Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Chapter 4- Vulnerability is a Common Thing

(story told by Cony perspective again)

The car drove on for what seemed like hours. There was no talking and just the faint sound of 99.1 on the radio. I hummed some of the words, only to get blank stares of anger back at me. Finally, after about an hour of silence I exclaimed,

"Nice ride you have here, what is it an 06?"

The only response I received was the radio volume dial being turned to the right. Rude crowd. In most instances, people would be worried after being abducted, but me, I had a good feeling that I was still in the driver's seat (not literally in this case).

A clone of me was in my house, and he was planted there. I could have been easily killed by the NINJA, but I wasn't, I was lured into this car. I knew I was in no danger, I could have even sat back on my couch and called the police. Whatever this is, I am needed alive.

The car stopped. Finally one of the men spoke, "Ok you may get out"

I looked around and said, "sweet! Thanks for the ride, how much do I owe you?"

"Not you smart-ass" replied the driver. "We meant your twin buddy."

"No, he isn't my buddy, but thanks for that assumption. In fact, we just met today, and I think he broke into my house actually... ah yes he did in fact, so yep, definitely not my buddy."

My alternate me got out of the car and deep down inside I was somewhat taken back that I found a clone of mine, or at least was that close to one. The shotgun driver got out of the car as well.

"Get on the ground!" He yelled and kicked him to the ground. With my clone's hands still tied behind his back, he fell hard to the ground with dirt kicking back up. The man pulled out a gun and pointed it directly at the clone's head. To my amusement, the clone didn't make a noise, or even flinch during any of this. The windows began to go up and in a flash all I could see was a smearing splash the side of the tinted windows. The man got back in the car and we drove off.

"What happened to my buddy back there? That was mean of you to kick him."

And at that instant I was struck with a sharp pain in my stomach as the man with the gun turned completely around and sucker punched me. He pulled out a pipe and a stash of weed and lit up. I was silent the rest of the trip but inside I couldn't help but laugh at the fact that I had my hands tied up, but they are the ones in the vulnerable posiiton.

We pulled up at an old motel, "We stay here for the night ok?" said the driver, who I now found out was Mexican, most likely illegal and looked as though he hadn't showered in months, but still smelled rather fine.

The motel looked somewhat familiar, and I began to feel faint. What is happening? I asked myself and fell to the ground, my vision going blurry and a sense of familiarity was haunting me. The area I knew well, I have been to this motel, the blood of a family lined these walls, and the blood was from my hands. It was here I came after my brutal murders years ago. It was here I was last the person I used to be. I now knew why I was brought here. They want me back, they want my power, they want Dan dead.

I saw 2 men standing over me, one definitely not a Ners and the other one possibly could have been. I began to faint and went into a deep sleep, a place I have never been before. Maybe I am more vulnerable than I thought.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Season 2: Comin Later this summer

to be continued... please enjoy my new blog until then, "Real Stuff I think about in Class"

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Taken

A quiet evening at home with a girl I met at the local establishment. I must've been drunk because she wasn't my type. A little chubby compared to my usual one night stands, and dressed to impress... if it were 1985. Man I must be sober now because this dream became a nightmare. Time to kick her out. "I got stuff to do babe, you oughta leave" "awww Cony you are so cute, why don't we hang out a little longer, I want to get to know you more." Damn she's a lingerer. I could resort to plan B and just throw her out, but for some reason I have more dignity than that. So, instead I simply said, "there's something you gotta know though..." After her look of conufusion I continuted, "I have AIDS." She stormed out like a speed racer crying. I thought this method way was better.

Today is a big day, getting ready to play in the city baseball championship. Bar league yes, but very competitive. We are playing the Mequon Beer Drinkers. Ya, that's the actual team name. Their big hitter, Lewis Horoquio is their only sober player, but they managed to make the championship by winning by forfeit over the other teams who were too drunk to finish. In Mequon, either you're drunk, or sober and realize where you are (Mequon, where nobody wants to ever be). Our team, the Mequon Haters, have gone undefeated and Dan and I have carried the load on offense while remaining sober for the most part. A little weed between innings may get passed but that's to keep us from beating the other teams too badly. Our team is loaded and unbeatable, so today should be no different.

We call this weed the Ners weed. Good and bad, this weed has been a staple of our kind and really is the only weed strong enough to get a Ners high for some time. I have normal people friends as well, they smoke it and don't move much, and rarely have enough energy to even laugh like a normal stoner. The NINJA are the power source behind the drugs and have created an empire and thus monopolized the drug business in the area.

It's game time though, and a release from the Ners Wars. Being on the run and on the watch out is a tough living, but it is great cause for adrenaline and excitement, that most people don't get to experience, especially in Mequon where there is nothing to do. The phone is ringing, it must be Lewis here to pick me up for the game. Unknown number... hmm I'm always curious, I might as well pick it up because last time I didn't it turned out to be the MTV wanting to record a video.

"What up?" .....

Nothing.

Then a loud noise came from the other room. I went to look and everything looked normal. I sat on the couch to tie my shoes but still felt like something was wrong. I finished tying my right shoe, I do the rabbit ears method, and then I went to put my jersey on. I grabbed my gun, because I must always be loaded, even from non Ners who are after me for unworthy reasons.

I was on my way out when I noticed the stove was on. Wondering how, I managed to turn it off and pretend it was me who turned it on, even though I don't cook. Must have been that dumb broad from earlier trying to make some food, she couldn't even do that right.

I saw Lewis' car parked but he was parked far away from my house. Strange, I decided not to proceed and texted him but got no reply. I turned to go back into the house but to my surprise, I saw myself, but it wasn't me. It was a clone of me. How could this be?

"You have to come with me, they will kill you."

"Who will kill me? I assume everyone could kill me at this point!"

"Just trust me, they will kill us both right now if you don't come."

I looked down at my chest and noticed a red marker. This was good enough reason to believe Ikes had a hit man Ners aimed at me. But they wouldn't kill me would they? They need me alive more than they want me dead. I decided to go with.

Now I'm in a car with a man that looks just like me, driving me somewhere I most likely don't want to be. Maybe this is what we need though, what we need to lead us to the NINJA's destruction.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Chapter 3: I am Cony

***This part of the story is told by Cony. And yest this is chapter 3**

I'm a guinea pig, a project, a wasn't meant to be. I live but was never born, yet created. Created by the SOB to take down the NINJA. Created and left behind, never to be known, until now.

As a part of an experiment years ago, I was a fragment of a cloning process, that involved a Ners and a rubber chicken. The Ners was a no name, one of the weakest of our kind, one that could be sacrificed for science, and for the world. With my creation, I became human, like every other person that was cloned as well. Over 200 men that look just like me, act like me and talk like me were made that day. All left the station for testing. After one person was tested, they were shot, which must have meant they failed the test. A few more went in and came out dead. 'We were born yesterday but we aren't stupid' is the motto that we had formed while we were waiting in the testing line. It was time to get out of line, because chances are, we didn't match what they wanted.

Our intelligence never lacked, and our common sense told us to get the hell out of line. We had no plan apparently except to run, and it probably was the only plan we could have because time was short. So running is what we did, and we ran for miles. That is, the ones who weren't shot. Ten of us (that I know of) made it out and we kept running, never tiring. The ones who didn't make it were brutally and quickly being killed, over 100 of them. The lucky ones, one being me, ran for 23 miles until we were far away, and had lost the Ners. We made it to a safe spot, a place in Mequon, a city that nobody ever travels to because nothing there is interesting.

Having yet no rationale, we killed a family of 5 and took their house for our own. One of the members shot at me, hit me right in the head. It hurt badly and I thought I was a goner, but after a bit of time, my head stopped hurting and there was no sign of a wound. 'What the frick?' I thought to myself.

Our brains functioned the same as the Ners that had been sacrificed for the cloning, and this was a man of no compassion. Now I regret our brutal murdering of that family because I have evolved my mind and formed my own life. However, after being shot in the head and not dying or getting injured, I knew something was different about me. I wanted to know if my clones were like me, but I also knew that I needed them. I knew nobody, and the clones were the only ones to talk to. Never to tell of my powers, I played off the incident since nobody knew that a bullet had hit me. I still wonder to this day if any of the other clones that made it out are like me, or even the ones that were shot, if they were revived and possibly joined the Alliance or the SOB. I still don't know, but I now know the real me.

A Ners is a person with a special power. We have the power of infinite life. The only ones who can kill or injure us are fellow Ners. I have others that look just like me elsewhere, unknown to me if they have the same powers as me, or if they're even still alive.

*Chapter 2 part 2 coming soon.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Chapter 2: Part 1

"How did they find us? I thought nobody ever went to Mequon. There's an exit in the back, let's get there." 25 of the NINJA's best men were armed and ready to take out me and Cony. I had realized Cony had been acting a little strange today and he seemed more worried than usual. I went into the closet and pulled out my trusty shotgun. Cony grabbed an uzi, I grinned and asked him, "You know how to use one of those?", yet no response. The back exit was through a tunnel underground and would lead us back to Milwaukee, a place we hadn't been for some time.



Thankfully for us we were locked and loaded. Ninjas knew about the tunnel exit and were guarding it, seven of them to be exact. I peeked my shotgun through an opening which showed the tunnel. I picked off the ninja armed with an uzi (looking rather nervous however), why take a chance. The bullet went right through his temple and poured blood onto his surrounding friends. In anger, the other ninjas began entering the place. Cony was armed with his uzi behind an old bar in the basement. The ninjas entered, possessing only ninja stars and nunchakus. The glory that we were about to witness was unimaginable; as I sat back and lit up a cigarette, and watched Cony blast away every last one of the ninjas, even as they tried to run away. Six dead ninjas laying at the door, and Cony could only mutter, "Theres the door mat you wanted." I put my cigarette out on one of the ninjas and we walked out the back.



Cony tossed his uzi aside and sat down beginning to shake. "What is with you man? Why are you acting like such a puss?" He didn't speak just kept trembling. And then I heard footsteps coming. "Cony talk to me, we have to go! They'll kill you if we stay here!" He looked up with a ghostly face, "They'll kill me either way Dan, you see..." and before he finished I shot him with my silencer. I immediately ran down the tunnel, knowning now that none of those ninjas that were shot were actually dead, except for the one I blasted with the shotgun.



I scrambled up a ladder leading out of a sewer into the streets of Milwaukee, after running for about 15 miles. I went to a local cafe to grab some food. The news headlines said, "Governor shot dead by mad man". I took no notice to this as I had bigger problems of my own. But I couldn't help to think, the man I had just killed. No it couldn't be. But why was he the only one with a gun and such an easy target. The ninjas knew. They used the governor to set me up for the second time. I've killed another politician, I really need to start following politics. I only wonder now if Cony is still alive somewhere. All the confusion running through my head was tormenting, and my adrenaline was pumping. "Snap out of it!" I thought to myself. The real Cony is still alive, and I'm going to find him.



As I left the cafe, I saw that I had made the news. I was now wanted for the murder of the governor, which didn't bother me too much since this is the second time I was set up by the ninjas. I'm now wanted for the murder of a mayor and a governor, and I'm supposed to be the good guy, the hero of the town. I now have nobody on my side and it's time to go save Cony.

The NINJA had already framed me before, this time it was only their plan b. They came to that house to kill me, trying to use a non Ners to fool me. I know Cony better than they thought apparently as I came to find out that Cony is most likely still alive. I received a text message, 'you are smarter than we thought, come to 6th and North to save your friend'. How could I know if this wasn't just another trap? Why wouldn't they have killed Cony already? I alone am much weaker and an easier target, I have to move on in caution.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Chapter 1, The N.I.N.J.A.

N.I.N.J.A., the Now I'm Not Japanese Alliance, is a ninja group that formed in the outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At once considered vigilantes for taking crime into their own hands, the ninjas have since become a dangerous force, killing anyone in their way. Their peaceful plight came to an abrupt end when their fearless leader, Acer, was stabbed to death by a gang of finger nail clipper wielding henchmen. These men belonged to the S.O.B., or Society of Badasses. This society had been ravaging the streets of Milwaukee since the early 1900's and their goals rapidly went from profit to destruction.

The N.I.N.J.A. group, formed in the 1950's, had always set out to destroy them and bring peace back to the city. However, with the death of Acer, a new man came to power by the name of Ikes. Ikes is the son of Acer and properly took his place as head of the organization. Things started out fine as Ikes leadership showed to be paying off as the S.O.B. organization was doomed for destruction. The city honored Ikes as a hero to the city, and because the police lacked the powers of these groups, they too were appreciative of his accomplishments. However money was of more importance than pride to Ikes, and the S.O.B. took advantage of this opportunity. Ikes sold his soul to the S.O.B. and formed a secret alliance. Soon the rest of the ninjas were brainwashed by Ikes' amazing ability to persuade and agreed to do whatever he asked of them. Since then the S.O.B has become one with the ninjas and Ikes has control over the whole organization.

Recently I have taken up the initiative to take down this group and bring peace back to the city. Ikes has become so powerful so I knew it would be tough, but tough is my middle name (not true). I am one of the few civilians who possesses the power that the ninjas have. The group is aware of this and they have been after me for a while. But after my run in with Cony I soon found out that I was not the only one left that had the power. Maybe there are others and we can form an alliance of our own to take out the ninjas. But the ninjas now numbered over 200 men and a few women as well. Cony and I were but 2, and the only 2 that could stop the ninja take over of the city, and possibly the world.

I have been in hiding from the ninjas for 2 years now, so having Cony join me has been somewhat of a relief. However, we are still on the run as we are greatly outnumbered. The thing we have on them is that we are more powerful than any of them. We are the two most powerful of our kind and we know that we can use this to take down the whole organization. Cony is the fastest runner in the world and has the ability to be many places at once, literally. We are still in hope that others will join our side, but we may be the only ones left to stop the take over. Any wrong moves and we lose the battle, we must wait to strike.

Growing up, the power I have has always been described to me as rare, and that it is. The people with special powers are called Ners. Every person with the powers has a 4 letter name but me. It is unknown why I became to be like this but it happened and I am here now. My story really begins last summer as the ninja organization began to realize me as a threat. While coming home late night I was approached on the streets after being recognized by a ninja. This was truly the first time I knew my true strength. The ninja approached me violently knowing who I was and after a 1 minute battle, it was all over. The only female Ners known was laying dead on the ground, and it was the wife of Ikes, Umas. She was a talent among the ninjas and I took her down fairly easily. I had been hunted after for some time but ever since this the ninjas have been after me but unable to catch me because of my superior speed.

Last summer the ninjas assassinated the mayor and left evidence of my personal items. I have been framed and now instead of worrying about stopping the ninjas the city has turned on me, the one who is on their side. It now looks as though it is me and Cony. Will we be able to prevail?

Read Chapter 2, coming soon!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Introduction...

My name is Dan and I know Cony, and you don't. Yes, Cony is a name, rare as it sounds. I met Cony at an ice cream stand on Locust last summer. I asked, "who are you?" and he said, "Cony". I scorned, "balogna!", but he looked at me with a straight face and said, "nope, Cony." Cony ain't a bad guy, he asked me to be his friend and I said o.k., but only if he promised that he is the coolest person ever. And he assured me he was. Then I told him my mission, which I have never told anyone before... "Cony, I trust you like a brother..." "you've known me for about 6 seconds" "... ya but I'm sure I don't have a brother, so if it turns out I actually do, I know him just as well as I know you! Anyways, there has been a terrible disaster." "What?" he asked. "I'm afraid somebody stole my i.d." He rudely responded, "Well, that doesn't sound like a disaster dude, just get a new one." I then told him, "ya good point, but anyways the other thing was I was framed for a murder and now the Ninja group, N.I.N.J.A is after me!" Cony paused... "Well then we must destroy the ninjas and get your i.d. back, and then we will finish this ice cream." "Thanks Cony! I know you can defeat the ninjas..."

Do you know Cony? - Be sure to read chapter one early next week...