I Made A Deal With An Old Man In A Food Court Bathroom

Part 23

"Hi, Guys", Edgar said, in that same nasal tone, waving at us palm open once again.

The tape holding his cheap sunglasses together was orange.

Did you catch that reference. If so, good for you.

Anyway, I assume he wore sunglasses not only trying to make himself look cool, but also to hide the fact that his eyes blinked sideways, remember?

He wore a blue pilot's uniform, complete with the hat,

"Dude! Are you fucking kidding me?", Derek said.

"I don't think so, Dude!", Corey responded.

"I'm not too sure about this, Bob!", I said.

"Don't worry, Boys! He's been playing a flight simulator game on what he calls his TRS-80 computer, for quite some time now. He'll be fine.", Bob replied.

"A Flight Simulator Game?", we all said shockingly in unison, including Tony.

"Doesn't he need a Pilot's license or something?" I asked.

"Boys, Boys, I assure you, that if any complications arise, I will handle the situation! I AM the devil! I can do that! Besides, finding a licensed pilot, and negotiating a deal, would take far too much time! Time... we do not have! So, Edgar is our only option." Bob said.

We all half heartedly waved back, nervously smiling, "Hi, Edgar!", we all said in unison once again. Tony just said "Hi!" 

Derek, Corey, Ricky, Stephen and I were all taken back by the fact that the "person" that tried to kill us, was apparently the pilot of our new plane, with absolutely no formal training, just a video game, and not even a good one, compared to todays standards.

I knew my bandmates were already dead, but I was pretty sure they didn't want to die again, now or any other time before, even if they'd all come back to life.

"Come on up, Guys! We'll be taking off soon!", Edgar said.

"Boys, up we go!", Bob said, moving his arm in a presenting fashion toward the stairs.

"Once we enter, put the stairs in their proper place and take the bus back to the house!" Bob said to the old man.

"Yes, Boss!", he said.

"Wait! My accordion!", Tony said, as he stepped back onto the bus to get it.

"That was close! I almost forgot it again!, he said.

"Cool, Man! That way you can jam with us!", I commented

"I'd like that", Tony said smiling. 

Nervously, we all then began the ascend into the plane.

Bob went first, then Derek, then Corey, then Ricky, then Stephen, then me, and last was Tony.

"Who's Edgar?", I heard Tony ask from behind me.

If you remember, Tony had never met Edgar before.

"Long story short, Dude!", I answered, slightly turning around but still walking up the stairs, "He recorded our album, played keyboards on it, put backmasking bullshit on the tapes, turned into a demon, and tried to kill us!"

"Dang!", is all Tony said.

We reached the top of the stairs.

Bob shook Edgar's hand, stepping inside.

Edgar then raised his hand to high five each one of us.

We all high fived him, nervously smiling, as we stepped onto the plane as well.