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Cool Darkness
by Matthew Carpenter



Chapter 6 : A Slap in the Face



"Whew. Man oh man. This one's gonna hurt" said a sweaty
Jack as he faced his sidearm, Nebulus. He stood up and staggered
over to the bathroom stall that was on the other side of the
elevator to relieve himself. Nebulus just sat there rubbing his
eyes. After a few seconds he stood and walked over to the elevator
platform and momentarily waited for the chair to come down.

"Where the hell you goin'?" yelled Jack from the stall.

"I'm gonna check on the others and tell them what's up.
We're gonna need some info from the streets and fast ...." he
trailed off in his own thought as the chair arrived. He sat down
and got to the office floor in no time, listening to Jack rant and
rave about what he had just said. Nebulus' brow was furrowed,
now, and time had taken it's toll on him. He walked out of the
office to notice the van was missing. "Goddamn, stupid son's of
bitches!" he yelled, spinning around to look at the whole
warehouse. "Those dumn fuck's! If it's the last thing I told them
it's to stay put! Jesus!" he fumed slamming a fist into the desk he
began to sit at. A thousand swear words ran through his mind
and his head began to throb. Closing his eyes, he sat back in the
hard wood chair thinking about the job, running his fingers
through his hair. 'Of course, we first had to fuck the job up.
Then we actually had to run into this damn mob. Who the hell
would dare to be a mob on the nets. Who would have the
capabilities. Hmmmmm. "The government" his eyes flashed
open. "Nah. Couldn't be" he said to himself with a quirky smile
that almost gleamed with getting the answer, and then laughed at
it's stupidity. "But it would be the perfect front to run us
down....legally. Well, kind of. Shit."

He opened the top desk drawer and took out a few plastic
bottles of pills. He popped a few in his mouth and downed them
with a flat can of Coke that had probably been there more than a
day.

"What's the matter with you!" yelled Jack from the office's
entrance. "How many times have I told you not to get drugged
before you jack in. Especially now. What the hell do you ..."