The Tales Of Ricky Goldsworth

Such a shame

Monday morning when Ryan got up, he was feeling well rested again. But something about him still seemed off, and on his way out he grabbed a gun and tucked it under his jacket.

"Goodmorning." Ryan said in a cold tone as he sat down at his desk next to Shane.

"Well morning grumpy. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed huh?" Shane smiled nervously.

"What? No, I'm happy and well rested." Ryan smiled a little too dramatically for it to be convincing.

"Ooookay." Shane just turned back to his work, occasionally glancing over at Ryan.

When it was time for lunch Ryan quickly got up and pulled Shane with him.

"Follow me Madej."

"Madej? Since when do you call me by my last name?" Shane reluctantly followed Ryan to an empty room in the far end of the building.

"Since now." Ryan tried, as he locked to door.

"Why are you locking the door?" Shane was starting to sound suspicious. Ryan didn't have much time before Shane would figure him out.

"Ryan!" Shane looked annoyed now.

"Uh.." Ryan paused, he couldn't come up with an excuse. Shane squinted his eyes.

"How do you make your popcorn?"

"Huh?" That question took Ryan off guard, was Shane testing him? "I microwave it?"

"You're not Ryan." Shane looked angry now. "Ryan would never microwave his popcorn. Who are you and what have you done with Ryan?"

'Ryan' blinked a few times in confusion before an evil grin appeared on his face.

"Well done Mr. Madej! I didn't take you for a good detective."

"I know Ryan better than anyone." Shane sneered. "What are you doing with Ryan?"

"Well, i have some, unfinished business with some people that i needed to take care of." 'Ryan' smiled.

"You- What business?" Shane was furious. He could barely get the words out.

"You remember Bobby? The guy on the news? That one was me. A few others as well. Some were just for fun tho." 'Ryan' chuckled to himself.

"You killed mr and mrs Maroon, using Ryan's body?" Shane growled Ryan's name. 'Ryan' laughed.

"Oh and several others mr Madej." He replied in a mocking tone.
Without a thought Shane lifted his arm and punched 'Ryan' in the face. His head flung to the side and his face showed genuine surprise for just a second before turning into wicked amusement. He turned his head back and held a hand up to his bleeding nose. When he felt the warm blood on his hand he started to laugh like a maniac.

"By god Madej, i never thought you'd punch your precious Ryan like that! You know you're only hurting him, right? I'm merely using his body as a vessel."

"Who are you?" Shane spoke every word as if they were poison on his tongue.

"Well you already know me don't you? You've mentioned me on your little show before. I'm none other than Ricky Goldsworth dear" Ricky grinned. He could see Shane tense up in anger. He could tell he was doing everything he could to not jump on him, in fear he'd hurt Ryan. Ricky moved closer to Shane, he let a hand run down the tall man's chest. Shane instantly pushed his hand off, much to Ricky's amusement.

"Don't you love me anymore Shane?" Ricky did his best to imitate Ryan's puppy dog eyes, and he could tell how it tore Shane's heart to bits. Ricky let fake tears run down his face as he sobbed still attempting to imitate Ryan.

"W-why did you hit me?" He cried. "S-Shane, how could you do this to me. I thought- i thought you loved me. Shane, i love you. Why would you hurt me like that?"

"Stop it." Shane spoke breathlessly, tears now running down his face. "Stop it!"

Ricky suddenly broke his act and laughed.

"You're so fun to play with." He continued laughing as he pulled out the gun from under his jacket and pointed it to Shane's head. "It's such a shame i have to kill you."

He pulled the trigger and Shane fell to the floor in a pool of his own blood.