For a split second, and perhaps for the first time in my life, I felt torn. Here before me was the other side of the coin, a clean existence full of smiling faces, faces free of pain and death and all the other things that seemed to stalk my life. Outside, something was going down, something brutal, something dangerous. I hesitated, which I regret, but I will likely justify as reasonable considering my new pseudo-status in the gang. Still, I managed a rude gesture for the girls who'd been looking at me as I bolted out the door. That's gotta count for something, right? Pillars to my left, glass storefronts to my right, I sprinted back toward the electronics store. If the gunshots hadn't come from there, I didn't care where they were. My mind reeled at the sight, probably helped along by the lightheadedness that comes from a sudden spurt of running. But there were the geeks, _the friggin' geeks_, backing out of the store with a gun, _with a gun!_ The geek had a gun. But who or what had he shot? 2008-05-16T06:40:57Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/28462 <p>A geek with a gun &#8211; the most dangerous force in the universe ;-)</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28462?basename=62674 2008-05-16T06:40:57Z PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA) http://ficlets.com/authors/pyropunk <p>&#8216;Watch out, it&#8217;s a geek.&#8217; &#8216;Why should I be concerned?&#8217; &#8216;Well, you see, he has a gun.&#8217; Hilarious and awful at the same time in that it&#8217;s likely that someone important has been rubbed out. This is a very entertaining series.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28462?basename=58403 2008-04-24T15:32:57Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>Amazing. You&#8217;ve done a great job on setting the stage for our guy to be the hero, or the exact opposite. Now what should I chose&#8230;...</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/28462?basename=58402 2008-04-24T15:21:06Z Never Explain http://ficlets.com/authors/user_4153