The Legend Lives

A Double Whammy

Tinker walked down the road looking for Tex and Thomas. It was dark out and all he had with him was a flashlight.

"Boys, you better not jump out and scare me", he said to himself.

"Heeey... Tink!"

Tex jumped out of the bushes laughing as Tinker jumped.

"What the fuck, man!" Tinker yelled. "What are you and Tommy up to? Mindy's worried sick."

"Hey, relax", Tex said. "We got a couple on their way here. Tommy and I will take care of it."

"No, I'm staying here. Just in case."

"Fine! Just stay out of my way. The truck's off the road. Tommy's hiding somewhere."

"Okay", Tinker said. "This is his last job for the night. Mindy doesn't need to be worried any more than she already is."

"I know. By the way, I have the thing she asked for."

"What about Tommy's present?" Tinker asked.

"I got that hidden away", Tex said. "We'll give it to him when we get home."

Both men turned their heads as they heard the engine of a car.

"Go on!" Tex told Tinker. "Get out of here!"

Tinker ran into the bushes. Tex poured a cup of blood of his head and jumped into the middle of the road. He held out his arms limply looking half dead. The car in front of him took a sharp turn and drove off the road, falling down the cliff. There was a car behind Tex. The driver obviously saw Tex and swerved off the road as well.

"A double whammy!" Tinker laughed as he came out of the bushes.

"This is going to be a fun night!" Tex laughed.

"I'll say. You get out of here, I'll take care of this."

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"Carrie, are you lonely here?" Mindy asked.

She sat in Carrie's room hoping she'd say yes. The girl had no friends. She was kept cooped up in the house day after day. Mindy looked at all the bones scattered through the room.

"No, I'm not lonely, Mommy", Carrie said. "I have Sally here."

She held up her doll. Mindy sighed.

"Well, what if Mommy and Daddy gave you someone to play with?" she asked.

"Is it another doll? More bones?"

"No, sweetie", Mindy said. "I mean a real person. What if I said you were going to be a big sister?"

"I don't know", Carrie shrugged.

"Would you be happy if I told you Mommy and Daddy were going to give you a little brother or sister?"

"I don't know."

"Why, Carrie?" Mindy asked. "Why don't you know?"

"You never asked me if I wanted someone to play with", Carrie said.

"What?"

"Mommy, I'm your baby. Why do you want another baby?"

Mindy smiled as she pulled Carrie into her lap.

"Sweetie, this new baby can never replace you", she said. "You won't be our baby anymore. You'll be our big girl."

"I don't want to be a big girl", Carrie said. "I always want to be the baby."

Mindy sighed. This was going to create a lot of problems.