Wilfredo woke up to find himself sitting in a dark, cold cellar. He then realized he was tied to a support beam with strangely blue rope. Fortunately, a random rat came along and chewed through a small part of the rope, and Wilfredo pulled himself free. He grabbed his bag of neatly organized junk, along with the still-usable part of the rope. Finally, he broke the padlock off the cellar door using the hammer, and helped himself into the kitchen.
Galloway woke up the next cold, foggy morning to discover Elizabeth standing by the TV, impatiently surfing through the many channels. Gemini, meanwhile, was still snoring like some kind of annoying buzzsaw sawing through the twisted ankle of a young woman in her underwear.
Galloway looked down at the dead man’s wallet, and quickly came up with yet another plan to complicate things…
F. Galloway and Val woke up the next morning, shrugging off the freezing cold and smacking aimlessly into things. Finally, they regained their composure for more than five seconds, waited until Galloway’s parents left, and took their seats on the couches.
“I can’t believe he left us behind,” said Val. “I really wanted to watch him ruin that girl’s entire existance.”
“Well, what do you want to do for Christmas?” asked F. Galloway.
“I don’t know,” said Val. Then inspiration hit her. She quickly reached into the couchfold and magically pulled out pamphlets on a place called “Rock Gourge.”
F. Galloway scanned the documents, and let out an amused smile. “So, you want a vacation for Christmas?”
“Not really,” said Val. “It’s just that a large amount of gold, platinum, and assorted precious gems are going to travel by there in a week, and Glenton’s gonna be there to steal them.”
“…so you’ll kill him AND get a trip out of the deal,” said F. Galloway. “You’re one evil woman, you know?”
Wilfredo finally left the inn through the side door, carrying a roasted leg of lamb and a small sack. Cedric was sitting there, watching the front door. When he heard Wilfredo, he quickly turned on his claws.
“Oh, there you are!” he said. “I was just about to leave!” Wil cursed his bad timing. “Anyway, what’s in the sack?”
Wilfredo opened the sack. Inside were various gold and silver coins, as well as a few blood stains. “I figured they weren’t going to use them,” he said. “Especially after they open the little gift I left them…”
The inn then exploded, leaving debris everywhere. Cedric sadly shook his owl head. “You’re an evil, evil man, Wilfredo.”
Galloway, Elizabeth and Gemini drove through the many streets of Long Beach, soaking in the abscense of sun and gazing at the ocean hidden beneath layers of fog. Finally, they reached the neighborhood where Elizabeth’s brother lived.
The first thing to hit them was the smell of smoke, followed by the crackling of fire, followed by the burning houses. They quickly realized something was not right here. The sense of uneaese finally culminated when they reached the house…or what was left of it.
The entire building was blown apart, along with the nearby houses. Various bodies were also strewn about, left as nothing more than blackened skeletons. Elizabeth jumped out of the slowing car and ran to the house, nearly fainting at the sight. Galloway and Gemini followed after her, and came close to fainting as well.
Finally, they began their long, tiring search of the building’s remains.
(five minutes of searching later)
“There’s no sign of a bomb,” said Galloway. “This is getting pretty fucked up.” Elizabeth, meanwhile, was too distraught to care.
Gemini finally left the remains of the kitchen, holding a note. “Brother, I think you should read this.” Galloway quickly snatched the memo and started reading:
“We know what you are, Galloway. Follow the map on the back if you want to find us. PS: Your mom!”
Galloway steamed and crushed the note…just as the police showed up.
(to be continued)
Oh. Police. Wonderful. So now D’s gonna be guilty of blowing up police officers on top of everything else? :3
No you’re not.
Yeah, I guess “never” IS a pretty damn long time.