They had known each other for years. Ever since Gavin was forced to come to the states. Ray was the first person Gavin met who wasn't, as he put it, a minge pot. They lived in apartments next to each other throughout their teenage years. They lived in a city unlike any other. This was a city of scum. A city run by three bosses. This was Achievement City. However this is not the story of Achievement City as that would be long and boring. This is the story of Ray and Gavin.
It was a normal day. Ray and Gavin went to their normal jobs. They came home to their normal apartments. It wasn't their faults they just happened to live in a city that was anything but normal. On this night Gavin happened to be at Ray's apartment celebrating a promotion he had gotten at the bank he worked at. Since Ray didn't drink Gavin brought beer and Ray drank Redbull. Suddenly they heard an earsplitting bang.
"I must be really drunk because my hearing is minging" Screamed Gavin. Rather excitedly for someone who just heard an explosion.
"No I heard it too, maybe someone was blazin and it got out of hand?" Joked Ray. However in Achievement City that was all too possible.
Suddenly a man with hair like the setting sun and a huge beard to match burst through the door. "Gavin Free?"
Ray quickly pointed at Gavin and nervously cried out "It's him I'm Ray not Gavin you don't want me."
"I'm here to help you, that explosion was meant to kill you," Screamed the gruff looking man, "You can call me The Jack of Hearts, I know this sounds crazy but I'll explain everything at the safehouse." Ray and Gavin decided that this was the best option they had so they followed him. This may have been the single most important decision in the history of everything.
The three of them ran out of the building as the fire crew showed up to put out the blaze that the explosion had started. The Jack directed them towards a black limousine. The three of them got in. Ray and Gavin exchanged looks as they entered as if they both noticed that the limo driver seemed to look like both a sixteen year old and a thirty year old and was dressed like Bilbo Baggins. They both decided this was not the weirdest thing that could've happened and just accepted it.
"Step on it" Screamed The Jack to the strange driver while rummaging around in a cooler, "Drink this it'll help with the shock" he said handing them each a bottle that seemed to be steaming.
"Is this alcoholic?" Asked Ray honestly concerned.
"Of course it is, dumb ass"
"Then I can't drink it"
"Fine it's not alcoholic" I'd say there was a hint of sarcasm in his voice but it basically reeked of it
"Oh then perfect" Ray then proceeded to drown the strange drink realizing as he finished it that Gavin was passed out next to him. He disregarded this as he too begun to drift into unconsciousness.