Post by Cory Steel on Feb 25, 2020 23:10:21 GMT -5
'Don't you think this outlaw shit....
.....has gotten outta hand?'
.....has gotten outta hand?'
a much younger cory runs down a hall of a small trailer, he burst through a door where he grabs two black duffle bags from under his bed and he starts tossing his small bedroom. clothes from the closet are tossed onto his bed, pair of boots, and a lock box. old posters of bands hang on the wall, some just barely, a weight bench where pants lay is quickly cleared. the door opens and his little sister amanda walks in, she's seven almost eight and tears form slowly in her eyes as if she knows what's happening without being told but she remains quiet as she watches her big brother frantically shove things into one black duffle bag.
"are you leaving" she asks in almost a whisper that if any higher her voice might crack and the tears she is fighting to hold back might just spill down her cheeks. cory stops what he is doing and kneels beside her his right eye is swollen and slightly purple. another fight so she didn't have to ask, "sis im going away for a while," he uses both thumbs to wipe away tears, "why?" she asks with the first sob.
"what do you mean you're going away?" this voice made cory turn his head the light from the single window cast dimly across corys face showing several bruises and a busted lip, he was surprised to see penny standing there. she was mad, "cory please start explaining! say something!"
cory stood up he turned to face penny placing hands on her shoulders he was now fighting his own tears, "penny baby, listen i'm sorry but I gotta get outta here now I gotta deal with my own shit because it's like a devil's sitting on my shoulder and he keeps telling me to come over. I can't think straight cause I ain't sober and I'm a long way from home right now."
"this doesn't make sense cory! what happened?" penny was pleading now trying to make sense of what was going on, "take me with you!"
"if I could I would penny but i can't take this shit anymore, this constant feeling to follow all his rules," cory explained, he was talking about his father, "i ain't dealing with no more beatings by him or any of these assholes around me....your dad needs you here penny and i ain't asking you to come...i need you hate me! what did you think that this would be happy endings for us? you are from the other side of the tracks! your daddy wants to kill me! i ain't shit for you."
penny just cried pulling away from cory, he was relieved and turned back to amanda patting her on the head, "i love you both so much but everyone is better off without me....i'm just a shitbag outlaw"
penny took amanda under her arm for comfort. cory finished packing and was about to leave when penny said her peace, "i'll find you again cory benjamin and i'll save you or try....but one day you'll get tired of running or your running will catch up to you...everything catches up to those who run..."
"are you leaving" she asks in almost a whisper that if any higher her voice might crack and the tears she is fighting to hold back might just spill down her cheeks. cory stops what he is doing and kneels beside her his right eye is swollen and slightly purple. another fight so she didn't have to ask, "sis im going away for a while," he uses both thumbs to wipe away tears, "why?" she asks with the first sob.
"what do you mean you're going away?" this voice made cory turn his head the light from the single window cast dimly across corys face showing several bruises and a busted lip, he was surprised to see penny standing there. she was mad, "cory please start explaining! say something!"
cory stood up he turned to face penny placing hands on her shoulders he was now fighting his own tears, "penny baby, listen i'm sorry but I gotta get outta here now I gotta deal with my own shit because it's like a devil's sitting on my shoulder and he keeps telling me to come over. I can't think straight cause I ain't sober and I'm a long way from home right now."
"this doesn't make sense cory! what happened?" penny was pleading now trying to make sense of what was going on, "take me with you!"
"if I could I would penny but i can't take this shit anymore, this constant feeling to follow all his rules," cory explained, he was talking about his father, "i ain't dealing with no more beatings by him or any of these assholes around me....your dad needs you here penny and i ain't asking you to come...i need you hate me! what did you think that this would be happy endings for us? you are from the other side of the tracks! your daddy wants to kill me! i ain't shit for you."
penny just cried pulling away from cory, he was relieved and turned back to amanda patting her on the head, "i love you both so much but everyone is better off without me....i'm just a shitbag outlaw"
penny took amanda under her arm for comfort. cory finished packing and was about to leave when penny said her peace, "i'll find you again cory benjamin and i'll save you or try....but one day you'll get tired of running or your running will catch up to you...everything catches up to those who run..."
Cory stood beside Vincent who had his mask halfway on his head, "You nervous? What's the plan?"
"I don't have one, how can I plan against this guy? You can't run interference anymore. I have to face this guy now," Cory whispered, "I cant run anymore. Whatever happens you stay here, understood?"
Vincent was confused and went to argue but Cory grabbed Vincent up dragging him towards and a janitor closet, "What the fuck?!"
Cory shoved Vincent into the closet and onto the ground before slamming it shut. He used a chair to hold the door shut. The familiar bells rang...it was time...
