Chapter 2: Many questions, one answer to all
It took Rock's injuries four weeks to heal. "Huh. My injuries healed faster than ever. Doc was right my injuries did heal faster than ever." He said to himself.
"What are you blabbing on about kid?" said Terry startling Rock.
"Nothing. Just nothing."
"So when do you get your cast off?"
"Tomorrow. Why?"
"Just curious. Don't forget tomorrow is Saturday."
"I know, Arcade day."
"You going?"
"Just going for a few rounds of DDR." Rock let out a big yawn. "I'm tired. I'm going to bed. Good night Terry." He left the living room and went straight for his room. When he got to his room he picked up his guitar. He started to play a soft, depressing rock tune. He started to singing "I've got no where to go but up. I want to fly away and never say good- bye. I just want to fly away and touch the sky. So I just keep falling." His voice faded from his mind and with that Rock fell asleep.
"What should I do dad?" said Terry as he lied on his bed. "Is it really right to raise someone else's kid? I couldn't change Geese but I did change Rock. I mean hell he looks up to me. Without Rock my life would probably be worse. Tell me dad was it fate or destiny?" thinking about this Terry fell asleep.
Rock let out a big yawn, as he opened his eyes. He put his guitar on its stand getting out of bed. He looked out his window and gave a sigh "South town is no different in the morning than at night." He left his room and went to Terry's room. He banged on the door with his crutch "Hey Terry open up. I can't drive with a busted ankle."
"I'll be out in ten minutes kid." Terry shouted back. Rock went back to his room and got ready himself. "You ready kid?" Rock found Terry.
"Ready." Rock responded, and with that they left. It took them 30 minutes to get to the hospital. It only took the doctors 10 minutes to get the arm cast and the bandages off Rock's ankle.
"What did the doctor say?" asked Terry as they walked out of the building.
"All he said was to take it easy."
"To the arcade."
"Yeah but I'll walk." Responded Rock. It only took Rock 5 minutes to get to the arcade. When he got there, Rock immediately turned has sights to a machine that said 'DDR Extreme'. He stood there watching the people play. The two people playing were both on heavy and were missing many steps. "What posers." Thought Rock, and when they failed the song Rock stepped up and was ready. He picked, Mode play: single, difficultly: Heavy. "Let these posers see a real player." He thought again and started to choose a song.
He first pressed both arrow buttons to change the order of songs. The songs were now separated by genre. He pressed them again so they were now in alphabetical order. He chose the section with the letters 'num'. There, there were songs called: .59, 321 Stars, and 5.1.1. He chose the song called .59. He passed it with such ease. He did two more songs called Healing Vision (angelic mix), and B4U. He also passed this song with ease. Rock spent a total of about three hours at the arcade.
He looked at his watch. It read 4:41. "Damn I've been there longer than expected." Said Rock as he walked out of the arcade. "Terry is probably going to be mad when I get home." Rock waited at a bus stop. He waited there for 30 minutes, and the ride was 20 minutes long. So when he got home, he it was 5:31 and his prediction was right Terry was angry.
"Where the hell have you been kid?" asked Terry in the maddest voice ever.
"I stayed too long that's all."
"Don't do that Rock. You scare me when you do."
"OK I won't do again." Rock left the living room and straight to his room. Rock was taking a nap when hi phone rang. He looked at his clock it read 8:13. He answered his phone "Hello."
"We need us a fourth driver. Are you game?" said the voice on the other line.
"Why now? I was taking a nap."
"Very funny. You coming or not."
"I'll be there in five." Rock hung up. Rock put his jacket on and went to the living room. Rock picked some keys and left without telling anyone where he is going. "If Andy finds out he is going to kill me, and it's not even his car."
Rock arrived at his destination and was ready to race. "Crap." Exclaimed Kira, for it was Rock who stepped out of the silver skyline.
"What's a punk kid like you doing in a place like this?" Carlos was intimated by Rock.
"Carlos Marques. You have a record for doing this." Rock walked up to him. Both drivers got in their fighting stance.
"Marques, Bogard! We have a race to start." Ryan called to them.
"Thanks for calling me here Ryan. So what's the entrée fee?"
"50 bucks."
While putting a 50 dollar bill in Ryan's hand a white haired kid about Rock's age caught his eye. "Hey! Who's the new guy?"
"He's new. His name is K'." responded Ryan.
"K' huh?" thinking about this reminded Rock of the demonic voice and the purple haired guy. He found a connection. "That guy... That guy is the demonic voice!"
"Hey Rock! It's race time!" Kira shouted. Rock got into his car.
"You were lucky last time Bogard but it is not happening again." Said Carlos, looking to his left. "This time the prize money is mine."
He looked to his right and saw K'. "I know I've seen that guy before." Thought Rock. He then paid attention to the road. A woman stepped in the middle of the drivers. She was holding a red cloth and held it high into the air.
"Ready..." all the drivers revved up their engines. K's red viper looked intimidating, Carlos's Navy Blue Lancer was ready, Kira's yellow Corvette was also ready and Rock in his silver Skyline was ready to floor it. "Set... GO!" and with that the drivers took off.
They were coming to the first turn and it was: Carlos, K', Kira, and Rock not too far behind. Kira and Rock were locked in battle. Every time he moved so did she. Rock moved left. So did Kira. Rock moved right. Same results. He stayed right for quite some time.
"Why aren't you moving?" said Kira as she looked in her rear view mirror. Rock moved slightly left. Kira went all the way left and Rock quickly passed her. "Damn! I always fall for that!" shouted Kira in anger.
"Sucker." Said rock as he looked behind him. Carlos and K' were locked tight.
"That prize money is mine." Said Carlos in confidence, not knowing Rock had caught up. Rock went head to head with K'. K' tried to lose him be speeding up, but every time he pulled away Rock caught up. They soon got up with Carlos. It was now a three way battle. Carlos noticed that Rock came on his left and K' on his right. They both rammed Carlos knocking him out of the race. He got out of his car and watched Kira go by.
"You're mine." Said Rock.
"Bring it on Bogard." Said K' and they floored it towards the finish line. It was close both noses of the cars were right next to each other, and when they passed the finish line Rock came out on top.
Both drivers came out of there cars. "Good race." Rock stuck out his right arm.
Rock and K' shook hands. "Yeah... good race." K' got back into his car and quickly left.
The purple haired man caught Rock's eye. "I'm still coming."
"Who are you?"
"Why don't you follow me and find out."
"Wait. You're the demonic voice. The purple haired man?"
"So you figured it out. Now why don't you follow me?" The purpled haired man ran, with Rock not too far behind. The man ran into an alley way, where he was trapped dead in his tracks.
"Now tell who are you?"
"I'm only a messenger."
"Than tell me what you need to say."
"You are human. But you are also part angel."
"What?"
"You're father is human, and you're mother is an angel. Every one-thousand years a human- angel is born."
"Half human, half angel?"
"Yes Mr. Howard, a half human, a half angel."
Rock no longer was paying attention. He was silent. All he said was "SHINING KNUCKLE!" he dashed towards the man with his elbow extended in front of him. Rock's attack connected. But Rock didn't stop there he came in for another attack. "RISING TACKLE!" But Rock still didn't stop. "RAGING STORM" after that the man hair was turning red. "You- You're Iori." He picked up Iori and shook him. "Hey wake up. Hey!" he dropped the lifeless corpse. "I killed him."
Rock walked out of the dark alley way and saw the police had it surrounded. "You are under arrest!" they shouted on a mega phone. "So put your hands where we can see them!" Rock put his hands in the air.
"Damn!" Rock shouted as they banged him against the cop car. They shoved his head down and pushed his head down. "Half angel." Thought Rock as he watched the rain pound on the window. "Best if I not think about it. What I should really worry about is what Terry is going to do to me."
Dear Chris-Strike,
THIS STORY IS FAR FROM OVER!!!
It took Rock's injuries four weeks to heal. "Huh. My injuries healed faster than ever. Doc was right my injuries did heal faster than ever." He said to himself.
"What are you blabbing on about kid?" said Terry startling Rock.
"Nothing. Just nothing."
"So when do you get your cast off?"
"Tomorrow. Why?"
"Just curious. Don't forget tomorrow is Saturday."
"I know, Arcade day."
"You going?"
"Just going for a few rounds of DDR." Rock let out a big yawn. "I'm tired. I'm going to bed. Good night Terry." He left the living room and went straight for his room. When he got to his room he picked up his guitar. He started to play a soft, depressing rock tune. He started to singing "I've got no where to go but up. I want to fly away and never say good- bye. I just want to fly away and touch the sky. So I just keep falling." His voice faded from his mind and with that Rock fell asleep.
"What should I do dad?" said Terry as he lied on his bed. "Is it really right to raise someone else's kid? I couldn't change Geese but I did change Rock. I mean hell he looks up to me. Without Rock my life would probably be worse. Tell me dad was it fate or destiny?" thinking about this Terry fell asleep.
Rock let out a big yawn, as he opened his eyes. He put his guitar on its stand getting out of bed. He looked out his window and gave a sigh "South town is no different in the morning than at night." He left his room and went to Terry's room. He banged on the door with his crutch "Hey Terry open up. I can't drive with a busted ankle."
"I'll be out in ten minutes kid." Terry shouted back. Rock went back to his room and got ready himself. "You ready kid?" Rock found Terry.
"Ready." Rock responded, and with that they left. It took them 30 minutes to get to the hospital. It only took the doctors 10 minutes to get the arm cast and the bandages off Rock's ankle.
"What did the doctor say?" asked Terry as they walked out of the building.
"All he said was to take it easy."
"To the arcade."
"Yeah but I'll walk." Responded Rock. It only took Rock 5 minutes to get to the arcade. When he got there, Rock immediately turned has sights to a machine that said 'DDR Extreme'. He stood there watching the people play. The two people playing were both on heavy and were missing many steps. "What posers." Thought Rock, and when they failed the song Rock stepped up and was ready. He picked, Mode play: single, difficultly: Heavy. "Let these posers see a real player." He thought again and started to choose a song.
He first pressed both arrow buttons to change the order of songs. The songs were now separated by genre. He pressed them again so they were now in alphabetical order. He chose the section with the letters 'num'. There, there were songs called: .59, 321 Stars, and 5.1.1. He chose the song called .59. He passed it with such ease. He did two more songs called Healing Vision (angelic mix), and B4U. He also passed this song with ease. Rock spent a total of about three hours at the arcade.
He looked at his watch. It read 4:41. "Damn I've been there longer than expected." Said Rock as he walked out of the arcade. "Terry is probably going to be mad when I get home." Rock waited at a bus stop. He waited there for 30 minutes, and the ride was 20 minutes long. So when he got home, he it was 5:31 and his prediction was right Terry was angry.
"Where the hell have you been kid?" asked Terry in the maddest voice ever.
"I stayed too long that's all."
"Don't do that Rock. You scare me when you do."
"OK I won't do again." Rock left the living room and straight to his room. Rock was taking a nap when hi phone rang. He looked at his clock it read 8:13. He answered his phone "Hello."
"We need us a fourth driver. Are you game?" said the voice on the other line.
"Why now? I was taking a nap."
"Very funny. You coming or not."
"I'll be there in five." Rock hung up. Rock put his jacket on and went to the living room. Rock picked some keys and left without telling anyone where he is going. "If Andy finds out he is going to kill me, and it's not even his car."
Rock arrived at his destination and was ready to race. "Crap." Exclaimed Kira, for it was Rock who stepped out of the silver skyline.
"What's a punk kid like you doing in a place like this?" Carlos was intimated by Rock.
"Carlos Marques. You have a record for doing this." Rock walked up to him. Both drivers got in their fighting stance.
"Marques, Bogard! We have a race to start." Ryan called to them.
"Thanks for calling me here Ryan. So what's the entrée fee?"
"50 bucks."
While putting a 50 dollar bill in Ryan's hand a white haired kid about Rock's age caught his eye. "Hey! Who's the new guy?"
"He's new. His name is K'." responded Ryan.
"K' huh?" thinking about this reminded Rock of the demonic voice and the purple haired guy. He found a connection. "That guy... That guy is the demonic voice!"
"Hey Rock! It's race time!" Kira shouted. Rock got into his car.
"You were lucky last time Bogard but it is not happening again." Said Carlos, looking to his left. "This time the prize money is mine."
He looked to his right and saw K'. "I know I've seen that guy before." Thought Rock. He then paid attention to the road. A woman stepped in the middle of the drivers. She was holding a red cloth and held it high into the air.
"Ready..." all the drivers revved up their engines. K's red viper looked intimidating, Carlos's Navy Blue Lancer was ready, Kira's yellow Corvette was also ready and Rock in his silver Skyline was ready to floor it. "Set... GO!" and with that the drivers took off.
They were coming to the first turn and it was: Carlos, K', Kira, and Rock not too far behind. Kira and Rock were locked in battle. Every time he moved so did she. Rock moved left. So did Kira. Rock moved right. Same results. He stayed right for quite some time.
"Why aren't you moving?" said Kira as she looked in her rear view mirror. Rock moved slightly left. Kira went all the way left and Rock quickly passed her. "Damn! I always fall for that!" shouted Kira in anger.
"Sucker." Said rock as he looked behind him. Carlos and K' were locked tight.
"That prize money is mine." Said Carlos in confidence, not knowing Rock had caught up. Rock went head to head with K'. K' tried to lose him be speeding up, but every time he pulled away Rock caught up. They soon got up with Carlos. It was now a three way battle. Carlos noticed that Rock came on his left and K' on his right. They both rammed Carlos knocking him out of the race. He got out of his car and watched Kira go by.
"You're mine." Said Rock.
"Bring it on Bogard." Said K' and they floored it towards the finish line. It was close both noses of the cars were right next to each other, and when they passed the finish line Rock came out on top.
Both drivers came out of there cars. "Good race." Rock stuck out his right arm.
Rock and K' shook hands. "Yeah... good race." K' got back into his car and quickly left.
The purple haired man caught Rock's eye. "I'm still coming."
"Who are you?"
"Why don't you follow me and find out."
"Wait. You're the demonic voice. The purple haired man?"
"So you figured it out. Now why don't you follow me?" The purpled haired man ran, with Rock not too far behind. The man ran into an alley way, where he was trapped dead in his tracks.
"Now tell who are you?"
"I'm only a messenger."
"Than tell me what you need to say."
"You are human. But you are also part angel."
"What?"
"You're father is human, and you're mother is an angel. Every one-thousand years a human- angel is born."
"Half human, half angel?"
"Yes Mr. Howard, a half human, a half angel."
Rock no longer was paying attention. He was silent. All he said was "SHINING KNUCKLE!" he dashed towards the man with his elbow extended in front of him. Rock's attack connected. But Rock didn't stop there he came in for another attack. "RISING TACKLE!" But Rock still didn't stop. "RAGING STORM" after that the man hair was turning red. "You- You're Iori." He picked up Iori and shook him. "Hey wake up. Hey!" he dropped the lifeless corpse. "I killed him."
Rock walked out of the dark alley way and saw the police had it surrounded. "You are under arrest!" they shouted on a mega phone. "So put your hands where we can see them!" Rock put his hands in the air.
"Damn!" Rock shouted as they banged him against the cop car. They shoved his head down and pushed his head down. "Half angel." Thought Rock as he watched the rain pound on the window. "Best if I not think about it. What I should really worry about is what Terry is going to do to me."
Dear Chris-Strike,
THIS STORY IS FAR FROM OVER!!!