For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
“They found out about my drug shipments,” shouted John, “even the ones by truck! That means they found that little rat we left behind.” “I told you we should have brought her too,” said Dr. Brodsky, “she would have made a wonderful person for my experiments.” “Yeah, yeah,” said John, “but now we have to hurry, Steve’s team will be on us soon enough, so we have to get out of here.” “These things take time John,” said Dr. Brodsky, “you cannot rush something so great as this.” John just paces back and forth for a couple of hours.
“There we go,” said the doctor, “that should be enough for this first part, but it will not be enough to make him commit suicide. But he will have no memory of anything and eventually that will cause him to go absolutely crazy.” “That is good enough for me,” said John, “at least he will not be in my way anymore and I can watch him go crazy, that will be a joy in itself. Now we go to Paris, drop off Steve, then down to Panama for a while,” said John. “Go where you like,” said the doctor, “but I must pack up my equipment first.”
“Forget that, you can get more of this junk,” said John. “Junk?”, said the doctor, “this is all valuable equipment. I will not leave without it.” So John picks me up and heads for the door carrying me. “Fine,” said John, “then stay here with your junk.” Then he turned and shot the doctor just before climbing the stairs to get outside. He put me in the car and headed for the airport. He already had false ID ready for me and I was awake by the time we arrived at the airport. “Feeling better Andy?”, asked John. “Oh my, is that my name?”, I asked in return. “Haha, that is what you get falling down the stairs,” said John, “you better see a doctor when we get home.” “I think you must be right,” I said, “I don’t remember a thing.”
Meanwhile… “Maybe we should stop and pick up Chung,” said Baldwin, “it might be good to have him around.” “Good idea,” said Kat, “we will likely need all the help we can get.” Chung was at the airport waiting for them and once refueled, off they went. Soon they were landing in Gdansk and Baldwin rented a couple of cars so they could drive out to that abandoned building. Annelie was following everything closely on her laptop, just in case my signal returned. They drove out to the spot where my signal was last seen and found the abandoned building easily enough.
They walked all around but saw nothing until, “hey, a door in the floor!”, yelled Rock. It was locked however so Rock jumped on this steel door until finally it gave way. They went down with Rock in the lead and entered the doctor’s lab. He was sitting on a chair, John had only grazed him with that one shot. Rock picked the doctor up and demanded to know where I was. The doctor laughed hysterically, “you are much too late, it is already done, your friend is no better than a walking tree by now.” Then he continued laughing. Rock was about to punch the doctor but Kat stopped him, she was afraid Rock might kill him.
He set the doctor back down on his feet and Jennifer came over and slapped him hard with the back of her hand. He fell to the floor. “Where is he?!” she demanded. “Answer,” said Kat, “or I will let Rock have you.” He looked at Rock. “Why should I help you?”, he said, “what is in it for me?” And he stood up again. Jennifer slapped him to the floor again. “How about your life?”, she said. Rock stood him up again. “When Rock breaks an arm, it cannot be fixed,” said Kat, “then what would you do?”
“Okay, okay,” said the doctor, “he took your friend to Paris, by that time everything will be set, then John will let him go on the streets somewhere and leave him. He will be afraid of everyone and everything and will be on the run until he turns completely crazy.” Then he laughed hysterically again. That was too much for Muffin and she jumped on him, scratching and biting. Then “Thwock!”, the doctor fell to the floor.
Meow!=He laugh at Muffin’s human, no one do that to my Muffin! Chung wanted to look around. He found a needle that was full and one empty beside it. “This might be what he used, am not sure, but we take anyway,” he said. Soon they were back in the air on their way to Paris. “We should alert the police to look for Steve,” said Baldwin, “we need all the help we can get to find him quickly.” “Yes, that is true enough,” said Kat sadly, “we do need to work fast.”
To Be Continued.
Β©2022 Steve McLeod.
Good! You might have a sample to use to figure out an antidote!! Then you could use it on the Doctor and John when you catch him!!π€¨π€¨π€«π€«
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Yep, that is what Chung is hoping. He figures this is what was used since no other needles were found that had been used. Um, you missed a paragraph I think, MC did away with the doctor already. And unfortunately John has a good head start since they need to look for me first. Though hopefully that won’t take long.π³πΎπΎπ±ββοΈπ±ββοΈπ©π©π©π ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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I read it but you’re right… I forgot the Thwock!
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Yep, MC was a bit upset there, but at least that doctor won’t be able to test his experiments on anyone else now!πΎπΎ
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That’s good!! One less evil in the world!
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Yep, and he was definitely a bad one! And Rock made sure nothing was left of that lab!
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He’s always thinking ahead!
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Plus he was a bit upset. Rock and I have become good friends.
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It’s good to have friends his size!!ππ
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Yep, though apparently he says his size has always kept friends away from him.π³
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I suppose it could be intimidating πππ
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Yep, could have that effect on people.π¬π³
But he’s just a gentle giant. I keep arm wrestling with him, um, I never win, but I keep saying I will win one day. Kat said, ‘maybe if Rock falls asleep.’ So nice of her.ππ
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She might have a point?ππ
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Still…
He lets me stand up and push with both arms. Muffin said I almost moved his arm once.πΉ
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Heheheπ€π€π€
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Turns out it was just her eye twitching.ππΉ
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She probably got dust in it or somethingπππ€π€
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She says staring at something so long that doesn’t move always makes her eye twitch.ππ
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Heheheπ€π€π€
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I hope Rock doesn’t find me first, I might run away from him!π²πββοΈπββοΈ
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Ooooo…. I never thought of that!π€ Yeah… better hope it’s Kat or Jenny who finds you first!π¬
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Yes, especially since I won’t remember any of them. And who knows what John might be telling me before he drops me off somewhere.π¬π²
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That could be very scary π¨ π³ π¬
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Yes, I’m not sure if I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s chapter or not.π¬π¬π²π²
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Me either!ππ²
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I think I might work it into two chapters so I can end the week with a good, um, hanging off the cliff!π€ππππ
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Good choice!! I like that idea!ππ
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Yeah, me too. Although Muffin has different thoughts about that.πΎπΎπ¬π¬
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I would listen to them at least..π¬π¬ Ya know the red fountains and all. ππ
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Um, yeah, there is some good points there.π€π³π³πΎ
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Yeah 18 claws and some very sharp pointy teeth!
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Yep, her points outnumber mine, and are definitely better sometimes!π¬πΎ
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In this case yes!!ππ
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In most any case!π³π³
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Absoposalutely π
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And Muffin doesn’t like hanging off the cliff endings, so that makes it tough, because I do like those kind of endings.πππ³πΎ
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Then the two part ending is a great compromise!!ππ
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Well, Friday was going to be the hanging off the cliff chapter, meaning we would have to wait until Monday to find out what happens. I was just thinking, I wanted to have this over by next Friday, that’s only 7 chapters, oh my, that could be tough.π³π³ππ
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Yes it could! Good thing the trail to the river isn’t open for awhile!πππ
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Right, um, I think anyway. But still, I might have to go into overtime.π€ππ
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Maybe?? But you might make it if you try..ππ
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Then I would have to shorten the story. Could do that. Or maybe this story will be one of those kinda stories that, well, you know.π³π³
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Don’t shorten… it’s not the same and you can tell when you read it, it’s been shortened. But!! It’s up to you!ππ
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I know, I don’t like to shorten stories, I have done it, but I never like how it turns out. Then there’s the thought of well, I don’t want to give it away in case I do it. Well, I probably won’t, people would start throwing eggs at me!π²π²π¬π¬π³π³
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No eggs if it’s not shortened!π
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Oh, good. I know what I want to do, just not really sure how long it will take to end it.π€π
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It will take until you get to the end! You should know that!π€¨
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Now why didn’t I think of that?π€ Oh, I know, I can’t remember anything right now!π
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That could be it!!π³π³
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I always like to play the part.π Too closely sometimes though.π€ππ
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You’re really good at it though!ππ
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Thank you.π
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You’re Welcome!π
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Well , there is work to be done…and quickly…glad the cats were a big help ! π΅οΈββοΈπ©π©π©ππΌ
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Yes, can they find me quickly? What is John telling me? What if they don’t find me quickly? This could be bad.π³π±ββοΈπΎπΎπ±ββοΈπ©π©π©π ππ΅οΈββοΈ
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Great story Steve. Don’t worry Kat will find you in time and I hope John is toast
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Laugh today You wouldn’t want to miss the chance
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I sure hope she does, or I will be toast! Unfortunately it looks like John will get away again since my team has to look for me first.π¬π³π€
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