I said no....Bob's approachable, just like the tribal elders are. He's willing to listen to what people has to say, he'll admit when he's wrong and willing to take input from people. However, he doesn't take fools lightly. I said, what the tribe needs to do is write down all your questions, then IF Bob likes what the scouting team shows him what's here, he'll invite whoever from the tribe to discuss all your concerns, including pay. At least it's a chance for some of you to make money, along with the tribal funds being increased. I mean, you all know how the government has “helped” you in the past hundred years or so. At least this way, everything will be under a contract and enforceable in court instead of being swept under the rug. It was agreed that I could bring the studio people out here to scout for possible filming locations, with the three tribal elders representing the tribe, with the legal authority to sign contracts. Then it was supper time!
Yeah, six bowls of sheep stew and yes, Crows Feather was there too. Someone had splurged, buying a bunch of French bread with a lot of butter and garlic powder on it, with me eating two loaves, using them to soak up all the stew juice. When my bowl went to be refilled, it was CLEAN! One of the guys said my God, look at the man eat. No doubt his boss must pay him really well, with most of his money being spent on food alone. That got a lot of laughs from everyone, then realized it had gotten awfully quiet, with no one talking around me and Crows Feather who was sitting next to me and she was the one who made sure my bowl was FULL each time. When I realized this, one of the elder guys said it looked like I was thinking of something and if he wasn't being too nosey, would I mind telling everyone my thoughts? I said you know how I brought up the idea of raising pigs, right? When a bunch of 'em said yes, I said I remember seeing a Youtube video some time ago how there's a bunch of wild hogs going crazy, destroying farmers crops here in the west. You know, from Texas and westwards, with a bunch of people going out to hunt them in order to help stop the damage. I got no idea what happens to those dead pigs, but hopefully they're being eaten and just not buried somewhere to rot. A lot of them thought the idea of good food being left rot was BAD. I said, what if we caught a bunch of 'em....you know, not only male and female adult pigs but baby ones and raised them here? Now, no doubt, the adult pigs being older probably can't be domesticated, so how about they get eaten instead while the baby pigs could be. Then explained how we could capture those pigs without any trouble and bring them here. And maybe......maybe we could have a tribal barbeque, you know, to eat a couple of the older ones? They liked that idea, but like I said before, one thing leads to another. Like us cutting down more of those burned trees in California, etc., which lead the tribal elders buying TWO chainsaw operated, wood mills. More about all that later, okay? Anyway, thanked them again for a great meal and we took off for the studio.
Get back to my cubicle and get to watching a movie and sucking down a slurpee. Next day, kind of the same thing after checking in with the security guard in the morning. But then figured I'd give those buying tickets for a tour of the studio something to talk about. After all, you CAN'T buy word of mouth advertising. And yeah, surprised the tour guides the first couple of times till they passed the word among themselves. I'd be waiting for a tour trolley to make a turn onto the street where I was and I'd be walking down the street, with the tour guide calling out to everyone, look, it's Thor. People still found out it was hard to believe that someone like me would be casually walking down the street like this....until they were basically right next to me and I'd say, have a nice day and tell your friends you had a great time on this tour....then just rise up into the air and over the top of a studio building to be out of sight. Sometimes I'd stop so we could do a group picture of tourists, the tour guide and me, with those people leaving their names and email addresses with the studio guides. Other times, I'd be jumping around in the Hulk or Hulkbuster prop which startled more than one tourist. Other times, I'd just walk around in the Ironman costume or be riding Loki's scooter, calling out beep, beep as we drove by the tour bus, then rising up into the air. Now I didn't do this all the time, because while I was on limited duty and people needed help wherever. Like one time we're just cruising somewhere over Kansas and we see a riot happening in a prison yard. We're talking thirty plus people, with several guards being severely being beaten up. We zapped everyone but those guards being beaten. Ended up taking those guards to the nearest hospital, while the injured convicts got treated at the prison hospital. Cops chasing someone in some high speed pursuit, people out of gas, you know, stuff like that.
Now the second day I was back from dealing with those fighter jet guys, the security guard calls out to me saying the studio switchboard operator had just gotten a call from someone saying my pizza was ready?! I said we're outta here and tell Bob that we'll be back when we can and with that, up into the air we go, with Bobs Mjolnir's right behind us. And this time, we ZOOMED starting at around thirty thousand feet high for Papa's pizza place. Thing is, we'd drive the military crazy because we'd BRIEFLY show up on their radar screens and of course, the government ended up calling Bob. The government was learning when we needed to be somewhere, we didn't care if we set off radar screens or not, with Bob and Jim backing me on this one. Abut a minute later, we're off the coast of Italy, we slow down and soon looking down on Papa's pizza place building where there's six guys standing outside of it. Now they weren't doing anything, but it seemed “off” in some way and then what got me was NOBODY in town was on the streets? Yep, gotta be bad guys, so let's zap 'em just to be safe, rather than be sorry. Figured if I was wrong, I'd apologize and buy 'em a meal at Papa's. Now not wanting them to be just laying in the street and maybe scaring people, had Bobs Mjolnir's take them to Papas rooftop and I checked them out. Yep, only bad guys carry guns and knives like they had on 'em. When we landed in front of Papa's closed front doors, I looked around just in case there were any more bad guys. Didn't see any, but some people were peering thru some pulled aside curtains and partially opened doors. Somebody gave me a thumbs up, so I returned it, then went inside.
Just like in Japan and those Yakuza guys, I saw something going down I didn't expect. There's four guys watching another guy sock Papa in the stomach and saying something in Italian, while another man held Papa's arms behind his back. Two others guy are holding Momma and Gina's arms back behind their backs. Those four onlookers got zapped right off the bat with the others looking at disbelief as those four hit the floor unconscious. As to those other four, they didn't have time to react because another four of Bobs Mjolnir's attached themselves to their backs, with them being yanked upwards, only to hit their heads on the ceiling and believe me, that place had SOLID ceilings so they were knocked out also. Went over to Papa who was bent over and gasping for breath, with me asking him if he was okay. Stupid me, I'd briefly forgotten he didn't speak English, but his wife and Gina were right there, with Gina asking him. He was, but then he'd also been socked in the face a few times and bruises were obvious. But when I saw a.....bruise on Mama's check, that did it. Asked her who did this, with Gina telling me who, so I lowered those two guys, you know, the guy who was socking Papa and slapped Momma with me breaking one of their hands. Funny thing...when I did this, neither Momma nor Gina looked away. As to Poppa, he wanted his bit of revenge, so he broke the the other hands, using one of their pistols as a hammer. Both ladies looked rather pleased.
Turned around, grabbed a table and took it outside, with me going back for a second table and butting them together, with the three of them watching me do this. Then had those first four floated out of the restaurant and layed 'em on the tables. I said to Gina, you know what's coming next don't you and when I pointed to one of the guys shoes, the three of them got busy stripping those guys so they'd only have shoes, socks, underwear and t-shirts on. Guns and knives went to one pile, money went into another, while jewelry and stuff like that went into another. Once they got busy doing this, rose to the roof and got those six guys to have the same thing done to them. Man, there was a nice little collection of everything being piled up on those tables. As to the guys when they were stripped, they were simply rolled off the table to hit the ground and those three didn't care if these guys fell on their backs, faces or on top of each other. Then it was those holding Papa, etc. getting stripped. Told via Gina, we'd be right back and we took off with those thirteen guys, leaving Papas hitter behind, but still unconscious. They got scattered all over south America, some outside some small town, others in some farmers or ranch land. Anything to make it difficult as possible for these guys. Back to Papa, with the hitter guy moaning and waking up. One of the towns people got a bucket of water and threw it on this guys face and he woke up pretty quick after that. For a bit, he couldn't believe it was me, until I released Mjolnir, with it just remaining motionless in the air. Then, of all things, HE TRIED RECRUITING ME to join his Mafia gang?! He says with my ability, no doubt his don would have me working as an enforcer, along with a lot of money and many, many women....unlike the cows in this town. Oh boy. That's when I decided that not only was he a bully, but a stupid and unthinking one, but first I needed information about his capo and don, like I was thinking about his offer. He spilled his guts, which is was all I needed. So with the men watching this guy, had Gina and the other ladies follow me a little bit away from this guy and we had a private conversation. When we were done, the women scattered, then returned in less in five minutes with brooms, sticks and in two cases, the ladies were carrying wooden rollers from their bakery. You know the kind...used to flatten dough. As to the beater upper, he went kind of white faced and was EAGER to tell me everything about his capo and his don with Gina translating. After he was done talking, I said okay to Gina and golly, those ladies REALLY layed into him. In fact, they were so enthusiastic I had to cover his body with mine and even so, I ended getting a few whacks from them myself. Of course, they were really apologetic about this, with me saying I understood and while I had some bruises on my arms and neck, they soon disappeared which startled everyone. Thing is, where to take this bullying idiot? I thought of Kamchatka missile place, but then no doubt they'd be quick to call the Italian embassy which was probably in Moscow. NOT good. But China? Man, that's a BIG country and no disrespect to Texans, it is bigger than that state. And I've seen more than one set of nomads...give them a beat up, almost naked guy and they probably don't have radios to call Peking and the few times I've been in that area, never saw any military, either. Of course, the Great Wall of China was out, because what if some lady tourists saw this dude? So hello Mongolia which took us a good ten minutes because I needed nomads who'd set up their yurts. I dropped this guy about five feet above the tent which I was pretty sure would be noticeable as he rolled from the top of the tent to the ground, with us beating feet for Italy again.
Now time to have a “talk” with those guys capo and don. Now I was told and pointed in the direction of the capo, figuring better to work my way up the food chain. Found capo's place with no problem and saw there were four guys patrolling the grounds with guns, so right off the bat, they got zapped and yanked upwards, then taken to Papa's and Momma's restaurant where those guys stripped and taken once again, to different south American countries. It was when I learned my first two words of Italian, Of course, the Italians felt in making STRONG, well built doors.....but NOT Mjolnir strong. Using my Mjolnir, we SMASHED that door completely off its hinges AND door frame. Yeah, that door went flying into capos place and I shouted LA PAROLA LASCIARE! LA PAROLA ORA! Which meant leave, now in Italian. There were six other guys, some of which tried shooting me, but Bobs Mjolnir's stopped that nonsense, followed by them being zapped. I also decided to try something new.....generating a field of VISIBLE electricity around my body and a bigger one around my Mjolnir. When the women saw me, I didn't need to say leave now.....they grabbed a couple of kids and hauled donkey out of there as fast as they could, barehanded. Back to Papa's where those guys got stripped and hello south America. It was at this time I asked Papa to start making pizza's....A LOT of 'em and I'm glad to say the man and Momma didn't hesitate in starting in making them for me as I told Gina that I needed the food for energy. Now not knowing how bad guys thought, figured more than anything else, they'd be doing a cash business. So we started demolishing walls and finding two wall safes and a bigger one hidden behind a wall. Didn't want to mess with 'em, so back to Papa's place where they'd remain until we got back. Not that I thought anyone would even think of taking 'em home or busting them open. Six fancy cars in a garage? Smashed, along with the garage. Well, bottom line was when we got done, there was NOTHING but rubble where a multi-story house once remained. However, I did take some stuff, like clothing, figuring Goodwill or some thrift shop could sell them. And while there were some kids clothes and toys, they got left in open area in case those Moms returned to salvage what they could.
Back to Papa's where they had four LARGE pizzas ready to go on one of his tables. We'd been gathering so much loot and clothes, one table was full of just clothes, while other tables got divided into what we brought. Money on one table which was from different countries, with the villagers separating it. Then there were A LOT of gold coins, some of them Italian, others being American and Krugerrand's, jewelry on another, etc. I doubled those pieces of pizza and chomp, chomp, chomp....two pieces were gone. All four pizzas were gone in maybe ten minutes and when Papa and Mama saw me gobbling everything down, they made sure I had four of them ready to go most of the time when we'd return. Since I'd been partially fed, had to get recharged which I did somewhere over Africa, you know the part that's called the Veldt? There was a pool which was fair sized, but looking more like wet mud than anything else and upon seeing some zebra's and elephants, figured this would be a good place for some rain. But then babies being babies, a couple of them wandered out a little too far out and were stuck in this mud, with more than one poppa and momma elephant trying to get 'em out of it. No problem getting them to dry land and once everyone was out of the mud, cranked up a GOOD rainstorm, along with lots of lightning hitting us. Back to Papa's and deal with those three safes. That's where the gold coins and some really fancy jewelry came in, but then we found some good stuff....paperwork and with Gina translating, it was not only about who paid what, but how much and where.
You know what REALLY hurt? Was finding out that the Catholic priest who was suppose to be a shepherd guarding his flock had been receiving kickbacks from that capo AND spending a few days at the dons place, being “entertained”. As far as I was concerned, this was WORSE than what those cops tried pulling on Troy Beyer with their resisting arrest, etc. bs. A few jumps and I was at the Catholic church and BUSTED thru that door, with me seeing him on his cell phone talking to someone. I KNEW he was guilty and it must of shown on my face, because as soon as he saw me, he took off running. Not that it did any good because Mjolnir zapped him, but now what was I to do with this guy? I may be ignorant about a lot of countries, but at least I knew the majority of Italians were Catholic and since this guy was one of the Popes people, felt things would go better with me presenting the paperwork found on this guy and this priest to the Pope. I mean, after all, you weren't going to get any higher in the Catholic hierarchy are you? Well, Gina and others were soon there outside of the church, with me apologizing for busting the church door and use whatever money was needed from what we'd taken from that capo guy. Now I got that priest unconscious and my Mjolnir attached to his back. Let him drop to the ground by about three feet, then called for one of Bobs Mjolnir's to attach itself to him. I looked at Gina, saying I needed a translator and would she mind helping me? She says no problem, then asks who'd she'd be talking to and translating for. I said the Pope, since this guy works for him. She looks at me, saying even for an American, that's THE craziest thing she's EVER heard of. One simply does NOT go to Rome, asking for an audience with His Imminence. I said once we appear with this guy, I figure the Pope will be interested in listening to what I have to say and can prove it. As to that stuff I'd passed to the priest, had the town folk to search and find it, with it going to the growing pile of goodies. Then it was put in separate pillow cases, with us taking going back to the studio. Why? There was A LOT of valuable stuff and no one wanted to be tempted. In fact it was Papa who suggested I take it and why, with the rest of the town agreeing. Gina and everybody else are shaking their heads just like Bob and others have with my idea of seeing the Pope. Gina said she'd translate for me, but didn't believe we'd ever see His Imminence, but she was game.
First thing was take off for the studio with her and that priest with Bobs Mjolnir's attached to them, along with those pillow cases. She was shocked to find herself in California, though I left them up in the air as I didn't want any awkward questions coming from anyone,....like Bob. The pillow cases went on the motorhomes couch and the door was to it was locked once again. Okay....off to Rome within a few minutes and down below us is the building where the Pope gives speeches and stuff to the people below. We land on the steps to that building and really quick, out comes a bunch of guys in weird clothing....you know, like from the middle ages, but with GUNS, along with a bunch of different priests. By different, there's the Pope who wears an all white gown, then there's guys who are in red and black gowns and even some guys in brown robes and lots of nuns, though this was the first time I ever saw one. Now those guys with guns were Swiss guards and I guess they've been protecting the Pope for a couple of hundred years. Gina's explaining why we were there and who we hoped to see. Well, apparently a lot of priests there also speak English, along with the Swiss guards. Some red robed guy tells me His Imminence was a busy man and he'd be quite happy for me to tell my story. I said forget it.....one of YOUR “shepherds” was screwing the flock instead of protecting it. So now I think I'll take this guy somewhere else and all my paperwork to the New York Times. No doubt they'd be QUITE happy to do an expose on the corruption of the Catholic Church and with that, told Gina that we'd take her back home and I'd make sure she got a copy of the newspaper expose to read to everyone. We started rising and suddenly red robe says please wait,,...,you must understand His Imminence schedules appointments very far in advance and I said forget it...he sounds like the President who wanted to see me, but when I went to see him, I was told I'd have to wait until he wasn't busy and with that, we started rising higher into the air. Suddenly red robe says please wait, let me make a phone call, so we're about fifteen feet in the air when he goes to make his phone call to whoever, with us now being asked inside this building.
This red robe guys tells us it'd be maybe ten minutes as His Imminence was being told who was here and why. This was okay with me and I'm looking around and seeing ALL sort of fancy artwork, paintings, etc. EVERYWERE. Boy, were these Catholics RICH! Naturally, Bob's Mjolnir's were with us and the Swiss guards weren't too happy about this as no doubt they'd see news casts of us in action, with a bunch of other Catholic people gathering around us. And there's different kinds of Catholics....like the Pope wears his white robes, next on the food chain hierarchy wise are the red robe one wearing ones, followed by those in black, followed by what must be regular priests, like the one Bobs Mjolnir was still attached to and then there were the guys in brown robes who looked like Friar Tuck in that old Robin Hood movie with Earl Flynn. Me being me, asked if everyone could give us some room and when we got some, started Bobs Mjolnir's going in a kind of squished O circle. Yep, these people didn't hesitate in catching a “ride” from them, though I had to remind these guys to give the ladies (the nuns) some ride time too after I explained how things worked doing this to everyone. Well, everyone's having a good time, then it got QUIET and next thing I know is here comes the Pope who had decided to take a ride himself?! He let go of Bobs Mjolnir's and right off the bat he's says something in Italian and holds out his hand. Me being me, I just shook it, saying I was sorry for bothering you Mr. Pope, but one of your priests is dirty and figured it would be better off with you handling this matter instead of us. Oh boy. Apparently I made a MAJOR gaffe of some kind because you're suppose to kiss the Popes ring when you meet him. Hey, how was I suppose to know this? I mean, this wasn't something that wasn't taught in any school I went to.
Gina GASPS at what I'd done, then telling me I should of kissed the Popes ring, along with he's NOT called Mr. Pope, but His Imminence. Told her I was sorry about calling the Pope Mr. Pope, but I was NOT going to kiss anybody's ring as it sound like I'm taking sort of allegiance with the Catholic church and if you ever asked my sisters about me, they'd tell you right off the bat that I was an unwashed, uneducated, flea carrying, barbaric heathen. Gina's just staring at me, but ol' red robe, he was quick to translate what I said to Gina and of course, total silence from all those people around us. Surprised the snot out of all of us when the Pope starts laughing and slapping his knee, then says something in Italian after he got done laughing. I mean, the man had tears running down his cheeks from laughing so hard. Well, that priest started coming awake, so I let him drop to that fancy floor of theirs by about two feet. Yep, that woke him up alright and man, wished I had a camera to capture that look on his face when he found out he was on the floor before his boss, the Pope. Talk about going white, but then he started lying?! Gina told me what this guy was saying as it was all in Italian and I said you dirty, little, lying rat,,,,COME HERE, with the intention of grabbing him by his neck and taking him some place REALLY desolate. But the Pope held up his hand, said one word and LOOKED at me. Yeah, THAT kind of look. He says something to red robe, with the five of us going to another room to have a private conversation. I think this was because he saw the look I'd given that priest of his. Well, red robe tells Gina she can't go with us and I said fine....she don't go, WE are leaving....as in her, me and your priest and just like that, Bobs Mjolnir was attached to that guys back and up in the air, with his squealing all sort of Italian. The Pope wanted to know why Gina should come with Him and I said I have no idea if your red robe guy is putting some sort of spin on what you or I are saying. I TRUST Gina and don't know your man...at all. Maybe he's just as dirty as this guy we brought. Pope thought this was a pretty serious accusation and I said I don't care, because Mom said lying is worse than actually stealing something. We got to go with the Pope to another room and I asked red robe if it'd be okay if I left Bob's Mjolnir's doing their thing with him asking the Pope, who looks at me, smiles, saying that's fine. Now if you're wondering, the Pope does speak English....not very much or often, but I told him that his English was a lot better than my Italian. He thought this was pretty funny and laughed again, though red robe didn't think it was.
As to that guy we'd brought, he'd been told to be silent and when the Pope gives you such an order..... Gina gave the Pope the paperwork we'd gotten from those safes, with his eyes getting big, then getting a mean look on his face when he looked at that priest and this did NOT forebode well to that priest from Gina's town. Then my stomach gave a rumble, with the Pope asking me if I was okay. I said I was, but I was getting hungry and would it be okay if we took off for a bit after getting something to eat? Was told to tell red robe what I'd like, so asked for four of the biggest steaks they had, along with four baked potatoes with lots of butter or margarine to put on 'em, two loafs of garlic bread and several large buckets of ice water. Red robe goes to the door and gives somebody my order. As to that priest we brought in, boy was he in trouble. Red robe has six guys in brown robes enter and lead that guy away with Gina saying he was going to do penance which is kind of like being timed out at home or sitting in a corner at school. So while the Pope's reading, asked and got red robe to tell me about the different art works and paintings in the room. Pretty soon that food arrives, with me gobbling down everything, but I did tell everyone what to expect, with red robe and the Pope just looking at me with Gina telling them how I'd gobbled down their pizzas at Papa's place. The Pope had seen me in action at Amarillo's Slim and thought it was nothing more than gluttony on my part, but now he knew better. Well, the Pope got told what had happened to the don, capo and their people. A new priest would be sent to Gina's down, but he'd also send a couple of the monks just to make sure everything stayed on the up and up. After making sure the way was clear, called Bobs Mjolnir's to me, going the same way we'd gone to get to this room. From there, we left via a balcony which faced inwards, so there were no tourists with their pesky phones or camcorders. Dropped Gina off at her place and we took off for the studio. Once everything was back where it should be, the guards called Bob to say I was back. ------------ Right now, 61's at 11 pages and all I'm going to do is keep adding to it. Seems to me to write REALLY long chapters, then eventually break it up into multiple chapters. The way things look now, should be able to expand 61 to 63 with little trouble.
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Post by texican on Mar 25, 2022 22:39:54 GMT -6
Short story chapters are just fine.
Thanks willC,
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Mar 26, 2022 0:55:32 GMT -6
Remember those 2 kids at the orphanage in Carson City, Nevada? Writing that one up in chapter 60 and because that one's at page 6, maybe do some cutting and pasting onto 61 which is now at 11.5 pages. Later on, Thor has this "bright" idea of trying to make sure customers got a better bang for their bucks at Disneyland. Yep, time to see Bob. Again. AND another news conference and you know how he just "loves" those. His other "bright" idea ends up getting Olivia involved and she's Bobs secretary in case anyone's forgotten. And I'm thinking of bringing "Mr. Pope" back into this story sometime later on and yes, figured out a way and reason for doing so. Also updating the story a little bit, so Tom's now doing his tv series.
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Post by gipsy on Mar 26, 2022 6:51:56 GMT -6
Disney is too woke so no help for them. Try Universal studios.
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Post by willc453 on Apr 5, 2022 0:03:08 GMT -6
Yes and no. Remember, this world is entirely different than the one we exist in now. Imagine what this world would/could be if all these different people actually existed and could do what they can do. But this is why I don't bring in some stuff like covid, the invasion of Ukraine by the Russians or Disney being woke, but while also trying to make them as "real" as possible. As to Thor, Bob's putting him on a short leash....at least for a while because of what Thor did over Disneyland. Thor's also p*ssed off Olivia, Bobs secretary with DEA and Homeland Security getting involved, along with Jim as Superman aka Hercules. And yes, I'll be bringing in other characters who have been affected in this story that Thor will be working with.
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Post by willc453 on Apr 17, 2022 16:35:58 GMT -6
The Affected: Thor Chapter 60
Now as to what happened after dealing with those fighter pilots, well eventually I HAD TO return to the studio, with one of the guards calling Bob once he saw us land outside my cubicle. And yeah, this was when I learned the guards had Bobs personal number ready to be speed dialed on their phones! Once again I was being sent to the principals office. Get inside his front office area, with Olivia looking at me, then saying oh honey, just WHAT have you gotten yourself into this time? I said....well, it got complicated and ALL I was doing was admiring the Mediterranean Sea to begin with. I might of said more, but then Bob opens his office door, points a finger at me, then says get in here. Now. I was once again walking The Green Mile. Slowly. So there I am standing before Bob who's looking at me, then says he had an interesting and very UNINFORMATIVE conversation with some Navy captain who never did tell me his ships name. Now, is this something that may involve the studio again....such as having those State Department people here.....again? I said oh no sir, NO State Department people will BE involved in ANY way. Thing is, the way I said it, he looks at me and says good.....but it would be interesting to find out what did happen. He was also ASKING me in away as in would I like to talk about it. I sat there for a bit, then told him NONE of this EVER happened, you understand? He did and with that, told him starting what happened as we were cruising over the Mediterranean Sea, but leaving out Papa's place, the free Navy stuff and of course, the orphanage. He says son, I'm getting to know you better bit by bit.... especially when we have these kinds of talks and something tells me there's more to this story of yours....but it's probably non-Thor stuff as you'd call it, isn't it? I said yes sir, but would you mind passing the word to the switchboard if someone calls me to say my pizza's ready, we're outta here. Bob didn't say a word, but picked up his phone, talked with the head supervisor of the pbx and passed the word to her, with me saying thanks.
Then it was about those shooters, saying we'd done a good job and I reminded him that he should get part of this credit because after all, he gave those Mjolnir's to me to use as mine. He thanked me, then says some people said you stopped either a beating or mugging at a Hooters of all places? I said yeah, we just happened to be in the neighborhood......and dealt with it. See? I was learning when NOT to say or volunteer anything and of course, Bob would be thinking I turned those three over to the cops. NOT my fault he never thought it'd be the Canadian Mounted Police. HOWEVER, I was to remain on studio grounds until the studio doctors said I was okay to go back to work unless an emergency was to occur. That meant NO traveling to other countries for food, for example. I was to eat either at the studio's cafeteria or Jose's truck. Since we had done some things in front of the studios tour buses, it would be nice we do this at least twice a day instead sitting on my donkey while sucking up too many Slurpee's, watching movies and reading fan mail. And oh, by the way, WE'RE having a news conference in then he gets on his intercom, asking Olivia when would the news people be at the studio? She says forty-five minutes and everything's already set up for it. I moaned, saying oh boss.....you KNOW I hate those things, with him telling me it's now part of my job description. Not that there would be many, but every time you do something, it's news worthy.....and by the way, Disney's stock value goes up too. Have you ever thought of buying company stock? Boy, that was as new one on me as I hadn't. He explains since I was an entirely different kind of studio employee, he was sure he could get the Disney board to offer me stock at a discounted price and after thinking it over, thought this was a good idea. One more egg to put in my many baskets. So I dug out a wad of cash and a couple of the Disney debit cards I hadn't had time to transfer to my own personal debit cards and gave it to him. Another blanket of security for Mom, the girls and later on, made sure Cheri, her girls and others would get something from my estate in case you know........ Then says for me to get my over priced behind out of his office and go do something around the studio and remember, THE STUDIO only. I just nodded with Olivia looking at me, saying she didn't see me bleeding profusely, so things went well? I said yeah, but where do I go to talk with one of the studio's lawyers? Yeah....she was REALLY curious, but when I didn't offer any more information, she told me what building it was in, so we took off for it after leaving her office.
There was a girl receptionist, plus a couple of other girls in the main office and when we came in, they just looked at me like so many others have. The receptionist asks how could they help me and I said I need a lawyer who knows things about wills.....and stuff like settling an estate. She says it's a good idea to plan ahead, but the studio doesn't handle those kinds of legal matters. Now, Disney's got A LOT of lawyers and this wasn't something I expected to happen, so who to talk to? So as I'm walking to the door, mulling things over, Bonnie Sue Fishman calls out to me asking if there was anything they could do for me. I said no, apparently the lawyers here don't and can't handle my problem. Apparently, she's a lawyer there and has worked at Disney for quite a few years. Then she says that in some cases, they have other, non-Disney lawyers handling these kind of affairs and would I like her assistance in this matter? I did, with us going into her office. Took her maybe a couple of minutes before coming up with a list of lawyers that she and the studio would not only recommend, but had done business with before. And there weren't that many, either, so I chose the first one on her list, saying I'd take this guy. She laughs, saying “this guy” is actually a woman and all I could say was oops. Tells me she'd be glad to call this attorney and set up an appointment for the two of us to meet. But when I asked if it'd be in her office, told Bonnie we couldn't go because then word would pass around that we might be doing business with her. So I suggested we meet somewhere after I was off work. Remember, Bob didn't say nuthin' about me being restricted to the studio AFTER my normal working hours. Now Barbara calls Lola Albright and tells her she has a most unusual client that would like to speak with her about a matter. However, due to the nature of this individual, he can not come to your office. We agreed to meet at the Lake Hollywood Park which isn't far from Beverly Hills, at a certain time. I made sure I knew what kind of car she'd be driving. Thanking Bonnie, I took off for Bobs office and that darn news conference but this time, no Natalie, etc. to give me any kind of support. Well, then came the news conference with the reporters of course, all wanting an exclusive interview. They wanted to know how I had found those shooters and I simply told them the truth: it was purely by accident. As to what happened at Hooters, same thing. I did my best to make this THE shortest interview I could with those people and once it was over, back to my cubicle to hide until five pm and I was off work.
Now I had friends who thru their financial advisers, were making sure I was making money from my investments. Thing is, I didn't have a will other than having my true name, etc. on a piece of paper. Question was, would this be legal because I had no idea if anyone would attempt to horn in on my estate, taking money from Mom and the girls? And if you're wondering, bit by bit, I was......amassing a lot of money. Maybe not to some multi-millionaire, but it was to me. I had also been thinking of Cheri, Tala, etc. and thought I'd leave them some money too. Not as much as Mom and the girls would get, but....... There was also the matter of Jeffrey and Vera Miles, the orphans I'd met at the orphanage in Carson City, Nevada and the matter of their rather large inheritance when their parents had been killed by a drunk driver. As to me and my will, got a basic blank form for that and all I'd have to do was fill it out myself. I ended up putting it in a plastic ziplock bag, then in some liquid resin, along with three other looking envelopes in their own, separate resin blocks. These went to Bob, Natalie, Chris and Tom, with me telling them why and what it was about. The reason I worried so much was having seen more than one news cast about someone who'd been changed, but with a minor ability, but getting killed by some nut or nuts because of it. As in these people being “spawn of Satan”. Now Lois didn't have a license to practice in Nevada, but she'd contact someone who did in dealing with inheritance matters. As far as my will went, it was good because I was now recognized as a resident of California though nobody knew I still had my Nevada drivers license. Now I wanted a GOOD lawyer and that's how I ended up hiring Jane Peters in Las Vegas. Lola didn't waste any time in calling Jane and we set up an after hours appointment right then and there with us meeting at her house which I put in my gps.
Now since my will business had been settled more or less and I had some time on my hands before Jane would be waiting for me at her place, figured I'd see who needed help wherever. Remember those big power tower/lines they have out west that I've mentioned before? In this case, something went wrong while one of them was being worked on, with the lineman being electrocuted and that line was sparking like crazy which would cause a fire on the dry brush below. Just like that, we were there with one of Bobs Mjolnir's cutting the line so no more electricity would flow thru that line, while I unhooked that guys safety belt and flew him to the ER at Renown, a hospital in Sparks, Nevada where he got immediate help from those people. Then we went back to the line guy we'd left behind, with me telling him what we'd done. Now this guy had been busy on his phone, letting his boss know what had happened. The electric company was already gearing up to replace that damaged electrical line and were also moving some of that electricity around like water thru different water hoses. When I offered our services, it was accepted once that guy had called his boss about what I had suggested. Flew to the electric companies repair yard, with us taking a big spool of wiring, a couple of workers and one of their repair trucks back to that damaged line. No problem lifting the repair guy up, along with a LONG stretch of new wiring as the old one had been cut which I got to keep. Now just what was I going to do with a couple of hundred feet of high electrical wiring? Remember that Indian ship yard? They were quite happy to get all that copper for free. All of this took maybe a little over an hour and not wanting to be later, headed for Las Vegas where we did some patrolling over the city and yes, made sure we were seen. Figured if the bad guys knew I was in town, maybe they'd think again about doing any bad things. Well, there were three motorcyclists racing thru the streets, with a bunch of cops trying to catch 'em, then those three split in different directions. Didn't help 'em as we grabbed 'em and had them up in the air around fifty feet, then turned them over to the cops. Then it was time for me to meet my newest lawyer.
I had Carole's home address and no problem landing in her backyard and once I heard her front door open and close, knocked on her backdoor. She had NO idea who'd she be dealing with and of course, expected whoever to use her front door. I explained what was going down as far as Jeffrey's and Vera's inheritance money and how all of a sudden, relatives were crawling out of the woodwork to help “them poor little orphans”, even though they'd been at the orphanage for six months or so. Told her I'd pay whatever the going rate for this was and gave her one of my Disney debit cards with the amount and pin number written on the back of it. I was surprised when she gave it back, saying she'd be doing this pro bono. I hadn't heard that word before, but it means for free?! I said thank you very much, but keep the debit card as it's going to cost you either gas to get there or a plane ticket, followed by a rental car and a motel room for a day or whatever. I got her to take the debit card and it'd be a few days before she could see the kids while I'd go see Khandi who ran the orphanage so he'd know what was up.
When I got to the orphanage, went to see the receptionist who told me he'd gone home for the day. Hated asking this, but asked for him to be called and return to the orphanage. When he found out it was me, he said he'd be right out which was going to take about thirty minutes, so I went looking for Jerry and Vera, finding them and the other kids in the back playing. It was stampede time once they saw me and of course, the cry went up about yummy, yummy, ice cream's good for my tummy. Since I didn't have any with me, they didn't mind taking rides on Bob's Mjolnir's while I talked with Jerry and Vera until Khandi showed up. And with so many free dvd's starting to be given to me, the orphanage got a lot of them, along with some dvd players and new, flat screen tv's which the various casinos payed for. Khandi was surprised that I was there as it had been awhile since my last visit and I told him about getting a lawyer to represent the kids. Tells me the state was going to represent them, but glad I was still coming around. Gave him Carole's business card and after talking with the kids for about thirty minutes, we took off for home. About a month later, Carole calls me to tell me the date and time of the kids appearing before the judge who was going to decide where the kids would go and it would help if I was there. This was something I did NOT want to do, but if it helped the kids....... So told Bob that I needed a day off in the middle of such and such week as it dealt with what I thought would be an unknown Thor matter. So I gave him the scoop about the kids and orphanage, because once we showed up for court, it'd be broadcasted all over the different news services. Well, we showed up at the courthouse that day, but at least the cops doing security checks didn't give me any hassle about bringing my Mjolnir with me, though Bob's were left above the roof of the courthouse. And Carole had been busy, with her hiring some private detectives to do thorough background checks on those wanting to adopt Jeffrey and Vera, something the state really hadn't done. Since this was a state matter, she couldn't represent them, but could still be there at the hearing. When the kids saw me, they left Khandi and the state attorney to greet me. After that, we (Carole and I) got to sit behind the four of them, then the judge entered and of course, had been told we were there, though he knew nothing about Carole. As to the state lawyer, seems Khandi had “forgotten” to mention me to him, so he was a bit surprised/shocked to see me there also. There was also more than one “family member” who were applying to “care” for those kids, with each of them telling why they should get the job. The only ones I could see that the kids cared for was their mothers parents. It was at this point the judge asked me why of all people was I there and I said I was a concerned participant if there's such a word, with me then explaining how I became involved with not only them, but other kids at the orphanage though I wasn't mentioning other things. I mean, fair's fair and since he didn't ask..... That's when Carol got called up to talk with the judge and boy, did Carole's private detectives dig dirt up on these “good and caring people”. The kids got to go with their mothers parents and both are doing well, with them visiting their friends at the orphanage from time to time. As to Carole, she took me up on my offer of a quick flight back to her home in Las Vegas after she turned in her rental car and checked out of her motel room. And it turned out better than expected as far as the news people were concerned as they couldn't get to Carson City to set up their cameras for an interview, but word still got out later on. As to Carole and Lola, they became my to go lawyers when I needed help around the U.S. Yes, this did cost me money in some cases, in others, the casinos paidd for their services. There was some money left on the Disney debit card which she returned to me and still refused to take my money which is why I always used her.
As to what happened at that Hooters, here's that story. Remember me eating at my first Hooters and how Cheri ended up working at one of them in Las Vegas? Truth be told, while their burgers and seafood is okay, found out I was a wing man, thru and thru. And of course, all that “eye candy” as I heard one customer mentioning them as. There's a bunch of Hooters thru out California, some in Nevada, then there's New Mexico, Colorado, Florida, Texas......you get the idea. Then of course, there's some in other countries, like Germany, England, Thailand, etc. What made these places really nice was the food quality was the same, no matter where I ate. But it was also a pain in the behind as I couldn't eat as Thor, which meant having to change clothes before going in. The other part was I couldn't make it all the time when they'd have all you could eat at a much lower price one day a week. Now I'd hit the truck stop for gas, empty my motorhomes dirty water, etc. and by accident, found there was a Hooters on the other side of the freeway?! Thing is, while the girls dress provocatively, they're NOT prostitutes, etc. any more than the cocktail waitresses serving drinks in a casino are. The difference between them, is the cocktail waitresses can call on security to have that customer tossed out. These ladies don't have this option......all they got is the manager (usually a man) and of course as the last resort, calling the cops. Thing is, you DON'T want to be calling the cops all the time either. Now most of the customers usually start in their mid or late twenties and upwards and yes, they will talk smack to these ladies in hopes of getting one of them to go on a date with them some time later or even go home with them after they get off work. Not that that's going to happen as far as I know, because a lot of times I was beat working just eight hours washing dishes and bussing and imagine being a cocktail waitress in high heels for eight hours.
And those girls will tease a guy as I found out shortly after entering that Hooters. A Hooter girl tells me her name is Cindy, she'll be my server, find anyplace to sit and she'd be right with me to take my order. Now I'd just gotten off of work at the studio and there were maybe a dozen or so people there, mainly guys, but some had their girlfriends there too. And if wondering, I've seen families there.....husband, wife and their kids, which the girls would make a fuss over. Having eaten at Hooters previously, I knew what I wanted, but when Cindy comes over to take my order, she LOOKS at me, saying you're NOT going to try and order any alcohol....are you? Because then I'd have to ask for some i.d. I said no maam, no alcohol, then gave her my order of twenty plain wings, with some extra ranch dressing, curly fries and a large ice tea with lemon. If wondering, their barbeque wings are a bit spicy for me and no, never ate at the Hooters in Las Vegas. Thing is, when I was in town and Cheri knew it, she'd bring home at least twenty wings and yes, they were still warm. Now if your again wondering, yeah I looked at the girls working there without trying to be obvious about it. Now it was going to be awhile before my food would be ready and I ended up digging into my mre pouch for my small notebook and some pencils, with me proceeding to drawing a basic sketch of Cindy in one size, then smaller ones of the other girls. Well, when I get to drawing sometimes I lose track of time and next thing I know is Cindy's bent over, looking at my drawings, saying that looks really nice. And with her “hooters” about a foot from my face, yeah, I looked and upon realizing what I was doing, my face turned red. She apologizes, saying she didn't mean to embarrass me, but my drawings were looking really, really good. This was followed by asking me if I had thought of going professionally and I said at one time it was my hope, but things kind of happened and now.......I find myself in a totally unexpected career field. Thankfully she didn't ask any more questions, with me eating those fries first, because I really like 'em when they're hot and of course, dipping 'em in that ranch dressing.
Now all these places have several large tv's showing various team games, something I never had an interest in, but then I was a TERRIBLE athlete before I became Thor. While I wasn't HUNGRY, I did have an appetite and those wings didn't last long after the fries were gone. The good news I made sure I didn't eat bones and all, so when Cindy came around to check on me, she was surprised to see a pile of meatless and gristle less bones. Now I was thirsty, with me asking for three additional glasses of ice tea and please refill my glass which didn't even have ice in it. Yeah, munched that ice right down. Asked if I really wanted three more tea as I'd have to pay for them and remember, refills are free. I said yes and no problem paying for them as I understand, but there's times I get REALLY thirsty, then ordered another twenty wing plate and more ranch dressing, then went back to drawing, after making sure my hands were clean of any chicken juice or grease. Now people come there to enjoy the food, while guys are there for the same thing, there's the pretty girls and beer. Thing is, some guys drink a bit too much and.....well, get ideas if you will. Like that guy tried with Cheri after she got off work. Don't know if this guy and his two friends had eaten anything previously, but they were having a good time while watching some football game, while sucking down beer after beer. Thing is, “their” team was losing, with them getting louder and using crude language. Now remember, Hooters wants this place to a FRIENDLY, family place and their language and volume of it quickly became unacceptable, with Harold the manager or supervisor coming out to talk to them. They quieted down for about ten minutes, with me getting back to drawing and waiting for my second order of wings, etc.
But after that ten minutes, they got back at it again with being louder and of course, use of crude language, then that big guy made a BIG mistake. He grabbed a waitress named Lara, saying considering the amount of money he and his friends has spent there, she OWED him a lap dance and YANKED her onto his lap, with one arm around her waist while the other hand got busy picking up his beer to drink. Harold was there in a flash, telling this guy to let his waitress go, while Lara's struggling to get herself free. Mistake number two was when that big guys THROWS his beer bottle at Harold, hitting him in the forehead?! Then I was there, with my left hand around big guys left wrist, with my right hand having a firm grip in his hair, I said upsy daisy and yanked him upwards. Yeah.....I wasn't really thinking because poor Lara came flying off that guys lap, only to fall on her behind. Tell big guy that he's disrupted a nice establishment with his boorish actions and foul language and he says bleep you and when I get loose.... THUNK was the sound of his forehead hitting the edge of his table. He made the mistake of saying oh bleep as I raised his head up, so the got another THUNK. I said you need to mind your manners and remember your language around these nice ladies and the customers here. Thing is, his two buddies were now standing up and looking at me, so I looked right back at them and said you really DON'T want to get any more involved because right now I'm just a little upset....imagine if I went to being more than upset. When I suggested they leave the premises AFTER they bought a round of drinks for everyone here to make up for their boorishness, they thought this was VERY reasonable and once they forked over close to one hundred dollars between the both of them, they beat feet, leaving their friend behind. The customers cheered when they heard they were going to get a free drink.
I then turned to big guy and said okay cuddles, now it's your time to make atonement verbally and of course, financially just like your two buddies just did. How much money do you have on you? Tells me his money's in his left front pocket and he can't get to it with me holding his wrist like I was. I said no problem and my right hand went from holding his hair to having a firm grip on his neck and this was something he didn't expect, because I gave it a little squeeze, saying don't get no funny ideas, okay? He reaches into his left front pocket, pulling out a wad of ones and some fives and I said that's it? Big guy: yeah, that's all I got. I said I'd hate to prove you're lying to all this thirsty people, so pull out your wallet. Big guy: nonono...that's it man. I said you ever hear the noise a nose makes when it's slammed against a table? It makes a splat kind of noise and I don't think you or these nice people around us want to hear that kind of noise, now do we? Well, he had one of those long wallets, you know, the kind that have a chain on 'em, with the chain hooking onto a belt loop. He pulls it out and opens it. Holy cow....I said where and how did you EVER get that kind of money? Did ya rob a bank or something? Find out he's a truck driver and had just gotten paid...as in a little over two thousand dollars. I said here how it's going to work....you get to keep one thousand of it cuz I know ya gotta eat and do laundry stuff till you get paid again, but no doubt, you're feeling VERY generous right now, aren't you? Or would you like to hear the splat noise a few times? He decided he was feeling very generous. One hundred went to buy a round of drinks for everyone with him apologizing to the customers. Four hundred went to Harold in case he needed to go to the emergency room, money he didn't want. I said you're bleeding, with him saying it's only a minor cut, but I said ya gotta be careful as it could just start GUSHING blood EVERYWHERE. Besides, bandages are EXPENSIVE. He smiled, took that money with big guy apologizing. Then it was Lara's turn and I asked her to hold her hand out to big guy who was still bent over due to the pressure on his neck. He lightly kissed her hand, then said please forgive me for my boorish and rude behavior, kind and gentle lady. I sincerely apologize for it. And yes, I had whispered not only what he was to say and do, I said if he slobbered, drooled and anything like that OR got the words wrong, the last thing he'd hear was splat...upon waking up in some emergency room. He got it right and everyone was cheering. I said I hope you learned your lesson and I don't think Harold, the ladies working here or the customers who come to this fine establishment care to see you or your friends here ever again. Understand? He did and quietly left Hooters a well shaken man. The rest of his money went to Lara as a tip.
I righted a couple of chairs that had fallen, then went back to my booth to wait for my order. Seems in the excitement, my order had been forgotten, but Cindy said they'd have another one ready for me with some extra FREE refills, with me thanking her and saying that's really nice of you, so went back to working on my drawing. I'm concentrating on drawing and then realized Harold was standing next to me, looking at my drawings. First thing he does is thank me for dealing with those guys and I said I was happy to oblige, then he asks if he could talk to me for a moment and I said okay. He sits across from me, then says I was a most unusual young man and while he wasn't trying to be nosey, he wondered how I handled such a large customer with ease. Told him it was a form of martial arts called Quack Fu and what helps is being in tune with nature and ones self. He nods, then says they very rarely have....disturbances like this in his establishment and I said I understand, because the last thing you want is having customers disturbed by someones actions and not wanting to come back again. That'd mean a loss of business, which means profit, nor would you want a bunch of police cars in your parking lot dealing with some rowdy customer, with me then drinking my three ice teas. Yeah, I was getting thirsty, with Harold getting up to get a pitcher of ice tea and refilling my glasses.
I thanked him, then he sees my drawing, asking if he could see it, so I passed it to him with him telling me I had talent for drawing and did I do this professionally? I replied no, though at one time I made a few bucks doing sketches on the street for additional income. Tells me the art supply store in the shopping center behind Hooters was having an artists competition in a couple of weeks, with me replying that with my job, I wouldn't know for sure if I could make it. Thing is, first place got TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in free art supplies?! Man, that was A LOT of art supplies to get for free and something to think about as I never heard anyone complaining about having to much in art supplies.....ESPECIALLY me. Now remember how Bob offered his artist people to show me how to become a better artist? Thing is, while I couldn't get lessons like I wanted to due to work and helping others, I did go whenever possible, even if it was for twenty minutes. I'd of stayed longer, but when we'd get a call for help somewhere.....And nothing's better than having ones work critiqued by professionals, so my work did improve...a lot. Harold says hold on for a bit and from one of the windows, he pulls down and gives me a flyer about this contest, with me thanking him again. Then here comes Cindy with my wings and fries and extra ranch dressing, which if you didn't know, comes in little tubs which are a little bigger than those jelly ones you use in a restaurant. What surprised me was when Harold tells Cindy my meal and drinks were on the house?! I thanked him profusely, then started eating and dipping once my notebook and pencils were set aside. Chomp, chomp and one of the wings parts was gone....yeah, bones and all. Didn't realize this till I had finished my fourth wing, so then slowed down to eat “normally” though there was nothing left but BARE bones. So I'm drinking my tea and Cindy was quick to refill my glasses, then I asked if it'd be okay if she just left a full pitcher of tea for me, this way she could take care of other customers. She says it's no problem and brings me a full pitcher just full of tea as I already had ice in my glasses. Thing is, I'm trying to eat, but I'd have some customers who'd had their free drink and having finished their meals, thanked me for dealing with that guy. Sometimes all I could do was nod my head as my mouth was full of food, other times I'd thank them for their kind words, then go back to eating and drinking. Those wings and fries were gone in maybe fifteen minutes and they'd of been done sooner, but I couldn't gobble everything down without unwanted questions being asked or people looking at me as I was eating.
So there I am, enjoying a REALLY good meal of wings, when Lara comes over to my booth, while calling out to Herbert that she's taking a quick break, with her sitting directly across from me. She thanks me again for helping her and the staff with those goons, along with her unexpected bonus, but when she sees my notebook and the drawings I was working on, she asks to see it and since my mouth was full of food, I simply nodded. Said I was a good artist and did I know about the artist competition that was coming up, with me showing her the flyer that Harold had given me. Then I explained this was nothing more than a basic drawing, with me looking for small details. When she asked such as, told her about the different girls hair colors and styles, which was why there were notes alongside each figure. One thing I did NOT expect was her asking me if I had a girlfriend because she'd just dumped her boyfriend last month because he'd been cheating on her?! And considering how I had handled “those three”, she felt I wasn't the kind of guy to cheat on her AND would protect her. I started choking on the wing that I WAS trying to eat, but quickly swallowed that half, whole. Yeah, I had bitten right thru that leg bone part. Then she's apologizing, saying she hadn't thought that I might be gay?! Because after all, there's a lot of them here. Got a drink of tea, started laughing, then told her people could say a lot of things about me, but being gay ISN'T one 'em. The only time anyone could say I was gay and meaning it in a happy way, was when I was working or drawing. She thought I was funny and cute?! Boy, NO girl ever said that to me before. I said how about we go on a date but the problem is, I don't know when I'll be free because my boss keeps me pretty busy and hope you understand. She says I must work a lot of hours, with me saying yeah, so she then writes her name and phone number on a paper towel, saying give her a call and maybe we can get together sometime when I had some time off?! All I could do was nod my head because I was kind of in shock. But when I saw her name, I blurted out LARA CROFT? As in the video game? She sighs, then says I wouldn't believe the number of guys hitting on me simply because of my name and sometimes...sometimes I feel like I'm in a bad dream. I said I understood, but maybe.... you should EMBRACE your name and become a Lara Croft cosplayer, which was something she hadn't heard about. She wanted to know more about cosplaying, but Harold told her break time was over, so she had to leave. Yes, I liked talking and looking at her, but I was also hungry and didn't want my wings to get any colder.
Cindy comes around when I caught her eye by waving my hand at her, with me ordering a third platter of wings, but this time, no fries. Instead, I ordered two chef salads in place of the fries. She looks at me, then asks if I've got a tape worm or something, with me replying yeah, something. She brings my two salads, with me dumping some ranch dressing on them and they were gone before she brought that new order of wings to me. Now out of habit, when she came back with my order, both bowels and used paper towels, etc. were on the wing platter. She looks at me, saying thank you and that I was the only one she could remember in a long time in doing something like this for her or the other girls. I said I know how hard you ladies can be working, so if it makes your job easier, why not? And yes, more ranch dressing, soon followed by another pitcher of tea. Well, those wings went down, but this time a little bit slower, then came time for the bill, but when I asked Cindy for it, she reminds me that Harold said it was on the house. I said, I don't want him to get into trouble with the owner because no doubt he figured I'd only eat one platter and those three ice teas. Tells me Harold's the owner and he can afford it, with me saying wait a moment please. Using the menu for prices and a paper towel, I started figuring out what my meal SHOULD OF cost, then deducted the cost of those three ice teas, salads and additional platters of wings and fries. Once I got figured out, pulled out some money from my mre and Cindy kinds of gasps, telling me I shouldn't be flashing or carrying that kind of money because you never know. I thanked her for her kind advice, then told her to give this money to Harold so those additional meals were paid in full. And if he refuses it, you keep it as an additional tip, with me giving her twenty dollars for serving me and ten to give to Lara because she also helped Cindy serving me. As I'm headed out the door, Harold calls me and tries giving me that money back. I did ask if he was sure about this and when he said yes, I called out to Cindy who came over and I gave her that money. Harold just stood there in dumb belief as I walked out of Hooters.
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Post by 9idrr on Apr 18, 2022 19:07:45 GMT -6
Keep it comin'.
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Post by willc453 on Apr 18, 2022 20:29:16 GMT -6
Right now, on chapter 63, but if I broke it up as it is right now, I'd have chapter 65 finished. And Thor's learned a new trick which came in handy after Natalie was so mean to him. And boy, did she ever let out a scream. Working on/thinking about possible repercussions on that one.
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