BLACK FRIDAY

The Man stared at her as she savoured another scoop of Ice cream.It was nice to watch her.The way her eyes seemed to swoon each time the plastic spoon entered her mouth.

She wasn't an unattractive woman infact,she was quite a looker for a woman in her Fifties.

Personally,the Man didn't approve of her eating habits.

6pm every Friday was Ice Cream  time for this woman.

The human body is a marvel of Bio Engineering.It deserved better than being bombarded by so much sugar.The Man frowned.

She didn't even exercise(If the last two weeks he'd followed her about was anything to go by).

Exercise was crucial for any human being.Even from this distance,he could tell that one of her bodyguards was in bad shape.



The guy was easily 6'5 or so with a chest the size of a Iroko tree trunk,his arms were thick.But with less than 50% muscle mass.No doubt,his reflexes would be slower.

He  probably played a weight-lifter in a past life.But in this one,he was  a bodyguard.....an incompetent looking one at that.

The second bodyguard was an entirely different matter.No doubt he was armed too.He was leaned muscled and agile.Even in a suit,he'd be quicker than most men.

He'd defintely be the first to go.The Man thought.

A family of four entered the Ice Cream Parlour.

Father,overweight Mother,a chubby son and an unusually skinny daughter.

The boy and girl couldn't have been older than Twelve and Eight respectively.

The family looked so happy.All colourful and smiling like something out of Disney Post Card.
Once he had wanted a family.....but that was a lifetime ago.

He took one more sip from the now not so icy glass of water in front of him.

Staff included,there were Fifteen people inside the small Ice Cream Parlour that Friday evening.

The Man rose from his seat and approached the woman and her two Protectors.

The Lean muscled Bodyguard had his back to him.The Big one seemed preoccupied with a large slice of Chocolate cake.

There was just no dignity in labour anymore.The Man thought.

There was a time when the Man loved his job.There was a time he lived for this...the adrenaline,the "rush".

Now all he wanted was for all of this to stop.

The Man smiled at a beautiful Waitress and Politely asked for her pen.She obliged with a flirtacious gaze.

Women.He thought to himself.

She was pretty,busty with the legs of a dancer.

Hmmmm.He thought as he turned away.

Another time.....perhaps.

The Man Casually walked towards the the table, and plunged the pen into the Lean Man's neck,puncturing  his  Cariod artery instantly.

The woman Froze.

Her plastic spoon hovered over her mouth as her eyes instantly  expanded in a near comical expression of disbelief.

As expected,the Big Body Guard was slower.He frantically discarded his cake and fumbled for the weapon inside his jacket.

But the Man was quicker,in on swift motion,he leaned over the table,picked up a table knife and flung it.His aim was perfect.The blade sank into the bodyguard's hand,impaling it to his chest.

The  Big Bodyguard screamed.

The Man's movements were a blur as he reached into the Lean Bodyguard's jacket.He knew where to look.He brought out a pistol,fired two rounds into the Large Bodyguard and fired a single shot into lean man's face....close range.
The bullet exited the back of his head in a dpray of blood,brain matter and shattered skull fragments.

From the first shot,the Ice cream parlour exploded into a flurry of panic,screams and violent crashing sounds.

As the Man aimed the weapon at the woman's head,he thought of the Pretty Waitress.No doubt,hers was one of screaming voices behind him.

He wondered what she thought of him now.
More screams all around.

Couldn't be bothered about that now.He thought.

He had a woman in herFifties to kill.

The woman still had the same idiotic expression on her face when he pulled the trigger.


"Don't move,hands on your head!!!"Came the first coarse male voice.

The Man rolled his eyes.

They were Fifteen Minutes late.He thought.But then again,what did he expect from the police?
After he killed the woman,he'd sat down and waited.

Ofcourse by now the place was deserted.He sat in total silence  with only the scattered broken furniture and the three corpses for company.

He liked the quiet.It's amazing how difficult it is to find some peace and quiet these days.He thought.

Then he heard the sirens.

He heard the violent slamming of car doors accompanied by loud metalic sounds of rifles.

Even without seeing them,he knew how many men they were,the names of the weapons they carried and how easily he could take them all out if he wanted to.

But that wasn't his objective.

"Put your hands on your head!!!......Don't move!!!"

The Man smiled.They were nervous.Hence the conflicting orders they were barking.

Slowly....very slowly....he placed his hands on his head and went down on his knees.

"Get in!"A smallish Corporal  commanded just outside the Police cell.

No one dared touch him.They seemed too scared.He hadn't even been hand cuffed.

His unusually relaxed demeanor frightened them.

He'd more or less been "asked" into the police vechicle.

Even armed with guns,the officers kept their distance.

There was a small gathering of spectators just outside the Ice Cream palour.

As the car pulled away,the Man caught a glimpse of the pretty Waitress amongst the frightened faces .

At the Police station,he was led into a a crowded cell that smelled of urine,sweat and feaces.

He counted Eleven Men inside the cell.

They  all stared at him the way crows stare at a lonely wounded lion in the forest.

The Man smiled at himself.What they would soon realise was he wasn't locked in with them,THEY were locked in with HIM.

Corporal Mariam was uneasy.

In her line of work,she'd seen her fair share of crazy and Dangerous men.But today's latest addition to the cell was a different matter.She thought.

It wasn't just the people he'd killed,or how he'd killed them.

It was his eyes.

No doubt she'd seen alot of creepy eyes in her time,but this guy's were different.

They were soulness.

It was as if they lacked a single ounce of humanity.It was like staring into black holes in space.

She felt a frightening tingling sensation when he gazed at her.

Her shift couldn't end fast enough.But unfortunately,Linda had called in sick .Which meant Mariam would be running  night shift .

Even though he was locked up in a cell,She hated the thought of being in the same building with him.

"You mean he just sat there after he killed them?"Corporal Ramsey whispered to her as some nervous looking senior officers went by.

Corporal Ramsey had been trying to sleep with her since the begining of creation.He never missed an opportunity to "try his luck"but this was one night he didnt even try.

"Yes,..."she responded looking over her shoulder.All around the station,officers huddled in groups discussing "the Stranger" as he was now called.

"....What sort of person does that? ...he didn't even put up a fight.Almost as if he WANTED to get arrested".Miriam hushed.

"Jesus....."Ramsey whispered.

"...at least the guys in the cell will beat the crap outta him"

Then the screams began.

The entire police station turned towards the direction of the long corridor.

The cell was at the end of the corridor.

Violent struggling sounds followed.Several loud thumps.....and then more screams.

The sound of something breaking.

Then a high pitched sound that was neither a wail,nor scream....but was undoubtedly human.

The sound was like icy breeze against Miriam's skin.

All the officers in the station felt it too.
They were all  still as they listened to the eerie Raucus

At one point there was a thud so loud,it reveberated within the walls of the station.

Then it was all quiet....

...deathly quiet.

"What the hell's going on?"Someone's frightened voice whispered.

Long silence.

Miriam's body was on auto pilot as she walked slowly down the corridor.

Then came  the sound of vechicles......Fast approaching vechicles.

Outside the Station,Six Black Tinted Range Rovers in tight formation pulled into the drive way and stopped.

Almost on cue, all the doors opened as men in Black suits and dark glasses emerged holding automatic rifles.

For a long time,they just stood there with their guns as the Vechicles' engines hummed.

Long pause.

Miriam and the the other six police officers emerged from the front entrance of  the station....cautiously.

"what the.......??" A senior officer began as one of the men in suits stepped forward.

"You have a colleague of ours in your custody."The man said simply.

His manner was almost polite.

Joe was the highest ranking officer around.

He cautiously cleared his throat and said,
"...we have many individuals in our custody....to whom do you refer?"

The man in suit took another step forward and said,

"....you know the individual I refer to."

Long pause.

Joe was clearly afraid as his eyes darted from the weapons the men were carrying to his petrified colleagues.

"....This is a police station....and the person you speak of is a murderer...we can't just....."
But Joe's words were cut short by the sound of the men in suits cocking their weapons.

The sound was eerie in the coldness of the night.

"I'm afraid I must insist" came the man in a suit.

There was a deadly finality in his voice.

Another long pause.

Joe turned to Mariam,his face was a mask of raw panic.

"...go and get him"said

"But sir....."

"I have two daughters...."Joe began hotly.

"......I would really like to see them marry someday....do as I say!!!"

Mariam stood there for a few seconds, her eyes roving from the men in black to the frightened officers.

With a fearful shrug,she went inside the Station.

The Man was covered in blood as he  sat on the filthy floor of the cell. The bodies around him had an assortment of injuries ranging from fractured limbs,bashed skulls to gouged eye balls.

He loved the silence.

Silence was good.

He heard the metalic cell door open.

"oh my God!!!" came Miriam's voice as she stood in the doorway.

The sight before her was a slaughter house from hell.

The Man rose to his feet as she emptied the contents of her stomach on the floor.

She felt the bile rise to the back of her throat.

He didn't even give her a second glance as he strolled out of the cell.

As the Man walked past the officers towards the waiting vechicles, Joe shuddered at the sight of him.He looked something out of a nightmare.

Everyone, including the men in black were perfectly still as the man stepped into the backseat of the lead Range Rover with neither a word or a glance in their direction.

"Thank you for your co-operation", the man in black said as he turned around.

His colleagues did the same as they all entered their vechicles and screeched off.

Long silence.

All the officers stared at Joe for what seemed like an eternity.

"Clean up the cell,burn the bodies,and never mention this again."He said as he walked back into the station.

The other officers stood in silence staring after him.



The man sat in the back seat staring at his bloody hands.

The interior of the vechicle was silent for a time.

Then the Leader of the men in black turned around from the front passenger seat and said,
"You've made a mess,....if it were upto me,you'd be dead.But our superiors fear you more than they hate you....If you wanted out,you could've just put a bullet in your head and be done with it......Your orders were to take out the senator ....quietly.We'll clean up your mess,but this can't happen again......Get your act together!!!"

The Man still stared at his bloody hands.

He really hoped  they'd killed him.

He really hoped they'd let him go.Because,he was about to do something much worse.







LIFE IS A CHOICE MY FRIEND
SO CHOOSE WISELY
ENOUGH SAID





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