CHAPTER: He likes to sleep.
Max went to Crash for drink that afternoon. She noticed that neither Ben nor Alec was there but Sketchy and OC were there. She walked over to them and sat by the table they were sitting. " What's up guys?"
" Not much," Sketchy said.
" Have you seen Ben and Alec?"
" Yeah. Alec is home and Ben is still at work," Sketchy told her.
" That boy sure spends a lot of time at work," OC said looking at the time.
" He was sent on a late run," Sketchy told them. He was there and he refused to do it since it was in sector five so Ben said he would. Ben was really a good guy. That's when he noticed he couldn't look at the pictures. He liked not having to worry 'bout Ben. He knew his friend was a good guy despite of what happened in the past.
" Josh, I hope he returns soon." Max always worried about Ben. He didn't know the sectors that well and if he ran into White he'd be in trouble.
" Speaking of Ben," Sketchy started. " Your ex came with some pictures in Jam Pony he said they were of Ben's victims."
Max couldn't believe that Logan would do something like that. " Who did he show them to?"
" He tried to get me to look at them but I didn't."
The idea that Logan was had pictures of them and he was willing to show them was horrifying. She needed to get them and destroy it. " Where are they now?"
" I threw I away."
" Where?"
" In the dust bin at Jam Pony."
Max face went white, " Oh god someone could see them."
OC taped Sketchy, " What were you thinking?"
" There're in an envelope, I'm sure no one saw it."
Max let out a sigh, " Well I still have to get them." She got up and went to the door quickly. It was still as much as an emergency as it was before.
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Ben walked in Jam Pony after the run. He got lost and ran into some steel heads. They were about to beat him up but they ran when they got a good look at his face. He wasn't sure if it was Alec or him they were afraid of. " Reagan I'm back."
Normal jumped at the sound of his voice. When he saw the pictures he called the police as a security measure. They were hiding in the building. " Hey Ben come here."
Ben came with a smile on his face despite of his troubles. He looked on the counter and saw a shredder. " I see you got your paper shredder. Didn't I tell you it would come soon?"
" Yeah you did?" he couldn't see how someone so nice could have possibly done what he saw in the pictures.
" Listen, you know Stacy right?"
Normal nodded.
He noticed something strange about him. He looked almost sad. " Are you okay?" Normal nodded. " Any way, she's a pretty good worker so I was thinking maybe she could work dispatch."
" Yeah sure."
" Really? Thanks. She's a really nice girl."
Normal jumped at the voice in his ear that told him to ask him bout the pictures. The police had put a microphone in his ear. " Ah Ben, I have something to ask you."
" Yeah sure."
Normal couldn't just bring him self to ask Ben if he killed people as hobby a few years ago. He opened his mouth to ask and he changed the question. " You have thing for Stacy huh."
" Well I won't really say that--- yeah I do, a big thing."
" Hmm that's nice." The cop shouted in his ear to ask Ben the question. Normal took out picture form under some files. His hands trembled with them. If Ben didn't know about it or didn't show any sign of guilt they would back down, If he was guilty they would be on him as soon as he blinked. But he put that behind him, He knew about the other one who looked just like Alec and him. It mush have been a mix up. It had to Mike. Ben would just say he knew nothing about it and then it would be okay.
Normal showed the picture to Ben. " Do you know anything about this?"
Ben felt like the room got smaller.
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Max drove down the streets of Settle on her bike. It seemed to be going to slow. She had nervous feeling like she did when she first saw Ben. She didn't like it.
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Normal looked at Ben's face go white. " If you don't know what it is just say so and I'll forget about it."
Ben looked at the picture. Flashes came back to him. He knew he killed people but he couldn't remember actually doing it. When he woke up in Manticore most of his memory was gone but some things still remained. They sent him trough months of therapy for what he did; now he saw why.
He took the picture in his hands and stared at it. Flashes came back of how he killed them. He was a freak. He handed Normal back the picture. He felt so ashamed. He couldn't show his face anymore. " I did it," he said in weak low voice. A tear rolled down his face.
" You did it?" Normal asked shocked.
" I killed people," he said louder.
************************* Max stopped in front of Jam Pony and began to chain her bike. That's when she head it. A gun shot that rung thought the air. She dropped what she was doing and ran inside.
Normal sat over the body of Ben. " Why did you do that?" he asked one of the officers that were hiding. " You never said you would do that?"
Max came in and saw Normal over a body. His body was blocking her face. But she didn't need to see it. She knew it was Ben she could feel. She knelt down next to him. He was alive and he would be okay. " Ben, I'm here."
Ben saw a foggy view of Max, his hands reached out to her. " Max, I'm so sorry about what I did, don't hate me."
An officer came next to Max and tried to pull her off. She pushed him away. " Leave me alone." She yelled. The officer told his unit to stand back. Max put her hand where the bullet pierced his body, She looked at it and she saw a red liquid on her hands it made her feel light headed. " You'll be okay Ben."
Normal sat horrified at the scene. It was entirely his fault. He killed him. " Max I'm sorry."
" Call an ambulance," she told him not taking her eyes off Ben. Normal got up and went to the phone.
Ben felt his body grew weaker as the seconds went by. He couched and blood came from his mouth. Tears were flowing from his face. " Tell Alec I'm sorry."
" Shhh, don't talk you'll be okay."
He tried to sit up but he was too weak. " Don't let them see what I did, I don't want them to hate me."
Max looked at her brother slowly slip away from her. She was still hoping that Ambulance would come and put him back together again.
Ben could feel himself getting to the end. He still had something to tell Max. " Max don't forget to let Alec know how you feel before it's too late." In his last breath he said those words. He gave up the fight. He closed his eyes.
" Don't close your eyes, open them.," she demanded. She always got her way and she had to get it now. " Open it," She demanded again. He still didn't move. " Open your eyes Ben."
The officer came and put a shoulder on Max's shoulder. " I think he's dead ma'am."
Max gave him a nasty look. She lifted his lifeless body and pulled it to her. She hugged it tightly. " He's alive, he's just sleeping. He likes to sleep."
The site brought tears to Normal's eyes. Everyone liked Ben why did it have to turn out this way. He cursed the person who put those pictures in the bin.
" Ben, don't sleep now." She rocked him in her arms. " Come on, wake up." She didn't want to accept her brother was dead. She couldn't. The scene was so familiar to the scene in the woods. She tried so hard to forget that now it was happening again. " Ben," she pleaded.
The sirens could be head in the back round. They came rushing in with a stretcher. Having arrived they immediately knew the person was dead. They could tell by the motionless atmosphere. They stepped up to Max and pulled her grip off his body.
Max let them get to him. She thought they could to wake him up.
They walked up his body and felt for a pulse. The man shook his head. Two others came and lifted his body and put in on a stretcher. Another put black piece of plastic on him.
Max stepped up to them, " Don't put that on him."
" Sorry but he's dead."
She shook her head but she knew it was the truth. Tears flowed down he face. She looked on as she watched them carry away his body. He knees lost feeling and fell to the ground. Normal came up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off. She didn't want anyone else to touch her; she needed Alec.
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Max went to Crash for drink that afternoon. She noticed that neither Ben nor Alec was there but Sketchy and OC were there. She walked over to them and sat by the table they were sitting. " What's up guys?"
" Not much," Sketchy said.
" Have you seen Ben and Alec?"
" Yeah. Alec is home and Ben is still at work," Sketchy told her.
" That boy sure spends a lot of time at work," OC said looking at the time.
" He was sent on a late run," Sketchy told them. He was there and he refused to do it since it was in sector five so Ben said he would. Ben was really a good guy. That's when he noticed he couldn't look at the pictures. He liked not having to worry 'bout Ben. He knew his friend was a good guy despite of what happened in the past.
" Josh, I hope he returns soon." Max always worried about Ben. He didn't know the sectors that well and if he ran into White he'd be in trouble.
" Speaking of Ben," Sketchy started. " Your ex came with some pictures in Jam Pony he said they were of Ben's victims."
Max couldn't believe that Logan would do something like that. " Who did he show them to?"
" He tried to get me to look at them but I didn't."
The idea that Logan was had pictures of them and he was willing to show them was horrifying. She needed to get them and destroy it. " Where are they now?"
" I threw I away."
" Where?"
" In the dust bin at Jam Pony."
Max face went white, " Oh god someone could see them."
OC taped Sketchy, " What were you thinking?"
" There're in an envelope, I'm sure no one saw it."
Max let out a sigh, " Well I still have to get them." She got up and went to the door quickly. It was still as much as an emergency as it was before.
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Ben walked in Jam Pony after the run. He got lost and ran into some steel heads. They were about to beat him up but they ran when they got a good look at his face. He wasn't sure if it was Alec or him they were afraid of. " Reagan I'm back."
Normal jumped at the sound of his voice. When he saw the pictures he called the police as a security measure. They were hiding in the building. " Hey Ben come here."
Ben came with a smile on his face despite of his troubles. He looked on the counter and saw a shredder. " I see you got your paper shredder. Didn't I tell you it would come soon?"
" Yeah you did?" he couldn't see how someone so nice could have possibly done what he saw in the pictures.
" Listen, you know Stacy right?"
Normal nodded.
He noticed something strange about him. He looked almost sad. " Are you okay?" Normal nodded. " Any way, she's a pretty good worker so I was thinking maybe she could work dispatch."
" Yeah sure."
" Really? Thanks. She's a really nice girl."
Normal jumped at the voice in his ear that told him to ask him bout the pictures. The police had put a microphone in his ear. " Ah Ben, I have something to ask you."
" Yeah sure."
Normal couldn't just bring him self to ask Ben if he killed people as hobby a few years ago. He opened his mouth to ask and he changed the question. " You have thing for Stacy huh."
" Well I won't really say that--- yeah I do, a big thing."
" Hmm that's nice." The cop shouted in his ear to ask Ben the question. Normal took out picture form under some files. His hands trembled with them. If Ben didn't know about it or didn't show any sign of guilt they would back down, If he was guilty they would be on him as soon as he blinked. But he put that behind him, He knew about the other one who looked just like Alec and him. It mush have been a mix up. It had to Mike. Ben would just say he knew nothing about it and then it would be okay.
Normal showed the picture to Ben. " Do you know anything about this?"
Ben felt like the room got smaller.
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Max drove down the streets of Settle on her bike. It seemed to be going to slow. She had nervous feeling like she did when she first saw Ben. She didn't like it.
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Normal looked at Ben's face go white. " If you don't know what it is just say so and I'll forget about it."
Ben looked at the picture. Flashes came back to him. He knew he killed people but he couldn't remember actually doing it. When he woke up in Manticore most of his memory was gone but some things still remained. They sent him trough months of therapy for what he did; now he saw why.
He took the picture in his hands and stared at it. Flashes came back of how he killed them. He was a freak. He handed Normal back the picture. He felt so ashamed. He couldn't show his face anymore. " I did it," he said in weak low voice. A tear rolled down his face.
" You did it?" Normal asked shocked.
" I killed people," he said louder.
************************* Max stopped in front of Jam Pony and began to chain her bike. That's when she head it. A gun shot that rung thought the air. She dropped what she was doing and ran inside.
Normal sat over the body of Ben. " Why did you do that?" he asked one of the officers that were hiding. " You never said you would do that?"
Max came in and saw Normal over a body. His body was blocking her face. But she didn't need to see it. She knew it was Ben she could feel. She knelt down next to him. He was alive and he would be okay. " Ben, I'm here."
Ben saw a foggy view of Max, his hands reached out to her. " Max, I'm so sorry about what I did, don't hate me."
An officer came next to Max and tried to pull her off. She pushed him away. " Leave me alone." She yelled. The officer told his unit to stand back. Max put her hand where the bullet pierced his body, She looked at it and she saw a red liquid on her hands it made her feel light headed. " You'll be okay Ben."
Normal sat horrified at the scene. It was entirely his fault. He killed him. " Max I'm sorry."
" Call an ambulance," she told him not taking her eyes off Ben. Normal got up and went to the phone.
Ben felt his body grew weaker as the seconds went by. He couched and blood came from his mouth. Tears were flowing from his face. " Tell Alec I'm sorry."
" Shhh, don't talk you'll be okay."
He tried to sit up but he was too weak. " Don't let them see what I did, I don't want them to hate me."
Max looked at her brother slowly slip away from her. She was still hoping that Ambulance would come and put him back together again.
Ben could feel himself getting to the end. He still had something to tell Max. " Max don't forget to let Alec know how you feel before it's too late." In his last breath he said those words. He gave up the fight. He closed his eyes.
" Don't close your eyes, open them.," she demanded. She always got her way and she had to get it now. " Open it," She demanded again. He still didn't move. " Open your eyes Ben."
The officer came and put a shoulder on Max's shoulder. " I think he's dead ma'am."
Max gave him a nasty look. She lifted his lifeless body and pulled it to her. She hugged it tightly. " He's alive, he's just sleeping. He likes to sleep."
The site brought tears to Normal's eyes. Everyone liked Ben why did it have to turn out this way. He cursed the person who put those pictures in the bin.
" Ben, don't sleep now." She rocked him in her arms. " Come on, wake up." She didn't want to accept her brother was dead. She couldn't. The scene was so familiar to the scene in the woods. She tried so hard to forget that now it was happening again. " Ben," she pleaded.
The sirens could be head in the back round. They came rushing in with a stretcher. Having arrived they immediately knew the person was dead. They could tell by the motionless atmosphere. They stepped up to Max and pulled her grip off his body.
Max let them get to him. She thought they could to wake him up.
They walked up his body and felt for a pulse. The man shook his head. Two others came and lifted his body and put in on a stretcher. Another put black piece of plastic on him.
Max stepped up to them, " Don't put that on him."
" Sorry but he's dead."
She shook her head but she knew it was the truth. Tears flowed down he face. She looked on as she watched them carry away his body. He knees lost feeling and fell to the ground. Normal came up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. She shrugged it off. She didn't want anyone else to touch her; she needed Alec.
NOTE: Hope you liked it. Review quickly. I can't wait to post the other one.