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Post by papaof2 on Feb 8, 2019 3:24:36 GMT -6
That will get you labeled as a dirty old man even if all you are doing is looking and that makes you a member of a very big club: "Old Men Looking at Pretty Young Women".... Welcome to the club.... When the wife catches me, she not so politely tells me with a dig in my ribs to close my mouth and pull my tongue back in.... Texican.... ---------------------------------- Sounds like you have a very civilized wife.....imagine if she carried a shiv with her all the time, using that instead of her elbow? Sounds like he's never tried "Just because I'm on a diet doesn't mean I can't look at the menu." ;-) There are some pretty ones out there - but it would take so long to train them :-(
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Post by texican on Feb 8, 2019 19:25:06 GMT -6
---------------------------------- Sounds like you have a very civilized wife.....imagine if she carried a shiv with her all the time, using that instead of her elbow? She does carry a knife and conceal carries.... And she can out shoot me.... So it is best not to irk her to much.... Texican....
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Post by texican on Feb 8, 2019 19:27:58 GMT -6
---------------------------------- Sounds like you have a very civilized wife.....imagine if she carried a shiv with her all the time, using that instead of her elbow? Sounds like he's never tried "Just because I'm on a diet doesn't mean I can't look at the menu." ;-) There are some pretty ones out there - but it would take so long to train them :-( The wife has reminded me more than once, that I can look but not stare and definitely not touch.... As stated earlier: She does carry a knife and conceal carries.... And she can out shoot me.... So it is best not to irk her to much.... Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Feb 10, 2019 20:53:42 GMT -6
The Affected: The Shadow Chapter 31
Well, things were more or less going back to normal though sometimes we couldn't make the game or take the girls out on a date. We were honest about it though as we told them we “busy” and when they heard that word, they knew what we were talking about and didn't ask any questions.......UNTIL we were done being “busy”. Then of course, we HAD to go see them so they'd KNOW we weren't hurt in any way. After getting knifed that one time, Aaron and I got REAL careful. As in buying THE latest and best kevlar (long sleeved) jackets which were kept in the light and nothingness. Now most of the time we worked as a team when there were a bunch of evil and wicked people, but when they were alone or maybe a couple of 'em, we went after them separately. And the money rolled in. As for NASA type spacesuits, try TWO MILLION DOLLARS EACH?! Now we had the money, but have ANY of you tried buying a space suit? I mean, this is something you just can't call someone and order two of them, saying you're paying cash. Then of course, there were the other changed people we started helping.
Now still quite ignorant about women and girls in a lot of ways, we were slow to pick up what they would say versus what they really meant. Like when they said they'd like to go dancing and frankly, that terrified both of us. I mean, while we were good at playing music, etc., dancing was NOT our forte as both of our mothers found out even after trying to teach us twice. Once when we were in our first year of junior high school, the other, again, in the first year of high school. There was NO third attempt by them in this matter. Yeah, we were that bad. Well, upon their second request to go out to do some dancing we were bluntly told if we didn't take them out for this, they were going by themselves?! Sigh....we folded and went, much to their.....pain and disappointment. I THOUGHT we had only stepped on the girls feet twice while slow dancing, but they said it was AT LEAST a dozen times.... EACH?! Yeah, they were pretty mad about this and thought we were pulling a fast one until they realized we could NOT dance. Do other things, yes, but not dance. So without telling them after those two separate attempts of dancing with them, we went to a dance studio in Vienna....then Hamburg, then London, then Paris. This cost us a few thousand because the ladies at these places would actually look at us with fear when we would arrive at the dance studio, some times even when it was only our second time there? Would you believe they actually had arguments who would be FORCED to dance with us? It came to a point where they wouldn't even take our money for lessons! But then there was that really nice lady at the dance studio in Paris. She said you Americans have a saying of you can take a horse to the water, but you can't make it drink. Believe me, YOU WILL learn to drink, or in this case, learn to PROPERLY dance. We learned.
How about when we stepped on one of the girls feet, one of the other girls would bring out a hammer and whack the offending foot?! Pretty soon we were limping worse than any of them.....and they just smiled quite sweetly when it happened. We ALMOST gave up at this point, but we knew the girls wanted to dance and we had the sneaking suspicions that they were going out to dance with other guys. Now if you're wondering, we NEVER checked up on them because of this or any other reason. We ALWAYS called to see how they were doing. We felt if we couldn't trust the girls they were either not worth our time ala Annabelle and Ginger or WE had horns growing out of our heads because of jealousy. Now Michelle was our French dancing instructor and told us that she was about ready to give up on us and no amount of money would change her mind....BUT she then thought maybe she was doing this all wrong. Instead of bringing the horse to the water, bring the water to the horse. Now we had gotten to talking about the music that was being played when we danced and actually ended up bringing our instruments to play for them a couple of times. They liked some of the stuff we played, others not. But they knew we knew what we were talking about when it came to music. I think that's what helped us with all those girls and the owner being so patient with us on our attempts learning how to dance.
Well, first off she blindfolded us and that made us REALLY nervous because of the girls and their hammers. But Michelle (the owner) said no one was going to dance with us. That we were to pretend we had a partner and dance by ourselves. We did and of course, made the same mistakes as before. This was when Michelle said she didn't want us to dance, but while moving around, we were to FEEL the music. And that did the trick. No longer were we concentrating on making the correct or right dance moves, but feeling the music and our feet just naturally did the right thing...until we tried dancing with one of the girls sans being blindfolded. At least this time it wasn't too bad and better yet, no hammer time on our feet. So Michelle had us dance with our eyes closed and this time we did it right. It was two more sessions before we got it right, meaning being able to dance with our eyes open. Now all of this took a period of several months because we had school (our classes and the music class), helping the changed when we found out about them, reward money from the FBI and Interpol, gaming with the girls along with taking them out from time to time...and we started losing weight again. And the girls did NOT like this. Yeah, they made us eat when them when we were there, but then they REALLY got onto us. You guys ever stand on a scale stark naked with a boner while your girl is checking you out? I don't mean your boner, but what you weigh? Yeah, they were keeping track of our weight even though we had been doing the same thing. It's just at times we got busy with “other things” like dealing out critical hits and fumbles while in those different cities. Now not all fumbles got guys into jail cells.....nothing like suddenly finding yourself falling twenty to thirty feet from under a bridge over a river. And there's a lot of bridges and rivers all over Europe. And more than once, a Frenchman (for example) would find himself hitting the water in some canal in Venice, Italy. Well, the day came when WE asked the girls if they'd like to go out and do some dancing. They were LESS than enthusiastic about this. Told us that we were the most unusual guys they had ever met, really, really great, etc., etc., etc....but the answer was no. Well, we had an answer for that one: okay, guess we'll have to find some girls that like to dance. Them: WHAT?! Boy, did they go off on that one and for a bit, thought we'd over played our hand. But then Aaron stuck a thumb drive with close dancing music of different kinds and I got busy moving their coffee table out of the way for more dancing room. They stood there for a bit, then Kathleen said look at these two. They look like the skinniest mice hauling a pound of cheese right past a sleeping cat. We then walked up to the girls, bowed, then pulled them to us. About thirty seconds later, the music started playing and maybe ten seconds later, we were cutting the rug as some used to say. Now we were NOT the best dancers of course, but at least we were moving like we knew what we were doing and NOT stepping on their feet. So we'd go out with them, not just in Amarillo, but other places in the world. We grinned like fools when I told Aaron I couldn't wait until we got home again and ask our Moms to dance. And when we did, they do so reluctantly, then were shocked.
The world's a more complicated place than we thought when it comes to buying homes. At least here in the United States. The majority of homes and apartment complexes we bought were here because everyone has a lot of rights and people willing to fight the government in making sure constitutional rights aren't violated. Our first house was paid in cash for Professor Jorgenson and Louis and we were told they got some looks on that one. And we'd have to come up with a better plan as some of the apartments were going for a million plus. Yeah, attention was NOT something we wanted. Paying cash to rent a house or apartment was no problem, but we wanted ownership. Now Aaron and I talked it over off and on for a couple of weeks and we decided to ask the girls as we sure as heck couldn't talk about this with our folks. I mean, imagine their faces when we tell them we want to buy a bunch of houses and apartment complexes worth millions.... and by the way, paying cash for everything? Yeah, right.
So about a month after learning how to dance, we called the girls saying we had a problem and maybe they could help us? They said no problem...that is, until they found why we needed their help, then it was about Professor Jorgenson and his boyfriend Louis, along with us renting a bunch of places for those also changed. Their jaws dropped for a few seconds and asked us if we were kidding. We said no. You see, we hadn't told them about helping other changed people so they were trying to adjust to that bit of information. Then came up the subject of money....as how much did these changed people have when we brought them over? I said usually it was what ever they had in their pocket before being grabbed the police, military or some secret government organization of that particular country. But that's okay, we got lots. When asked how much, we told the truth....we really didn't know. Of course, we had a rough estimate but since they weren't specific in asking EXACTLY how much.... This is when the girls said their fathers knew a little bit about real estate, owning some property here and there. Would you like us to ask them how to go about this? Us: oh yeah and thank you very much. Two weeks later, they call us back saying they had talked with their dads and they would be out that weekend to talk to us about our problem. Oh course, they hadn't mentioned our abilities. They said we had just come into some money and wanted to invest it in real estate....you know, hoping for a long term return on our money. Now meeting their dads....to tell the truth, that made us both REAL nervous as no doubt they'd be giving us a serious look over. Thing is, we don't know what the girls had said to their dads about us, if anything. And besides, we've been together for awhile now and you just don't see two beautiful white women being with a younger black and Asian man every day. So yeah, we were kind of scared. I mean back home, we had a little bit of everything color wise and it was never a problem, but since we weren't back home... And yes, we had gotten some looks when we were with Annabelle and Ginger, but nothing was every said to our faces.
Well, we're at they're place two hours before their dads were to show and had just finished breakfast with the girls washing, drying and putting away the dishes when there's a knock on the door. I go to answer it and there's a HUGE guy looking down on me, looking a little surprised and says hello little feller, then makes the mistake of pushing against the door?! All I could think of was some how Harrison or some people like him had some how found out about the girls, so I screamed THUG and kicked this guy as hard as I could in his knee cap! Promptly followed with me slamming the door in his face and locking it as he fell backwards into another equality tough looking man. Aaron and I had come up with passwords for different things and thug was for Harrison and his bunch. He didn't hesitate, but grabbed both girls by their elbows, saying we have to leave NOW! The girls are protesting, wanting to know what was going on and when Aaron said bad guys, he told me their faces turned a little green and almost left him behind getting to Kathleen's closet with me in pursuit. Now there's some screaming, shouting and all sorts of bad language and REALLY pounding on the door, not that we were going to answer it. It took me a couple of minutes to find a good shadow so that we could look down on them and of course, going to drop them into a different bit of nothingness and if there were any onlookers, too bad. That's when Kathleen says daddy?! Now the two men couldn't hear us of course, with us returning back to their apartment. I said WHAT?! Her AND Tammy BOTH say those guys....they're their dads?!
Well, we got back into her place with both girls opening the door and flinging them-selves into their dads arms. Yeah, both men were a little unhappy with the greeting that Kathleen's dad got from me. The girls told us to stay in the livingroom until they had talked with and calmed down their fathers. Now their dads name were Bob and Ted, with us feeling a little awkward about what had happened in just a couple of minutes and they tried growling at us. To which I replied I had NO idea who you two were and what kind of person tries FORCING themselves into someones home WITHOUT even introducing themselves first? Ted (Tammy's dad) say's listen to these puppies bark will you? Like they'll EVER get on the porch with the big dogs. Bob says yeah, turns to Kathleen saying honey, they're kind of young aren't they? But even as froggy as they are, why not toss 'em back into the pond where they have some time to grow bigger? That's when Aaron said sir, we're NOT some puppies trying to get on this big porch with the big dogs which you are obviously talking about and do you know why? Well Ted kind of sneers and said oh do tell and Bob says he can't wait to hear why. That's when I said to him, that's because we OWN ANY PORCH we want. When the girls heard that, they turned and rushed over to be behind us and wrapping their arms around our necks. Kathleen said remember Clark, you are a NICE puppy and NOT some scary sabre tooth tiger, starts stroking my head, then giving me some small kisses along my neck and jaw. Yeah, even the most fierce sabre tooth tiger becomes a puppy really quick under that kind of inducement. And no, we didn't take it like she was treating me like a puppy, but to remind us about wanting to keep our ability secret. Tammy's doing the same with Aaron but saying Kent. Think they saw us with our hungry sabre tooth tigers looks on our faces which is why they left their dads so quick.
Well, Ted was the first to apologize saying maybe I was right because of the way Bill just tried entering the place. It also showed I didn't hesitate in trying to protect the girls from two unknown men coming into their home. That's when Bill apologized and said you want to start over and held out his hand. We shook both of their hands of course. The girls wanted to know why they were here so early, with Bill saying they made better time than expected and THOUGHT they'd chew the fat with the girls not expecting us to already be here. He says we understand you got some money that you want to buy houses and apartments? We said yes and it got kind of sticky when he asked if we minded telling them WHERE we got our money from? Aaron didn't hesitate in saying thru hard work and shrewd investments sir. Fortunately neither of them asked if we had paid taxes on it. Of course, now the girls were curious and dragged us to Tammy's bedroom and asked us if we had so much money how did we get it....that is, if we didn't mind telling them. Well, as you know, our relationship with the girls was getting deeper and deeper so all I said was get on your computer and look up the ten most wanted by the FBI. So we all go back to the livingroom and she does, which is where she sees the rewards set on each of them. That's when Tammy says you work as bounty hunters then? Aaron says yes, I think that's a good description of us. We were learning not to use the would you believe line like we had been. Well, their fathers are behind us and Bill says you sure don't look like no bounty hunters and that's when I said and that's why your knee hurts don't it? Because we don't look like bounty hunters. Ted laughed and said the boy got you on that one.
The five of us got to talking at the kitchen table, with the four of them talking things over. This was when we found out that Kathleen had a degree in accounting, while Tammy had been studying and going to school to get a degree in tax laws. Boy, talk about secrets. A dummy corporation was going to be set up so money could be deposited in various banks so these houses and apartment complexes could be bought. When asked how much we wanted to start things off with, I said how about a million and Aaron said if it helps, maybe two? Yeah, they looked kind of stunned. Then we talked it over on how the money was to be delivered. I said we'll rent a storage unit here in town if you want and let the girls know when the money's there. Their dads said no, that they'd give us their phone numbers and they'd deal with the picking up part, which we said okay.
Well, with along finding us already there AND how the girls gave us some kisses on the cheek, things got a little awkward even more when the fathers said they had come out to take them for at least a day back home as their mothers wanted face time and to find out more about their beaus? Boy, talk about a shocker....I mean we never talked it over with the girls if they were our girlfriends and at the time, had no idea where we really stood with them. So got the courage and asked Kathleen if we were their beau's and she knew what I meant and she said of course....that should have been realized by even the most experienced bounty hunter and smiled when she said that. Later Aaron and I admitted that when she said that, both of our hearts went THUMPTHUMPTHUMP...like about two hundred beats to the minute. That's when the girls said okay, but only if they (meaning us) went too. Their dads had a kind of sour look on their faces about this, but said okay. I never got there until much later.
Well, we get in this big SUV and wonder how many hours it's going to take us to get to Kathleen and Tammy's place. Aaron and I were both surprised when they drive up to the private plane part of the Amarillo airport to park in front of a BIG propeller driven airplane. Everyone gets out but Aaron and I, then Tammy looks at us saying hurry up guys and we slowly got out. Aaron asks what's going on...I thought it was only a couple of hours away from your place, why the plane? Kathleen says oh honey if we drove, we'd be on the road for at least six hours. This way we'll be home in two. What have we gotten ourselves into? I mean, even RENTING such an airplane has to cost big bucks. Any plane which can carry twelve people is big in our books, no matter what someone else may think. Bill and Ted got busy doing what they called a pre-flight inspection, with Kathleen telling some guy who came out of one of the hangars that the keys were in the car and do the usual please...what ever the usual was. Tammy opens the hatch(?), with the four of us finding seats. Now it may seem funny as heck, but neither Aaron or I had ever been on an airplane before and we looked at each other and made sure we got window seats as we both wanted to see the propellers turn.....and make sure they kept turning. I mean after all, what goes up, gotta go down, right? We were NOT going to take any chances.
About five or ten minutes later, both fathers get in the plane, close the hatch and go to the cockpit and start doing what ever they have to do to get the engines running. Always kind of wondered....do these things have an ignition key like a car? It's a little noisy and we can feel the bumps as it goes down the asphalt strip, headed for the runway. We hear one of them talking to the control tower and it sounded just like in the movies. We get to the end of the runway and then the engines REALLY start to roar, with the plane kind of bucking up and down and we're wondering if something broke and we'll have to go back to the parking area where we started from. Then we're off!
Wow, what a rush. I think our necks were getting whip lash between making sure the propellers kept turning, watching the ground quickly disappearing below us and seeing what was going on thru the limited view of the cockpit windows. The girls saw us whipping our heads back and forth and were amused by it. Both were shocked when they found out this was our first airplane ride. After some flying time, one of their dads said it was okay to get up and move around if we wanted to. We thought we would try and it felt very,very strange to be moving inside a plane while it was going we didn't know how many hundreds of miles an hour. And wondered if Superman (aka Hercules) ever felt the same kind of rush when he was flying thru the air. We were surprised not that they had a small bar (we had water) and a toilet. Wonder who had the job of draining it when it got full.....and what would happen if it got full some how? I mean, how many times could you use it before it wasn't usable. Last thing I'd want to have happen is a toilet back flushing inside the airplane. And of course, not a bucket and mop in sight. Well, we settled down and while making idle chit chat, I notice there was some smoke coming from “my” engine and thought okay, this is a normal thing right? Like some car giving off a little smoke from the exhaust from time to time? No. Airplane engines are NOT suppose to work this way, ESPECIALLY propeller driven ones.
Well, I started getting worried and tapped Kathleen on the knee as she was busy talking with Tammy across the aisle. I said I hated being such a worry wart, but is a airplane engine SUPPOSE to be giving off smoke....and having a little bit of fire coming out of its hood? Kathleen said what, then looked at the engine and SCREAMED daddy, starboard engine fire! Well, that got both mens attention right then and there with them dealing with this “problem” as they put it. We all put our seat belts on, but when I saw the fire getting larger and longer, I KNEW how things were going to end unless I changed the equation. I remember watching a WW 2 video clip of a B-26 with 2 of its four engines on fire, then suddenly the two engines rip away from the wings AND taking most of the wing with it. The crew I'm told never had a chance of using their parachutes and I had the sneaking suspicion this airplane didn't have any. I said to everyone, let's go NOW, unclasped my seat belt, then did Kathleen's who's saying what, what. Aaron didn't hesitate in undoing his and getting Tammy out of her seat. We hit the bathroom which was BARELY able to get two of us in it, but with each of the girls standing on the toilet seat like Aaron had done on that Florida port a pottie, dropped the three of them (one at a time) into the nothingness. The girls are hysterical, crying and telling us to save their dads. I said I would.
Looking thru the window, the flames are now shooting PAST the back part of the wing. Get into the cockpit to say everyone's safe and now it's your turn. Didn't make it because right then goodbye engine and most of the wing. Now we go tumbling thru the air to the earth below, then a kind of what I was later told was a flat spin. The dads are strapped in, but me....nothing and find myself being banged around inside the cockpit area. Able to grab the door frame area to the cockpit, then I'm shoved or flying thru the air and into the cockpit window?! One of them grabbed me and actually tells me to get back into my seat and strap myself in?! That's when I reached out and wrapped an arm around each of their necks, saying we are leaving NOW! With us tumbling like we were, lots of shadows to take for a trip to the nothingness, which I did and quickly closed off behind us. I wasn't thinking at the time other than GET OUT OF HERE, so found ourselves falling thru the nothingness like we were falling down a HUGE elevator shaft. Had to stop this and get back to everyone else, so changed the nothingness into a tube at the bottom of us and then we REALLY picked up speed as we spiraled downwards with the three of us getting banged around on the “walls” of this tube of nothingness. NOT what I had planned, so curved the tube so it gradually went upwards, then went looking for everyone in their bit of nothingness. Angled the tube so it came exited into their bit nothingness. Quickly made it so everyone could see each other, but their dads were out from hitting their heads more than once from the inside of the tube of nothingness. Only reason it didn't happen to me was because I was able to stick my arms into their shoulder harnesses. As it was, got banged up pretty good by their two seats even while partially attached to the floor that went with us. They run over to us and I tell them to get their dads out of their seats and then everyone was to get away from the seats. They did and I looked around and found a shadow cast by a outdoor barn wall. A quick tube exit the ground just past the exterior wall. Left the seats and airplane flooring in the nothingness. Girls are fussing over their unconscious dads, while Aarons doing the same for me. I looked at him and said act of God, then passed out.
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, hope you like this chapter even though it's not a full 8 pages. Yeah, I know what's going to happen to everyone but remember, nice is a word that's NOT in my vocabulary. Hope to have 32 some time next week.
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Post by 9idrr on Feb 10, 2019 21:20:59 GMT -6
Okay, son, you just gonna go off an' leave us all hangin' like this? And, we know that since the girls've got good heads for keepin' books, there'll soon be no secrets where money's concerned. At least we know it's love on the boys' part, if'n they were willin' to go to all that trouble in learnin' to dance.
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Post by texican on Feb 10, 2019 23:08:55 GMT -6
WillC,
Thanks for the chapter....
Now just how are you going to explain this one to the two dads that they did not die in the plane crash....
Should be interesting....
Another chapter will tell the secretes....
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Feb 11, 2019 0:24:39 GMT -6
Oooohhhhhh Pppplllleeassee....you're dealing with an experienced DM. If I can convince a naked Eskimo in butt deep freezing water that he actually craves a nice cold beer..... And yes, I DO have an explanation for their miraculous escape in the next chapter. As to the boys and the girls, there's still the memory of Annabelle & Ginger lurking in their minds. Once bitten, twice shy. And 32 is half a page now.
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Post by 9idrr on Feb 11, 2019 17:24:37 GMT -6
Oooohhhhhh Pppplllleeassee....you're dealing with an experienced DM. If I can convince a naked Eskimo in butt deep freezing water that he actually craves a nice cold beer..... And yes, I DO have an explanation for their miraculous escape in the next chapter. As to the boys and the girls, there's still the memory of Annabelle & Ginger lurking in their minds. Once bitten, twice shy. And 32 is half a page now. "And 32 is half a page now." And will become several pages by tonight, right? Right? Uh... right?
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Post by texican on Feb 11, 2019 19:04:31 GMT -6
Oooohhhhhh Pppplllleeassee....you're dealing with an experienced DM. If I can convince a naked Eskimo in butt deep freezing water that he actually craves a nice cold beer..... And yes, I DO have an explanation for their miraculous escape in the next chapter. As to the boys and the girls, there's still the memory of Annabelle & Ginger lurking in their minds. Once bitten, twice shy. And 32 is half a page now. "And 32 is half a page now." And will become several pages by tonight, right? Right? Uh... right?9idrr, You are definitely developing first rate begging.... Just maybe, WillC will produce another chapter.... Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Feb 11, 2019 19:11:40 GMT -6
A few sentences done on page 4. The Shadow's in the hospital and now both boys are now REALLY in trouble....their moms want to know why they haven't called them like they had been doing.
Hunh....for some reason the smiley faces are NOT coming up...just this other stuff. Again, hunh....once I added a sentence, up they came.
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Post by texican on Feb 11, 2019 19:34:38 GMT -6
A few sentences done on page 4. The Shadow's in the hospital and now both boys are now REALLY in trouble....their moms want to know why they haven't called them like they had been doing.
Hunh....for some reason the smiley faces are NOT coming up...just this other stuff. Again, hunh....once I added a sentence, up they came. WillC, Could it be your bubbling personality overriding the smileys.... Texican....
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Post by 9idrr on Feb 11, 2019 20:46:39 GMT -6
"And 32 is half a page now." And will become several pages by tonight, right? Right? Uh... right?9idrr, You are definitely developing first rate begging.... Just maybe, WillC will produce another chapter.... Texican.... Beggin' is only a step or two from the voodoo dolls and straight pins. Except, in this case, I think I'd forever after be afeared of mirrors and shadows.
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Post by texican on Feb 11, 2019 22:31:00 GMT -6
9idrr, You are definitely developing first rate begging.... Just maybe, WillC will produce another chapter.... Texican.... Beggin' is only a step or two from the voodoo dolls and straight pins. Except, in this case, I think I'd forever after be afeared of mirrors and shadows. 9idrr, Now WillC does have certain literary powers and these could spill over into mirrors and shadows.... Make certain that you turn on the lights whenever you go into a room and cover all of you mirrors just to be safe if you wish to be around for a while and not in the nothingness....
Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 11, 2019 23:15:11 GMT -6
What's this ridiculous fear of mirrors? I haven't seen myself in a mirror in more than 400 years...
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Post by willc453 on Feb 12, 2019 14:13:18 GMT -6
The Affected: The Shadow Chapter 32
When I woke up, couldn't open my eyes and just kind of grunted. That's when Kathleen goes to hold me in her arms and starts crying. Then I REALLY grunted because I was in pain from her holding me so tightly. She quickly realized this, let go of me and started giving soft kisses on my face. THAT kind of pain I could endure. Had a real hard time getting spit in my mouth and when I did, croaked water. She got some and after drinking as much as was in the cup, said more and that I couldn't open my eyes. I was really terrified that maybe some how I had been blinded after falling unconscious? But Kathleen used some paper towels and water to clear the grunge from my eyes while getting some more cheek kisses. Asking for and getting more water, then asked where was I and how long had I been out. Seems I was in a private room in a hospital in Houston. I had been unconscious and in intensive care for nine days?! Left arm, right leg broke, left ankle bone chipped, two broken fingers on my right hand. Oh, let us not forget the concussion and two broke ribs.
That's when Aaron and Tammy showed up with Aaron saying darn, I guess I don't get your half of the money after all, do I? Nothing like gallows humor between brothers. Looked at him, saying I was starving and when he asked what I wanted, said a 20 piecer, meaning KFC. And a big spoon with lots of tea. He knew what I meant and took off for the bathroom while the girls were protesting that all the KFC's were closed right now.....THEN realized he wasn't buying it here in town. Asked for more water, but this time I said I needed at least six jugs which held about a gallon of water and ice, which Tammy took off to take care of, while Kathleen filled my jug with more water. My throat was so dry that no matter how much I drank, it seemed to remain dry. Asked if there was anything else I needed and asked when breakfast was going to be served. She says any d*amn time you want and took off to talk with someone at the nurses station. Asked for six scrambled eggs and four pieces of toast with as much margarine and jelly on them as possible. She took off to the nurses station.
You know what really scared me? Seeing my own hand. Remember how I said I looked when Aaron and I were looking in the mirror in our bathroom? Now he looked like a fat man in some circus. I held up my hand and could almost swear I could see daylight thru it....and started crying again. Then Tammy was there and she tried comforting me, but when I asked how much did I weigh, she said I was down to one hundred twenty seven pounds?! The doctors couldn't explain the constant weight loss during my time of unconsciousness and were doing their best with a bunch of different I.V.'s in both arms and that's when I realized not only was I dying, but WHY. In doing what I did in the nothingness, I had really pumped out A LOT of that unknown energy and my body simply refused to accept “food” via these I.V.'s. I HAD TO have REAL food. Told Tammy to take the I.V.'s out of my arm as they were killing me and she didn't want to do this, thinking I was a bit crazed in the head and of course, would need a nurse to do this AND some doctor's permission. I looked at her square in the eyes and said if you don't, I'm going to be dead before this day is thru. She started pulling off the tape holding the I.V.'s in place and right about this time a nurse steps in and demanding to know does she think she's doing? Tammy tells her and the nurse goes to grab her and pull her away from me and one thing about Tammy, she didn't hesitate a minute. Squared away and socked the nurse on the chin with her fist! And about this time Kathleen comes in and stops the nurse from falling on her behind. The nurse hauled donkey out of the room, saying she was calling security and the police about this. Tammy explained what happened and Kathleen calls her dad saying she needed security for her bounty hunter as in RIGHT NOW! Then she was going to help with the other I.V., but I said lock and barricade the door first and they did, using a couple of roll along cabinets.
The girls get the I.V.'s out of me, then helped me sit up by raising the bed. I was trying to get comfortable and my pecker felt wrong. Oh God I thought, PLEASE don't let that be broke too. But my testicles were still there, so that made me fell just a little bit better. So I reached for down there and there's something sticking out of it?! Right off the bat I said why is there a thermometer in my d*ck and Kathleen asked what I meant. I explained about SOMETHING sticking out of it and she said let me take a look. Thought it was really nice that Tammy made sure she wasn't looking when Kathleen lifted the sheet to see what I was talking about. Tells me it's a catheter and explained why it was there. I said it's going NOW, tried to bending over to take it out but just didn't have the strength, but she had no trouble doing it for me. I mean after all, it wasn't the first time she's seen or handled it.
About then, there's a big commotion on the other side of my hospital room door...it's security and that nurse. Then of course this was when Aaron shows up via the bathroom, calling out he needs help with this stuff. He had brought me THREE, twenty piece buckets of KFC chicken, a bunch of plain ice tea also from KFC, four gallons of Arizona ice tea, a big metal spoon, salt, two big metal cereal bowls and some paper plates from our place. I was so weak I couldn't even hold up a thigh and started crying again. But Kathleen held it up to me so I could eat it and once that meat hit my lips and teeth, I started chomping away and think I may of bit her a couple of times in trying to devour each piece but she never said a word. After the seventh or eighth piece, I could feel myself starting to return and able to eat on my own. That's when Aaron offered me the mashed potatoes and gravy he had dumped into one of the metal bowels and I just started shoveling it into my mouth with that metal spoon while also guzzling the KFC ice tea down from time to time. When I was done using my fingers to REALLY clean out the bowl of potatoes and gravy, he had the next one ready to go. Once all three of them were eaten, went back to eating the chicken on my own with me getting down another five pieces. With all the KFC tea gone, Aaron had already added Arizona ice tea to the pitchers of water, but I asked for an unopened gallon of it and drank all of it without stopping with Kathleen helping me hold the jug up because I couldn't do this on my own. This was when hospital security and a couple of law enforcement people got the door open. Right behind them was a doctor, that nurse and someone from the kitchen with my eggs and toast. The doctor sees me eating KFC, that my I.V.'s are out and he starts really starts raising Caine. That's when I gave a REALLY loud and tasty burp, then passing out again.
When I woke up again, I kind of grunted because of the pain in my arm and leg. Turn my head and there's Kathleen rising up from a lazy boy kind of padded chair, asking how I was doing. Thing is, she was leaning over me and I got an eye full of her breasts. As soon as she realized what I was STARING at, she laughed saying I must be getting better, but for right now I'd have to wait. But she did unbutton two of her blouse buttons for me for a better view of 'em. Asked if I was hungry or thirsty and I realized I was. First to go was two gallons of ice water. With her raising the bed and helping me sit up, I was soon munching on cold KFC chicken, eating nine pieces before saying I gotta urinate. She helps me out of bed and escorts me to the bathroom and it was a struggle for me to raise that gown before my plumbing started flowing. She's right behind me, asking if I needed any help and told her no. Well, we're headed back to my bed when Aaron and Tammy walk in and Aaron doesn't hesitate in helping me also get back into bed. When I saw some men outside the room, was told it was private security Kathleen's dad provided. That's when he told both girls to get out, that he needed to talk with his brother. Privately. Surprised the heck out of me when they both said okay and started walking out till I asked Kathleen if I could have some breakfast. Told her what I wanted and she said you got it, then the two of them left us alone.
Aaron offered me a piece of KFC and I asked how long was I out this time? Try four days, but while I hadn't gained any weight from all that I had drank and eaten earlier, at least this time I hadn't lost any weight. He got the two million delivered to the girls dads and they were setting things up as we had talked about earlier. As for the plane crash, the three of them told the dads that it was a miracle from God Himself. Since their dads were unconscious, they accepted it because when the plane when it hit the ground, it actually bounced a few times kind of skipping like a rock on water with everyone being tossed out of the plane as it broke up. Of course, everyone had bumps and bruises but nothing like what happened to me. I then told him what happened from my end of the story. He said I must have been really hosing it down in the nothingness. That the doctors were concerned about my heart and really concerned about me losing weight while unconscious, but the three of them said I had a really high metabolism which kicked in for unknown reasons from time to time. Asked him if he thought that was really going to fly and he says of course...after all, there is NO other RATIONAL explanation about your condition is there? We bumped fists, then hugged each other. I went back to eating the KFC, but this time a little slower as it wasn't starting to taste right. I mean, it was good but I knew I wanted something else, so told Aaron and he said he'd be right on it. Calls out to the girls who came back, telling them he had to leave. Tammy took the lazy boy while Kathleen sat on the edge of my bed. She just smiled and said no when I said there's a lot of room in this bed if you'd like to lay down on it next to me. They BOTH actually laughed when I sniffled a couple of times and said, but I'm really, really sick. Then said I'm going to close my eyes, but if I fall asleep, please wake me up when breakfast arrives, okay? They said okay and it only seemed like I dozed for a minute or two before being woke up. Six scrambled eggs, 2 pounds of crispy bacon and hashbrowns REALLY covered in sausage gravy. I still had my big metal spoon and dug in with lot more watered down Arizona ice tea. Was half way thru it when Aaron came out of the bathroom with what I really needed: a sixteen ounce jar of green olives. Now the girls expected me to eat some or maybe all of them. They were NOT prepared when I drank the brine the olives were in, doing it all in one gulp. Oh believe me, I did some shaking when I was done with it and shook my head when Aaron offered me another bottle of them. Dumped about half the olives in with what was left of the scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and gravy. My spoon and hunger made short work of it and of course two gallons of watered down Arizona ice tea. Another good burp and when I said I was done, the really big plate was taken away with Aaron telling the girls they had to leave as we had to have a talk between just us again. We could tell they didn't like this, but left.
He started to talk, but stopped when I shook my head no along with putting my right hand around my ear. He knew what I meant, so scooted a regular chair next to my bed and we started whispering in Korean to each other. Him: why? Me: Security...not just for us, but the girls, their families and ours. Him: what? why? Remember we were in an airplane accident....do you KNOW if our names were made public in ANY way? Him: oh corncobs. Me: Yeah, REAL ROUGH corncobs if Charmin or even Peabody hears our names as remember, we're suppose to be a couple regular college boys AND we haven't worked at the book depository in how long? Add to this, our being in another state to boot? Him: oh double corncobs. He said hold on, then went outside for a few minutes before returning to tell me our names were NEVER mentioned and beside their dads never filed any sort of passenger list. Their dads didn't want any publicity. As for their dads, they were unconscious from being beaten inside the nothingness tube and had accepted the three's explanation of what happened with the girls taking care of any publicity. However, the FAA was investigating the accident which they said is standard procedure. And of course, their seats were still in the nothingness.
I said, well looks like we got thru this one okay, right? Him: no. Our moms called wanting to know why we hadn't called home for the past couple of months. All I could do was moan oh God, oh God. He said you lost your phone in the accident, but got you a new one, but still has your old number on it and put down all the contacts you had listed on your computer. And by the way, you are one clumsy individual as would you believe you got clipped by a car while ogling some pretty girl at school? And yes maam, he's got some scraps and bruises, but it looks like he'll live. Boy, she really gave me heck on that one. So you gotta call her TODAY and make that asap because I'm not sure if she took it hook, line and sinker. Like maybe she called my mom to verify my story? Yeah, our moms would work as a team in finding out what we were up to at times. Asked him to call the girls back in and when they were with us, told Kathleen would you believe these bruises came from being clipped by a car while I was on my bike at school? And that pretty girl was you of course. She said why of course I'd believe you. I said good, cause gotta call mom right now to let her know I'm doing okay. Well, got to talking with mom and of course, she just wanted to make sure I was okay other than having some bruises. Things WOULD OF been okay, but Kathleen got that h*ll raising look in her eyes and calls out moms name, saying she was my beau?! Yeah...then I had to hand the phone to Kathleen who comes up with the story about how we met and been going together for awhile. Then instead of giving me my phone back, she gives it to Tammy who tells mom she's Aaron's beau as she and Kathleen were together when I got clipped by that car?! NOW mom wants to meet this really nice girl AND she's going to let Aaron's mom know too. Both of us were moaning ohGodohGodohGodohGod..... When I got my phone back, said you remember us working at the book depository full time last year? She did and I said with our schedule like it's been..... We were COMMANDED to bring BOTH girls home for Thanksgiving or face SEVERE consequences!? The girls heard all of this because the volume was up a bit and all they did was give us some cat eating canary smiles....ohGodohGodohGodohGod.
I spent another two days there with everyone staying with me for as long as they could. Aaron was busy dealing with the FBI and Interpol's wanted people along with setting things up with the girls dads, while the girls had to work. They ended up also being involved with this, something neither of us knew for awhile. It was on the third day I was told that I was being kicked out of the hospital in an unexpected way. Well, all three showed up on that day with Kathleen said the hospital saying there was no reason I couldn't go home. Besides, they (the hospital) said I was eating them out of house and home. If you're wondering, I was eating four and five BIG meals a day and gallons and gallons of ice water and Arizona ice tea. Bit by bit, I was slowly gaining weight back. That's when I realized I had never thought of what it was going to cost me for all of this. Asked Aaron (in Korean) about this and he says it's been taken care of, so figured he used some of our debit cards. Found out that it was actually the girls dads who paid for everything which I thought was really nice of them, but also how much was the butchers bill? Girls said that was none of our business and that's the end of this discussion, do you understand? Yeah, I did. I was kind of sorry leaving this place as I REALLY liked being fussed over by Kathleen when she was visiting, but all good things must eventually end. They didn't like it when we said something in Korean in front of them that time and we simply said it was our version of pig latin, something they never found out.....until Tammy met Aarons mom and hearing her speak Korean during our first Thanksgiving dinner together. Oh boy.
Well, since I had lost a lot of weight, Kathleen had bought me new clothing....as in ALL new clothing except for my shirt which was my old size. She had also already split my pants leg so I could get my leg in which was still in a cast in it with little trouble. Thing is, she THOUGHT she was going to help me get dressed until I said no, Aaron will help me. Which is kind of funny because we had already been buck naked more than once. I can take some fussing and mothering, but there comes a limit. Needed help with every-thing of course, but we got it done. Not being able to fully use my right hand was a pain in the behind though. Well, we both THOUGHT the plan was for us to leave for our place via the hospitals bathroom. Not so. When we told the girls I was ready, their dads were behind them, with Bill asking us if we were ready and I asked ready for what? He said why son, for going home. I looked at the girls like WHAT is going on and that's when Kathleen said honey, you're not going to your home....at least for awhile. You're going home to be with us until you're all better!? Once again I was thinking of another airplane ride and considering how our first one turned out.... And I said, there is NO WAY you're getting this cripple to take another airplane and my mind's made up, do you understand?
That's when Ted said the girls said you two might feel that way son, which is why we're taking you home via our motorhome?! Now if we hurry we won't have to eat cold, greasy left overs at home as it's just over a six hour drive. Well, got a crutch and I WAS going to hobble out of that place on my own, but the hospital insisted on sticking me in a wheel chair as they worried about liability if I fell for any reason. Well, the motorhome was massive and wasn't much trouble for me to climb inside where I took one of the seats because it had a nice dark shadow under it. Yeah, I wanted to be prepared just in case and the girls and Aaron knew what I was doing when I stuck my hand under it so I could feel the shadow and connection to the nothingness. Before we left, started to get hungry again even though I had had a BIG breakfast. No problem for us to hit Port of Subs for six, foot long sandwiches, a cooler filled with ice and five, one gallon jugs of water. Their dads wondered where the he*ll was I putting it and thought for a bit there was no way I'd ever get it all down. Well after the third sandwich, felt tired so kind of stretched out to take a nap. When I woke up, we'd been on the road for about four hours or so and I got to looking out the windshield and the window behind my seat when I saw it. I was stunned to say the least and thought naw, I gotta be wrong. But what if I saw was real?
Called out to Jim who was their driver, to pull over and stop this thing. Guess he didn't hear me so I shouted PULL THIS THING OVER RIGHT NOW! Which scared the heck out of everyone, but Jim did and of course he, like everyone else wanted to know what was wrong. Called out to Aaron to help me and though Kathleen offered, I said no...this may be be something between just us. Now he had NO idea what was going on, but helped me out of the motorhome and onto the ground. Kathleen gave me my crutch and the two of us were moving as fast as I could go. He wanted to know what was going on and I told him you wouldn't believe it if I told you and I'm not even sure if I was right in seeing what I thought I had a chance to glance at. He simply said okay and off we went. It was one of those historical markers that are posted along the freeways and some roads of America, but few people ever stop to read. Upon reading the sign, we both said the same thing at the same time....holy sh*t. Then I just HAD TO sit down because I was trying to absorb all of this. Aaron and Kathleen tried helping me, but told them no, this I do on my own and using the signs pole, got settled on the ground.
Well, Bill says what's up with you two boys? For a second or two, you both turned whiter than any ghost or sheet of paper. That's when Ted says did you know there's a family story we pass down from generation to generation about this towns marker? We call it The Ax Man story and if interested why, one of us will be glad to tell you about it. When he said The Ax Man, I replied let me tell you about my family's history, but you might want to get something to drink as it's may take awhile. Bill sent Jim back to the motorhome for this and once everyone had something to drink, I started telling everyone the story of The White Doctor from beginning to the end. Bill, Ted and the girls dropped their beers in shock and surprise when I came to the part where The White Doctor used those ax handles on those guys who had insulted g,g,g, etc. grandfather, etc. Yes, the road sign was about that very town, which of course, was no longer in existence. Now we were both surprised when they dropped their beers, with Bill and Ted looking at each with Bill saying this is IMPOSSIBLE. Ted says there's NO WAY these two boys should of ever known about this town AND come up with such a tall tale. The girls were kind of white faced for a bit, not saying anything. Then Bill and Ted tell their family story. Seems their g,g,g, etc. grandfathers were passing this same town AND on the same day that my family was passing thru it. They saw The White Doctor deal with those men and they decided this town wasn't some sleepy little place to just pass on thru, but decided to homestead and raise cattle where their places still stood. There were a lot of mavericks (unowned or unbranded cattle) to claim and bit by bit, they got a good size heard going between both men. After The War Between The States, the cattle drives started up and that's how they made their money, staked out more land, hired some cowboys passing thru, etc. Asked Aaron to get my phone, but he said he had his. He had also bought him a new phone and it had photo and video taking abilities. I said if you don't mind, I'd like to take two photos....me and Aaron by this sign, then a group one. And that's what we did and when we got to Kathleen's place, both girls insisted the photos get downloaded onto a computer so they could not only email photos to other family members but my story about my family. ----------------------------------------------------------- Kind of glad now that I didn't put this chapter with the previous one...would of made one heck of a long story. Once again, no idea when the next chapter will be submitted and yes, got ideas for it already.
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Post by texican on Feb 12, 2019 15:30:19 GMT -6
What's this ridiculous fear of mirrors? I haven't seen myself in a mirror in more than 400 years... PP2, Didn't your wife pull your fangs many many years ago? Texican....
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Post by papaof2 on Feb 12, 2019 16:58:01 GMT -6
What's this ridiculous fear of mirrors? I haven't seen myself in a mirror in more than 400 years... PP2, Didn't your wife pull your fangs many many years ago? Texican.... Nope! We were among the first to get the folding fang surgery that allows them to be out of the way along the inner edge of the upper molars until needed. Technology also works for the not-typical people ;-)
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Post by texican on Feb 12, 2019 17:18:05 GMT -6
PP2, Didn't your wife pull your fangs many many years ago? Texican.... Nope! We were among the first to get the folding fang surgery that allows them to be out of the way along the inner edge of the upper molars until needed. Technology also works for the not-typical people ;-) PP2, I should learn not to spar with you since you have an unlimited ability to spin the truth if not outright fabricate facts.... But it helps to liven up the days and nights.... And others enjoy the thrusts and counter thrusts of the written epees... Just trying to keep the Moar Hounds from howling and coming back time and time again.... Texican....
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Post by 9idrr on Feb 12, 2019 20:01:46 GMT -6
Will, my man, this has to be the best of the Affected stories you've done. Jus' one thing, though. I worry just a bit about how that boy is usin' a spoon to eat out of his bowels. Maybe a bit of scatological humor?
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Post by willc453 on Feb 12, 2019 20:31:50 GMT -6
Bowel? What bowel? Like J asked in the first MIB movie, when was the last time you had a cat scan? Or maybe seeing a seeing eye doctor? Please stare into this item I'm holding up in my hand and everything will be explained.
Now, do you feel better? Like I said, I am an EXPERIENCED DM having to deal with up to 10 kids from elementary school to high school ages.
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Post by texican on Feb 12, 2019 22:26:24 GMT -6
Bowel? What bowel? Like J asked in the first MIB movie, when was the last time you had a cat scan? Or maybe seeing a seeing eye doctor? Please stare into this item I'm holding up in my hand and everything will be explained.
Now, do you feel better? Like I said, I am an EXPERIENCED DM having to deal with up to 10 kids from elementary school to high school ages. WillC, You are not past pulling a fast one and putting in a zinger here and there to see if the Moar Hounds are paying attention.... The boys lived thru the plane crash even though busted up some.... And it appears that the boys, the girls and their dads have a common way back connection.... Who would have thought.... Thanks for the chapter.
Now does being "an EXPERIENCED DM" hurt certainly sound like it may especially dealing with 10 kids for elementary to high school ages?.?.?.?
Texican....
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Post by willc453 on Feb 12, 2019 23:11:58 GMT -6
Hey Texican, "You are not past pulling a fast one and putting in a zinger here and there to see if the Moar Hounds are paying attention...." ------------------ Actually it was a typo on my part. This is why I do my best to proof read everything several times before hand and this time, it just slipped though. I've found mistakes AFTER I just posted a chapter and immediately correct it when I can. As for "zingers", oh please. I would NEVER, EVER do anything so OBVIOUS. I'm the sneaky kind of DM and if wondering, I have NO idea how many "zingers" I've put in my stories in the past 5 years or so, going back to The Layover. Only ONE reader caught A zinger and it was kind of obvious on my part and that's on Kaijafon's Chatter website. Ever hear of Alphonso D'Abruzzo? How about his stage name of Alan Alda? Or Sheldon Scott, a detective in a series of books I used to read as a teenager? Sheldon and others are mentioned in Tale Of Two Brothers. Some names ARE made up either from my own imagination or searches via Google. As for the girls dads, they are NOT fools which is coming up (maybe) in the next chapter which is half a page right now. Have a nice day. I know I do when I do this to my stories.
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Post by texican on Feb 13, 2019 1:22:34 GMT -6
Have a nice day. I know I do when I do this to my stories. WillC, Now you can bet that the moar hounds have a nice day when you post a new chapter.... Texican....
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Post by texican on Feb 17, 2019 14:25:54 GMT -6
WillC,
It has been nearly a week (for those that have a problem adding and subtracting - 5 days) since the last feeding of the Moar Hounds....
And,
WillC, you do know that when the Moar Hounds get hungry they start acting up and howling....
Aaaarrrrroooooowwwwwww.....
Texican.... Born Free, Live Free and Die Free....
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Post by willc453 on Feb 17, 2019 21:40:02 GMT -6
Right now got 6 FULL pages, but having a brain fart, meaning my mind is a bit blank right now story wise. However, Charmin's back along with Homeland Security, NSA,POTUS, the Vice President and abandoned airplane hangers. They rescue a husband, wife and 9 year old girl, Professor Jorgenson & Louis are also back, with the boys drawing up a couple more drawings of the girls. And let's not forget Base Zeta which is in....oh golly, don't want to tell everything that's in that chapter now do I?
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