Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Part 1: Chapter Two

     So that was that. Holden Secretbees was on his way to the MME. When he arrived at his house, Holden packed his chest and phoned the future bus service. When he arrived downstairs, a large bus was parked directly in his living room. As the fog of rubble the bus created when smashing through his living room wall cleared, the bus doors opened. Holden gasped in fear, as his eyes centered on the most horrific, disgusting creature he had ever seen.

     It was Flobgongohogin, the most menacing bus driver in the entire three block radius around Holden’s house. Once the most notorious bank robber this side of the future asteroid belt, Flobgongohogin had been arrested and, as punishment for his crimes, had been used in genetic splicing experiments. Now, more than fifty future years since his arrest, he resembled a large chipmunk and owned his own busing company.

     “Flodgongohigin, gongoh, ogi, n!” he exclaimed, and Holden quickly sat down in complete disbelief of what he had just been told. Looking around, he noticed that the bus was completely empty, save for one older man sitting near the back.

     “Hey, you!! What’s your name, stupid?!” Holden shouted. The man turned to face him, glaring. “I mean… YOLO.” Holden whispered.

     “Have you been killing mockingbirds, boy!? You know what I say about killing mocking birds!?”

     “Um… no. I don’t even know who you are.”

     “Why, I’m Atticus Finch, and if you don’t mind me sayin’, I have never met such a lousy, scummy excuse for a human being. What’s the matter with you, going around killing mockingbirds like that? Why I—“

     But sir, I never—“

     “SHUT UP BOY WHEN I’M TALKING TO YOU! Disrespectful children like you come from killing mocking birds. I tell ya, back in my day.”

     Holden turned away and did his best to shut the man out of his mind. He pulled out his phone and decided that he would try to buzz his old childhood girlfriend, Bianca, a buxom young redhead with fiery spirit and a quick wit, but, after a moment, hung up, not knowing what to say.

     Not sure what to do now, Holden glanced out the window and realized that they had arrived at the front gates to the MME. All that was between him and his future riches was a 1.23456798 mile long driveway.



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