He jumps into the pool, water flowing through. The water is clear, and from underneath the water, he sees a glowing light. Eagerly, he swims to it, but then it turns to blackness, and he free falls into the abyss
Garret awoke, a cold sweat covering him. His couch had broken under the weight of his body and his phone was ringing. Granted, he was 210 pounds, but there was no way the couch was this bad. Seemed Scandinavian furniture makers weren’t what they were cracked up to be. The t.v. was on and the lights were off. The phone stopped ringing and a message was left. "Hey Garret, Chavez here.... shoot... umm... what is the protocol for dealing with victims of spontaneuous combustion again? Ehh... you know what, forget it. I found 4...err...
legs...
in the central park. There's another guy who's barely alive here too. Keeps repeating "Eye. Eye. Eye." or something like that. Already called the ambulance but... yeah you gotta see it to believe it.”
Garret didn’t feel like sleeping anymore. He called him back. “Chavez, I’m here. What’s going on?”
“Thank God man, you’re picking up. Look, come to Central Park. You have a gun, bring it and your badge. Get over here asap.”
Garret grabbed a jacket, badge and gun and ran out. How did he get my cell he thought, but more importantly the hell is going on
It took fifteen minutes for him to get to the park. In the distance he saw Chavez making a call, and he rushed over.
“Garret! Man, the ambulance is taking forever, I can’t even believe it. But man, check this out. Legs, and nothing else. How does this even happen!”
“You said there was a guy? Was he maybe a witness?”
“I don’t know man. He’s in shock. But check this out: ashes.”
“The hell? Did anyone report a fire?”
“Not that I’m aware of.”
Two men were in the distance, and they seemed to spot Garret and Chavez. Chavez was relieved. “Thank god, you guys are here. Caetera desunt”
“Yea sorry we were late man. We’re here to pick up the remains, and the witness.”
Chavez’s eyes narrowed. “Oh?”
The ambulance man shrugged. “Well, you know, the guy’s seen a lot, he’s going to need psychiatric treatment. Don’t worry, he’ll be fine at the hospital. The guys at Lincoln are good. Top notch man.”
“Lincoln? That’s pretty far away. Lenox Hill is barely a mile, he needs something now.”
“Look man, the city decides where to send people, and they want these types of guys to go to Lincoln.”
“So you work for the city?”
The ambulance man sighed impatiently “Yes we work for the damn city, and they want this guy in Lincoln. Now seriously, stop getting in our way, we need to do our work.”
The two men began examining the ash pile, and Chavez smiled to Garret. “The thing is, in this city, medics wear blue. Not white”
The medic who had stayed silent gave a warning look to his friend “John….” But the ambulance man turned and said “Look pal, cut the….” But didn’t finish. Chavez had pulled the trigger, and the man, supposedly named Erlang, had been shot between the eyes. Garret looked in shock at Chavez as he pulled his own gun out. Chavez turned his gun to the other man, and said “I think you have some questions to answer, Keeper.”
Garret awoke, a cold sweat covering him. His couch had broken under the weight of his body and his phone was ringing. Granted, he was 210 pounds, but there was no way the couch was this bad. Seemed Scandinavian furniture makers weren’t what they were cracked up to be. The t.v. was on and the lights were off. The phone stopped ringing and a message was left. "Hey Garret, Chavez here.... shoot... umm... what is the protocol for dealing with victims of spontaneuous combustion again? Ehh... you know what, forget it. I found 4...err...
legs...
in the central park. There's another guy who's barely alive here too. Keeps repeating "Eye. Eye. Eye." or something like that. Already called the ambulance but... yeah you gotta see it to believe it.”
Garret didn’t feel like sleeping anymore. He called him back. “Chavez, I’m here. What’s going on?”
“Thank God man, you’re picking up. Look, come to Central Park. You have a gun, bring it and your badge. Get over here asap.”
Garret grabbed a jacket, badge and gun and ran out. How did he get my cell he thought, but more importantly the hell is going on
It took fifteen minutes for him to get to the park. In the distance he saw Chavez making a call, and he rushed over.
“Garret! Man, the ambulance is taking forever, I can’t even believe it. But man, check this out. Legs, and nothing else. How does this even happen!”
“You said there was a guy? Was he maybe a witness?”
“I don’t know man. He’s in shock. But check this out: ashes.”
“The hell? Did anyone report a fire?”
“Not that I’m aware of.”
Two men were in the distance, and they seemed to spot Garret and Chavez. Chavez was relieved. “Thank god, you guys are here. Caetera desunt”
“Yea sorry we were late man. We’re here to pick up the remains, and the witness.”
Chavez’s eyes narrowed. “Oh?”
The ambulance man shrugged. “Well, you know, the guy’s seen a lot, he’s going to need psychiatric treatment. Don’t worry, he’ll be fine at the hospital. The guys at Lincoln are good. Top notch man.”
“Lincoln? That’s pretty far away. Lenox Hill is barely a mile, he needs something now.”
“Look man, the city decides where to send people, and they want these types of guys to go to Lincoln.”
“So you work for the city?”
The ambulance man sighed impatiently “Yes we work for the damn city, and they want this guy in Lincoln. Now seriously, stop getting in our way, we need to do our work.”
The two men began examining the ash pile, and Chavez smiled to Garret. “The thing is, in this city, medics wear blue. Not white”
The medic who had stayed silent gave a warning look to his friend “John….” But the ambulance man turned and said “Look pal, cut the….” But didn’t finish. Chavez had pulled the trigger, and the man, supposedly named Erlang, had been shot between the eyes. Garret looked in shock at Chavez as he pulled his own gun out. Chavez turned his gun to the other man, and said “I think you have some questions to answer, Keeper.”