A Collection of Madness

A Most Unfortunate Evening

I took on the black mask, as Jared put a mag into the 9mm. We put on brown coats, just the right tint so that light wouldn't reflect back at us. My hands where shivering, Jareds was not. He was cool and calm. I kept tapping a smoke in my hand against the curb.

"Stop that" Jared said.

My breathe was frost like and I still shivered I did not know from anxiety or from the cold.

"Its time" he flicked a smoke down the drain and I followed after him.

Jared cocked the gun and smiled.

He then plugged his ear phones and I could hear the music was so loud. I took the bat, I guess this is know.

Jared was playing rap music, and didn't flinch a second.

We could see it now the car pulling in, I guess Jared's got better vision than me. We took our hoods over the masks and as the car approached Jared pulled the gun on him. The idiot put his hands into the air.

He knocked on the windshield with his 9mm. He pulled down the window.

"LOOK Just take the car, its yours."

He stopped the car and gave us the keys.

"Where not here for the car Frank"

He held his hands up, I just stood there with the bat in hand. This was fucked, but the guy deserved it, but Jared seemed so goddamn sure of himself.

"Howd- How'd you know my name" He cried.

"We know a lot of things about you. Isn't that right?" He said looking at me.

"Put him in the trunk, we have a lot of work to do"

I didn't know what to so, we where suppose to scare him give him a beating but this? This was going to far.

"Jesus don't you think that'll be going to far?" I said.

He shook his head. "Just get him the trunk."

"Step out" I ordered. He got out.

"I swear there must have been some sort of misunderstanding"

"Get in the trunk..." I commanded.

He did as commanded. As soon as he got out Jared pistol whipped the man in the face.

"Now you hit him"

He was lying there worming and writhing, and it all felt so wrong. I took the bat and was about to hit him when I hesitated. Jared spotted it immediately.

"Fucking hit him"

"No... I wont"

"You know what this man did"

I nodded, and he was right about that. He shouldn't have messed with his sister... My girlfriend. But the fucker took it too far now.

"You're taking it too far" I said.

"We're ending this RIGHT NOW" He was furious I could tell even beneath that mask, I could almost picture him biting his lips as did when agitated.

I wasn't going to let this happen. Scaring him was one thing, but it seemed Jared had other plans.

"Fine if you wont, then I will" he wanted the bat but I flinched when he produced his hand.

He took the gun, and slammed it into his temple. This continued for quite a while. The way he pleaded and moaned with displeasure. I gasped, I could feel my insides writhing like a serpent, forming knots in my stomach.

He was screaming, "please don't". I looked at the bat, and then at Jared already to occupied with his victim.

And I realized I could've stopped it back then, I could have done something, but I was young and foolish, and I didn't dare to question Jared.

"Get him in the trunk now!"

"Whe- where we going"

"Just get him in the trunk."

I lifted him up, he was crying now. Barely conscious. As he occasionally led out grunts and moans. We duck taped his hands feet and mouth. Not that it was needed for he could barely move anymore, he was heavy but at the end we got him in the trunk and drove away, Jared was driving, there was dead silence in the car ride. He wasn't telling me where we where going, and frankly I didn't care, I just wanted to be home with my girl safe and sound. Taking the masks of before driving, Jared put the gun in the glove compartment.

We drove about 30 minutes out of town, and passed over a small field. It was so dark, I couldn't see a goddamn thing. A couple of ravens had gathered near a sign post. Then flew away as we drove by. Then Jared pulled over and drove 5 minutes down a dirt road.

And then I saw it, I wished I hadn't but I did. There was a shovel, and hole in the ground. And I knew what he had planned all along.

"Get him out" Jared commanded.

I could see how calm and collected he was.

"You're gonna kill him?"

"No Thomas, WE are going to kill him."

I shook my head, I wouldn't, I couldn't at least I thought so.

"We both know how this is going to end"

I stared at that glove compartment, for how long I don't know. He could see me eying it, his gaze went back and forth between me and the gun. i sighed. Guess someone was bound to die today...