Pulling the first string...
Apr 14, 2020 13:32:16 GMT -5
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Post by The Revenant on Apr 14, 2020 13:32:16 GMT -5
I don't remember the day I found him in that stairwell, bloodied and battered… I do,n't even know why I didn't just leave him there, instead of bringing him back to my apartment… I have all the right in the world to leave this man for dead, because we have what you could call "history", but I'm not built with the ass hole gene like some others. No matter what this bottom feeding rat has done to me in my past, I can't help but…
"Ja-Ja-Jake? Is that you, bro?"
"Cass… Yeah, it's Jake… Do you remember what the hell happened to you?"
I watch as what should be a lifeless, Cassidy Kaine sits up on my couch with a dazed look on his face, as if he's coming down from a week long bender.
"I don't know, dude… One second I'm getting my best high EVER and next I'm waking up on your couch, covered in…"
"Blood? Is it yours or someone else's?"
Cass tries to get up, but he falls back down, holding his temples.
"Dude, my head is still spinning… This high wasn't my same shit, I tell you…"
"Cassidy, how long have you been on this downward spiral, man?"
Cass's head lowers before his downtrodden voice begins to speak to me.
"You know when, man… Sure my old man was the master of the chronic, but it didn't do shit for me when I finally won that NBW World title… I was on top and I HAD PRYDE wrapped around my finger…"
"Heh, wrapped around your finger enough to force me to rip your little title away? We both were played by Pryde just as he does to everyone who lives under his twisted umbrella…"
"Well the power wasn't enough, okay? Then he asked me to KILL YOU to get my fix, the one thing that really made me feel in control of my HIGH…"
The truth should set him free, but he still hasn't answered how he got to the state he is in right now.
"Be straight with me, Cass… You are covered in blood and you're bruised to hell… What the hell happened, man?"
Cass tries to shake it off, but the longing look in his eyes makes it seem like he's not here.
"I… I don't know, JK… I just don't know."
"Hang in there, Cass, we're gonna figure it out… Together."
Together, held out in the air and Cass's eyes met my own with a moment of hope shining through.
"I don't know why you help me after all I did to you, JK…"
"Kid…"
Words escape me, because my entire being wants to rip this drug obsessed kid's head off.
"All I can say is... Thank you…"
Seriously? I could kill him right now! He just sits there fading in and out, barely capable of real human emotion.
"You're welcome…"
I throw the words away as easy as that, but the mystery still lingers. I don't know what happened to this kid, but it smells like that blood sucker's stench and that will never sit right with me… Ever.
"Ja-Ja-Jake? Is that you, bro?"
"Cass… Yeah, it's Jake… Do you remember what the hell happened to you?"
I watch as what should be a lifeless, Cassidy Kaine sits up on my couch with a dazed look on his face, as if he's coming down from a week long bender.
"I don't know, dude… One second I'm getting my best high EVER and next I'm waking up on your couch, covered in…"
"Blood? Is it yours or someone else's?"
Cass tries to get up, but he falls back down, holding his temples.
"Dude, my head is still spinning… This high wasn't my same shit, I tell you…"
"Cassidy, how long have you been on this downward spiral, man?"
Cass's head lowers before his downtrodden voice begins to speak to me.
"You know when, man… Sure my old man was the master of the chronic, but it didn't do shit for me when I finally won that NBW World title… I was on top and I HAD PRYDE wrapped around my finger…"
"Heh, wrapped around your finger enough to force me to rip your little title away? We both were played by Pryde just as he does to everyone who lives under his twisted umbrella…"
"Well the power wasn't enough, okay? Then he asked me to KILL YOU to get my fix, the one thing that really made me feel in control of my HIGH…"
The truth should set him free, but he still hasn't answered how he got to the state he is in right now.
"Be straight with me, Cass… You are covered in blood and you're bruised to hell… What the hell happened, man?"
Cass tries to shake it off, but the longing look in his eyes makes it seem like he's not here.
"I… I don't know, JK… I just don't know."
"Hang in there, Cass, we're gonna figure it out… Together."
Together, held out in the air and Cass's eyes met my own with a moment of hope shining through.
"I don't know why you help me after all I did to you, JK…"
"Kid…"
Words escape me, because my entire being wants to rip this drug obsessed kid's head off.
"All I can say is... Thank you…"
Seriously? I could kill him right now! He just sits there fading in and out, barely capable of real human emotion.
"You're welcome…"
I throw the words away as easy as that, but the mystery still lingers. I don't know what happened to this kid, but it smells like that blood sucker's stench and that will never sit right with me… Ever.
