Weird Unfinished Junk
Sometimes It's Just Best Not To Ask....
Oumu nervously ran his fingers
over the pendant that hung from his neck. His eyes darted
frantically across the dimly lit parking lot. He couldn't wait
any longer, it was long past curfew and he couldn't afford to be
caught out past dark again. Just as he turned to leave a dull
gray van pulled slowly into the parking lot.
"Hey, Oumu!" a voice called from the van. Oumu turned
to see Brian waving one arm frantically from the driver's side
window.
"You're an hour late..." Oumu growled as the van pulled
up in front of him.
"Well... Umm... " Brian scratched his head in search of
an answer. Oumu sighed and yanked the door open, causing Brian to
tumble out onto the pavement.
"Are we gonna do this or not?"
"Of course, of course, just give me a minute..." Brian
scrambled to his feet and began digging through the trash piled
in the front of his van. After several minutes of rooting around,
he emerged holding a scrappy looking backpack. "Now we may
go," he said with a grin. His grin quickly faded as he
noticed the sudden absence of Oumu.
"Oumu?" Brian looked about for a minute or so until he
finally noticed Oumu trying to tear open the door of the aging
building that lay carefully hidden behind a stand of nearby
trees. "Hey! You can't even wait five minutes while I get
ready?!" Brian yelled as he leapt from the van and sprinted
over to the building.
"The door is jammed or something," Oumu said with
another fierce jerk on the door handle.
"It's probably locked you dimwit," Brian shook his head
and shoved Oumu out of the way.
"Then how are we gonna get in here?"
Brian reached a hand into the pack and produced a rusted key,
"I've got this."
"And you couldn't have told me about the key before I tried
to pull this thing off its hinges, could you?"
"Well if you'd stop being impatient maybe I coulda said
something." Brian silently unlocked the door and placed his
hand on the knob.
"Just open it dammit!" Oumu growled. Brian glared
daggers at Oumu and tried to turn the knob.
"It's stuck..."
"What?! We come all this way and the door won't open?!"
Oumu shouted. He pushed past Brian and angrily kicked the door.
Brain turned and walked away to avoid hearing Oumu yell
obscenities at the door as he tried to kick it down again.
- Jessica Watters aka Bagel-chan