

Mr. Vortex | Chapter 1: The Shooting


It was a cold and rainy afternoon at the cafe, I was sitting at the counter, sipping on my cup of tea. It was quiet, calm jazz music played from the radio. I was the only one sitting at the counter, as 1 other sat at a table in the corner. The waitress seemed bored, as if she just wanted to go home already, which I can understand, a job like that must be boring, luckily for me, my job is somewhat exciting. What is my job? Well, you will find out soon enough.
As the calmness continued, everything seemed ok, nothing was happening, and I was drinking a cup of hot but sweet tea. Just as I thought nothing was gonna happen, 2 agents on my enemy's side crashed through the front glass window of the cafe with guns and started firing at me. I jumped behind the counter as the waitress ran to the back. I pulled out my gun and started firing at the agents.
The shooting lasted a while, lots of damages to the cafe, and the waitress still hid in the back. Eventually, I was able to kill one of the agents, but there was still one remaining, this is gonna take a while. After about another 10 minutes of shooting, I finally killed the last agent. I was safe, for now.
Now that the shooting was over, I went into the back and informed the waitress of the ending of the shooting. I saw that there was a lot of damages to the cafe, so I paid for all the damages, what a true hero would do, unlike those superheroes that think they can get away with not paying for damages because they’ve got superpowers and are heroes.
I walked home later that night, it was still raining and a bit chilly, luckily I was wearing my raincoat. I made it home, mostly dry, but I made one mistake, I forgot to make sure no one was following me. I went to get a snack, I was quite hungry after that long walk home. I was getting a snack, but stopped, something didn’t feel right.
I walked around my home with my gun out, I could tell I wasn’t alone. I yelled for them to come out and fight like a man, but it was silent for a minute. Just then, a dozen agents jumped out at me from hiding places in my home, shooting at me, so I shot back. The shooting started out great, until I noticed that some of their bullets were destroying my possessions. I told them to not destroy my stuff, but that just made it worse. I finally killed one of them, but there was still 11 of them left, so I kept shooting. Just then, I ran out of bullets.
I was unarmed now, but that didn’t stop me, because I still got my fists. As they shot at me, I punched at them. I knocked one of them out and used their gun to kill another guy. I used up the bullets and killed another 3 guys, leaving 7 remaining. I kept using their own guns against them, now it’s down to me and 3 agents. They ran out of bullets, so they dropped their weapons and prepared for a fist fight. I punched, kicked and dodged, knocking one guy out. I kept fighting, they got a couple hits on me, but I got more hits on them. Eventually, I finally knocked the remaining agents out and snapped their necks, killing them instantly.
The ambush was over, I was safe again, for now. I disposed of the agents bodies and washed up. Now that I was all clean, I went into the kitchen, got a rather tasty snack, and watched something in the living room as I snacked.
It was getting late, so I brushed my teeth and went to bed. I was almost asleep, until I smelled something odd, it was smoke! I only now realized how much danger I was in! I got up as soon as possible and ran towards the front door, but I was too late. My house blew up with me inside. And there I was, laying in the rubble of my home, barely alive. My life flashed before my eyes as I grew weaker. Then, it was time, I died.
To be continued...